Question

what is the advantage of the equatorial system over the alt-azimuth system for tracking celestial objects

Answer 1

The main advantage of the equitorial system over the alt-aimuth system is that in the equitorial system, we can simply follow the celestial objects under observation as they move throu out the sky by just moving the telescope in only one of the direction we want to which is also termed as right ascension. But with alt-azimuth system , we are allowed to move the scope of the telescope in an east -west direction and up-down direction. This becomes quite difficult as the area that is located directly overhead is very hard to be observed. Hence, we need to deal with certain blind spots which are beyond the scope when we are using alt-azimuth system.