Open: Sunday, 16 June 2024, 1826 MST Temperature: 91°F

Session: 1987 Conditions: Clear, hazy, breezy

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

Camera:
iPhone 15 Pro Max

1836 MST: Relaxed on the observatory patio bench. I completed the work to reverse some bolts on my 12 year old POD Roller Desk so they did not stick out. I also tightened up some bolts that had become loose over the years.

1937 MST: Sunset. Calm now. Returned to inside the observatory.

1938 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.

Viewed the waxing gibbous Moon, 102X.

Took this handheld iPhone 15 Pro Max afocal 102X image of the Moon using the Camera app (1X lens).

Next, I did lunar observing using the William Optics Binoviewers. The views were great at 122X.

Using a 3-axis smartphone adapter, I mounted the iPhone 15 Pro Max on one of the 20mm eyepieces on the binoviewers and took these afocal 122X images taken with the Camera app (1X lens).

I added the 1.6X Barlow Lens to the Binoviewers and did some lunar observing, 195X. Awesome views.

Mounted the iPhone on a binoviewers eyepiece and took these afocal 195X images using the Camera app (1X lens).

I did some more lunar observing with the binoviewers, 195X.

Lastly, viewed the Moon, 102X.

2012 MST: LX600 OFF.

Close: Sunday, 16 June 2024, 2020 MST Temperature: 84°F

Session Length: 1h 54m Conditions: Clear, hazy

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