An optical instrument used to observe and measure halos, particularly atmospheric halos around the sun or moon.
From Greek 'halos' (halo/ring) + 'skopein' (to view or examine). This scientific instrument combines the terms for observation of circular light phenomena.
A haloscope can predict weather changes because different ice crystal halos mean different atmospheric conditions—farmers used to read these signs before meteorology existed!
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