Where to buy affordable telescope tracking mounts

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hisan koko avatar

where can i buy cheap trackers i want to attach my telescope to it

TiffsAndAstro avatar

What telescope do you want to attach? Do you already have a tripod?

Do you want to image or just visual?

Friendly warning though - cheap will not handle a “big” telescope and maybe unreliable.

I bought a “cheap” mount and it was a major mistake :(

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David Joyce avatar

For keeping things cheaper, going used is probably your best bet. The Marketplace here is a great place for that as well as the classifieds on the CloudyNights forum and AstroMart though you do have to pay a membership fee for AstroMart but it’s worth it to me.

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DavesView avatar

Buy once, cry once. Better to cry about the price than the product.

telescopes.net You can get their Synchrony card and pay it off in 6 months with no interest.

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