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Astrograph

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astrophotonoun(astronomy, photography) An image of one or more celestial objects made using techniques of astrophotography.
astrophotographynoun(astronomy, photography) The photography or imaging of astronomical objects, celestial events or areas of the night sky.
coronographnoun(astronomy) A telescope, fitted with an attachment that blocks out direct rays from the sun, used to study and photograph the corona of the sun.
altazimuthnounA telescope or surveying instrument that has a mount permitting both horizontal and vertical rotation.
meteoroscopenoun(astronomy, obsolete) An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction of the apparent path of a shooting star.
astroscopenounAn old astronomical instrument formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated.
uranographynoun(astronomy, cartography) Celestial cartography; the mapping of celestial bodies.
astrotrackernounstar tracker
alt-azimuthnounAlternative form of altazimuth. [A telescope or surveying instrument that has a mount permitting both horizontal and vertical rotation.]
astrogeodesynounThe use of geodetic techniques in astronomy.
optigraphnounA telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically in gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes by means of an attached pencil.
equatorialnoun(astronomy) A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the Earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known.
anastigmatnoun(photography) An anastigmatic lens.
collimatornoun(physics) An optical device that generates a parallel beam of light. Often used to compensate for laser beam divergence.
derotatornoun(astronomy) Any optical, electronic or digital device that corrects for the rotation of an image or field of view as a telescope tracks
coronagraphnoun(astronomy) A telescope that has an attachment which blocks out the direct light from the sun or other star, allowing examination of the corona and the detection of exoplanets.
pezographnoun(astronomy, geology) A regmaglypt.
reflectornounSomething which reflects heat, light or sound, especially something having a reflecting surface.
scioptic ballnoun(photography, chiefly historical) a universal joint allowing an optical instrument mounted on a ball to be swiveled to point anywhere in a wide arc
apastronnoun(astronomy) The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.

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