fork mounting

Fork Mounting

a parallactic telescope mounting with a polar axis terminating in a fork that carries the declination axis around which the telescope rotates. This mounting makes it possible to direct the telescope at any point in the sky. Fork mountings, which were first used in the USA (1908) for the 1.5-m reflector of the Mount Wilson Observatory, are widely used for mounting large reflectors. The 2.6-m reflector of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory is thus mounted.

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Then we made a fork mounting out of channel iron with a 2-inch equatorial shaft inserted into a part scavenged from an injection-molding machine.

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Features include pin-type inner fork mounting for stable support, bolt-on interchangeable forged forks and an adjustable fork spread to accommodate different size pallet loads.

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Amateurs contemplating the purchase of a C-11 can, for about the same money, now choose between a fork mounting and a heavy-duty German equatorial.

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Until Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes popularized fork mountings, German equatorials reigned supreme among amateurs.