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Schmidt Telescopes

Switzerland · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1935

Fritz Zwicky1935

Science / Astronomy

Together with colleague Walter Baade, Zwicky pioneered and promoted the use of the first Schmidt telescopes used in a mountain-top observatory in 1935

Names involved

Fritz Zwicky

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