Blink comparator - Tenmetsukoparator (English)

Japanese: 点滅コンパレーター - てんめつコンパレーター(英語表記)blink comparator
Blink comparator - Tenmetsukoparator (English)
Also known as a blink comparator, this device detects celestial objects that are changing by comparing two photographs of the same star field taken at different times. An optical system including semi-transparent mirrors is arranged in the field of view of a microscope so that the two photographs appear to overlap. If you cover the light path with a shutter or something similar and look at the two photographs alternately, stars that have not changed will remain stationary, but celestial objects whose brightness is changing, such as variable stars and novae, will appear to flicker, and moving celestial objects such as asteroids and comets will appear to jump around, making them easy to find.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ブリンクコンパレーターともいう。撮影時刻の違う同一星野の2枚の写真を見比べて,変化のある天体を検出する装置。一つの顕微鏡の視野に,2枚の写真が重なって見えるように半透明鏡を含む光学系を配置する。シャッターなどで片方ずつ光路をおおい,2枚の写真を交互に見ると,変化していない恒星は静止しているが,変光星,新星など明るさの変わっている天体はチカチカとまたたいて見え,小惑星,すい星など移動している天体は飛び跳ねるように見えて容易に見つけだすことができる。

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