astroscopen.

1675 E. Sherburne in tr. M. Manilius Sphere sig. c2^v These Instruments are not true Astroscopes.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Astroscope, Astroscopium, a kind of astronomical instrument, composed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations, with their stars, are delineated, by means whereof the stars may easily be known... The Astroscope is the invention of Wil. Schukhard, formerly professor of mathematics at Tubingen, who published a treatise expressly on it, in 1698.

1890 Hist. & Proc. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assoc. 1870–9 1 404 His exacting toil with ‘Mural arch Or zenith sector, or the quadrant's limb,’ with telescope and astroscope, with planetarium, with lunarium and orrery.

1979 K. Amis Let. 6 Feb. (2000) 866 The contents of a girl's sitting-room are described.., ending with ‘a boruldite quick-kettle, a music-sounder and a superb three-inch astroscope’.

2005 G. Geddes Kingdom Ten Thousand Things 177 Accounts of the Hui and their contributions to Chinese society list astronomist Jamaluddin, who invented the astroscope, celestial and terrestrial globes, and the planetarium.

2007 S. Parnam-Harris Starfire Diaries 276 How far away is this thing? Na sighed dramatically,—too far to see with the astroscope. We're using long range scanners.