Monday mid-day, 26 June 2023, I checked on the air conditioner hot air duct repair that I did the previous day (seen below).

As I noted in the previous report, the hose plastic has become brittle with age (installed in 2017), and unfortunately, another break had appeared in less than a day.

I did another temporary fix, but I will probably need to replace the hose sometime this summer.

Due to the cloudy and very hazy sky, I did not open the observatory that night.

Open: Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 1814 MST Temperature: 90°F

Session: 1897 Conditions: Clear, hazy, windy

Equipment:
12" f/8 LX600 w/StarLock
2" 24mm UWA eyepiece
1.25" 15mm eyepiece
Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector
2" 14mm 100° eyepiece

Camera:
iPhone 13 Pro Max

1821 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.

Viewed Venus, 102X and 163X + Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector (ADC).

1828 MST: Relaxed on the observatory patio bench while waiting for the wind to hopefully calm down.

1852 MST: While I was lying on the bench, this neighbor came to visit.

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1918 MST: Back inside the observatory. There were still some wind gusts.

Viewed Venus, 163X + ADC. Took this handheld iPhone 13 Pro Max image of Venus, afocal 163X + ADC, using NightCap Camera (ISO 40, 1/10000sec, 1X lens).

Viewed the Moon, 102X, in the bright blue sky. Took this handheld iPhone afocal 102X image of the Moon using NightCap Camera (ISO 34, 1/400sec, 1X lens).

Viewed the Moon, 163X. I took some handheld iPhone afocal 163X images of the Moon.

1938 MST: Sunset. Calmer now.

Switched to the 2" 14mm 100° eyepiece and viewed the Moon, 174X. This wider field-of-view provided almost the same magnification as the 1.25" 15mm eyepiece (163X). I took these handheld iPhone afocal 174X images of the Moon using NightCap Camera (ISO 34, 1/210sec and 1/430sec, respectively, 1X lens).

Took a last look at the Moon, 102X.

1949 MST: LX600 OFF.

Close: Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 1958 MST Temperature: 84°F

Session Length: 1h 44m Conditions: Clear, hazy, breezy

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