an equatorial mount is used to act as a mount for a telescope.
unfortunately with a yaw and pitch only mount, you cant get easy continuous views of a specific relative to perspective slow moving celestial object thanks to earths rotation.
luckily though, an equatorial mount allows us to track a celestial object by simply pointing at it and rotating a single dial slowly, assuming the mount is polar aligned, which consists with you pointing the yaw at the base to north, and the base pitch set to your latitude, in degrees ofc. (you have to be very precise to get stable and 100% good tracking.)

how to use:

AG 1 - automatic polar alignment, this will automatically polar align the telescope perfectly.

AG 2 -> 3 & slider 3 - increment/decrement right ascension angle.

AG 4 -> 5 & slider 4 - increment/decrement the descension angle.

you just have to change (normal circumstances require counter clockwise) your RA angle to track an object if it is going out of view. also I know this thing has issues such as random absolutely tiny but ever present shaking when zoomed in, especially notable on lower physics quality like i have set.

I may or may not improve it and add automatic tracking (well at least automatic RA angle changing for tracking)

GENERAL INFO

  • Created On: Windows
  • Game Version: 1.2.210.0
  • Price: $13k
  • Number of Parts: 22
  • Dimensions: 3 m x 2 m x 2 m

PERFORMANCE

  • Total Delta V: 0m/s
  • Total Thrust: 0N
  • Engines: 0
  • Wet Mass: 4,668kg
  • Dry Mass: 4,668kg

STAGES

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