Welcome to Doug's 
Unofficial CG-14 Telescope Site

This site is about the Celestron C-14  OTA
in combination with the
Losmandy G-11 Equatorial Mount.
Together they become a  
"CG-14"

 When completely assembled, it's an awesome sight.
The Telescope and Tripod are manufactured in the 

U.S.A.

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Doug (right) 
with friend Jay 
and the Mighty 
Celestron
CG-14

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What a 
magnificent
piece of
equipment


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Using a Piggy
back camera
 mount is a great way to attach 
the Telrad

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The Losmandy
G-11 Equatorial
Head

  

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 CG-14  shown 
with the
 Roger Tuthill
"NO-DU-CAP"

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Kendrick 
 Dew Remover
System hard at work
 

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 CG with the
22mm Nagler
Type 4

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TeleVue
22mm Nagler
Type 4.
 Sell all other eyepieces to 
fund this one


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 When weight is
a factor, turn to
 DewZee
 A terrific
lightweight
performer

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 "DewZee"
is easy to install
and remove with
designed in
 Velcro

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  63 lbs. of 
counter weight
needed to
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The Pentax K1000 
shown with the 
Celestron
Tele-Extender

 
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TeleVue
55mm Plossel
A must for
Deep Sky fans

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Thousand Oaks
 White Light 
Solar Filter
(Type A+)

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A close up shot 
of the 
White Light
Solar Filter

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 The wiring 
set up can 
sometimes be
confusing

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 Close up of the
DSC's & Digital
 Drive System

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The CG-14
Transport Vehicle.
(Trust me, you'll
need one for
this scope)

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 CG-14 with the
Transport  Vehicle,
Christmas Day
2000

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Christmas Day
2000

  
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Christmas Day
2000

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 Solar Eclipse,
Christmas Day
2000.
Taken with the
14" at  F7 using a
Thousand Oaks 
White Light filter 

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Set up and
ready to go
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A great day
 for solar
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 Looking into the
White Light
 Filter

 

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The Northern Lights
taken on 09/07/02
from High Point State Park, N.J.
Using a 35mm Contax camera
with a 50mm f1.4 Carl Zeiss lens.
10 second exposure @ f1.4

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Sun Spot #69 (the 3 leaf clover)
taken on 08/21/02 through the 
C14 at F7 with a Nikon Cool Pix 4500 
using a 4.75" off axis 
Badder Solar Filter. 

 

 



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Astronomical
League


AAAA


Messier
Database


Deep Sky
Sketches

Great C-14 & G-11 links
Rick's Unofficial C-14 Page
CM-1400 Review by Al Canarelli
 CM-1400 Review by Ed Ting

Other great links
The Collimation 
 Skyhound

 



The Light Path of a
Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope


If you have any questions regarding the
Celestron C-14 OTA or the
 Losmandy G-11 Equatorial Mount,
 please feel free to contact me.
Thanks for visiting, 
stop back soon to see my coming updates.

 Doug

This page was updated on 
11-04-07