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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 112 Saturday 12th July 2014 iPhone Super Moon and more cloud..

DateSaturday, July 12, 2014 at 9:20AM

A brilliant warm clear day - until the clouds rolled in as it became dark! I suppose that I have to accept that September, October and November will be the best months here.

Out on the terrace I could see Moonlight reflected from clouds with the (Super!) Moon behind the mountain to the south east. I used a long exposure app on my iphone (1 sec) to capture it. 

 

That faint dot could be Altair and Tarazed the even fainter one?

I could just see Mars and Spica - quite close together - and thought of using my long exposure app but I really need a tripod and remote release - which I have but the objects had gone behind cloud before I could do anything.Observing abandoned.

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