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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2019
Applicant:
Nanjing Ioptron Scientific, Inc. Ltd., Jingsu, CN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nanjing iOptron Scientific, Inc. Ltd., Jingsu, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/786 (2006.01); F16M 11/10 (2006.01); G02B 23/16 (2006.01); G01C 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/7867 (2013.01); F16M 11/10 (2013.01); G01C 25/00 (2013.01); G02B 23/16 (2013.01); G02B 23/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
A technique for polar aligning the mount of a telescope or other astronomical instrument includes acquiring star images from an electronic polar scope and determining a location of a celestial pole relative to the star images based on computerized matching of the star images to information in a database. The mount has a right-ascension (RA) axis, and the technique directs an adjustment to the mount so as to align a location of the RA axis with the determined location of the celestial pole.