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3TA-10 Schmidt Telescope comparison table |
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Schmidt | in degrees, minutes, seconds (N or S) | the person, company or institution that created the mirror | equatorial telescope | height above sea level in meters | or primary mirror diameter | the person, company or institution that constructed the mounting | A type of reflecting telescope (more accurately, a large camera) in which the coma produced by a spherical concave mirror is compensated for by a thin correcting lens placed at the opening of the telescope tube. The Schmidt has a usable field of 0°.6. | in degrees, minutes, seconds (E or W) | equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter) | |||||||
3TA-10 Schmidt Telescope | three 1 m diameter objective prisms | Mount Aragatz, Armenia | Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory | 40° 20' N | LOMO | 1450 m | Schmidt | Byurakan Schmidt | f/2.13 | 1.00 m | LOMO | 44° 30' E | 1.5 m | 1961 |
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