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 ...

As smartphone cameras improve, more people want to take photographs of the night sky with their smartphones. However, serious astrophotographers attach powerful, digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) ...

Celestron has taken its expertise in designing telescope mounts that can track and pan with the motion of the stars and created a cheaper, lightweight version called the Virtuoso that can also be used ...

A high-quality, motorized, and preferably computer-controllable equatorial mount is paramount for astrophotography, exceeding telescope quality in importance, with a recommended minimum payload ...

One of the current evolutions and revolutions going on in equipment for amateur astronomers is the reinvention of the portable telescope mount. Thanks to the miniaturization of advanced electronics ...

So far, the mobile astronomy column has been all about apps. But we cover astronomy gadgets, too — and at the top of that list are computerized GOTO telescopes. In this column, we'll cover how they ...

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 ...