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- noun astronomy A telescope, having a wide
field of view , comprising a thinaspheric lens and a largeconcave mirror
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- noun reflecting telescope that has plate that corrects for aberration so a wide area of sky can be photographed
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From Bernhard Schmidt German optician
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