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Schmidt corrector plate
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Etymology
The lens was invented by Bernhard Schmidt in 1931.
Noun
en astronomy 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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