United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope Unit Comparison Table

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United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope Unit 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)

United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope Unit Siding Spring Mtn., Australia Anglo-Australian Observatory 31° 16' S Grubb-Parsons UKST Cer-Vit 1145 m Schmidt U.K. Schmidt f/2.5 1.24 m Grubb-Parsons 149° 04' E 1.83 m 1973

Subject	has location	has owner	has latitude	has mirror maker	is a kind of	has acronym	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)
United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope Unit	Siding Spring Mtn., Australia	Anglo-Australian Observatory	31° 16' S	Grubb-Parsons		UKST	Cer-Vit	1145 m	Schmidt	U.K. Schmidt	f/2.5	1.24 m	Grubb-Parsons		149° 04' E	1.83 m	1973

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