Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun herschelian_telescope

1 sense of herschelian telescope

Sense 1
Herschelian telescope, off-axis reflector -- (a reflecting telescope with the mirror slightly tilted to throw the image to the side where it can be viewed)
       => reflecting telescope, reflector -- (optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece; "Isaac Newton invented the reflecting telescope in 1668")