Amateur astronomy is filled with solutions to problems like these that don’t cost an arm and a leg, though, like this 3D printed equatorial ... telescope needs to be that expensive. A Dobsonian ...

You will also find the majority of modern observatories use equatorial fork mounts. A Dobsonian mount is an alt-az type specifically made for Newtonian reflecting telescopes. The mount ...

At its core it’s a Newtonian reflector telescope like many others available on the market, but the Sky-Watcher Explorer 130 EQ2 has something different in the shape of its equatorial mount (EQ).