Tele Vue designed their Tele-Pod Alt-Az Yoke Mount for smooth and balanced tracking for optical tube assemblies (OTAs) up to 3" in aperture. It is configured as a dual-fork yoke mount that cradles your OTA at its center of balance for smooth pan/tilt motion with reduced vibrations and smooth-motion altitude and azimuth bearings with tension adjustments. A single control handle enables precise control without the associated vibrations that normally come with moving a mount by hand.

The unique design allows for the OTA to move through an 85 to -10° altitude range from below the horizon (such as viewing from a hilltop) all the way close to the zenith. A scope-stop helps to prevent damage if the objective end "nosedives" down. The Tele-Pod is offered here as a mount head only and comes equipped with 1/4"-20 and 3/8"-16 mounting treads for easy attachment to most photo, video, field, or astronomical tripods. Mounting holes on the azimuth plate are pre-drilled for 1/4"-20 and 3/8"-16 bolts for attaching OTAs.

Manual Alt-Az Yoke Mount    Recommended for OTAs up to 3"    Tracking Control Handle    85 to -10° Altitude Range    1/4"-20 and 3/8"-16 Tripod Mounts    Mount Only - Tripod Required

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. can I use 1.25" pieces with this ?

A: Yes, the Tele Vue 4x Powermate (2"), comes with a 1.25mm adapter allowing you to use a 1`.25 eyepiece with it.

Q: 2. Is this compatible with NP101is?

A: Yes, the Tele Vue Focusmaster Driver 10:1 is compatible with the Tele Vue-NP101is 4"/101mm Refractor Telescope.

Q: 3. Does 4X powermate, 2 , fits in to SCT rear cell adopter(2 ) or directly in to SCT rear cell(I have 8 SCT). In other words how do I hook up this 2 powermate to rear of 8 SCT.Second Question: I have a cannon DSLR with T ring and 2 adopter. Does this works with this?.

A: 1) The bare end of the 4x Powermate barrel does slide into the 2 adapter that screws onto the SCT rear cell.You'll need to make sure the 4x Powermate is firmly secured into the 2 adapter since the 4x Powemate is a bit heavy (especially with the camera attached!).2) No, the camera cannot be attached to the 4x Powermate by simply using a 2 adapter and Canon T-Ring.To place an SLR camera onto the 4x Powermate (unfortunately) another adapter is necessary, which is the TeleVue 4x Powermate T-Ring.The 4x Powermate has to be partially disassembled then the Televue 4x Powermate T-Ring gets screwed onto the 4x Powermate. Then, the Canon T-Ring is screwed onto the 4x Powermate T-Ring. Then the camera can be attached to the Canon T-Ring.

Q: 4. Tele Vue 2.0x Powermate (2") - does this allow 1.25" eyepieces as well?

A: Yes. The Tele Vue 2.0x Powermate (2") comes with an adapter for 1.25 inch eyepieces.

Q: 5. What size and pitch thread is on the phonemate ?

A: They do not publish the thread pitch but it is only compatible with Tele Vue brand eyepieces: Eyepiece Compatibility: All DeLite All Delos Plössl: 55mm, 40mm, 32mm Panoptic: 41mm, 35mm, 27mm, 24mm*, 22mm, 19mm All Nagler Type 4 Nagler Type 5: 31mm, 26mm, 20mm* All* Nagler Type 6 All Ethos

Q: 6. I have a 2x Powermate and mount it directly to the 90 degree Televue Everbrite dielectric on my TV-85 for viewing with both the eyepieces and attaching my DSLR via the Powermate adapter with T-ring. Is this how the 4x mounts as well?

A: If I undestand your question correctly, I say YES. I have used my 4x Powermate on my Meade 7 LX200 Mak-Cass with a 2 Diagonal. I dont really need that much magnification on my scope when viewing VISUALLY, why I bought it was for shooting Prime Focus using my Canon T3i DSLR. For this it performed flawlessly. Im pretty sure you are aware these Powermates are a step up from the lowly Barlow and its quite noticable once you've used both and compared the differences ! Just be sure you have the 2 adapter if you are using this 2 Powermate. Aside from that, keep looking up ! :-)

Q: 7. Will the 4X Powermate adapter for your camera work with the 2X version? I don't really see the difference?

A: There is a specific 4x T mount adapter

Q: 8. Hi can someone help me, I have Tele Vue 85 - 600mm and will connect this to a Canon 5D M4 that I have, and then insert. Tele Vue 4x Powermate (2 ") (PMT4201) + Tele Vue SLR prime focus camera adapter for 2" focusers (ACM2000) + Kowa TSN -CM2 T- Mount camera adapter ring Canon EF (CM2-CE) + Canon 5D M4. Will this work regarding focus?

A: That would be the best combination I would try.

Q: 9. Will Tele Vue's FoneMate work with the iPhone 13 Pro Max?

A: The Tele Vue FoneMate Universal Digiscoping Adapter BH #TEFMSPEPA • MFR #SFA-0001 will work with any phone or phone and case under 4.7 x 8.3"

Q: 10. Does this kit include a star diagonal or is that included?

A: No, a star diagonal is not included, a non issue with me as I already had two of them.