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| coe·lo·stat [ slə stàt ] (plural coe·lo·stats) |
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instrument for reflecting light to telescope: an instrument with a mirror that rotates parallel to the Earth's axis in order to reflect light from an astronomical object onto a second mirror aimed at a fixed telescope
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| [Late 19th century. < Latin caelum "sky"] |
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