Thursday, 5 December 2024, was cloudy with a short, light rainshower (0.02") late afternoon.

Friday, 6 December, was mostly clear.

Open: Friday, 6 December 2024, 1815 MST Temperature: 62°F

Session: 2045 Conditions: Mostly clear

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

Camera:
iPhone 15 Pro Max

1822 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.

Viewed Venus, 102X.

Viewed the Moon, 102X and 81X.

Attached the LiDAR Cover on the iPhone 15 Pro Max and mounted the iPhone on the 2" 30mm eyepiece using the 3-axis adapter.

The Moon, iPhone Camera app (1X lens), afocal 81X.

I then did some lunar observing, 271X.

Mounted the iPhone on the 2" 9mm eyepiece and took these afocal 271X images using the Camera app (1X lens).

Next, I viewed Saturn, 271X.

I also viewed Jupiter, 271X. The four Galilean Moons were all visible in the high magnification 100° field-of-view. Seeing was not very good as Jupiter was low over the house roof.

Mounted the iPhone on the 9mm eyepiece. This is a stack of 632 video frames taken with the Final Cut Camera app (1/250sec, ISO 2000, 1X lens).

Lastly, I viewed Jupiter, 102X.

1927 MST: LX600 OFF.

Close: Friday, 6 December 2024, 1935 MST Temperature: 52°F

Session Length: 1h 20m Conditions: Mostly clear

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