skywatcher
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4.7
- noun
- /ˈskaɪˌwɑːtʃər/
:
observador del cielo
- ancient skywatchers
- an avid skywatcher
- northern skywatchers
Examples
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A similar site will greet skywatchers in the southwestern U.S. on Sunday.
Blog text (1) -
Throughout the year, skywatchers enjoy the free fireworks displays of a dozen major and several dozen minor meteor showers.
Academic text (1994) -
Otherwise, even the most primitive skywatchers would have been given cause for superstitious concern when the IPR Bureau launched a satellite over the Western Ocean.
Fiction book (2002) -
Though lacking details of precisely how they work, I have always felt that these mechanically elegant tabulations transport us to the pinnacle of achievement of the ancient Maya skywatchers.
Academic text (1995) -
Maya skywatchers possessed a zodiac, so they could have noted the difference between stellar years and solar years, but there is no convincing evidence that they charted the precession or how they might have done it.
Academic text (2009) -
The dedicated skywatcher set up his telescope to observe the meteor shower last night.
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As a passionate skywatcher, she eagerly anticipated the upcoming lunar eclipse.
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Every summer, the local skywatchers gather at the observatory to share their astronomical discoveries.
Synonyms
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2.8
A person who watches and notices things, often to give expert opinion
171
3.4
A person who studies stars, planets, and other things in space
89
3.9
A person who watches a place or people to keep them safe
24
3.2
A person who watches something without taking part
21
5.8
A person who looks at something
21
4.4
A person who watches closely and reports storms, dangers, or animal sightings
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6.3
A person who studies stars and planets, often using a telescope
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4.0
A person who looks at something for a long time with interest or wonder
1
7.9
A person who takes pictures of stars, planets and other things in space
A person who studies or loves stars and space
How Experienced
171
3.4
1
4.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Skywatcher is simply sky + watcher, where watcher comes from the word 'watch' meaning 'to look carefully'. So a skywatcher is a person who looks at the sky for events like comets, shooting stars, or eclipses.