telespectroscope

British  

/ ˌtɛlɪˈspɛktrəˌskəʊp /

noun

1. a combination of a telescope and a spectroscope, used for spectroscopic analysis of radiation from stars and other celestial bodies

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Example Sentences

This mechanism consists of an excessively sensitive plate, adjusted in the solar focus of the telespectroscope.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various

Frequently it gazed eastward along the tiny beam of light which issued from the telespectroscope.

From Astounding Stories, May, 1931 by Various

Through the telespectroscope one cage was visible to the other across the five hundred feet of intervening Space when they approached a simultaneous Time; when they, so to speak, were tuned in unison.

From Astounding Stories, April, 1931 by Various

The flowing gray landscape off there gave no sign of our quarry; yet we knew we could not pass it, without at least a brief flash of it in the telespectroscope and upon the image-mirror.

From Astounding Stories, July, 1931 by Various

These two observers at once directed their telescope armed with spectroscopic adjuncts—the telespectroscope is the pleasing name of the compound instrument—to the new-comer.

From Myths and Marvels of Astronomy by Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony)