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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 August 21st 93 galaxies imaged as part of SN Patrol. Interacting galaxies in Pegasus NGC 7253A and NGC 7253B

DateThursday, August 21, 2014 at 8:22AM

SN Patrol: 93 galaxies were imaged as part of my Supernova Patrol

 

The constellation of Pegasus contains the interacting galaxies NGC 7253A and B - known seperately as PGC 68572 and PGC 68753. This is one of 39 galaxy images I took in Cygnus tonight. This is a 30 second exposure. Also known as ARP 278.

 

This shows the magnitudes of some of the stars in the field of the galaxies.

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