HERSCHELIAN TELESCOPE


Meaning of HERSCHELIAN TELESCOPE in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized H

: a reflecting telescope in which the need for a secondary mirror is avoided by tilting the primary mirror slightly and thereby throwing the focused image to the side where it can be observed without obstruction to the incoming light rays — called also off-axis reflector

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