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The Celestron 14 is mounted on a Paramount ME that I have been using for about 10 years now - you can see that it is mounted on a tripod so is a portable set up. I still manage to transport it on my own and set it all up even though I have just turned 70! It will run for hours centering galaxies in the 12 minute field even when tripod mounted.

 

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Sunday
Jan152012

Galaxy Library

DateSunday, January 15, 2012 at 9:46AM

The size of the galaxy library is increasing with over 2,500 galaxies for the C14/SBIG ST9-XE combination giving an image scale of 1.96 arcseconds per pixel. It is vital to have the same image scale to be able to use the blink comparator on Grepnova. This means that images taken last year using the Meade 12" SCT cannot be used. I just need a couple of months of clear nights to build the library up to a really good level. If I don't have a comparison image I need to go online to check the DSS or other library to view the image - a very long process which is not very practical if you have taken 300 images the night before! Here are 8 thumbnails of the 200 plus images taken on the 14th Jan 2012.

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