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| coronagraph |
telescopic equipment that blocks light from a star so that the star's corona and objects close to the star can be resolved. |
| micrometer1 |
an instrument for measuring minute distances, angles, diameters, and the like in telescopic and microscopic images. [1/2 definitions] |
| Telephoto |
trademark for a photographic system that uses telescopic lenses to produce large images of distant objects. [1/2 definitions] |
| theodolite |
a precision instrument used in surveying that has a telescopic sight for measuring horizontal and vertical angles. |
| transit |
the passage of a celestial body across the face of another or across the meridian or the telescopic field of an observer. [1/7 definitions] |
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