A Schmidt-Cassegrain 8-inch telescope. SBO possesses two 8-inch diameter Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes. One is a Celestron (on long-term loan from John Bally) that was mounted piggyback on the 18-inch ...
"Medium" telescopes have apertures from 4 to 10 inches. This category is the size most amateur astronomers use. One of the most popular scopes is an 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain. Finally, any ...
The 16-inch Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope’s mirror makes it the largest in Philadelphia; for comparison, the Franklin Institute’s Joel N. Bloom Observatory has an 8” Schmidt-Cassegrain. To reach ...