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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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Day 40 Messier Galaxy Imaging, Asteroids Video

DateSunday, March 23, 2014 at 9:49AM

An excellent clear night with no Moon. I used the SBIG ST9XE to image a number of Messier Galaxies. This was M88 - a 30 second image after reduction. From the plate solved stretched image below it is evident that stars down to Mag 16 are being detected.

and the Plate Solved M88 Image

The next galaxy is M65

 

and M81

M82 with SN2014J Fading

 M84

Minor Planets or Asteroids have come to the fore since the incident last year in Russia. Here is the video about the NASA Grand Challenge.

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