Telescopes < Astronomy Mounting type Azimuthal

With an altazimuth mount, a telescope can be slewed upwards and across the horizon. This horizontal angle is also called azimuth.

Altazimuth mounts can be quite simply constructed, similar to a photographic tripod. Another popular version is the single arm mount. The illustration shows a typical example. A bracket attaches the telescope to the side of the mount arm.

Fork mounts are intended for larger OTAs. In contrast to the single-arm mount, here the telescope is held from two sides. However, with most fork mounts, the OTA cannot be removed from the mount.

Altazimuth mounts are relatively compact and light. Their operation is intuitive and does not require lengthy setting up. A disadvantage, however, is that astrophotography with longer exposure times is not possible. This disadvantage can be overcome with the help of a polar wedge.

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Telescopes

Mounting type: Azimuthal

Omegon

Telescope AC 70/700 AZ-2

$ 129.00

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Smart Telescope AP 50/250 Seestar S50

RRP: $ 840.00

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Smart Telescope with dew Shield, dust cap and lens hood for Seestar S50

RRP: $ 820.00

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Smart Telescope AP 50/250 Seestar S50 with Universe2go+

RRP: $ 870.00

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Omegon

Telescope AC 60/700 AZ-1

$ 99.00

Omegon

AC 102/660 AZ-3 telescope

$ 389.00

Omegon

Telescope AC 50/600 AZ

$ 79.00

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Omegon

Telescope N 76/700 AZ-1

$ 139.00

Zoomion

Telescope Spaceboy 500 AZ

$ 49.90

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ZWO

Smart Telescope AP 30/150 Seestar S30

$ 580.00

National Geographic

Telescope AC 70/400 AR-App

$ 116.00

Omegon

Telescope AC 70/400 Solar BackPack AZ

$ 119.00

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Skywatcher

Telescope AC 90/900 EvoStar AZ-3

$ 313.00

Omegon

AC 80/400 AZ-3 telescope

$ 269.00

Zoomion

Telescope Stardust 76 AZ

RRP: $ 139.00

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Celestron

Telescope N 127/1000 StarSense Explorer LT 127 AZ

$ 303.00

Celestron

Maksutov telescope MC 127/1500 NexStar 127 SLT GoTo

$ 900.00

Celestron

Smart Telescope S 152/335 Origin Intelligent Home Observatory

$ 5,300.00

Vaonis

Smart Telescope AP 50/250 Vespera II

RRP: $ 1,670.00

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Vaonis

Smart Telescope Vespera PRO AP 50/250

RRP: $ 2,920.00

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Skywatcher

Maksutov telescope MC 127/1500 SkyMax-127 AZ-GTi GoTo WiFi

$ 820.00

Celestron

Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope SC 203/2032 NexStar 8 SE GoTo

$ 2,190.00

Meade

Telescope AC 70/700 Infinity AZ

$ 173.00