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What is the Tabletop Telescope?

The Tabletop Telescope is intended to be an affordable, light-weight, good-looking, set-up-anywhere introductory telescope for the average consumer who is new to astronomy and the veteran wanting a quick look.

What is an Alt-Az Mount?

The tabletop telescope includes an altitude-azimuth mount.  Altitude-azimuth is sometimes abbreviated as alt-azimuth or just alt-az.  An alt-az mount moves in altitude (up and down) on a horizontal axis and in azimuth (left and right) on a vertical axis like a gun turret on a tank.  By comparison, an equatorial mount is essentially an alt-az mount that is tilted to match your latitude, allowing a telescope to track the stars with the addition of a simple clock drive.  Both types of mounts have their advantages.  Which one is best for a particular situation depends mostly on how one intends to use the telescope.