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Schmidt telescope: see telescope telescope, traditionally, a system of lenses, mirrors, or both, used to gather light from a distant object and form an image of it. Traditional optical telescopes, which are the subject of this article, also are used to magnify objects on earth and in astronomy; ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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STScI has been digitizing the photographic Sky survey plates from the Palomar and UK Schmidt telescopes to produce the GSC and Digital Sky Survey (DSS). Malin became interested in a cometary globule called CG4 when photographs taken with the United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope in Epping showed that the object appeared dramatically different depending on whether it was viewed through a red or a blue filter. Schmidt Telescope at Epping, Australia, reveals that the most distant luminous quasars ever observed have the same density as those closer to Earth, report Richard McMahon and Michael Irwin of the University of Cambridge in England. |
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