Schmidt telescope

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telescope design wide-field reflecting telescope

A Schmidt telescope is a wide-field reflecting telescope design that uses a spherical primary mirror and a correcting lens to capture sharp images over a large area of the sky.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Schmidt camera	4
Schmidt telescope canonical	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	telescope design ⓘ wide-field reflecting telescope ⓘ
correctorPlatePosition	at or near telescope aperture ⓘ
correctsAberration	coma (partially) ⓘ spherical aberration ⓘ
designedTo	capture sharp images over a large area of the sky ⓘ
enables	discovery of faint, extended astronomical objects ⓘ systematic photographic sky surveys ⓘ
fieldCorrectionMethod	aspheric corrector plate at entrance pupil ⓘ
firstBuiltAt	Hamburg Observatory ⓘ
hasAdvantage	large corrected field ⓘ low optical distortion over wide field ⓘ
hasCorrectorLocation	center of curvature of primary mirror ⓘ
hasCorrectorType	aspheric lens ⓘ
hasDisadvantage	corrector plate can be large and heavy for big apertures ⓘ curved focal surface complicates detector mounting ⓘ
hasFieldOfView	wide field of view ⓘ
hasFocalSurface	curved focal plane ⓘ
hasHistoricalImportance	revolutionized photographic sky surveys in 20th century ⓘ
hasOpticalConfiguration	prime-focus design ⓘ
hasPrimaryMirrorShape	spherical mirror ⓘ
hasVariant	Baker–Nunn camera ⓘ Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope design ⓘ surface form: Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope
influencedDesign	Schmidt telescope self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Schmidt camera Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope design ⓘ surface form: Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope
inventedBy	Bernhard Schmidt ⓘ
inventionYear	1930 ⓘ
inventorNationality	Estonian-German ⓘ
isNamedAfter	Bernhard Schmidt ⓘ
isTypeOf	catadioptric telescope ⓘ
lightPath	single reflection from primary mirror to focal surface ⓘ
mountingType	various telescope mounts ⓘ
notableExample	ESO Schmidt Telescope at La Silla Observatory ⓘ Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope ⓘ surface form: Palomar Observatory Oschin Schmidt Telescope UK Schmidt Telescope ⓘ surface form: UK Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory
optimizedFor	wide-field imaging ⓘ
primaryMirrorType	fixed spherical mirror ⓘ
typicallyUsesDetector	CCD detector (modern) ⓘ photographic plate (historically) ⓘ
typicalUse	astronomical sky surveys ⓘ comet and asteroid searches ⓘ mapping Milky Way structure ⓘ wide-field astrophotography ⓘ
usedBy	amateur astronomers (smaller versions) ⓘ professional observatories ⓘ
usesOpticalElement	Schmidt corrector plate ⓘ
usesOpticalSystem	combination of mirror and lens ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kepler space telescope → telescopeType → Schmidt telescope ⓘ

Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope design → relatedDesign → Schmidt telescope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Schmidt camera

Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph → technology → Schmidt telescope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Schmidt camera

Curtis Schmidt Telescope → opticalDesign → Schmidt telescope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Schmidt camera

Schmidt telescope → influencedDesign → Schmidt telescope self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Schmidt camera

Bergedorf Observatory → hasTelescope → Schmidt telescope ⓘ