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Bowling ball mounts

A SPHERE IN A CRADLE is arguably the simplest, most convenient way to mount a telescope. It enables easy one-axis movement in any direction, even straight overhead and near the poles, and it allows for comfortable eyepiece placement as well.

Bowling balls are ready-made for spherical mounts. Brett Tatton has come

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