Siderostat/heliostat/coelostat

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4725.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4725. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Instrumentation And Observational Techniques, Astronomical Instrumentation

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A plane mirror that is driven about an axis so as to reflect light from a particular celestial object along a fixed direction. In practice, a coelostat usually comprises two plane mirrors. One mirror is driven around an axis parallel to that of the Earth at half the Earth's rotation rate in order to counteract the apparent rotation of the celestial sphere and ensure that rays from a particular ob...

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