Abstract
During the last ten years the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA) has installed four large telescopes at its observatory on Calar Alto, Spain, which is operated jointly with the Spanish National Commission for Astronomy as the German-Spanish Astronomical Center. Figure 1 shows the domes of the 1.2 m, 2.2 m, and 3.5 m telescopes of Ritchey-Chrétien type and the dome of the Schmidt Telescope. They all are Zeiss telescopes, the former three coming from Oberkochen, the latter one from Jena.
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Heckmann, O.: 1955, Mitt. Astron. Gesellsch. 1954, p. 57.
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Birkle, K. (1984). The Schmidt Telescope on Calar Alto. In: Capaccioli, M. (eds) Astronomy with Schmidt-Type Telescopes. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 110. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6387-0_30
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