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Polar alignment
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<p>Polar alignment is the act of aligning the <a href="/facts/Rotation_around_a_fixed_axis/PGcg3IY5">rotational axis</a> of a <a href="/facts/Telescope/BDwYahhR">telescope</a>'s <a href="/facts/Equatorial_mount/Ipy54FM4">equatorial mount</a> or a <a href="/facts/Sundial/RWM823m2">sundial</a>'s <a href="/facts/Gnomon/J23dXDvD">gnomon</a> with a <a href="/facts/Celestial_pole/5Gj9JJbK">celestial pole</a> to parallel <a href="/facts/Earth%27s_axis/kt7KwL3v">Earth's axis</a>. </p>