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"Schmidt camera"
Keywords:
aberration
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telescope
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astronomical
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lurie
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houghton
Related Terms:
Slr
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Wide-angle lens
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Rangefinder camera
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Slr camera
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Telephoto lens
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Wide angle lens
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Tlr
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Macro lens
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Prime focus
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Focusing
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Zoom lens
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Telephoto
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Single lens reflex
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Eyepiece
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Teleconverter
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Normal lens
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Close-up lens
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Pinhole lens
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Fixed focus
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Focal ratio
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Focuser
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Barlow lens
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Mirror lens
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Autofocus
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Varifocal lens
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Long lens
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Extension tube
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Back focus
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Refracting telescope
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Fixed focal length
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Parfocal
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Micro lens
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Diaphragm
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Fixed lens
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Reflex camera
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Extension tubes
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Kellner
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Focal-plane shutter
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Zoom
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Focal length
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Focal reducer
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Auto focus
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Objective lens
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Prime lens
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Focalize
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Aperture
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Optical zoom
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Telecentric lens
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Follow focus
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Deep focus
A type of telescope that uses a spherical mirror and a thin lens to provide photographs of a wide field.
earthguide.ucsd.edu
reflecting telescope that has plate that corrects for aberration so a wide area of sky can be photographed
wordnet.princeton.edu
an astronomical camera designed to provide wide fields of view with limited aberration in
absoluteastronomy.com
a specialised telescope for taking wide-field images
cometchaser.de
A Schmidt camera is an astronomical camera designed to provide wide fields of view with limited aberrations. Other similar designs are the Wright Camera and Lurie-Houghton telescope.
en.wikipedia.org
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