Talk:Nasmyth telescope

James Naesmyth's 1848 telescope was on display as part of the Cosmos & Culture Exhibition at the Science Museum London in 2009. Exhibition review with picture Article with picture 212.159.72.144 (talk) 23:04, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Examples outside Hawaii?[edit]

I've just added mention of the Subaru Telescope next door to Keck, and the future TMT is already mentioned. Those are all on Mauna Kea, though - what are good examples outside Hawaii (e.g. US southwest, Chile, Canaries)? Does Hobby-Eberly in Texas have Nas decks? GTC in the Canaries? SALT in South Africa? Dan (talk) 01:38, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

=Modified Cassegrain or Newtonian?[edit]

AFAIK, a Cassegrain is defined as having a convex secondary. Would this not make a Nasmyth telescope (as opposed to a Cassegrain with an image plane at the Nasmyth focus) a modified Newtonian as opposed to Cassegrain? Perhaps the confusion could be explained by the fact that some professional Cassegrains and Three Mirror anastigmats having image planes at the Nasmyth focus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.213.16.228 (talk) 10:01, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]