The ESO Schmidt Telescope
The 40" ESO Schmidt Telescope is located at the LaSilla Observatory
of the European Southern Observatory in Chile. A
summary
of some of the properties of this telescope is as follows:
Properties of the ESO
Schmidt Telescope
| Clear aperture diameter |
1.0 m
|
| Focal length |
3.0 m |
| f ratio |
f/3 |
| Plate scale |
15 µ/arc sec |
| Latitude of observatory |
-29.25 South
|
| Longtitude of obsevatory |
-70.74 West
|
| Elevation |
2,400 m
|
