Definitions for "Maksutov"
Maksutov is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located just to the south-southwest of the larger Oppenheimer walled plain. To the southwest lies the Nishina crater, and to the west-northwest is the merged Davisson-Leibnitz crater formations.
A catadioptric scope that uses all spherical components: a spherical mirror combined with a meniscus corrector (a deeply spherically curved lens). Renowned as good performers.