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Bernhard Schmidt

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Baltic German astronomer (1879-1935)

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Bernhard Woldemar Schmidt was an Estonian optician. In 1930 he invented the Schmidt telescope, which corrected for the optical errors of spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism, making possible for the first time the construction of very large, wide-angled reflective cameras of short exposure time for astronomical...

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Bernhard SchmidtBernhard SchmidtSchmidt Museum at Hamburg Observatory, BergedorfSchmidt Museum at Hamburg Observatory, BergedorfThe 2m Schmidt Camera (the Alfred-Jensch Telescope at Karl Schwarzschild Observatory in Tautenburg, Germany).The 2m Schmidt Camera (the Alfred-Jensch Telescope at Karl Schwarzschild Observatory in Tautenburg, Germany).

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Bernhard Woldemar Schmidt was an Estonian optician. In 1930 he invented the Schmidt telescope, which corrected for the optical errors of spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism, making possible for the first time the construction of very large, wide-angled reflective cameras of short exposure time for astronomical research.

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Lived 1879 to 1935 · aged 56
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