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• coudé — I. küˈdā, ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: French, from coudé, adjective : a coudé telescope II. (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: French …   Useful english dictionary

• Coudé Auxiliary Telescope — The Coudé Auxiliary Telescope (CAT) is a coudé focus telescope located at the Lick Observatory near San Jose, California, south of Shane Dome, Tycho Brahe Peak. The Coudé Auxiliary Telescope, built in 1969, is a 0.6m (24 inch) reflecting… …   Wikipedia

• coude telescope — noun a reflecting telescope so constructed that the light is led to a plate holder or spectrograph • Syn: ↑coude system • Hypernyms: ↑reflecting telescope, ↑reflector * * * /kooh day / a telescope in which light from the primary mirror is… …   Useful english dictionary

• coudé telescope — /kooh day / a telescope in which light from the primary mirror is reflected along the polar axis to additional mirrors, and in which the focus (coudé focus) is independent of the telescope s motion, permitting the use of heavy instruments without …   Universalium

• coudé — adjective Etymology: French coudé bent like an elbow, from coude elbow, from Latin cubitum Date: circa 1889 of, relating to, or being a telescope constructed so that the light is reflected along the polar axis to come to a focus at a point where… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• Palomar Observatory — an astronomical observatory situated on Palomar Mountain in S California, having a 200 in. (508 cm) reflecting telescope and a 48 in. (122 cm) Schmidt telescope. Also called Palomar Mountain Observatory. * * * Astronomical observatory on Mount… …   Universalium

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