The device that supports your telescope, allows it to point to different parts of the sky, and lets you track objects as Earth rotates. A sturdy, vibration-free mount is every bit as important as the telescope’s optics. A mount’s top, or head, can be either alt-azimuth (turning side to side, up and down) or equatorial (turning parallel to the celestial coordinate system). ‘Go To†mounts contain computers that can find and track celestial objects automatically once the mounts have been aligned properly.
Key technologies driving NASA’s Mars exploration discussed at conference
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