Open: Thursday, 5 November 2026, 1813 MST Temperature: 73°F

Session: 2161 Conditions: Clear

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

Camera:
D850 DSLR

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

Prepared the D850 DSLR to image more Milky Way Globular Clusters. Mounted the camera at prime focus, focused on the star Altair, and locked the 12" primary mirror.

1830 MST: Wi-Fi ON.

Using SkySafari 7 Pro on my iPhone, I slewed to my first imaging target: IC1276 (globular cluster).

As I began imaging I realized that seeing was pretty bad, causing StarLock autoguiding errors. I tried imaging three globular clusters, but guiding was bad. When I noticed that the telescope focus had shifted, putting stars out-of-focus, I decided to end imaging on this session.

I removed the camera from the telescope and used the 24mm eyepiece to attempt to observe some globular clusters for my Milky Way Globular Clusters Project. I used SkySafari on the phone to GOTO the clusters. Only one cluster, Palomar 11, was observed, 102X.

I have now completed observing nearly all of the objects visible from my observatory in the 12" telescope. I have a few yet to observe that are now too low in the southwestern sky. I will observe them in 2027 when they are well-positioned. I still hope to image some more globular clusters but expect that some of those will also have to wait until 2027.

1926 MST: Wi-Fi OFF.

Viewed Saturn, 102X.

1929 MST: LX600 OFF.

1935 MST: Took a Sky Quality reading and reported the result to Globe at Night.

Close: Thursday, 5 November 2026, 1939 MST Temperature: 61°F

Session Length: 1h 26m Conditions: Clear, SQM 20.76

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