A good choice for serious beginners on a budget, the versatile Sky-Watcher Explorer 130's equatorial mount lacks a little precision yet remains an effortless way to explore the night sky through a ...

Orion’s Atlas Pro AZ/EQ-G Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount offers three options. It operates in equatorial mode holding one telescope or in alt-azimuth mode holding one or two scopes. Orion’s Atlas ...

What your telescope sits on can be just as essential as the scope itself. By John Alexander Published Mar 7, 2025 9:45 AM EST We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and ...

Larger telescope apertures gather more light for clearer images. Different telescope types (refractor, reflector, catadioptric) have varying strengths. Telescope mounts (altazimuth, equatorial) impact ...

A solid mount and 127mm of light collecting power should make this no-frills telescope a useful astronomy tool, but cheap components let it down. Why you can trust Space.com Our expert reviewers spend ...

[Chris] recently got his hands on an old telescope. While this small refractor with an altitude-azimuth mount is sufficient for taking a gander at big objects in our solar system, high-end telescopes ...

This is the equatorial mount for for the George Dollond refracting telescope in the collection. It belonged to, and was given in memory of, Charles C. Carey (1903-1963), President of the General Radio ...

Pointing at stars may seem easy on the surface—just mount a telescope to a tripod and you’re done, right? As anyone who’s spent time with a telescope can tell you, it’s not that simple, given that the ...