What are Telescope Mounts?
Due to the rotation of the earth, astronomical objects appear to move steadily across the night sky. When you use a telescope to magnify the view of an object, you also magnify the apparent speed of this motion. A standard tripod mount will hold a telescope steady and might suffice for tracking celestial objects at low magnification. Objects move so rapidly through the telescopic field that the telescope must be mounted to facilitate following celestial objects as they move across the sky.
