Re: [APML] 48 Inch Schmidt Telescopes

["mstecker" <mstecker@dslextreme.com>]

I do not have the particulars on the Schmidt camera.  He did use a flat
mirror similar to a Newtonian secondary to bring the image out to the CCD
which was just outside the Celestron tube.  He used one of the smaller SBIG
cameras.  Since he lives in Chile, I would guess he probably either got the
idea from Cerro Tololo or they got it from him.  To my knowledge there are
no photos or a web page on the system.  You might try to get some
information from the observatory.


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----- Original Message -----
From: "William R. Mattil" <wrmattil@ix.netcom.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] 48 Inch Schmidt Telescopes


> mstecker wrote:
> >
> > A friend of mine (a retired professional astronomer now an amateur) has
been
> > using a similar technique with his Celestron 8-inch Schmidt camera for
> > years.
> >
>
> Michael,
>
> Can you provide more details of this set up ? Mirror placement ?
> Detector ? etc ?
> Perhaps some images of the set-up would be of interest to other Schmidt
> fanciers ?
>
>
> Regards
>
> Bill
>
>
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