Operation of the Burrell Schmidt at Kitt Peak

这笔赠款将用于部分支持凯斯西部储备大学位于亚利桑那州基特峰的伯瑞尔·施密特望远镜的运行。运营成本由凯斯·韦斯特和基特峰国家天文台平分，凯斯·韦斯特的捐款部分来自大学的资金，部分来自国家科学基金会(NSF)。Burrell Schmidt是美国最大的带有物镜的施密特型望远镜，因此非常适合大规模光谱测量。凯斯西天文学家正在进行一些使用这种技术的调查。

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.