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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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Saturday
Jan172015

Open Cluster NGC 4349 in the Southern Cross imaged from Siding Spring

DateSaturday, January 17, 2015 at 5:04PM

This is NGC 4349. Although it was the 17th January 2015 here it was 04:51:38 in the morning of 18th January in Siding Spring. It was a 300 second exposure. It lies at a distance of 2176 parsecs. 

NGC 4349 North is up and east is to the left

This is the data from the plate solution

NGC 4349 is arrowed.

This is where you find NGC 4349. If you look closely you can see the actual image to scale at the chart position marked.

NGC 4349 is arrowedStar charts and plate solutions generated by TheSkyX © Software Bisque, Inc. All rights reserved. www.bisque.com

So NGC 4349 is situated in the southern consteallation of Crux which is The Southern Cross.

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