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| Schmidt | in degrees, minutes, seconds (N or S) | the person, company or institution that created the mirror | equatorial telescope | 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) | ||||||
| Schmidt Telescope | Riga, Latvia | Radioastrophysical Observatory | 56° 47' N | Zeiss (Jena) | Latvian Academy of Sciences | 75 m | Schmidt | f/3.0 | 0.80 m | Zeiss (Jena) | 24° 24' E | 1.2 m | 1968 |
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