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Heliostat vs Siderostat - What's the difference?

heliostat | siderostat |

As nouns the difference between heliostat and siderostat

is that heliostat is heliostat while siderostat is (astronomy) a heliostat that may be used with stars as well as the sun.

heliostat

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A device that includes a plane mirror which turns so as to keep reflecting sunlight toward a predetermined target, compensating for the sun's apparent motions in the sky. The target may be a physical object, distant from the heliostat, or a direction in space, and is almost always stationary relative to the heliostat, so the light is reflected in a fixed direction.

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    siderostat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (astronomy) A heliostat that may be used with stars as well as the sun