Comet-finder

Com´et-find`er


n.1.(Astron.) A telescope of low power, having a large field of view, used for finding comets.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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This is Fomalhaut, which legendary comet-finder and variable-star observer Leslie Peltier called the Autumn Star.