UK Schmidt Telescope

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Schmidt telescope wide-field optical survey telescope

The UK Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field optical survey telescope in Australia that has played a key role in mapping the southern sky and discovering large-scale Galactic structures.

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Surface form	Occurrences
UK Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Schmidt telescope ⓘ wide-field optical survey telescope ⓘ
altitude	approximately 1165 metres ⓘ
collaboratingInstitution	European Southern Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1960s ⓘ
contributedToDiscoveryOf	distant galaxy clusters ⓘ large-scale structure in the Milky Way ⓘ quasars in the southern sky ⓘ
correctorPlateDiameter	1.83 metres ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
designedFor	wide-field photographic sky surveys ⓘ
fieldOfView	approximately 6 degrees ⓘ
focalLength	3.05 metres ⓘ
focalRatio	f/2.48 ⓘ
hasApertureClass	1–2 metre class telescope ⓘ
hasCatalogueProduct	UK Schmidt Telescope photographic plate archive NERFINISHED ⓘ digitised sky survey data ⓘ
hemisphereCoverage	southern sky ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1973 ⓘ
laterDetectorType	CCD mosaic camera ⓘ
locatedIn	Australia ⓘ New South Wales ⓘ
location	Siding Spring Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	Australian Astronomical Observatory (after 2010) NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSurvey	2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey input catalogues ⓘ AAO/UKST H-alpha Survey of the Southern Galactic Plane NERFINISHED ⓘ ESO/SERC Southern Sky Atlas NERFINISHED ⓘ Hamburg/ESO Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ SuperCOSMOS Sky Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ UK Schmidt Southern Sky Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	Anglo-Australian Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ Australian Astronomical Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ
opticalDesign	Schmidt optical system ⓘ
originalDetectorType	photographic plates ⓘ
partOf	Siding Spring Observatory telescope suite NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryMirrorDiameter	1.24 metres ⓘ
primaryScienceGoal	extragalactic surveys ⓘ mapping the southern sky ⓘ study of large-scale Galactic structure ⓘ
sponsor	Science and Engineering Research Council NERFINISHED ⓘ UK Science Research Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	operational (with modern detectors) ⓘ
telescopeMountType	equatorial mount ⓘ
usedFor	astrometry ⓘ photometry ⓘ spectroscopic target selection ⓘ

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this entity surface form: UK Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory