light bucket

noun

A reflecting telescope, especially one with a relatively large aperture and suitable for observing deep sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies.

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Meanings

nounlight bucket (plural light buckets)

plural light buckets

  1. idiomaticinformalastronomyA reflecting telescope, especially one with a relatively large aperture and suitable for observing deep sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies.
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