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1.2-m Oschin Schmidt telescope- Palomar observatory, California.

author: P.K.Chen/APB/Novapix

reference: o-pal02-10000

Image Size 300 DPI: 28 * 21 cm

1.2-m Oschin Schmidt- Palomar observatory, California. 
Samuel Oschin telescope is a 48-inch (1.22-m) aperture Schmidt camera. Its construction was completed in 1948. It originally used glass photographic plates but the camera is now converted to use CCD imager.

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ASTRONOMY - CALIFORNIA - DSS - OBSERVATORY - OSCHIN - PALOMAR - SCHMIDT TELESCOPE - TELESCOPE - USA -