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    Dec 17, 2020 4 minutes
    WORDS: CHRIS GRIMMER

    Bresser StarTracker Astronomical Photo Mount Kit

    A portable mount and accessories package for wide-field astrophotography

    With most astronomy mount manufacturers now offering a portable star tracker option, Bresser’s new StarTracker Astronomical Photo Mount Kitjoins a busy field. The kit includes a StarTracker Astronomical Photo Mount PM-100, a TP-100 DX tripod, an equatorial wedge, a ball head and a polarscope. If you don’t need the full kit – for example, if you already own a good tripod, – the PM-100 mount can be bought separately, but we would definitely recommend the polarscope for alignment purposes. With a weight capacity of 2kg in equatorial mode and a total weight, including tripod and

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