Tuorla 0.40 m Väisälä-Schmidt camera


Mounting of telescope: equatorial german type

Main mirror: spherical, 0.4 m

Tube: Solid

Equivalent focal distance of system: 1.03 m

Effective aperture ratio of system: f/2.6

Field of view: 47' x 30' for 14x9 mm detector

Instrument : photographic plate

Telescope control system: Manual

Mounting : worm drive

Average sky background brightness in tuorla: 17 mag / square arcsecond in V band

Last modification: 19??

Tuorla 0.40 m Väisälä-Schmidt camera Technical description of 0.40 m Väisälä-Schmidt
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Väisälä image plane flattener, film holder and camera shutter
Väisälä image plane flattener, film holder and camera shutter