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UK Schmidt Telescope
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UK Schmidt Telescope
The 1.2 metre
UK Schmidt Telescope
(UKST) is operated by the
Australian Astronomical Observatory
(formerly the
Anglo-Australian Observatory
), and located adjacent to the 3.9 metre
Anglo-Australian Telescope
at
Siding Spring Observatory
,
Australia
. It is very similar to the
Samuel Oschin telescope
in California. The telescope can detect objects down to
magnitude
21 after an hour of
exposure
on photographic plates.
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