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equatorial
1. Referring to an equator; occurring at the same distance from each extremity of an axis.
2. Relating to or present near the equator.
3. Pertaining to, or near an equator; especially, the equator of the earth.
2. Like, or typical of the regions at the earth's equator; such as, equatorial temperatures.
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equatorial mount
A sun-tracking mount, usually clock-driven, whose axis of rotation is parallel to that of the earth.
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equatorial mount
A telescope mount with one axis parallel to the earth's rotation axis, and the other at right-angles to it.

This enables the telescope, once locked onto a star's position, to track or to follow the star using a motor drive to compensate for the earth's rotation.

Most large telescopes are mounted in this way, but the altazimuth mount, with its simpler construction, is becoming more popular.

An altizimuth mount is a mounting for astronomical telescopes that has separate axes for horizontal and vertical rotation.

Because celestial objects move in arcs across the sky, tracking their motions with an altazimuth mount requires adjustments of both axes.

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