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noun
A telescope, having a wide field of view, comprising a thin aspheric lens and a large concave mirror.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Schmidt camera
noun
reflecting telescope that has plate that corrects for aberration so a wide area of sky can be photographed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Schmidt camera
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reflecting telescope, reflector
History
From Bernhard Schmidt, German optician.
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