Equipment
三脚架
Tripod
The base holding a telescope or camera.
At this price the mount matters more than the aperture.
Related terms
- Cool-down — A scope reaching ambient temperature.
- Polar alignment — Pointing an equatorial mount at the celestial pole.
- Refractor vs reflector — Lens-based versus mirror-based telescopes.
- Star diagonal — The 90° eyepiece adapter on a refractor.