Bernhard Schmidt and the Schmidt Telescope for Mapping the Sky
Bernhard Voldemar Schmidt (1879-1935) was born in Estonia. He ran an optical workshop in Mittweida, Saxonia, between 1901 and 1927. Astronomers appreciated the quality of his telescopes. Starting in 1925, working freelance in Hamburg Observatory, he developed a short focal length optical system with...
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De Gruyter
2011-06-01
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| Series: | Open Astronomy |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/astro-2017-0282 |