Schmidt Telescope Converter
notes: label: Description
content: In 1930, Bernhard Schmidt (1879-1935), a German optical instrument maker, described an ingenious mirror/lens combination that produces images free of coma and of astigmatism. This converter for a Schmidt telescope came from the U.S. Naval Observatory.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Naval Observatory
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.328505
label: catalog number
content: 328505
label: accession number
content: 282476
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telescope, schmidt converter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in x 40 in x 23 in; 50.8 cm x 101.6 cm x 58.42 cm