List of Schmidt Cameras
A short list of notable and/or large aperture Schmidt cameras.
| Selected Large Schmidt Cameras by Year | |||||||
| Observatory | Aperture | Year(s) | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palomar Observatory | 40 cm | 1936 | first in North America | ||||
| Palomar Observatory | 122 cm | 1948 | the Samuel Oschin telescope | ||||
| Hamburg Observatory | 80 cm | 1954 | Moved to Calar Alto Observatory in 1974 | ||||
| Karl Schwarzschild Observatory | 200 cm | 1960 | Largest aperture | ||||
| Kvistaberg Observatory | 100 cm | 1963 | Largest in Scandinavia | ||||
| La Silla Observatory | 100 cm | 1971 | ESO | ||||
| UK Schmidt Telescope | 120 cm | 1973 | In Southern Hemisphere | ||||
| Kepler photometer | 95 cm | 2009 | Largest in space | ||||
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