German Equatorial Mounts - Manual
A manual German equatorial mount is one without "go to" capabilities provided by an on board computer and motors to drive the mount to a desired object. They are fairly common on entry level telescopes; however, some highly advanced mounts are also available in this configuration. These mounts will track an object once they are properly polar aligned, either by turning a slow motion knob on the right ascension axis or by adding a clock drive.