Schmidt corrector plates

A form of Schmidt corrector plate — 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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noun
  1. pluralplural of Schmidt corrector plate
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