iPhone Astrophotography App Tests,
More Herschel 400 Observing
Posted: 15 November 2022
Tuesday night, 8 November 2022, was clear but I did not open the observatory due to an early morning commitment on Wednesday, 9 November. Wednesday was cloudy and windy, with rain in the forecast. That afternoon I put the Dome Cover ON. Wednesday night there was a little moisture accumulated from being in the clouds for several hours at elevation 4380' (0.03"). With a clear night forecast for Thursday, 10 November, I removed the Dome Cover in the afternoon. Unfortunately, the forecast was wrong. Cloudy skies continued until Monday, 14 November.
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Open: Monday, 14 November 2022, 1810 MST Temperature: 62°F |
Session: 1801 Conditions: Mostly clear |
Equipment:
12" f/8 LX600 w/StarLock
2" 24mm UWA eyepiece
1.25" 26mm eyepiece
Camera:
iPhone 13 Pro Max
1814 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.
Viewed Saturn and then Jupiter, 102X.
Then set up to watch a Pinal County Board of Supervisors video meeting. This is how the attendees saw me during the call.
1830-1900 MST: Video conference.
1901 MST: High Precision ON.
Viewed M57 (Ring Nebula), 102X and 94X.
Attached the LiDAR Cover on the iPhone 13 Pro Max and mounted the iPhone on the 26mm eyepiece using the Levenhuk adapter.
1912 MST: StarLock ON.
Took this StarLock autoguided iPhone afocal 94X image of M57 (Ring Nebula) using the iOS app NightCap Camera (Long Exposure, ISO 16000, 1sec, 1 minute, 1X lens).
I then did some tests of two iOS apps for upcoming reviews.
1930 MST: StarLock OFF.
1940 MST: SYNCed on the star Enif. Then began some more observing of objects in the Herschel 400 Catalog, 102X: NGC7000 (North American Nebula), NGC7006 (globular cluster), NGC7008 (planetary nebula), NGC7009 (Saturn Nebula, planetary nebula), NGC7044 (open cluster), NGC7062 (open cluster), NGC7086 (open cluster), NGC7128 (open cluster), NGC7142 (open cluster), NGC7160 (open cluster), and NGC7209 (open cluster).
2013 MST: LX600 OFF.
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Close: Monday, 14 November 2022, 2022 MST Temperature: 44°F |
Session Length: 2h 12m Conditions: Clear |
This lapel pin from Sticker Mule arrived on Tuesday, 8 November.
Here's a nice update about Kitt Peak National Observatory from my Alma Mater.
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