The UKST is a Schmidt camera, with a design based on the Oschin Schmidt Telescope. The discoveries were made using the observatory's 0.9-meter Schmidt telescope. The newer Burrell Schmidt telescope was built in 1939. The Uppsala Schmidt Telescope was built in 1956 in Sweden. LAMOST is configured as a reflective Schmidt telescope with active optics. Construction on the Schmidt telescope began in 1939 and it was completed in 1948. The First Byurakan Survey commenced in 1965 using the Schmidt telescope. All this was achieved with the UK Schmidt Telescope (UKST). It was discovered in 1977 with the UK Schmidt Telescope by Cannon et al. Photographic plates were taken with the ESO's 1-meter Schmidt Telescope at La Silla. In 1987, the Schmidt Telescope was amalgamated with the AAT. The spacecraft carried a single all-reflective, eccentric Schmidt telescope, with an aperture of . Using the 18-inch Schmidt telescope, Helin discovered her first asteroid on July 4, 1973. The ROE operated the UK Schmidt Telescope (UKST) since it was opened in 1973. In 1950, he set up the Schmidt Telescope at Harvard's Boyden Station in South Africa.