Observatory was built later and remains the largest Schmidt camera in the world, although more technologically advanced versions have since been produced. The Bergedorf Schmidt was moved to Calar Alto Observatory in 1976. Bernhard Schmidt is also the protagonist of the biographic novel Vastutuulelaev: Bernhard Schmidti romaan (Sailing Against the Wind : a Novel of Bernhard Schmidt) by Estonian author Jaan Kross. See also List of astronomical instrument makers 1743 Schmidt References Further reading Bernard Schmidt, "Ein lichtstarkes komafreies Spiegelsystem," Central-Zeitung für Optik und Mechanik 52.2 (1931), pp. 25–26; also in Mitteilungen der Hamburger Sternwarte in Bergedorf 36.7 (1932), pp. 15–17. Erik Schmidt (son of August Fredrik Schmidt, and nephew of Bernhard Schmidt), Optical Illusions, The Life Story of Bernhard Schmidt, the Great Stellar Optician of the Twentieth Century, (Estonia, 1995). Jaan Kross, Sailing Against the Wind: a Novel of Bernhard Schmidt, Northwestern University Press, 2012, p. 348. Richard Schorr, "Bernhard Schmidt†," Astronomische Nachrichten 258 (1936), col. 45–48. Arthur Arno Wachmann, "Das Leben des Optikers Bernhard Schmidt," Sterne und Weltraum (1962/2), pp. 28–32. Arthur Arno Wachmann, "From the life of B. Schmidt", Sky & Telescope (S&T), Nov 1955, pp. 4–9 External links Biography The original Schmidt Telescope 1879 births 1935 deaths People from Viimsi Parish People from Kreis Harrien Estonian people of Swedish descent 20th-century German astronomers Estonian astronomers Telescope manufacturers Chalmers University of Technology alumni Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany People from Bergedorf German scientific instrument makers