Schmidt Camera - List of Schmidt Cameras

List of Schmidt Cameras

A short list of notable and/or large aperture Schmidt cameras.

Selected Large Schmidt Cameras by Year
Observatory Aperture Year(s) Note
Palomar Observatory 40 cm 1936 first in North America
Palomar Observatory 122 cm 1948 the Samuel Oschin telescope
Hamburg Observatory 80 cm 1954 Moved to Calar Alto Observatory in 1974
Karl Schwarzschild Observatory 200 cm 1960 Largest aperture
Kvistaberg Observatory 100 cm 1963 Largest in Scandinavia
La Silla Observatory 100 cm 1971 ESO
UK Schmidt Telescope 120 cm 1973 In Southern Hemisphere
Kepler photometer 95 cm 2009 Largest in space

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