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6 inch Maksutov Chief

This is a 6 inch Mak with Chief correctors and a flat secondary mirror.

Mak-Chief spots (1)

Mak-Chief (4)

It has a tilted image plane which can be corrected with a curved secondary.

Mak-Cass Chief spots (4)

Mak-Cass Chief (9)

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