astroscope noun3 •A telescope powerful enough to see astronomical bodies.[…] refractors, catadioptric reflectors, astroscopes as well as binoculars. — 1987 •An astrological chart.You can also construct your astroscope on a wheel, just as professional astrologers do. — 1981 •An old astronomical instrument formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated.The astroscope is the invention of Willliam Shuckhard, formerly professor of mathematics at Tubingen, who published a treatise expressly on it in 1698. — 1823 formsastroscopes