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===Horseshoe mount=== [[File:Palomar arp 600pix.jpg|250 px|thumbnail|left|Horseshoe mount on the Hale Telescope]] The '''horseshoe mount''' overcomes the design disadvantage of English or Yoke mounts by replacing the polar bearing with an open "horseshoe" structure to allow the telescope to access Polaris and stars near it. The [[Hale Telescope]] is the most prominent example of a horseshoe mount in use.<ref name="savard">{{cite web | url = http://www.quadibloc.com/science/opt03.htm | title = Telescope Mountings | publisher = 2001, 2004 John J. G. Savard}}</ref>
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