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Cassegrain telescope

[kas-uh-greyn]

noun Astronomy.

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.

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Origin of Cassegrain telescope

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-uh n] /ˌkæs əˈgreɪ ni ən/.

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British Dictionary definitions for cassegrain telescope

Cassegrain telescope

noun

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

Word Origin for Cassegrain telescope

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

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