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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In astronomy, a telescope of low power, but with a wide field, used to search for comets. Also called comet-seeker.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Astron.) A telescope of low power, having a large field of view, used for finding comets.

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  • noun astronomy A low-powered telescope with a large field of view, used for finding comets.

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  • SOHO, which draws on help from citizen scientists around the world, is the single greatest comet-finder of all time, researchers said.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • SOHO, which draws on help from citizen scientists around the world, is the single greatest comet-finder of all time, researchers said.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

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