Meade now produces three 114mm Newtonian reflectors to whet your appetite for astronomy. The 114EQ-A and 114EQ-AST both come with a German-type equatorial mount, which makes it easy to continually track stars and other celestial bodies. While they have an identical aperture and thus the same light-gathering capacity, the 114EQ-A is the larger of the two and needs a bit more space to operate. It also has slow motion control in both axes for smoother movement while following an object of interest.