Chuck, once again the breadth of knowledge that you seem to have at your "fingertips" (why not tendrils of the mind?) amazes me. Want to trade a few brain cells? I'm not sure what I have to offer, but I'm working on it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hards" <chuckhards@yahoo.com> To: <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 12:20 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] German Equatorial | Bill, it was designed by telescope maker Joseph | Fraunhoffer, for the Dorpat refractor, which my memory | is telling me was a 9". | | Only one axis is aimed at the pole, the instrument | mounted on it can be aimed anywhere. Objects being | tracked by such a mount describe motion parallel to | the celestial equator. | | Why is the English Yoke not called even equatorial? | The nomenclature of mounts has no logic. | | William Biesele <bill@biesele.net> wrote: | | > Etymology question for the group. Why is this kind | > of mount called a | > german equatorial mount? I assume the first word is | > from the country | > in which it was invented or popularized. The third | > word is obvious. | > But why equatorial instead of polar? It's aimed at | > the pole not the | > equator. | | | | | | ______________________________________________________ | Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. | http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ | | _______________________________________________ | Utah-Astronomy mailing list | Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com | http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy | Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com | | ______________________________________________________________________ | This e-mail has been scanned by Cut.Net Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on Cut.Nets Content Service, visit http://www.cut.net | ______________________________________________________________________ | |