Open: Tuesday, 5 September 2023, 1828 MST Temperature: 84°F

Session: 1920 Conditions: Clear

Equipment:
12" f/8 LX600 w/StarLock
2" 24mm UWA eyepiece
Focal reducer

Camera:
D850 DSLR

Prepared the D850 DSLR for imaging. Then I relaxed on the observatory bench and reviewed this session's Barnard Objects I planned to image and observe for my Barnard Objects Project.

1846 MST: Sunset.

1935 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision ON.

Viewed M8 (Lagoon Nebula), 102X.

1938 MST: Back to the bench while waiting for the sky to get darker.

1950 MST: Back at the 12" telescope. Mounted the D850 DSLR at prime focus + focal reducer, focused on the star Altair, locked the telescope primary mirror, and then slewed to my first Barnard Object imaging target.

2000 MST: StarLock ON.

Imaged the following Barnard Objects, StarLock autoguided, 5 minutes (except B285 and B289, which were 3 minutes), ISO 1600. Images shown in black-n-white.

B284


B283


B285


B286


B287


B289

I then imaged M8 (Lagoon Nebula), which has three Barnard Objects, StarLock autoguided, 5 minutes, ISO 1600.

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2108 MST: StarLock OFF.

Viewed M8 (Lagoon Nebula) and its three Barnard Objects, 102X.

Next, I viewed the following Barnard Objects or the area where the dark nebulae would be if they were visible to my eye, 102X: B288, B84a, B290, B291, B292, B293, B294, B86 (Ink Spot), and B87 (Parrot's Head Nebula).

Last, I viewed Saturn, 102X.

2139 MST: LX600 OFF.

2150 MST: Took a Sky Quality reading and reported the result to Globe at Night.

Close: Tuesday, 5 September 2023, 2153 MST Temperature: 74°F

Session Length: 3h 25m Conditions: Clear, SQM 20.84

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