Mapping images on curved image planes

From: Quantum Ray <QuantumRay@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:51:43 -0700 (PDT)

Hi all,

How do people use an image formed on a curved image plane, like, say,
the image of a patch of night sky containing starts taken by a Schmidt
camera?

My question is that suppose you want to print the sky image in a book,
or show it on a computer screen, since these are flat media, will the
"mapping" between a curved surface and a flat one cause image
distortion?

Thanks

QR

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