Telescope vs Coelostat - What's the difference?
telescope | coelostat |
A monocular optical instrument possessing magnification for observing distant objects, especially in astronomy.
Any instrument used in astronomy for observing distant objects (such as a radio telescope).
To extend or contract in the manner of a telescope.
To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass.
To come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another.
(astronomy) A device that rotates a telescope so as to keep its orientation constant with relation to the (l).