Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope

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Schmidt telescope astronomical telescope survey telescope

The Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope is a wide-field survey telescope at Palomar Observatory renowned for its major contributions to sky surveys and the discovery of numerous astronomical objects.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Samuel Oschin Telescope	3
Palomar Observatory Oschin Schmidt Telescope	1
Samuel Oschin 48-inch Schmidt telescope	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Schmidt telescope ⓘ astronomical telescope ⓘ survey telescope ⓘ
alternateName	Palomar Schmidt NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Oschin Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ
apertureClass	1–2 meter class telescope ⓘ
constructionStart	1940s ⓘ
correctorType	Schmidt corrector plate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designedFor	wide-field sky surveys ⓘ
diameter	1.22 meters ⓘ 48 inches ⓘ
fieldOfView	wide field of view ⓘ
firstLight	1948 ⓘ
hostedSurvey	POSS I NERFINISHED ⓘ POSS II NERFINISHED ⓘ Palomar Observatory Sky Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ Palomar Transient Factory NERFINISHED ⓘ Palomar-Quest survey NERFINISHED ⓘ Zwicky Transient Facility NERFINISHED ⓘ intermediate Palomar Transient Factory NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	discovery of comets ⓘ discovery of numerous asteroids ⓘ discovery of quasars ⓘ discovery of supernovae ⓘ major contributions to sky surveys ⓘ
laterDetector	charge-coupled devices ⓘ
locatedIn	Palomar Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ San Diego County ⓘ surface form: San Diego County, California United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
mountType	equatorial mount ⓘ
namedAfter	Samuel Oschin NERFINISHED ⓘ
observatoryCode	675 ⓘ
operatedBy	California Institute of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalDetector	photographic plates ⓘ
partOf	Palomar Observatory survey facilities NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryMirrorShape	spherical mirror ⓘ
significance	one of the most productive survey telescopes in history ⓘ
telescopeType	Schmidt camera ⓘ
upgradedTo	CCD-based imaging system ⓘ
usedFor	digital sky surveys ⓘ near-Earth object searches ⓘ photographic sky surveys ⓘ time-domain astronomy ⓘ transient object searches ⓘ
usedInProject	all-sky photographic surveys ⓘ time-domain sky monitoring ⓘ
wavelengthRange	optical ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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Palomar Observatory → hasTelescope → Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samuel Oschin Telescope

Zwicky Transient Facility → usesTelescope → Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samuel Oschin Telescope

ZTF Public Data Releases → telescope → Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samuel Oschin 48-inch Schmidt telescope

Palomar Transient Factory → telescopeUsed → Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samuel Oschin Telescope

Schmidt telescope → notableExample → Palomar 48-inch Schmidt Telescope ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palomar Observatory Oschin Schmidt Telescope