ESO 1-meter Schmidt Telescope Comparison Table

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ESO 1-meter Schmidt Telescope comparison table

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Schmidt in degrees, minutes, seconds (N or S) the person, company or institution that created the mirror equatorial telescope material and other engineering details height above sea level in meters or primary mirror diameter the person, company or institution that constructed the mounting 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. in degrees, minutes, seconds (E or W) equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter)

ESO 1-meter Schmidt Telescope La Silla, Chile European Southern Observatory 29° 15' S Zeiss (Ober.) Schott Duran 50 2318 m Schmidt ESO Schmidt f/3.06 1.00 m Heidenreich & Harbeck 70° 44' W 1.6 m 1972

Subject	has location	has owner	has latitude	has mirror maker	is a kind of	has mirror type	has altitude	is an instance of	has synonym	has focal ratio	has aperture	has mounting manufacturer	has definition	has longitude	has mirror diameter	has creation date
Schmidt			in degrees, minutes, seconds (N or S)	the person, company or institution that created the mirror	equatorial telescope	material and other engineering details	height above sea level in meters				or primary mirror diameter	the person, company or institution that constructed the mounting	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.	in degrees, minutes, seconds (E or W)	equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter)
ESO 1-meter Schmidt Telescope	La Silla, Chile	European Southern Observatory	29° 15' S	Zeiss (Ober.)		Schott Duran 50	2318 m	Schmidt	ESO Schmidt	f/3.06	1.00 m	Heidenreich & Harbeck		70° 44' W	1.6 m	1972

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