Curtis Schmidt Telescope
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The Curtis Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field Schmidt telescope known for its photographic sky surveys and operation at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Curtis Schmidt Telescope canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Schmidt telescope
ⓘ
astronomical telescope ⓘ |
| affiliation | NOIRLab ⓘ |
| aperture | 0.61 m ⓘ |
| correctorType | Schmidt corrector plate ⓘ |
| country | Chile ⓘ |
| designedFor | wide-field photographic sky surveys ⓘ |
| detectorType | photographic plates ⓘ |
| fieldOfView | wide-field ⓘ |
| focalRatio | f/3.5 ⓘ |
| hemisphere | southern sky ⓘ |
| laterDetectorType | CCD ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
ⓘ
surface form:
Cerro Tololo
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ⓘ Chile ⓘ Coquimbo Region ⓘ |
| mirrorType | spherical primary mirror ⓘ |
| mountType | equatorial mount ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Heber Doust Curtis ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to sky survey catalogs
ⓘ
wide-field photographic surveys of the southern sky ⓘ |
| observatory | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ⓘ |
| operator |
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy
ⓘ
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ⓘ National Optical Astronomy Observatory ⓘ |
| opticalDesign |
Schmidt telescope
ⓘ
surface form:
Schmidt camera
|
| partOf |
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
ⓘ
surface form:
Cerro Tololo telescope suite
|
| primaryMirrorDiameter |
0.61 m
ⓘ
24 in ⓘ |
| siteAltitude |
approximately 2200 m
ⓘ
approximately 7200 ft ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| telescopeType | Schmidt ⓘ |
| usedFor |
astronomical imaging
ⓘ
extragalactic surveys ⓘ galactic structure studies ⓘ photographic sky surveys ⓘ supernova searches ⓘ survey astronomy ⓘ variable star surveys ⓘ |
| wavelengthRange | optical ⓘ |
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