In the name BKP, the letter P stands for parabolic mirror, which is odd—I haven't seen this cluster with a parabolic mirror before, though I've heard of it. Actually, this is an important parameter because a spherical mirror suffers from spherical aberration.
Honestly, I think my telescope's primary mirror is probably parabolic, because I don't see any aberrations in my images. My telescope is specifically called the Sky-Watcher BKP 1149 EQ2. I only said it was spherical because I found a similar telescope online that was listed as having a spherical mirror. I bought mine in 2013 and, to be honest, I don't remember exactly how it was described back then, but that was its model name.
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