The best telescope mounts for 2025
The night sky is beautiful enough to look at with the unaided eye, but add a telescope atop a telescope mount, and you’ll have a true sight to behold. And, as important as it is to get one of the best telescopes for a good view, the true astronomer knows that a telescope is only as good as its mount. A wiggly mount makes seeing anything clearly next to impossible, and don’t even get us started on the gigantic mounts people were forced to use with early, historic telescopes. Here, we look at the best telescope mounts (and, when called for, tripods) for all of your needs—from our best overall, the Celestron Advanced VX—to some of the best value mounts you can find. Best overall: Celestron Advanced VX Mount and Tripod Best equatorial: Sky-Watcher EQM-35 Best grab and go: Sky-Watcher AZ-GTI Best budget: Celestron Omni CG-4 Best upgrade: Celestron Heavy-Duty CPC 1100 Tripod Best for tabletop:...