Talk:Ritchey-Chrétien telescope

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Should the Meade RCX400 be in here? The Meades aren't really technically RC's; they are more like a special variant of the Schmidt design. Meade is definitely taking some poetic license with the with term "Ritchey-Chretien" since they lack a hyperbolic primary.

The Meade reference was clearly a pathetic attempt to advertise their modified schmidt cass. The reference has been deleted.

Apparently someone reinserted Meade in the page again... Well, I'm attempting a cleanup while maintaining the reference. Please comment here before removing or adding further detail. Rnbc (talk) 18:50, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

As of 2/27/2008, Meade still lists their "Advanced Ritchey-Chretien" on their products page, using the RC designation in the model numbers ("RCX###"). It seems that they have created a new type of optics which they term "Advanced Ritchey-Chretien" which have many of the advantages of (as well as, according to Meade, advantages over) traditional/true RC optics. So, while Meade may have been successfully sued to force the change, it seems that they have been able to continue invoking the RC label through various "clarifications". I did not add this info to the main article as I am basing this entirely off a (admittedly brief) dissection of Meade's documentation. Chabuhi (talk) 21:37, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, never mind me. Seems Meade has finally updated their online materials and is now calling their scope the ACF (Advanced Coma-Free). Though I note that they still invoke the RC label throughout. Chabuhi (talk) 14:04, 25 March 2008 (UTC)