Telescope Mopunts

LOSMANDY
Losmandy Mount Losmandy range of precision equatorial mounts and the most advanced secondary systems and now available with the new
Losmandy GO TO system
which can be retrofitted to existing mounts

Losmandy Mounts are justifiably famous for their quality of engineering and sturdiness of use and we are proud to be able to offer these superb observational platforms to you

Available in 3 models - the GM8 the G-11 and the HGM TITAN Losmandy produce a wide range of mounting rings and plates to enable you to attach many different types of telescope and accessories to their mounts.

Please contact us to discuss your requirements for accessories and mounting options. We will advise you about any extra adaptor plates, counterweights etc.. that you need to mount your telescope tube on these wonderful mounts!

Prices start at £1295.00 and the smallest Losmandy Mount has a load bearing capacity of up to 30lbs

SKYWATCHER
Skywatcher Mount Skywatcher Mounts are versatile and can be bought as the basic mode with slow motion controls, or with various motor drives (which can also be added later if you start with the basic model) and the bigger mounts can be bought with (or upgraded) with the SynScan computer GOTO System

Price start at £99.00 for the lightest weight basic equatorial mount and run to £899 for the top of the range equatorial mount with the SynScan computer fitted, and this can take a payload of up to 25lbs. Skywatcher Mounts
TELEVUE
TeleVue Mount Alt-Az mounts for TeleVue scopes Tele Vue

Quick and easy to set up, and as usual the craftsmanship on these mounts is excellent.

Prices start at £315.00
VIXEN
Vixen Porta Mount This new alt-azimuth Porta mount from Vixen offers you ease of use and quick setup at the very good price of £175.00
Telescope
Mounts
There are basically 2 types of telescope mount used by astronomers.

Firstly the Alt Azimuth mount, so called because it moves in both those planes and is ideal for quick set up and observing but cannot track the starts ans would be no use for imaging.

If you have ever used or seen a photographic tripod then that is a form of Alt Azimuith mount.



Secondly an Equatorial mount which takes a little longer to set up but can track the stars as they move either using hand controls or can be motorises or even computerised and is a must for imaging.