Device for supporting and/or driving machines, instruments and/or structures in general, particularly for supporting and/or driving a telescope

A device for supporting and/or guiding a first structure comprising a machine, an instrument, a structure, or a telescope, relative to a second structure, said device comprising:

• a sliding system with a slide block adapted to slide relative to said second structure, or to said first structure;
• for a fluid, a chamber which is separate from and independent of said sliding system and which comprises a first portion fixed to said sliding system, and a second portion adapted to be associated with said first structure or with said second structure;
• a fluid circuit, which is separate from and independent of said sliding system and communicates with said chamber to control a passage of said fluid into and from said chamber;
• an elastic element housed in said chamber and disposed and configured to absorb oscillations between said first portion and said second portion;
• and
• a damping subcircuit that is configured and controlled to dissipate energy deriving from said oscillations between said first portion and said second portion.