astronoomiariistade paigaldus ekvaatoriliste koordinaatide järgi nii, et teleskoobi üks telg on paralleelne Maa pöörlemisteljega ja teine sellega risti
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Selliselt paigaldatud teleskoopi saab pöörata elektriajami abil ümber polaartelje, nii et ta järgib tähistaeva näivat ööpäevast liikumist
a telescope mounting in which one axis of rotation (the polar axis) is aligned parallel to the Earth's axis and the other (the declination axis) is aligned at right angles to this axis, in the plane of the celestial equator
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The advantage of an equatorial mount lies in its ability to allow the instrument attached to it to stay fixed on any object in the sky that has a diurnal motion by driving one axis at a constant speed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_mount. See also: altazimuth mounting (related) [ IATE:1659431 ]
A basic, lightweight equatorial mount and tripod can support and control your small telescope. A manual equatorial mount will give you dual slow-motion controls in the RA and DEC axes, which you control by slowly turning the knobs on the mount.
Polar mounts are popular with home television receive-only (TVRO) satellite systems where they can be used to access the TV signals from many different geostationary satellites.
