New main telescope arrived and installed.

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The new main telescope, Celestron C-14, of the Taurus Hill Observatory arrived 2.2.2009. The research team mounted the telescope in the same evening to the Paramount ME mount. After mounting, the team photographed some “first light” -pictures with the Canon 40D and the SBIG CCD -cameras. The mounting was carried out by Hannu Aartolahti, Markku Nissinen, Harri Vilokki and Veli-Pekka Hentunen.