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objective prism
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objective prismhas definition A small-angle prism placed in front of a telescope objective to transform each star image in a field of stars into an image of its spectrum.has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:27:38.0
is a kind of spectrograph dispersing element2001-09-27 09:27:38.0
spectrograph dispersing elementhas dispersion2001-09-27 09:27:38.0
has wavefront modification wavelength2001-09-27 09:27:38.0
instrumenthas operator2001-09-27 09:27:28.0
artifacthas creator2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has creation date2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has purpose2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has owner2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
physical objecthas location or center of gravity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has angular momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has mass2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has velocity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has temperature2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has volume2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has extent2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has material2001-09-27 09:27:27.0

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