The Oschin Schmidt Telescope
The 48" Oschin Schmidt Telescope is located at the
Palomar Observatory
of the California Institute of Technology. A summary of some of the properties of this telescope is as follows:
Properties of the Oschin Schmidt Telescope
Clear aperture diameter
1.26
Focal length
3 m
f ratio
f/2.5
Plate scale
15 µ/arc sec
Latitude of observatory
Longtitude of obsevatory
Elevation
For more detail see the
Oschin Schmidt
web site.