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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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Thursday
Dec022010

CGEM Pointing Test

DateThursday, December 2, 2010 at 10:49AM

It was clear last night with occasional drifting cloud but I managed to successfully get the CGEM to follow an Orchestrate script and take images (albeit only 1 second images) of galaxies. The CGEM managed to centre these very well although all the galaxies were within a few degrees of each other. The process is more complex then using a Paramount in that I really need to go through a process of alignment each session simply to get to the point where I can synch The Sky to the telescope. Once The Sky is able to recognise where the telescope is pointing I can do a plate solution and synch on the centre of the solved image.  This normally requires at least a 10 second image or more to get enough stars for The Sky and CCDSoft  to compare with the chart.

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