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Bernhard Schmidt

Bernhard Woldemar Schmidt was an Estonian optician. In 1930 he invented the Schmidt telescope, which corrected for the optical errors of spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism, making possible for the first time the construction of very large, wide-angled reflective cameras of short exposure time for astronomical research.

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Known for
Invention of the Schmidt telescope
Education
University of Mittweida
Born
11 April [O.S. 30 March] 1879 Nargen, Russian Empire (now Naissaar, Estonia)
Died
1 December 1935 Hamburg, Germany

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Bernhard SchmidtDied1 December 1935 Hamburg, Germany1.00infobox
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Bernhard SchmidtKnown forInvention of the Schmidt telescope1.00infobox
Hermann Carl Vogelinstance ofHis business rapidly took off when noted astronomers0.80text
and Karl Schwarzschild realized the excellence of Schmidt's mirrors for their researchesinstance ofHis business rapidly took off when noted astronomers0.80text
Bernhard Schmidtrelated to ChildhoodSchmidt0.60section
Bernhard Schmidtrelated to ChildhoodCarl Constantin0.60section
Bernhard Schmidtrelated to ChildhoodMarie Helene Christine0.60section
Bernhard Schmidtrelated to ChildhoodRosen0.60section
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