Schmidt Camera Strictly speaking, the 8-inch Schmidt camera from Celestron is not really a telescope at all. There's no place for an observer to see what the instrument is "seeing". Instead, one ...

A monocular is a small telescope that can be hand-held and used with one eye. They magnify objects that are some distance away using a series of internal lenses and/or mirrors that focus light on ...

For seeing-dominated sky surveys, in terms of grasp, étendue, or collecting-area optimization, recent technological advancements make it more cost effective to construct multiple small telescopes ...