Recent work with the UK Schmidt Telescope.
Abstract
The UK 1.2-meter Schmidt Telescope came into operation in 1973 with the primary purpose of extending to southern declinations the Sky Survey carried out with the Palomar 1,2-meter Schmidt Telescope. The UK Schmidt Telescope is discussed here with reference to the ESO/SRC Southern Sky Survey, the red plates, the near-IR plates, the objective prism, and astrometric applications.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
- Pub Date:
- 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1323358000024565
- Bibcode:
- 1978PASA....3..206T
- Keywords:
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- Infrared Telescopes;
- Schmidt Telescopes;
- Near Infrared Radiation;
- Photographic Plates;
- Prisms;
- Sky Surveys (Astronomy);
- United Kingdom;
- Astronomy;
- Schmidt Telescopes