Open: Saturday, 9 November 2024, 1729 MST Temperature: 71°F

Session: 2032 Conditions: Clear

Equipment:
12" f/8 LX600 w/StarLock
2" 24mm UWA eyepiece
2" 5.5mm 100° eyepiece
2" 30mm eyepiece

Camera:
iPhone 15 Pro Max

1734 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.

Viewed Venus, 102X and 443X. Gibbous phase visible.

Attached the LiDAR Cover on the iPhone 15 Pro Max and mounted the phone on the 2" 5.5mm eyepiece using the 3-axis adapter.

Took this afocal 443X image of Venus using NightCap Camera (ISO 55, 1/640sec, 1X lens).

Viewed the Moon, 81X.

Mounted the iPhone on the 2" 30mm eyepiece and used the Camera app (1X lens) for this afocal 81X image of the Moon.

Did some lunar observing, 443X. Many nice sights.

Mounted the iPhone on the 2" 5.5mm eyepiece and used NightCap Camera (ISO 55, 1/60sec, 1/100sec, 1/100 sec, 1X lens) for these afocal 443X images of the Moon.

Crater Plato at the left


Straight Wall at the left


Crater Clavius at the lower left

Then did some more lunar observing, 443X.

Viewed Saturn, 443X and 102X.

1826 MST: LX600 OFF.

Close: Saturday, 9 November 2024, 1835 MST Temperature: 60°F

Session Length: 1h 06m Conditions: Clear

After I closed the observatory I took this handheld iPhone 15 Pro Max photo (Night Mode, 3 seconds, 1X lens) of the moonlit observatory with the constellation of Perseus at the upper right.

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