An equatorial mount is a mount for instruments that compensates for Earth's rotation by having one rotational axis, called polar axis, parallel to the...

night sky. Equatorial mounts come in different shapes, include German equatorial mounts (GEM in short), equatorial fork mounts, mixed variations on yoke...

System bodies (the Sun, Moon, and planets). Like a standard equatorial mount, equatorial GoTo mounts can track the night sky by driving the right ascension...

the night sky as the Earth spins on its axis. On the other hand, an equatorial mount only needs to be rotated about a single axis, at a constant rate, to...

Earth's equatorial region tropical climate the Celestial equator equatorial orbit equatorial coordinate system equatorial mount, of telescopes equatorial bond...

astronomical right ascension axis. Like equatorial mounts, polar mounts require polar alignment. They differ from equatorial mounts in that the objects (satellites)...

An equatorial platform or equatorial table is an equatorial telescope mount in the form of a specially designed platform that allows any device sitting...

Earth's poles. Equatorial mounts were specifically developed for a spherical and rotating Earth. If Earth were flat, an equatorial mount would not make...

are mounted on different types of mounts. Fixed mount Transit mount Zenith mount Altazimuth mount Alt-alt (altitude-altitude) mount Equatorial mount Equatorial...

circles are used on telescopes equipped with an equatorial mount to find celestial objects by their equatorial coordinates, often used in star charts and ephemerides...

alignment is the act of aligning the rotational axis of a telescope's equatorial mount or a sundial's gnomon with a celestial pole to parallel Earth's axis...

object for a period of time. The easiest way to do that is to use an equatorial mount, which allows the telescope to be aligned with one of its two pivots...

would be the largest telescope lens ever crafted and this was mounted to an Equatorial mount made by Warner & Swasey for the observatory. The telescope has...

(610 mm) reflector telescope, for which he pioneered the use of an equatorial mount for easy tracking of objects as the Earth rotates.[citation needed]...

An equatorial room, in astronomical observatories, is the room which contains an equatorial mounted telescope. It is usually referred to in observatory...

telescope equipped with a properly aligned equatorial mount, the observer may also follow the equatorial coordinate system on a star map to move along...

objects. It is a simple alternative to attaching a camera to a motorized equatorial mount. The barn door tracker was created by George Haig. His plans were first...

astronomical observations at the Hong Kong Observatory using a 6-inch equatorial mount and a 3-inch Transit Circle. The time was announced to the general...

or field rotator) is a motor-controlled mechanism used to move an equatorial mounted telescope along one axis to keep the aim in exact sync with the apparent...

with a lens, usually the largest refractor at an observatory with an equatorial mount. The preeminence and success of this style in observational astronomy...

an equatorial mount that could track targets automatically using a clock drive; although this was not the first telescope with an equatorial mount, it...

telescopes (the number denoting the aperture) on German equatorial mounts (all) or fork mounts (C8, C9.25, C11), with most benefiting from GoTo control...

on a new German equatorial mount. These were all f/8 optical systems, costing up to $50,000 for the 20" on the German equatorial mount. An f/10 version...

telescope or Shuckburgh equatorial refracting telescope was a 4.1 inches (10.4 cm) diameter aperture telescope on an equatorial mount completed in 1791 for...

Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. It has an area of 28,000 square kilometres...

parsecs). Amateur astronomers can use Kochab as a precise guide for equatorial mount alignment: The celestial north pole is located 38 arcminutes away from...

telescope with an f/10 focal ratio, supported by a large open fork equatorial mount. It was the last telescope on Mauna Kea to use a tube design rather...

Telescope mount - Types include: Altazimuth mount Equatorial mount Equatorial platform Poncet Platform Fork mount German equatorial mount Springfield mount Mirrors...

The Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) is a 3.9-metre equatorially mounted telescope operated by the Australian Astronomical Observatory and situated at...

around 1826, James South made plans for a new, larger telescope, an equatorially mounted achromatic refractor (a telescope with a lens) in a new observatory...