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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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Oct072019

The Andromeda Galaxy Messier 31 imaged with Redcat/Canon 40D

DateMonday, October 7, 2019 at 11:30AM

The sub-exposures on this image total approximately 20 minutes. The Redcat 51 and the Canon 40D were mounted side by side with my Ritchey-Chretien 8 inch telescope and 90mm Skywatcher guidescope. The guidescope uses a ZWO ASI 120MC camera and the 8-inch scope uses a ZWO ASI 1600 Pro Cooled camera. The M31 galaxy will not fit into the field of view of the 8-inch scope but fits nicely into the FOV of the Canon 40D/Redcat combination.

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