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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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Saturday 16th August - Looking back to 2011 - Supernova SN2011B in NGC 2655 galaxy. The Little Dumbbell Nebula and Caroline Herschel's NGC 381 Cluster

DateSaturday, August 16, 2014 at 10:10AM

In 2011 I imaged the supernova SN2011B, the second one to be discovered in 2011.

 

The image is the result of aligning then averaging 100 1-second images.

 I took the opportunity to image a number of interesting objects

 This is known as the "Little Dumbell" Nebula, NGC 650 or Messier 76. This is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Perseus.

 

 

 

The NGC 381 image below is of an open cluster that Caroline Herschel discovered in 1783. 

 

 

 

 

 

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