helioscope

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Etymology[edit]

helio- +‎ -scope

Noun[edit]

helioscope (plural helioscopes)

  1. (astronomy) An apparatus for viewing the Sun without harming the eye, by means of an optical filter that attenuates most of sunlight while allowing only a small amount of the solar radiation.

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