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Oct 19, 2000 06:24
23 yrs ago
Catalan term

refractor equatorial doble (telescope)

Catalan to English Other
This is part of a description of a telescope.

How is this expressed in English.

Any of you stargazers able to shed a little starlight on this one :-)

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Double refractor telescopes mounted on an equatorial mount.

There are various distinct types of telescopes. But the most easily recognized as a classic telescope is the refractor (also known as a Newtonian) type. Others are Dobsonians, and Smith-Cassegrains, which are more compact in overall lenght.
The word "equatorial" refers to the fork-like mounting base which goes on top of a tripod. Nowadays these mounts are motorized and computer controlled to automatically point the scope to any chosen position in the sky.

Regards.
Luis Luis
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "You just doubled your kudoz points in Cat/Eng Luis... thanx... and as I say, I hope they name a comet after you one day :-) Cheers, Berni Have you checked out my homepage? http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/1985/index.html I've started a Catalan resources page there. Anthing you think I might add would be very welcome."