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Schmidt camera

A Schmidt camera, also referred to as the Schmidt telescope, is a catadioptric astrophotographic telescope designed to provide wide fields of view with limited aberrations. The design was invented by Bernhard Schmidt in 1930.

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related to Ground-based · 15
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has application · 13
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related to Baker–Nunn · 10
Schmidt camera → Baker, Baker-Nunn, Baker-Schmidt, Cinemascope, It, Joseph Nunn, June, Nunn, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, The Baker
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Schmidt camera → Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German, In, Its, Schmidt, Since, The, The Schmidt, There
related to Space-based · 9
Schmidt camera → Atlantic Ocean, European Space Agency, Hipparcos, Hipparcos Survey, NASA's Kepler, Schmidt, The, The Kepler, This
related to Mersenne–Schmidt · 8
Schmidt camera → Baker, Mersenne, Paul, Paul-Baker, Schmidt, The, The Mersenne, This
related to Baker–Schmidt · 7
Schmidt camera → Baker-Schmidt, Harvard University, In, James Baker, Schmidt, The, This
related to Schmidt corrector plate · 7
Schmidt camera → Bernhard Schmidt, Cassegrain, Finnish, It, Schmidt, Väisälä, Yrjö Väisälä
related to Schmidt–Väisälä · 7
Schmidt camera → Bernhard Schmidt's, Once Väisälä, Schmidt, Schmidt's, This, Väisälä, Yrjö Väisälä
is a · 1
Schmidt camera → Oschin Schmidt Telescope at Palomar Observatory

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