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The Medium Dispersion Prism of the UK Schmidt Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

R. D. Cannon ,
J. A. Dawe ,
D. H. Morgan ,
Ann Savage  and
M. G. Smith
R. D. Cannon
Affiliation:
The Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ
J. A. Dawe
Affiliation:
The Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ
D. H. Morgan
Affiliation:
The Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ
Ann Savage
Affiliation:
The Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ
M. G. Smith
Affiliation:
The Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ
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The U.K. 1.2 metre Schmidt Telescope acquired its first full aperture objective prism in 1975. This was a very low dispersion prism (2400 Å/mm at 4300 Å) which has been found to be particularly useful in searching for faint QSO’s.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , 1982 , pp. 468 - 474
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1982

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