Schmidt corrector plate

noun

An aspheric lens that corrects the spherical aberration introduced by the spherical primary mirror of the Schmidt telescope or Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.

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Meanings

nounSchmidt corrector plate (plural Schmidt corrector plates)

plural Schmidt corrector plates

  1. astronomyAn aspheric lens that corrects the spherical aberration introduced by the spherical primary mirror of the Schmidt telescope or Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.

Origin

The lens was invented by Bernhard Schmidt in 1931.

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