Schmidt telescope

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Schmidt telescope, camera

(Astronomy) a catadioptric telescope designed to produce a very sharp image of a large area of sky in one photographic exposure. It incorporates a thin specially shaped glass plate at the centre of curvature of a short-focus spherical primary mirror so that the resulting image, which is focused on a photographic plate, is free from spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism

[named after B. V. Schmidt (1879-1935), Estonian-born German inventor]

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Schmidt telescope - reflecting telescope that has plate that corrects for aberration so a wide area of sky can be photographed

Schmidt camera

reflecting telescope, reflector - optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece; "Isaac Newton invented the reflecting telescope in 1668"

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