- coelostat mirror
- зеркало коэлостата
Англо русский политехнический словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
Англо русский политехнический словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
coelostat — coe lo*stat n. an optical instrument used to follow the path of a celestial body and reflect its light into a telescope; it has a movable and a fixed mirror. [WordNet 1.5] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
coelostat — [sē′lə stat΄] n. [< L caelum, sky, heavens + STAT] an optical system, used with a fixed telescope, consisting of two mirrors with a moving mirror mounted on an axis parallel to the earth s axis of rotation and driven by clockwork so as to… … English World dictionary
coelostat — /see leuh stat /, n. Astron. an apparatus consisting of a mirror driven by clockwork, used to enable a fixed telescope to keep the same area of sky in its field of view by compensating for the apparent rotation of the celestial sphere. Cf.… … Universalium
coelostat — n. Astron. an instrument with a rotating mirror that continuously reflects the light from the same area of sky allowing the path of a celestial body to be monitored. Etymology: L caelum sky + STAT … Useful english dictionary
Yale University Observatory — HistoryYale s first observatory, the Atheneum, was situated in a tower, which from 1830 housed Yale s first and America s largest refractor, a convert|5|in|mm|sing=on Dollond donated by Sheldon Clark. With this telescope Olmsted and Elias Loomis… … Wikipedia
Bernhard Schmidt — Bernhard Woldemar Schmidt (March 30, 1879 ndash; December 1, 1935) was an Estonian Swede optician who spent his adult life in Germany. In 1930 he invented the Schmidt telescope which corrected for the optical errors of spherical aberration, coma … Wikipedia
telescope — /tel euh skohp /, n., adj., v., telescoped, telescoping. n. 1. an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens… … Universalium
Kodaikanal Solar Observatory — Kodaikanal Solar ObservatoryOrganizationIndian Institute of AstrophysicsLocationKodaikanal, IndiaCoordinatescoord|10|13|50|N|77|28|7|E|Altitude 2,343 meters (7,687 ft) Webpage [http://www.iiap.res.in/centres kodai.htm Kodaikanal Observatory]… … Wikipedia
reflector — Synonyms and related words: Cassegrainian telescope, Newtonian telescope, OAO, OSO, astronomical observatory, astronomical telescope, cheval glass, coelostat, concave mirror, convex mirror, coronagraph, coronograph, distorting mirror, glass, hand … Moby Thesaurus
heliostat — heliostatic, adj. /hee lee euh stat /, n. an instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, for reflecting the sun s rays in a fixed direction. [1740 50; < NL heliostata. See HELIO , STAT] * * * ▪ instrument instrument used in solar… … Universalium
siderostat — siderostatic, adj. /sid euhr euh stat /, n. a telescopic device for reflecting the light of a star in a constant direction, the chief component of which is a plane mirror turned by a clock mechanism to correct for the rotation of the earth. [1875 … Universalium