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Originally Posted by Boddie  Is Dobsonian a brand or a type? |
It's a newtonian reflector telescope, on a swivelling box-type mount - Technically speaking, 'Dobsonian' is the MOUNT.
Optically - a Dobsonian, and a tripod-mounted Newtonian are identical.
However - to distinguish between a Dob, and a tripod-mounted newtonian - astronomers tend to refer to the whole thing as a Dobsonian - or 'Dob' - and reserve the term 'Newtonian - or 'Newt' for the tripod-mounted style.
