Open: Monday, 8 May 2023, 1819 MST Temperature: 78°F

Session: 1864 Conditions: Clear, breezy

Equipment:
12" f/8 LX600 w/StarLock
2" 24mm UWA eyepiece
2" 5.5mm 100° eyepiece
2" 2X Powermate
2" 4X Powermate

Camera:
D850 DSLR

1823 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.

Viewed Venus, 102X, 443X, 887X, and 1773X. Best high magnification view was at 887X.

1838 MST: Relaxed on the observatory patio bench.

1908 MST: Back in the observatory. Calm now. Prepared the D850 DSLR for imaging of some Herschel 400 galaxies.

1913 MST: Sunset.

Viewed Venus, 887X and 102X.

1918-2000 MST: Relaxed on the bench to watch the stars come out.

Mounted the D850 DSLR at prime focus, focused on Regulus, and locked the 12" primary mirror.

2009 MST: High Precision ON.

Slewed to NGC3034 (M82, Cigar Galaxy).

2013 MST: StarLock ON.

Took the following StarLock autoguided, prime focus, 5 minutes, ISO 3200, images of some Herschel 400 Catalog galaxies. Some images also show other galaxies in the same field-of-view.

NGC3034 (M82, Cigar Galaxy)


NGC3077


NGC3079


NGC3115 (Spindle Galaxy)


NGC3147


NGC3166 (right), NGC3169 (left) and NGC3165 (other galaxy, faint, right)


NGC3184


NGC3190 (center), NGC3193 (left), NGC3187 (other galaxy, right), NGC3185 (other galaxy, bottom)


NGC3198

2200 MST: LX600 OFF.

2212 MST: Took a Sky Quality reading.

Close: Monday, 8 May 2023, 2215 MST Temperature: 60°F

Session Length: 3h 56m Conditions: Clear, SQM 21.19

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