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Heliometer at the Kuffner observatory (Vienna, Austria) Heliometer split lens, displayed at Custer Observatory, Long Island, New York.. A heliometer (from Greek ἥλιος hḗlios "sun" and measure) is an instrument originally designed for measuring the variation of the Sun's diameter at different seasons of the year, but applied now to the modern form of the instrument which is capable of ...