We love these mounts for their beautiful simplicity and affordability.
We love these mounts for their beautiful simplicity and affordability. The two axes of movement are parallel and perpendicular to the ground, making them very straightforward to set up and use. As the Earth rotates, the stars move out of your field of view, requiring you to “chase” them by moving the telescope. You will have to make adjustments to both axes in order to track objects. Some alt­azimuth mounts are fitted with computer drives that will do this automatically for you. A solid standalone manual Alt-Az mount is the Explore Scientific Twilight I mount. An excellent computerized mount is the Sky-Watcher USA Az-GTi.