Cassegrain telescope

[ kas-uh-greyn ]

nounAstronomy.
  1. a reflecting telescope in which the light, passing through a central opening in the primary mirror, is brought into focus a short distance behind it by a secondary mirror.

Origin of Cassegrain telescope

1
1805–15; named after N. Cassegrain, 17th-century French scientist, its inventor
  • Also called Cas·se·grain·i·an tel·escope [kas-uh-grey-nee-uhn]. /ˌkæs əˈgreɪ ni ən/.

Words Nearby Cassegrain telescope

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British Dictionary definitions for Cassegrain telescope

Cassegrain telescope

/ (ˈkæsɪˌɡreɪn) /


noun
  1. an astronomical reflecting telescope in which incident light is reflected from a large concave paraboloid mirror onto a smaller convex hyperboloid mirror and then back through a hole in the concave mirror to form the image

Origin of Cassegrain telescope

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C19: named after N. Cassegrain, 17th-century French scientist who invented it

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