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• Altazimuth mount — An Altazimuth or alt azimuth mount is a simple mount used for moving a telescope, camera, helostatic mirror, or solar panel along two perpendicular axes of motion, one vertical and one horizontal. The vertical movement is known as the altitude ,… …   Wikipedia

• altazimuth — noun A telescope or surveying instrument that has a mount permitting both horizontal and vertical rotation …   Wiktionary

• altazimuth — [al tazɪməθ] noun 1》 Astronomy a telescope mounting that moves in azimuth (about a vertical axis) and in altitude (about a horizontal axis). Compare with equatorial mount. 2》 a surveying instrument for measuring vertical and horizontal angles.… …   English new terms dictionary

• Equatorial mount — An equatorial mount is a mount that has one rotational axis parallel to the Earth s axis of rotation [cite web | url = http://www.astrogea.org/soldevilla/las monturas.htm | title = LAS MONTURAS | publisher = Observatorio J. A. Soldevilla] [cite… …   Wikipedia

• Telescope mount — A telescope mount is a mechanical structure which supports a telescope. Telescope mounts are designed to support the mass of the telescope and allow for accurate pointing of the instrument. Many sorts of mounts have been developed over the years …   Wikipedia

• equatorial mount — (also equatorial mounting) noun Astronomy a telescope mounting with one axis aligned to the celestial pole, which allows the movement of celestial objects to be followed by motion about this axis alone. Compare with altazimuth (in sense 1) …   English new terms dictionary

• Dobsonian telescope — A Dobsonian telescope on display at Stellafane in the early 1980s A Dobsonian telescope is an alt azimuth mounted newtonian telescope design popularized by the amateur astronomer John Dobson starting in the 1960s. Dobson s telescopes featured a… …   Wikipedia

• BTA-6 — Infobox Telescope bgcolour = name = BTA 6 caption = BTA 6 as seen from in front of the main entrance organization = SAO location = near Mt. Pastukhova, Russia wavelength = 0.3 to 10 μM built = First light 1975 website = http://w0.sao.ru/Doc… …   Wikipedia

• List of telescope types — There are three main types of optical telescopes and these are divided into subgroups. They all have their different advantages and disadvantages and they are used in different areas of astronomy.Refractors (Dioptrics) * Non achromatic *… …   Wikipedia

• Observational astronomy — Mayall telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory Observational astronomy is a division of the astronomical science that is concerned with getting data, in contrast with theoretical astrophysics which is mainly concerned with finding out the… …   Wikipedia

• Parkes Observatory — The Parkes Observatory in New South Wales, Australia …   Wikipedia