Sunday, 30 April 2023, was cloudy. Cloudy skies continued until Thursday, 4 May.

Open: Thursday, 4 May 2023, 1850 MST Temperature: 64°F

Session: 1860 Conditions: Clear, breezy

Equipment:
12" f/8 LX600 w/StarLock
2" 24mm UWA eyepiece
Focal reducer

Camera:
iPhone 13 Pro Max
D850 DSLR

1856-1907 MST: Relaxed on the observatory patio bench.

1908 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.

1909 MST: Sunset.

Viewed Venus, 102X. The half-phase illumination was nice.

1912-1958 MST: Relaxed some more on the bench while waiting for the Moon to rise over the hill to the southeast.

1929 MST: The 12" telescope waiting for the Moon to rise over the hill.

1937 MST: The nearly Full Moon was rising over the hill. Calm now.

I projected the Moon on the observatory dome, 102X.

2013 MST: The Full Moon on the Dome taken with a tripod-mounted D850 DSLR (f/8, 30 seconds, ISO 1600, FL 24mm).

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Viewed the Moon, 102X. A very slight terminator was visible.

Mounted the D850 DSLR at prime focus + focal reducer. Took this image (1/500sec, ISO 100),

Set the D850 ISO setting to Lo 1.0 and took this image of the Moon (1/250sec, ISO 31). The image was highly saturated during post-processing to bring out colors on the Moon from minerals on its surface.

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Took a final look at the Moon, 102X.

2050 MST: LX600 OFF.

Close: Thursday, 4 May 2023, 2100 MST Temperature: 58°F

Session Length: 2h 10m Conditions: Clear

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