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Dobsonian telescope
[ dob-soh-nee-uhn ]
noun
- a relatively inexpensive Newtonian telescope, suitable for visual but not photographic use, in which the tube assembly slips freely in the lower base.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Dobsonian telescope1
After John Dobson, U.S. astronomer, its inventor; -ian
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