Polar Axis Alignment

Polar Axis Alignment is a calibration procedure in astronomical telescope operation that orients the telescope’s polar axis to coincide with the Earth’s rotational axis to enable accurate tracking of celestial objects.

108

Publications

5.2K

Citations

504

Authors

197

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2017–2026

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Polar Alignment

Authors

504

  1. SH
    Stephen H. Lubow

    Space Telescope Science Institute, United States

    4 publications · 193 citations

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  2. RG
    Rebecca G. Martin

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States

    4 publications · 193 citations

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  3. RS
    Ralph S. Quatrano

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    4 publications · 212 citations

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  4. QL
    Qiming Liu

    Wuhan University, China

    2 publications · 59 citations

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  5. SO
    S. Odoulov

    Institute of Physics, Ukraine

    2 publications · 25 citations

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  2. Applied Physics Letters

    5 publications · 150 citations

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  3. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    5 publications · 254 citations

    5

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  4. Journal of Applied Physics

    4 publications · 469 citations

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  5. Journal of the American Chemical Society

    JACS · 3 publications · 264 citations

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