: a usually tubular optical instrument for viewing distant objects by means of the refraction of light rays through a lens or the reflection of light rays by a concave mirror compare reflector, refractor
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: any of various tubular magnifying optical instruments
Noun The rings of Saturn can be seen through a telescope. Verb for dramatic purposes, the film telescopes the years over which the events occurred into a few short months
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Noun
Typically stargazers would have to take a look through a telescope, but Sunday's show will be viewable through binoculars, ideally 7x50 or 10x50 magnification. Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2022 Sedgwick Wohl, who has spent decades watching her sister on film, observes her as if looking through a high-powered telescope. Hillary Kelly, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2022 What are the three best things to see through a telescope? Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2022 One of them crouches down to gaze at the moon through a telescope. Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2022 However, to see Saturn’s rings through a telescope is still perhaps the most impressive sight of all to anyone starting out in stargazing, planet-spotting and astronomy. Jamie Carter, Forbes, 7 Aug. 2022 One shot shows Jupe and Gordy looking at the sky through a telescope, and another shows Jupe hiding under a certain table. Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 July 2022 The family of four and their chimpanzee pal go on a fishing trip and young Jupe and Gordy glimpse through a telescope together, among other sitcomisms. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 24 July 2022 With a telescope, stargazers can get a closer glimpse of certain features of the moon, such as its craters. Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2022
Verb
All one needs is a camera, tripod, star tracker and telescope to make astrophotographs. Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2022 Vacuum attachments for dusting that telescope out to get into hard-to-reach places can make a huge difference in the appearance and air quality in your home, and keeping vents and filters clean will help to reduce energy spending. Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2022 Today, highly complex cameras aboard a space telescope one million miles away are shaking our knowledge of the universe, opening new windows onto space and time. Fabio Pacucci, Scientific American, 15 July 2022 Events include evening programming that begins at 8 p.m., constellation talks, telescope viewing with over 60 telescopes and photography workshops. Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY, 5 June 2022 This particular item, decommissioned from a firetruck, will telescope to 54 feet high and can be yours for $3,000. Pat Myers, Washington Post, 9 June 2022 Events include evening programming that begins at 8 p.m., constellation talks, telescope viewing with over 60 telescopes and photography workshops. Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 26 May 2022 The entire space is designed for comfort with reclining seats, food and beverage capabilities, LED lighting to enhance the views of earth and blackness of space, and telescope and interactive screens to keep passengers up to date on flight progress. Valerie Stimac, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022 The 20th Dark Sky Reserve—central Idaho is the only other U.S. region carrying the designation—should put a dent in those numbers, so grab your camera, telescope, or binoculars, and map out your next stargazing adventure. J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 7 Apr. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
New Latin telescopium, from Greek tēleskopos farseeing, from tēle- tele- + skopos watcher; akin to Greek skopein to look — more at spy