Telescope, Schmidt type, made by Charles A. & Harold A. Lower. The Schmidt comera was invented by Bernard Schmidt in Germany in 1930. It is an ingenious mirror/lens combination which gives a coma-free ...

More exciting to astronomers than a flaming new comet is the Schmidt star camera. It will clearly photograph 500 times as much sky as the small area (1° in diameter) now recorded by ordinary reflector ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Super-Schmidt Camera installed at ...