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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
Apr012018

IC 4628 - The Prawn Nebula (Gum 56) in Scorpius 

DateSunday, April 1, 2018 at 7:50AM

I took the remote image on Saturday March 31st 2018 at 05h 44m 12s Australian Time from Siding Spring in New South Wales. It is a 300 second exposure using Telescope T13 which is a Takahashi Sky 90. The image has been rotated to put North towards the top. The position angle of the image taken was 177 degrees 44 minutes from North, i.e. the image below is 180 degrees  - 177 degrees 44 minutes = 2 degrees  16 minutes from North. If it is rotated clockwise by that amount it will be north at the top.

IC 4628 lies at a distance of 6000 Light Years. 

 


 The negative image below identifies some of the objects in the field. 

Three stars that appear orange in the colour image are identified on the negative image.

The angular size of the nebula can be determined. 

 

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