Open: Friday, 13 December 2024, 1814 MST Temperature: 60°F

Session: 2050 Conditions: Mostly clear

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

Camera:
iPhone 15 Pro Max

1818 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.

Viewed Venus, 102X.

Viewed Saturn, 102X.

Viewed Jupiter, 102X. The four Galilean Moons were visible.

Viewed the nearly full Moon, 102X and 81X. A slight terminator was visible.

This is a handheld iPhone 15 Pro Max afocal 81X image of the Moon. Taken with the Camera app (1X lens).

The 12" telescope pointing at the bright Moon in the sky. Taken with the iPhone Camera app (1X lens).

Due to the bright moonlit sky, I decided to end the session.

1843 MST: LX600 OFF.

Close: Friday, 13 December 2024, 1850 MST Temperature: 53°F

Session Length: 0h 36m Conditions: Mostly clear

As I was leaving the observatory I took this handheld iPhone photograph of the moonlit observatory using the Camera app (Night Mode, 10 seconds, 1X lens). Some stars are visible in the photo, including the constellation of Lyra with the bright star Vega at the top center.

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