Open: Friday, 30 June 2023, 1815 MST Temperature: 99°F

Session: 1900 Conditions: Clear, breezy

Equipment:
12" f/8 LX600 w/StarLock
2" 24mm UWA eyepiece
1.25" 9.7mm eyepiece
1.25" Moon Filter
Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector
2" 30mm eyepiece

Camera:
iPhone 13 Pro Max

1820 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.

Viewed Venus, 102X and 251X + Moon Filter + Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector (ADC).

Mounted the iPhone 13 Pro Max on the 9.7mm eyepiece using the Levenhuk adapter. Using the Camera app (1X lens), I did a 10 seconds slo-mo (240fps) video recording of the crescent Venus, afocal 251X + Moon Filter + ADC. This is a stack of 1948 video frames.

1842 MST: Relaxed on the observatory patio bench. Took this iPhone photo of the waxing gibbous Moon over some trees while lying on the bench.

1900 MST: Back at the 12" telescope. Calm now. Viewed Venus, 251X + Moon Filter + ADC and 81X.

Viewed the Moon, 81X.

1915 MST: Back to the bench while waiting for the Sun to set.

1932 MST: Back in the observatory.

1938 MST: Sunset.

Mounted the iPhone on the 30mm eyepiece using the Levenhuk adapter. Took this afocal 81X image of the Moon using NightCap Camera (ISO 34, 1/3600sec, 1X lens).

Lastly, viewed the Moon, 102X.

1944 MST: LX600 OFF.

This was Cassiopeia Observatory Session 1900 since "First Light" at the observatory on 18 August 2009.

Close: Friday, 30 June 2023, 1954 MST Temperature: 84°F

Session Length: 1h 39m Conditions: Clear

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