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Altitude-azimuth, alt-azimuth, or alt-az may refer to: *
Horizontal coordinate system The horizontal coordinate system is a celestial coordinate system that uses the observer's local horizon as the fundamental plane to define two angles: altitude and azimuth. Therefore, the horizontal coordinate system is sometimes called as t ...
, or altitude-azimuth coordinates *
Altazimuth mount An altazimuth mount or alt-azimuth mount is a simple two- axis mount for supporting and rotating an instrument about two perpendicular axes – one vertical and the other horizontal. Rotation about the vertical axis varies the azimuth (compass b ...
, a two-axis telescope mount {{Disambig