2-meter Telescope Comparison Table

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Fork equatorial telescope in degrees, minutes, seconds (N or S) height above sea level in meters the person, company or institution that constructed the mounting equatorial telescope equatorial fork in degrees, minutes, seconds (E or W)

Schmidt in degrees, minutes, seconds (N or S) height above sea level in meters the person, company or institution that constructed the mounting the person, company or institution that created the mirror concave spheroid equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter) material and other engineering details or primary mirror diameter Schmidt equatorial telescope equatorial in degrees, minutes, seconds (E or W) none A type of reflecting telescope (more accurately, a large camera) in which the coma produced by a spherical concave mirror is compensated for by a thin correcting lens placed at the opening of the telescope tube. The Schmidt has a usable field of 0^°.6.

2-meter Telescope 50° 59' N Fork equatorial telescope f/3.00 Tautenberg, Germany 331 m Zeiss (Jena) Karl Schwarzschild Observatorium 2 m Zeiss (Jena) concave spheroid equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter) Schott ZK-7 glass 1.34 m Schmidt can also be used in Cassegrain and coude modes 1960 equatorial fork 11° 43'E Tautenberg Schmidt none

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Subject	has latitude	is an instance of	has focal ratio	has location	has altitude	has mounting manufacturer	has owner	has has mirror diameter	has mirror maker	has primary mirror shape	has mirror diameter	has mirror type	has aperture	has optical design	is a kind of	has comment	has creation date	has mount	has longitude	has synonym	has secondary mirror shape	has definition
Fork equatorial telescope	in degrees, minutes, seconds (N or S)				height above sea level in meters	the person, company or institution that constructed the mounting									equatorial telescope			equatorial fork	in degrees, minutes, seconds (E or W)
Schmidt	in degrees, minutes, seconds (N or S)				height above sea level in meters	the person, company or institution that constructed the mounting			the person, company or institution that created the mirror	concave spheroid	equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter)	material and other engineering details	or primary mirror diameter	Schmidt	equatorial telescope			equatorial	in degrees, minutes, seconds (E or W)		none	A type of reflecting telescope (more accurately, a large camera) in which the coma produced by a spherical concave mirror is compensated for by a thin correcting lens placed at the opening of the telescope tube. The Schmidt has a usable field of 0^°.6.
2-meter Telescope	50° 59' N	Fork equatorial telescope	f/3.00	Tautenberg, Germany	331 m	Zeiss (Jena)	Karl Schwarzschild Observatorium	2 m	Zeiss (Jena)	concave spheroid	equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter)	Schott ZK-7 glass	1.34 m	Schmidt		can also be used in Cassegrain and coude modes	1960	equatorial fork	11° 43'E	Tautenberg Schmidt	none