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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
Oct262017

Auriga overhead at 0600 Local Time in Mojacar Almeria Thursday 26th October 2017

DateThursday, October 26, 2017 at 6:36AM

I am currently in Mojacar in Almeria which is a lightpolluted location. However at 6 am local time this morning, in comparison with my usual base in Lancashire in the UK, the sky was ablaze with stars. I observed the stars from the terrace of a house which is only a few hundred yards from the Mediterranean Sea. Auriga was almost overhead and I could make out the M36,M37 and M38 clusters through my 8 X 30 binoculars.

Messier 36 - Remote Image by LA

Messier 37 - Remote Image by LA Messier 38 - Remote Image by LA

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