heliostat
Sign in to savethumb|right|Heliostat by the Viennese instrument maker Johann Michael Ekling|Ekling (c. 1850) right|260px|thumb|A heliostat at the Themis (solar power plant)|THÉMIS experimental station in France. The mirror rotates on an [[altazimuth mount.]] thumb|right|260px|The Solar Energy Generating Systems|Solar Two solar-thermal power project near [[Daggett, California. Every mirror in the field of heliostats reflects sunlight continuously onto the receiver on the tower.]] thumb|right|260px|The 11MW PS10 near Seville in Spain. When this picture was taken, dust in the air made the converging light visib
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- Large-scale projects
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- See also
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thumb|right|Heliostat by the Viennese instrument maker Johann Michael Ekling|Ekling (c. 1850) right|260px|thumb|A heliostat at the Themis (solar power plant)|THÉMIS experimental station in France. The mirror rotates on an [[altazimuth mount.]] thumb|right|260px|The Solar Energy Generating Systems|Solar Two solar-thermal power project near [[Daggett, California. Every mirror in the field of heliostats reflects sunlight continuously onto the receiver on the tower.]] thumb|right|260px|The 11MW PS10 near Seville in Spain. When this picture was taken, dust in the air made the converging light visible. thumb|right|260px|The Odeillo solar furnace|solar furnace at Odeillo in the [[Pyrenees-Orientales in France can reach temperatures up to ]]
A heliostat () is a device that reflects sunlight toward a target, turning to compensate for the Sun's apparent motion. The reflector is usually a plane mirror.