Bernhard Schmidt

Bernhard Woldemar Schmidt was an Estonian optician. In 1930 he invented the Schmidt telescope, which corrected for the optical errors of spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism, making possible for the first time the construction of very large, wide-angled reflective cameras of short exposure time for astronomical research.

11 April 1879

Born on the same birth day (11 April): Dan Maskell • Gustav Vigeland • Nancy Honeytree • Peter Windsor • Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March • Sarodj Bertin

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