Schmidt telescope
(亦作Schmidt camera)
noun
- a type of catadioptric telescope used solely for wide-angle astronomical photography, with a thin glass plate at the front to correct for spherical aberration. A curved photographic plate is placed at the prime focus inside the telescope.施密特望远镜。
词源
1930s: named after Bernhard V. Schmidt （1879-1935）, the German inventor.