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 ...

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 ...

I don’t know who said it first, but it bears repeating that the best telescope is the one that gets used the most. Many of you are familiar with different types of telescopes – reflectors are the ones ...

Most of today’s amateurs are familiar with fork and German equatorial mounts. Both have their pros and cons, but a common problem with each is that the mounted telescope’s position is offset from the ...

The article reviews several telescopes from High Point Scientific, including refractors, reflectors, and compound types, varying in aperture size (from 50mm to 305mm), mount type (altazimuth and ...

This is the equatorial mount for the 5-inch aperture refracting telescope made in 1894 by Alvan Clark & Sons.