6 Best Telescopes for Mount
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Out of thousands of reviews for 43 products, over 90 people recommended Telescopes specifically for Mount. These 6 are the most highly recommended products we found.
Celestron PowerSeeker 127 EQ 21049 750 x 127mm
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$130 - $160
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17 People Recommend
"tape in the base of the finder to fill it up to make the base less flexible, then i glued a piece of 150 grit sand paper to the bottom of the mount (rough side toward the scope)and it is rock solid!…" - Telescopes.com User "i found that the rings tended to move in their mounts.…" - Telescopes.com User "the telescope mount is german equatorial, which was useful as it allows you to track down the star you want to find in the night sky by countering the earth's rotation.…" - Amazon.com User |
Orion StarBlast Astro 9814 267 x 114mm
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$180
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4 People Recommend
"the scope does not have long, adjustable legs like those found on equatorial mounted scopes.…" - Amazon.com User "at 4.5 inch aperture the starblast gathers a reasonable amount of light, has a useful robust mount and includes 17mm and 6mm eyepieces (x26 and x75 magnification). …" - Amazon.com User "would work much better on xt4.5" mount& base. …" - Amazon.com User |
Celestron NexStar 130SLT 31145 306 x 130mm
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$370 - $440
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4 People Recommend
"the fact that the scope is only attached to the mount by one side (instead of two, like many other mounts) makes the telescope more likely to oscillate.…" - Telescopes.com User "only thing i would have to say negatively about this unit is the mount that holds it to the goto device - mine slid off one night as the vibrations of the movement loosened the screw clamping the…" - Telescopes.com User "great optics, but the goto mount is incredably difficult to get right (easy to use, but hard to actually "make it work"). …" - Telescopes.com User |
Orion SpaceProbe 130 EQ 307 x 130mm
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$260
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3 People Recommend
"20 years ago, i spent countless hours with a 60mm ~f/10 meade on an alt-az mount (a mount that goes up-down and left-right) in both the stark cold of a northern minnesota winter and warm…" - Amazon.com User "cons: it vibrates a lot when focusing or when tracking, i will put more attention on tripod and mount installation next time but i don't thing i will get a lot better in this vibration issue. …" - Amazon.com User "you just have to feed it your position coordinates (most major cities are preprogrammed into it).i have not used it for astrophotography but you would probably need to get the electronic drive to get…" - Amazon.com User |
Celestron NexStar 8 SE 8" 203mm
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$1,399 - $1,600
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2 People Recommend
"its default mount and tracking is alt-azimuth, but you can purchase a wedge accessory for the 2 equatorial tracking modes and use it for astrophotography. …" - Adorama.com User "the only thing i can nit-pick on this scope is the motor drives on the mount. …" - Amazon.com User "don't bother with the tape and just place it on the mount to level it. …" - Amazon.com User |
Scope Armor Fork-Mounted Protector
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$50
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2 People Recommend
"it had everything i needed in a telescope, decent sized aperture, equatorial mount to track celestial movements, 2 eyepieces for low and high magnification and a decent tripod.…" - Amazon.com User "what other people say about it is true: the mount is shaky, and this is an issue for high magnification modes (more than x45).…" - Amazon.com User "the mount does have some shakiness to it but, it's nothing that can't be overlooked.…" - Amazon.com User |
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