Tele Vue Panoramic Mount and Tripod

While the Tele-Pod represents the most travel friendly mount for our smaller scopes, for more rigidity under heavier loads, we took the Tele-Pod head and adapted it to our fine Panoramic wooden tripod. Since the Sky Tour encoder attachment points are within the head itself, the Panoramic mount is Sky Tour capable.

The Panoramic Mount is available in solid ash or beautiful walnut wood with brass fittings. It places the scope from approximately 3- to 5-feet high. Metal ground spikes with rubber tips are provided. A central tray adds rigidity and a convenient platform for accessories.

Sky Tour

The Tele Vue Sky Tour computerized object locating system integrates seamlessly with our mounts to put 2,000+ objects within your grasp. Quick setup 2-star alignment allows observing fixed objects without fiddling with latitude, longitude, date or time inputs. Easy to use Guide mode shows you the direction to move the scope in order to center the selected object. Sky Tour adds R.A./Decl. digital position readout (resolution: 1' R.A, 0.1-deg. declination) to mounts.

For even more objects, Sky Tour can now interface with TheSky astronomy program from Software Bisque, Inc. through your PDA or laptop. Sky Tour can be ordered factory installed or added later as an upgrade.