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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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Sunday
Oct262014

Clocks back - more astronomy last night - 430 galaxies -a 1 second M42 image and Variable Stars.

DateSunday, October 26, 2014 at 7:16AM

The extra hour last night meant that I felt I was given more observing time so my last image was taken at 3:02 a.m. (updated time - it was really 4: 02 old time!) A busy night for the telescope imaging galaxies in Cygnus, Lyra, Vulpecula, Equueleus and Delphinus to a total of 430. I also imaged a few objects of interest - for example the Great Nebula in Orion - this is a one second image. 

Another object was the Little Dumbbell Nebula M76 - a planetary nebula in Perseus otherwise known as NGC 650.

 

I also imaged a few Variable Star fields - yet to be analysed.

One of the galaxies on my search list is NGC 7264 - imaged a couple of night ago.

This is a standard 30s exposure unfiltered.

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