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A robotic reflective Schmidt telescope for Dome C

Author(s) -

Strassmeier K. G.,

Andersen M. I.,

Steinbach M.

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

astronomische nachrichten

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394

H-Index - 63

eISSN - 1521-3994

pISSN - 0004-6337

DOI - 10.1002/asna.200410303

Subject(s) - schmidt camera , telescope , dome (geology) , physics , optics , square (algebra) , limiting magnitude , field of view , reflecting telescope , primary mirror , wafer , limiting , geology , geometry , optoelectronics , mathematics , engineering , mechanical engineering , paleontology

This paper lays out a wide‐field robotic Schmidt telescope (RST) for the Antarctic site Dome C. The telescope is based on 80/120 cm reflective Schmidt optics, built originally for a space project, and a mosaic of four 7.5 k × 7.5 k 8‐ μ m thinned CCDs from the PEPSI/LBT wafer run. The telescope's total field of view (FOV) would be 5° circular (minimum 3° × 3° square) with a plate scale of 0.7 arcsec per pixel. Limiting magnitude is expected to be V = 21.5 mag in 60 sec for a field of 9 square degrees. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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