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 I try to log my observing and related activities in a regular blog - sometimes there will be a delay but I usually catch up. An index of all my blogs is on the main menu at the top of the page with daily, weekly or monthly views. My Twitter feed is below. I am also interested in photograping wildlife when I can and there is a menu option above to look at some of my images. I try to keep the news feeds from relevant astronomical sources up to date and you will need to scroll down to find these.

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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Aug172014

Day 149 Sunday 17th August 2014 Today's weather map - clouds later hiding good seeing.

DateSunday, August 17, 2014 at 9:07AM

We are going through a cooler cloudy phase here in Cabrera - this is the current situation as I write this. There is broken cloud but some sun getting through.

It seemed clear but when I was ready to start observing (arriving back to the site at about midnight after eating in Mojacar)  it was quite cloudy. A bit frustrating because the gaps in the clouds showed very detailed star fields.

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