Open: Sunday, 28 May 2023, 1837 MST Temperature: 85°F

Session: 1876 Conditions: Clear, breezy

Equipment:
12" f/8 LX600 w/StarLock
2" 24mm UWA eyepiece
1.25" 9mm eyepiece

Camera:
D850 DSLR
iPhone 13 Pro Max

1844 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.

Viewed the Moon, 102X. Viewed Venus, 102X.

Breezes had calmed down. Mounted the D850 DSLR for 271X eyepiece projection imaging of Venus. This image shows a full frame view of the planet (1/1000sec, ISO 1600).

This image of Venus is a stack of 871 video frames (1080p, 60fps, 1/640sec, ISO 1600).

1917 MST: D850 DSLR image of the Moon at prime focus (1/250sec, ISO 250).

1927 MST: Sunset.

Viewed the Moon, 271X. Nice views of the craters Plato, Copernicus, and Clavius.

1930-2001 MST: Relaxed on the observatory patio bench while waiting for the sky to get darker. Took this handheld iPhone 13 Pro Max photo (0.5X lens) of the interior of the observatory.

I then took these 271X eyepiece projection images of the Moon (1/250sec, ISO 5000).

Crater Plato


Crater Copernicus


Crater Clavius

Took a final look at the Moon, 102X.

2019 MST: LX600 OFF.

Close: Sunday, 28 May 2023, 2027 MST Temperature: 73°F

Session Length: 1h 50m Conditions: Clear

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