Open: Friday, 10 March 2017, 1808 MST Temperature: 91°F

Session: 1082 Conditions: Partly cloudy

Equipment Used:
12" f/8 LX600 w/StarLock
2" 24mm UWA eyepiece
2" 50mm eyepiece
2" 9mm 100° eyepiece

Camera:
D7200 DSLR
iPhone 6s Plus

After opening the observatory I set up the Nikon D7200 DSLR with a Tamron 150-600mm lens on the observatory patio:

1814 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.

1816 MST: viewed Venus in the 12" telescope, 102X.

Went to the D7200 DSLR and took this f/11, 1/1000sec, ISO 400, FL 600mm photo of Venus and some clouds. The inset shows a magnified version of Venus from the same photo:

The nearly Full Moon was visible in the eastern sky so grabbed this photo with the D7200 DSLR, f/11, 1/800sec, ISO 400, FL 600mm:

The scene from the observatory patio was pretty, with some sunset clouds in the western sky and the Moon in the eastern sky. Used the iPhone 6s Plus for this panoramic photo:

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1833 MST: returned to the 12" telescope and took a final look at Venus on this session, 102X.

Then viewed the waxing gibbous Moon, 102X.

Switched to a 50mm eyepiece for this handheld iPhone afocal 49X photo taken with the iOS app NightCap Pro (ISO 25, 1/1500sec):

1844 MST: clouds were now in about half of the sky.

1849 MST: began doing lunar observing, 271X.

Took this handheld iPhone afocal 271X photo of the southern terminator and two rays from the crater Tycho (top right) using the Camera app:

1900 MST: thin clouds were now in much of the sky, including at the Moon. Began closing up for the night.

1903 MST: LX600 OFF.

Close: Friday, 10 March 2017, 1913 MST Temperature: 75°F

Session Length: 1h 05m Conditions: Partly cloudy

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