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21Telescope 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 …
22Altazimuth 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 ,… …
23Climate of Mount Kenya — Mount Kenya National Park Natural history Climate Mountaineering Names list The climate of Mount Kenya has played a critical role in the development of the mountain, influencing the topography and ecology amongst other factors. It has a typical… …
24List of ecoregions in Equatorial Guinea — The following is a list of ecoregions in Equatorial Guinea, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). The country s three distinct geographic regions (Río Muni on the African mainland, Bioko island, and Annobón island) are home to… …
25Dobsonian 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… …
26GoTo (telescopes) — In amateur astronomy, GoTo refers to a type of telescope mount and related software which can automatically point a telescope to astronomical objects that the user selects. Both axis of a GoTo mount are motor driven and are controlled by either a …
27Setting circles — on an equatorial fork mounted telescope Setting circles are used on telescopes equipped with an equatorial mount to find astronomical objects in the sky by their equatorial coordinates often used in star charts or ephemeris …
28List 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 *… …
29Digital camera astrophotography — is astrophotography using common digital cameras mounted on clock driven telescopes. The cameras are typically medium to high range D SLRs with remote control, long exposure capability and high settings. Due to the wide field of the cameras… …
30Right ascension — (abbrev. RA; symbol α) is the astronomical term for one of the two coordinates of a point on the celestial sphere when using the equatorial coordinate system. The other coordinate is the declination.ExplanationRA is the celestial equivalent of… …
