Bernhard Schmidt
Astronomer
1879 – 1935
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Who was Bernhard Schmidt?
Bernhard Woldemar Schmidt was a German optician. In 1930 he invented the Schmidt telescope which corrected for the optical errors of spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism, making possible for the first time the construction of very large, wide-angled reflective cameras of short exposure time for astronomical research.
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- Born
- Mar 30, 1879
Naissaar - Also known as
- Шмидт, Бернхард
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 1, 1935
Hamburg
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on July 23, 2013
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