<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 98.1p1 release (March 2nd, 1998) originally by Nikos Drakos (nikos@cbl.leeds.ac.uk), CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>MOUNTING='FORK'</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="MOUNTING='FORK'"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="vol2"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="vol2.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node590.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node583.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node581.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node585.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html8822" HREF="node585.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="icons.gif/next_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html8819" HREF="node581.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="icons.gif/up_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html8813" HREF="node583.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="icons.gif/previous_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html8821" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="icons.gif/contents_motif.gif"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html8823" HREF="node585.html">Column label: DEC</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html8820" HREF="node581.html">Horizon obstructions</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html8814" HREF="node583.html">Descriptor for the ``horizon''</A> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H2><A NAME="SECTION003243000000000000000"> </A> <A NAME="sect-fork"> </A> <BR> MOUNTING=<TT>'FORK'</TT> </H2> The independent variable (i.e., the reference column of the table) is labelled DEC, and contains the declination in degrees. The table entries are the hour-angles of the various limits, measured in decimal degrees. <P> Table <A HREF="node584.html#tbl:fork-ex">I.4</A> shows the layout for fork mounts. Each column is described in detail below (cf. Table <A HREF="node587.html#tbl:fork-labels">I.5</A>). <P> <BR> <DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><A NAME="30183"> </A> <TABLE> <CAPTION><STRONG>Table:</STRONG> Example of partial table contents for fork-type equatorial mountings</CAPTION> <TR><TD> <DIV ALIGN="CENTER"> <TABLE CELLPADDING=3 BORDER="1" ALIGN="CENTER"> <TR><TD ALIGN="RIGHT"><TT> DEC</TT></TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT"><TT> OBSE</TT></TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT"><TT> MOONE</TT></TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT"><TT> OBSW</TT></TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT"><TT> MOONW</TT></TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="RIGHT">+30.</TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT">285.4</TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT">279.3</TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT">104.5</TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT">109.1</TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="RIGHT">+20.</TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT">283.6</TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT">276.5</TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT">94.7</TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT">104.3</TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="RIGHT">+10.</TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT">280.3</TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT">272.7</TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT">91.1</TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT">99.5</TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="RIGHT">0.</TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT">275.4</TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT">269.3</TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT">84.5</TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT">89.2</TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="RIGHT">-10.</TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT">270.1</TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT">262.4</TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT">80.2</TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT">84.6</TD> </TR> </TABLE></DIV> <A NAME="tbl:fork-ex"> </A></TD></TR> </TABLE> </DIV> <BR> <P> <BR><HR> <!--Table of Child-Links--> <A NAME="CHILD_LINKS"> </A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html8824" HREF="node585.html">Column label: DEC</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html8825" HREF="node586.html">Column label: OBSE</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html8826" HREF="node587.html">Column label: MOONE</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html8827" HREF="node588.html">Column label: OBSW</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html8828" HREF="node589.html">Column label: MOONW</A> </UL> <!--End of Table of Child-Links--> <BR><HR> <ADDRESS> <I>Petra Nass</I> <BR><I>1999-06-15</I> </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>