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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

German equatorial mounts. John Dobson's telescopes combined several innovations to meet these criteria, including: Nontraditional alt-azimuth mount: Instead...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

or semi-gloss matte orange), to be sold with Orion branded German equatorial mounts (also made by Synta) and eyepiece accessories. At the high performance...

the Earth's rotation. Telescopes equipped with equatorial mounts and setting circles employ the equatorial coordinate system to find objects. Setting circles...

The Hale Telescope uses a special type of equatorial mount called a "horseshoe mount", a modified yoke mount that replaces the polar bearing with an open...

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

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...

French Equatorial Africa (French: Afrique équatoriale française, or AEF) was a federation of French colonial territories in Equatorial Africa which consisted...

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

winning the Challenge Cup in 1920. Using a 6½ inch reflector on an equatorial mount for most of his work, he published an influential paper in 1896: "On...

(110 mm) equatorial reflecting telescope Many Meade telescope lines are classified by the self aiming computerized alt-azimuth and equatorial mounts they...