Abstract
The 50/70 Schmidt telescope at the National Astronomical Observatory (NAO), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, is an example of the possibilities for a long-term operation and everlasting actuality of these types of telescopes. Originally, this telescope was constructed in the GDR in 1952 and mounted in the Potsdam Observatory, Academy of Sciences of the GDR (as such, it is on the list of West, 1974). In 1979, on the basis of a mutual agreement between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Sciences of the GDR, it was transferred to Rozhen, Bulgaria. The principal parameters of the instrument are as follows: I. Main mirror: diameter: 70cm; material: Tempax; thickness in the centre: 10 cm; radius of curvature: 344 cm.
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