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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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Day 162 Saturday 30th August 2014 - Remotely imaged Virgo Galaxies 156 x 234 Minutes of Arc

DateSaturday, August 30, 2014 at 12:20PM

The image below is of the entire field but to show the details I have had to break that image into 12 sections which are included below which start at the top left of the first image then progress right - left right etc down the image - losing a small section at the bottom that is fairly galaxy free! The second image then shows the image combined with a chart to aid identification and then the chart is shown on its own. iTelescope.com T14 4 inch refractor New Mexico.

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIRGO 1 The Siamese Twins Galaxy Pair

 

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