Swedish Solar Telescope
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The Swedish Solar Telescope, also known as the Swedish 1-meter Solar Telescope, is a refracting solar telescope at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma in the Canary Islands. It is run by the
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Sunrise at the telescope.
Ludwig Schupmann
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Ludwig Ignaz Schupmann was a German professor of architecture and an optical designer. He is principally remembered today for his Medial and Brachymedial telescopes, types of catadioptric reflecting-r
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…lens diameter of 43 inches, is technically larger than Yerkes Observatory, only 39 inches are clear for the aperture. The SST is most often used as a Schupmann telescope, thereby correcting the chromatic aberrations of the singlet primary. The SST is a vacuum telescope, meaning that it is evacuated internally to avoid…
Rathenow's Giant Telescope in the modern "Park of Optics" where it is located since 2009.
Medial Telescopes (types A and B) according to Schupmann 1899
Brachymedial Telescopes (types A and B) according to Schupmann 1899
Giant "brachymedial" (shortened hybrid) telescope built in the city of Rathenow near Berlin by Edwin Rolf 1949-1953 (around 1953).