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iPhone imaging Moon, Moon on Dome

Posted: 10 September 2024

Open: Monday, 9 September 2024, 2017 MST
Temperature: 79°F
Session: 2008
Conditions: Clear

Equipment:
12" f/8 LX600 w/StarLock
2" 24mm UWA eyepiece
1.25" 30mm eyepiece
2" 9mm 100° eyepiece

Camera:
iPhone 15 Pro Max

2022 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.

Viewed the Moon, 102X and 81X.

Attached the LiDAR Cover to the iPhone 15 Pro Max and mounted the iPhone on the 2" 30mm eyepiece using the Accuview 3-Axis Smartphone Adapter.

Took this afocal 81X image of the Moon using the iPhone Camera app (1X lens).

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Did some lunar observing, 271X. Then mounted the iPhone with the LiDAR Cover on the 2" 9mm eyepiece using the 3-axis adapter. Took these afocal 271X images:

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Viewed the Moon, 102X. Then projected the 102X view of the Moon on the observatory dome.

Moon on Dome photograph taken with the iPhone 15 Pro Max Camera app (Night Mode, 10 seconds, 1X lens, handheld).

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Viewed Saturn, 102X and 271X.

2056 MST: LX600 OFF.

Close: Monday, 9 September 2024, 2105 MST
Temperature: 79°F
Session Length: 0h 48m
Conditions: Clear


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