Baker-Nunn camera

noun

A device like a Schmidt camera but having a small triplet corrector lens closer to the focus of the camera.

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Meanings

nounBaker-Nunn camera (plural Baker-Nunn cameras)

plural Baker-Nunn cameras

  1. astronomyA device like a Schmidt camera but having a small triplet corrector lens closer to the focus of the camera.
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