The practice of observing and studying stars and celestial objects through telescopes and other optical instruments.
From astro- (star) and -scopy (from Greek skopein, to examine). An older or more formal term for astronomical observation, similar to spectroscopy or microscopy in structure.
Astroscopy was one of the original scientific tools that proved the universe was incomprehensibly vaster than anyone imagined—each advancement in observational technique revealed previously invisible layers of cosmic reality.
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