A basic Boller and Chivens 16 inch telescope with Right Ascension and Declination drives.
A horseshoe mounting platform replaces the telescope tube.
Any type sky-observing device can be mounted on the platform.
The mount then is driven to any previously determined object with the mount’s paddle control.
The mount is equipped with a Boller and Chivens 4 inch finder telescope and a Boller and Chivens 4 inch guide telescope.