Operation of the Burrell Schmidt at Kitt Peak

这笔拨款将部分用于支持凯斯西储大学位于亚利桑那州基特峰的伯勒尔·施密特望远镜的运行。运营费用由凯斯西部天文台和基特峰国家天文台平均分担，凯斯西部天文台的捐款部分来自大学的资金，部分来自国家科学基金会（NSF）。伯勒尔·施密特是美国最大的施密特式望远镜，带有客观棱镜，因此非常适合大规模的光谱调查。凯斯西大学的天文学家正在使用这种技术进行许多调查。

This grant will be used as partial support for the operation of Case Western Reserve University's Burrell Schmidt telescope which is located on Kitt Peak in Arizona. The operating costs are shared equally between Case Western and Kitt Peak National Observatory, with the Case Western contribution coming in part from university money and in part from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Burrell Schmidt is the largest Schmidt-type telescope in the United States with objective prisms and is thus uniquely suited for large scale spectroscopic surveys. A number of surveys using this technique are being carried out by Case Western astronomers.