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Friday, 6 November 2026, was cloudy. Saturday, 7 November, I was at a Star Party at Oracle State Park, our local International Dark Sky Park. I did not open the observatory on Sunday, 9 November.

Open: Monday, 9 November 2026, 1804 MST Temperature: 72°F

Session: 2162 Conditions: Clear

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

Camera:
D850 DSLR

1810 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.

Prepared D850 DSLR for imaging. Mounted the camera at prime focus, focused on the star Fomalhaut, and locked the telescope primary mirror.

1834 MST: Wi-Fi ON.

Using SkySafari 7 Pro on an iPhone 15 Pro Max, I did GOTOs to several globular clusters for my Milky Way Globular Clusters Project.

1837 MST: StarLock ON.

Took the following StarLock autoguided images with 1, 2, and 3-minute exposures (depending on cluster magnitude), ISO 6400.

IC1276 (and a satellite flare)


Palomar 8


NGC6717


NGC6749


NGC6760


Palomar 10


Palomar 11

1952 MST: StarLock OFF, Wi-Fi OFF.

Viewed Saturn, 102X.

2001 MST: LX600 OFF.

2007 MST: Took a Sky Quality reading and reported the result to Globe at Night.

Close: Monday, 9 November 2026, 2010 MST Temperature: 57°F

Session Length: 2h 06m Conditions: Clear, SQM 20.86

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