I'm assuming when they refer to tripods, they're actually referring to mounts.
The most important kit in /any/ astrophotographer's list of equipment, is the mount. Without a good mount, it becomes exponentially more difficult to get pinpoint round stars.
Granted, this is not so much of an issue for widefield astrophotography, but, it is still an important point to consider.
If, they really were discussing widefield astrophotography on a tripod, then, I can't fault them for, again, recommending a good (expensive) tripod. The better tripod designs are built like tanks that can take a bit of knocking about. This is important when you're trying to image with a breeze -- a telephoto (or even a fat lens) will have enough surface area to wobble a cheap tripod.
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Originally Posted by syousef
I've just started listening to the 3-parter on astrophotography. The recommendation to buy a really expensive tripod for wide field DSLR images has me baffled so far. I'm using a tripod worth about $40 that I picked up for $15 and so long as I'm sensible about how I set it up and trigger it I haven't found it lacking.
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