Equatorial Mounting

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4920.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4920. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Instrumentation And Observational Techniques, Astronomical Instrumentation

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A telescope mounting in which one axis of rotation (the polar axis) is aligned parallel to the Earth's axis, and the other (the declination axis) is aligned at right angles to this axis, in the plane of the celestial equator. Rotation about the polar axis allows the telescope to be pointed towards celestial bodies with different right ascensions or hour angles, while rotation about the declinatio...

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