Open: Friday, 21 March 2025, 1810 MST Temperature: 84°F

Session: 2083 Conditions: Clear

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

Camera:
iPhone 15 Pro Max

1815 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.

Viewed Jupiter, 102X and 443X.

1839 MST: Sunset.

Attached the LiDAR Cover on the iPhone 15 Pro Max and mounted the iPhone on the 2" 5.5mm eyepiece using the 3-axis adapter. Did some afocal 443X imaging of Jupiter and the four Galilean Moons in the eyepiece field-of-view.

NightCap Camera app (ISO 55, 1/13sec, 1X lens)


Camera app (1X lens)


Final Cut Camera app (ISO 2000, 1/250sec, 1X lens, 240fps, 3763 frames stacked)

Viewed Jupiter and the four Galilean Moons, 443X and 102X.

1859 MST: Viewed M42 (Orion Nebula), 102X. The Trapezium stars were visible, but no nebulosity was seen in the bright twilight sky.

1903 MST: Took this handheld iPhone afocal 102X image of M42 using NightCap Camera (ISO 10000, 1/13sec, 1X lens) showing the Trapezium (center) and some nebulosity.

1906 MST: Viewed M42, 102X. Some nebulosity was now visible to the eye in the bright twilight sky.

Viewed M41 (open star cluster), 102X. Nice view.

1912 MST: Took this handheld iPhone afocal 102X image of M41 using NightCap Camera (ISO 16000, 1/13sec, 1X lens).

1917 MST: Viewed M42 again, 102X. More nebulosity was now visible in the still bright twilight sky.

Due to a busy day the next day I ended this session in Cassiopeia Observatory.

1918 MST: LX600 OFF.

Close: Friday, 21 March 2025, 1925 MST Temperature: 66°F

Session Length: 1h 15m Conditions: Clear

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