Definition of Heliometer. Meaning of Heliometer. Synonyms of Heliometer

- A heliometer (from Gr**** ἥλιος hḗlios "sun" and measure) is an instrument originally designed for measuring the variation of the Sun's diameter at different...
- Fraunhofer heliometer by Bessel) were the first ones in history to establish the reliable distance scale to the stars. A large heliometer was installed...
- the best out of his instruments. His solar parallax observations with a heliometer and his calculations of distances to the nearer stars, are testimony to...
- artists. It can be found at Piazza degli Aragonesi. The cathedral has a heliometer (solar observatory) dating to 1690, one of a number built in Italy in...
- on astrophotography and spectroscopy, and the related instrument, the heliometer, was used to calculate the distance to another star for the first time...
- laws of planetary motion, Gill conceived that in pioneering the use of a heliometer, he would be able to accurately measure the position of Mars while in...
- Solar Telescope and International Axion Observatory. Solar telescope Heliometer Spectroheliograph Spectrohelioscope Helioscope - Museo Galileo Helioscope...
- parallax during the same transit. Both parties used a specially designed heliometer for this purpose. A crater on Mars was named in his honor. Description...
- 113M. doi:10.1002/asna.18680710802. Gill, David; Elkin, W. L. (1885). "Heliometer-Determinations of Stellar Parallax in the Southern Hemisphere". Memoirs...
- of a star was determined successfully for first time by Bessel using a heliometer of Fraunhofer. Koenigsberg Observatory Observatory (unknown date) Observatory...