Open: Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 1807 MST Temperature: 92°F

Session: 1924 Conditions: Clear

Equipment:
12" f/8 LX600 w/StarLock
2" 24mm UWA eyepiece
2" 30mm eyepiece
2" 9mm 100° eyepiece

Camera:
iPhone 13 Pro Max

1815 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.

Viewed the crescent Moon, 102X.

Moon and telescope, iPhone 13 Pro Max (1X lens).

Viewed the Moon, 81X. Then mounted the iPhone on the 30mm eyepiece using the Accuview 3-Axis Smartphone Adapter. Took this afocal 81X image of the Moon using NightCap Camera (ISO 50, 1/25sec, 1X lens).

Stepped outside of the observatory to take this iPhone photo using the Camera app (Night Mode, 3 seconds, 1X lens) of the Moon projected onto the observatory dome with the constellation of Cassiopeia above Cassiopeia Observatory.

Next, I viewed Saturn, 102X and 271X.

Attached the LiDAR Cover on the iPhone and mounted the iPhone on the 9mm eyepiece using the 3-axis adapter. Took this afocal 271X image of Saturn using NightCap Camera (ISO 400, 1/100sec, 1X lens).

I decided I would defer resuming my Barnard Objects Program until November.

Viewed Jupiter and three Galilean Moons, 102X.

2032 MST: LX600 OFF.

2040 MST: Took a Sky Quality reading.

Close: Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 2044 MST Temperature: 73°F

Session Length: 2h 37m Conditions: Clear, SQM 20.84

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