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The modern aspiring astronomer is faced with a bewildering choice of commercially produced telescopes, including all the designs considered in the preceding chapter. A quick search of a popular Internet supplier reveals over 500 individual telescopes from over 50 different manufacturers. This popularity is undoubtedly a consequence of the enormous interest that has grown in astronomy since the start of the Space Age and with the mind-boggling discoveries of the past 50 years.
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Kitchin, C.R. (2013). Modern Small Telescope Design. In: Telescopes and Techniques. Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4891-4_3
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