astronomical telescope

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   any telescope designed to collect and record electromagnetic radiation from cosmic sources

   Broadertelescope

   Narroweroptical telescoperadio telescope

Questions about astronomical telescope

What does astronomical telescope mean?

astronomical telescope means "any telescope designed to collect and record electromagnetic radiation from cosmic sources".

Is astronomical telescope a common word?

astronomical telescope is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.