Open: Wednesday, 28 June 2023, 1810 MST Temperature: 90°F

Session: 1898 Conditions: Clear, hazy, windy

Equipment:
12" f/8 LX600 w/StarLock
2" 24mm UWA eyepiece
1.25" 5.5mm eyepiece
Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector

Camera:
D850 DSLR

1818 MST: Relaxed on the observatory patio bench while waiting for the wind to calm down.

1855 MST: Wind calmer now. Back inside the observatory.

1900 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.

Viewed Venus, 102X and 443X + Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector (ADC).

1905 MST: Returned to the observatory patio bench.

1930 MST: Moved to a higher elevation to photograph the setting Sun.

1936 MST: Setting Sun taken with the D850 DSLR (f/16, 1/1000sec, ISO 200, FL 300mm, cropped). Sunset AR3354 is visible near the center of the Sun.

1939 MST: Sunset. Calm now. Took this photo of the waxing gibbous Moon with the D850 DSLR (f/11, 1/250sec, ISO 200, FL 300mm, cropped to the same scale as the Sun photo).

Back inside the observatory I observed Venus, 443X + ADC and 102X.

Viewed the Moon, 102X.

Mounted the D850 DSLR at prime focus for this image of the Moon (1/400sec, ISO 200).

Then took a final look at the Moon, 102X.

2000 MST: LX600 OFF.

Close: Wednesday, 28 June 2023, 2010 MST Temperature: 83°F

Session Length: 2h 00m Conditions: Clear, hazy

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