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 ...

A critically important, but often overlooked, component of any observing setup is the mount. At a minimum, a mount needs to do two things: support the payload properly and allow for smooth tracking at ...

This is the equatorial mount for for the George Dollond refracting telescope in the collection. It belonged to, and was given in memory of, Charles C. Carey (1903-1963), President of the General Radio ...