ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SCHMIDT TELESCOPE
Named after B. V. Schmidt (1879–1935), Estonian-born German inventor.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCHMIDT TELESCOPE»
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Schmidt telescope in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Schmidt telescope and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Astrophotography with the
Schmidt Telescope
The objective of this book is to present a photograph collection of astronomical objects taken with large Schmidt telescopes.
Siegfried Marx, Werner Pfau, 1992
2
Constantin Carathéodory: Mathematics and Politics in ...
Caratheodory worked out the theory of Schmidt's telescope and, in 1940. he
published the theory of the off-axis aherrations of the Schmidt telescope. proving
that they were symmetrical. To his surprise, he found not only that the equations ...
3
Reflecting
Telescope Optics I: Basic Design Theory and its ...
requirements of the Schmidt telescope. For large sizes of the order of 1 m, the
choice of glasses is limited by availability and considerations of absorption in the
UV and blue. For the ESO 1m Schmidt telescope, the original singlet corrector
was ...
4
Catchers of the Light: The Forgotten Lives of the Men and ...
This book of 1600 or so pages, with 1800 or more photographs/illustrations and over 2000 references/notes - represents the FIRST fully detailed and professionally researched book on the subject; and tells of the incredible lives of the ...
5
The 20th Century O-Z: Dictionary of World Biography
The theory behind the Schmidt telescope, often referred to as a camera, relates to
the physical properties of reflected light. Parallel light-rays reflected at the edge of
a spherical mirror travel shorter distances to a medium placed above it than ...
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Dictionary of World Biography
The theory behind the Schmidt telescope, often referred to as a camera, relates to
the physical properties of reflected light. Parallel light-rays reflected at the edge of
a spherical mirror travel shorter distances to a medium placed above it than ...
Frank Northen Magill, Alison Aves, 1999
7
The Principles of Astronomical
Telescope Design
One way to define a Schmidt telescope is to use a group of three numbers: a=b=c
, where a is the diameter of the corrector, b that of the spherical primary mirror,
and c the focal length. The corrector is very thin and a diameter up to 1.2 m is ...
8
Reflecting
Telescope Optics I: Basic Design Theory and Its ...
In deciding on the value of λ0 for a new Schmidt telescope, the mean filter
thickness should be taken into account. If red filters are thicker than blue ones,
this will improve the total correction. 3.6.2.4 Field aberrations ofa Schmidt
telescope.
9
Supernova Search Charts and Handbook Pack/Set ICL
... 15 Fornax cluster of galaxies NGC 6744 Figure 1 Figure 2 Supernova in NGC
1316 Supernova in NGC 1532 Supernova in NGC 5236 M. Spencer ii Anglo
Australian Telescope xvi Anglo Australian Telescope 2 UK Schmidt Telescope
Unit 4 ...
Gregg D. Thompson, James T. Bryan, Jr, 1989
10
From Earth-Bound to Satellite: Telescopes, Skills and Networks
Some instrumental highlights of the postwar period should be mentioned.25 In
1953, Askania built the Hoher List Observatory for Bonn University, with a
Schmidt telescope.26 This type of telescope was invented by Bernhard Schmidt ...
Alison D. Morrison-Low, 2011
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCHMIDT TELESCOPE»
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Schmidt telescope is used in the context of the following news items.
This is the Very Large Telescope's New Image of the 'Mouth of the …
The name comes from a discovery made in 1976 by the UK Schmidt Telescope. The objects appeared to be elongated comet-like objects located in the Gum ... «The News Ledge, Jan 15»
Comet Siding Spring Skims Past Mars
Join his Virtual Telescope Project for online viewing of the comet encounter ... with the Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory in ... «Sky & Telescope, Oct 14»
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9: 20 years later
It was the pinnacle of an extraordinary journey that had begun 16 months earlier, on March 23, 1993, when we were sitting at the 18-inch Schmidt telescope ... «Sky & Telescope, Jul 14»
Ancient 'Methuselah star' Just Got Younger, Hubble Helps …
The aging star, cataloged as HD 140283, lies 190.1 light-years away. The Anglo-Australian Observatory (AAO) UK Schmidt telescope photographed the star in ... «Nature World News, Mar 13»
Nasa boosts funds for telescope team hunting dangerous asteroids
The money will be used to upgrade and operate the CSS telescopes through to 2015. ... Sky's the limit: The Schmidt Telescope is located on Mt. Bigelow in the ... «Daily Mail, Mar 12»
Comet and Earth to Have Rare Close Encounter
Back on March 15, 1986, astronomer Malcolm Hartley discovered a new comet on photographic images taken at the U.K. Schmidt Telescope Unit at Siding ... «Space.com, Oct 10»
Using a 69-year-old telescope, Case Western Reserve University …
BS telescope from NOAO.jpg View full sizeNOAO, AURA, NSFCWRU's Burrell Schmidt telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory uses a combination of ... «Plain Dealer, Jan 10»
