The Schmidt–Cassegrain is a catadioptric telescope that combines a Cassegrain reflector's optical path with a Schmidt corrector plate to make a compact...
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The Cassegrain reflector is a combination of a primary concave mirror and a secondary convex mirror, often used in optical telescopes and radio antennas...
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Maksutov telescope (redirect from Maksutov-Cassegrain)
to the corrector/mirror holder configurations found in commercial Schmidt–Cassegrains. This provides an extra degree of freedom in correcting aberration...
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curvature "C" of the mirrors for a pure Schmidt camera and just behind the prime focus for a Schmidt–Cassegrain. The Schmidt corrector is thicker in the middle...
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Catadioptric system (section Schmidt corrector plate)
catadioptric cassegrains. The Schmidt corrector, the first full-diameter corrector plate, was used in Bernhard Schmidt's 1931 Schmidt camera. The Schmidt camera...
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Meade ETX telescope (section Schmidt-Cassegrain)
model. In 2009, Meade introduced the ETX-LS, a 150mm (6 in) F/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain or ACF telescope on a very different single-fork arm. The LS include...
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brewery Schmidt camera, an astronomical telescope designed for photography Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope, a version of the Schmidt camera Schmidt Site, an...
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Meade Instruments (section Catadioptric cassegrains)
telescopes models in 1977. In 1980, the company ventured into the Schmidt-Cassegrain market that up to that time had been dominated by Celestron Corporation...
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eyepieces and even Celestron 8-inch (200 mm) and 11-inch (280 mm) Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes.[citation needed] In June 2021, Orion acquired Meade Instruments...
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Akersberga, Sweden, using Duszanowicz's two 280mm aperature, f/1.9 Schmidt-Cassegrain (Celestron C11) telescopes, located at Duszanowicz's "Moonbase South...
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founded "Celestron Pacific" as a division of Valor Electronics offering Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes from 4" to 22". In 1970 Celestron introduced its "C8" 8"...
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Vixen (telescopes) (section Klevtsov–Cassegrain)
corrector plate of the Schmidt–Cassegrain and most Maksutov–Cassegrain designs. This design is based on the Maksutov–Cassegrain. It provides correction...
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astrophotography or CCD imaging. Schmidt–Newtonians also typically cost less than the more commonly produced Schmidt–Cassegrain telescopes since they don't...
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(catadioptric systems) such as the aspherical Schmidt corrector plate used in the Schmidt cameras and the Schmidt–Cassegrain telescopes. Small molded aspheres are...
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telescope Schmidt camera Baker–Nunn camera Baker–Schmidt camera Lensless Schmidt telescope Mersenne–Schmidt camera Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope ACF Schmidt–Cassegrain...
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Instruments launched in 1992 with 8" (20.32 cm) and a 10" (25.4 cm) Schmidt–Cassegrain models on computerized altazimuth mounts. Two larger models, a 12"...
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was constructed in 1962 by the University of St Andrews. It is of a Schmidt-Cassegrain design and is fitted with a CCD camera. The telescope has very large...
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discovered on 17 August 2014 by Terry Lovejoy using a 0.2-meter (8 in) Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope. It was discovered at apparent magnitude 15 in the southern...
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2022, he stated that he owned a 10-inch Dobsonian telescope, an 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, and a Unistellar eVscope. "Tim Russ Biography (1956-)"...
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buying her an airline ticket to Mexico – as well as buying her a Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope – so that she can start on the path to becoming a professional...
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The Meade LX90 is a Schmidt-Cassegrain design of telescope made by Meade Instruments for the mid-priced (2000 USD circa 2008) commercial telescope market...
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used on very long focal length telescopes, such as Maksutovs and Schmidt–Cassegrains, to obtain a wider field of view, or to reduce the focal ratio of...
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apochromatic types. Some reflecting types are Newtonian, Schmidt–Cassegrain, Maksutov-Cassegrain, and Maksutov-Newtonian. Even sophisticated designs, such...
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559), an open cluster in Cassiopeia Celestron, 8-inch (200 mm) a Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope C8 carbine, an assault rifle used by Canada and other NATO...
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Ritchey–Chrétien telescope (RCT or simply RC) is a specialized variant of the Cassegrain telescope that has a hyperbolic primary mirror and a hyperbolic secondary...
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Schmidt-Cassegrain catadioptric telescopes manufactured by Celestron and Meade. A third roll-off observatory, which houses another 14" Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain...
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observatory's principal instrument is a Meade 0.25-meter aperture Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope (SCT), which is routinely employed for photometric observations...
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ASTELCO 60 cm Cassegrain telescope German-Equatorial Mount: NTM-500 Focal length: 6000 mm Focal ratio: f/8 T-40 Meade LX200 model Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope...
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old period building with a "roll-off" roof to open up the 14-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope with computer-guided pointing and tracking to the skies...
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incorporate a secondary mirror, including Newtonian telescopes and Schmidt–Cassegrain telescopes. I ( R ) = I 0 ( 1 − ϵ 2 ) 2 ( 2 J 1 ( x ) x − 2 ϵ J 1...
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