19th Century Parallactic Telescope
by Collection Abecasis/science Photo Library
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19th Century Parallactic Telescope
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Collection Abecasis/science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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19th Century parallactic telescope. 1886 illustration of an astronomer standing next to an astronomical telescope on an equatorial mount. Equatorial mounts are used to compensate for the rotation of earth by having one rotational axis parallel to the Earth's axis of rotation.
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September 24th, 2018
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