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61 relations: Amateur Telescope Making, Apparent magnitude, Asteroid, Astigmatism (optical systems), Astronomical survey, Astrophotography, Atlantic Ocean, Bambang Hidayat, Bernhard Schmidt, Calar Alto Observatory, Cardinal point (optics), Catadioptric system, Celestron, Coma (optics), Comet, Diffraction, European Southern Observatory, European Space Agency, F-number, Field flattener lens, Field of view, Hamburg Observatory, Harvard University, Hipparcos, James Gilbert Baker, Joseph Nunn, Karl Schwarzschild Observatory, Kepler (spacecraft), Kepler photometer, Konkoly Observatory, Kvistaberg Observatory, La Silla Observatory, Lens (optics), List of telescope types, Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search, Lurie–Houghton telescope, Maksutov telescope, National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, Nova, Optical aberration, Optical telescope, Palomar Observatory, Primary mirror, Retronym, Samuel Oschin telescope, Satellite, Schmidt corrector plate, Schmidt-Väisälä camera, Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope, Schmidt–Newton telescope, ..., Scientific American, Secondary mirror, Siding Spring Observatory, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Sphere, UK Schmidt Telescope, Vacuum, Video projector, World War II, Wright camera, Yrjö Väisälä. Expand index (11 more) »
Amateur Telescope Making
Amateur Telescope Making (ATM) is a series of three books edited by Albert G. Ingalls between 1926 and 1953 while he was an associate editor at Scientific American.
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Apparent magnitude
The apparent magnitude of a celestial object is a number that is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth.
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Asteroid
Asteroids are minor planets, especially those of the inner Solar System.
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Astigmatism (optical systems)
An optical system with astigmatism is one where rays that propagate in two perpendicular planes have different foci.
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Astronomical survey
An astronomical survey is a general map or image of a region of the sky which lacks a specific observational target.
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Astrophotography
Astrophotography is a specialized type of photography for recording photos of astronomical objects, celestial events, and areas of the night sky.
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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.
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Bambang Hidayat
Bambang Hidayat is an Indonesian scientist known for promoting astronomy nationally and internationally.
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Bernhard Schmidt
Bernhard Woldemar Schmidt (– 1 December 1935) was a German optician.
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Calar Alto Observatory
The Calar Alto Observatory (Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán or Deutsch-Spanisches Astronomisches Zentrum, respectively "Spanish–German Astronomical Centre" and "German–Spanish Astronomical Centre") is an astronomical observatory located in Almería province in Spain on Calar Alto, a mountain in the Sierra de Los Filabres range.
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Cardinal point (optics)
In Gaussian optics, the cardinal points consist of three pairs of points located on the optical axis of a rotationally symmetric, focal, optical system.
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Catadioptric system
A catadioptric optical system is one where refraction and reflection are combined in an optical system, usually via lenses (dioptrics) and curved mirrors (catoptrics).
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Celestron
Celestron is a company based in Torrance, California, USA that manufactures telescopes and distributes telescopes, binoculars, spotting scopes, microscopes, and accessories manufactured by its parent company, the Synta Technology Corporation of Taiwan.
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Coma (optics)
In optics (especially telescopes), the coma, or comatic aberration, in an optical system refers to aberration inherent to certain optical designs or due to imperfection in the lens or other components that results in off-axis point sources such as stars appearing distorted, appearing to have a tail (coma) like a comet.
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Comet
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases, a process called outgassing.
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Diffraction
--> Diffraction refers to various phenomena that occur when a wave encounters an obstacle or a slit.
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European Southern Observatory
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a 15-nation intergovernmental research organization for ground-based astronomy.
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European Space Agency
The European Space Agency (ESA; Agence spatiale européenne, ASE; Europäische Weltraumorganisation) is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states dedicated to the exploration of space.
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F-number
The f-number of an optical system (such as a camera lens) is the ratio of the system's focal length to the diameter of the entrance pupil.
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Field flattener lens
Field flattener lens is a type of lens used in modern binocular designs (e.g. Canon 10 x 42 L IS WP, 18 x 50 IS All Weather and Swarovski EL 8.5 x 42, EL 10 x 42) and in astronomic telescopes.
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Field of view
The field of view is the extent of the observable world that is seen at any given moment.
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Hamburg Observatory
Hamburg Observatory (Hamburger Sternwarte) is an astronomical observatory located in the Bergedorf borough of the city of Hamburg in northern Germany.
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Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Hipparcos
Hipparcos was a scientific satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA), launched in 1989 and operated until 1993.
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James Gilbert Baker
James Gilbert Baker (November 11, 1914 – June 29, 2005) was an American astronomer and designer of optics systems.
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Joseph Nunn
Joseph Nunn (1905–1968) was an American engineer.
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Karl Schwarzschild Observatory
The Karl Schwarzschild Observatory (Karl-Schwarzschild-Observatorium) is a German astronomical observatory in Tautenburg near Jena, Thuringia.
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Kepler (spacecraft)
Kepler is a space observatory launched by NASA to discover Earth-size planets orbiting other stars.
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Kepler photometer
The Kepler photometer is the main instrument on NASA's Kepler spacecraft.
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Konkoly Observatory
Konkoly Observatory (Konkoly Obszervatórium; obs. code: 053) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, located in Budapest, Hungary.
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Kvistaberg Observatory
The Kvistaberg Station or Kvistaberg Observatory (Kvistabergs observatorium; obs. code: 049) was a Swedish astronomical observatory and a station of the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory, which both belong to the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Uppsala University.
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La Silla Observatory
La Silla Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Chile with three telescopes built and operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
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Lens (optics)
A lens is a transmissive optical device that focuses or disperses a light beam by means of refraction.
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List of telescope types
The following are lists of devices categorized as types of telescopes or devices associated with telescopes.
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Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS) was a project designed to discover asteroids and comets that orbit near the Earth.
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Lurie–Houghton telescope
The Houghton telescope or Lurie–Houghton telescope is a catadioptric telescope.
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Maksutov telescope
The Maksutov (also called a "Mak") is a catadioptric telescope design that combines a spherical mirror with a weakly negative meniscus lens in a design that takes advantage of all the surfaces being nearly "spherically symmetrical".
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National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey
The National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (NGS-POSS) was a major astronomical survey, that took almost 2,000 photographic plates of the night sky.
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Nova
A nova (plural novae or novas) or classical nova (CN, plural CNe) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star, that slowly fades over several weeks or many months.
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Optical aberration
Aberration in optics refers to a defect in a lens such that light is not focused to a point, but is spread out over some region of space, and hence an image formed by a lens with aberration is blurred or distorted, with the nature of the distortion depending on the type of aberration.
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Optical telescope
An optical telescope is a telescope that gathers and focuses light, mainly from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum, to create a magnified image for direct view, or to make a photograph, or to collect data through electronic image sensors.
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Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in San Diego County, California, United States, southeast of Los Angeles, California, in the Palomar Mountain Range.
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Primary mirror
A primary mirror (or primary) is the principal light-gathering surface (the objective) of a reflecting telescope.
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Retronym
A retronym is a newer name for an existing thing that differentiates the original form or version from a more recent one.
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Samuel Oschin telescope
The Samuel Oschin telescope, also called the Oschin Schmidt, is a Schmidt camera at the Palomar Observatory in northern San Diego County, California.
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Satellite
In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an artificial object which has been intentionally placed into orbit.
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Schmidt corrector plate
A Schmidt corrector plate is an aspheric lens which is designed to correct the spherical aberration in the spherical primary mirror it is combined with.
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Schmidt-Väisälä camera
The Schmidt-Väisälä camera is a type of astronomical telescope intended for wide-field (5 to 10 degrees of arc) photographic work.
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Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope
The Schmidt–Cassegrain is a catadioptric telescope that combines a Cassegrain reflector's optical path with a Schmidt corrector plate to make a compact astronomical instrument that uses simple spherical surfaces.
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Schmidt–Newton telescope
A Schmidt–Newton telescope or Schmidt–Newtonian telescope is a catadioptric telescope that combines elements from both the Schmidt camera and the Newtonian reflector.
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Scientific American
Scientific American (informally abbreviated SciAm) is an American popular science magazine.
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Secondary mirror
A secondary mirror (or secondary) is the second deflecting or focusing mirror element in a reflecting telescope.
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Siding Spring Observatory
Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia, part of the Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics (RSAA) at the Australian National University (ANU), incorporates the Anglo-Australian Telescope along with a collection of other telescopes owned by the Australian National University, the University of New South Wales, and other institutions.
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) is a research institute of the Smithsonian Institution headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where it is joined with the Harvard College Observatory (HCO) to form the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA).
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Sphere
A sphere (from Greek σφαῖρα — sphaira, "globe, ball") is a perfectly round geometrical object in three-dimensional space that is the surface of a completely round ball (viz., analogous to the circular objects in two dimensions, where a "circle" circumscribes its "disk").
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UK Schmidt Telescope
The UK Schmidt Telescope (UKST) is a 1.24 metre Schmidt telescope operated by the Australian Astronomical Observatory (formerly the Anglo-Australian Observatory); it is located adjacent to the 3.9 metre Anglo-Australian Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, Australia.
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Vacuum
Vacuum is space devoid of matter.
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Video projector
A video projector is an image projector that receives a video signal and projects the corresponding image on a projection screen using a lens system.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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Wright camera
In astrophotography, the Wright camera design, presented by Franklin Wright (Berkeley, California) in 1935, just a few years after the introduction of the Schmidt camera, was his "short" alternative to the original arrangement.
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Yrjö Väisälä
Yrjö Väisälä (6 September 1891 in Utra, Kontiolahti, Grand Duchy of Finland – 21 July 1971 in Rymättylä, Finland) was a Finnish astronomer and physicist.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_camera
