Open: Friday, 22 May 2026, 1820 MST Temperature: 79°F

Session: 2138 Conditions: Clear, breezy

Equipment:
12" f/8 LX600 w/StarLock
2" 24mm UWA eyepiece
Binoviewers, 20mm
1.25" 1.6X Barlow Lens

Camera:
iPhone 15 Pro Max

1825 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.

Viewed Venus, 102X. Switched to Binoviewers with 20mm eyepieces (122X). Viewed Venus. Nice view of gibbous phase.

Viewed Jupiter, Binoviewers, 122X. The view had a 3D effect.

1834 MST: Relaxed on the observatory patio bench. Took this handheld iPhone 15 Pro Max photograph of the Moon using the Camera app (5X).

1922 MST: Setting Sun (left) and Cassiopeia Observatory.

1923 MST: Sunset. Calm now. Back inside the observatory.

Viewed Jupiter, Binoviewers, 122X. Three Galilean Moons were visible in the bright twilight sky. Took this handheld iPhone afocal 122X image through one of the eyepieces on the Binoviewers using the Camera app (1X). Two Galilean Moons are visible in the image, just to the left and right of the planet.

Then returned to the bench for a few minutes.

1939 MST: Back in the observatory.

Viewed the Moon, 102X. Took this handheld iPhone afocal 102X image of the Moon with the Camera app (1X lens).

1943 MST: Some Earthshine was visible on the Moon. While observing the Moon, 102X, I noticed a bright star about to be occulted. This handheld iPhone afocal 102X image shows the Earthshine and the star about to disappear. Camera app (1X lens).

Viewed the Moon using the Binoviewers, 122X. Lovely views.

Took these handheld iPhone afocal 122X images through one of the eyepieces on the Binoviewers using the Camera app (1X).

Added the 1.6X Barlow Lens to the Binoviewers for a magnification of 195X. Very nice views of the lunar surface. Good 3D effect.

Took these handheld iPhone afocal 195X images through one of the eyepieces on the Binoviewers using the Camera app (1X).

Took a final look at the Moon, 102X.

2005 MST: LX600 OFF.

Close: Friday, 22 May 2026, 2018 MST Temperature: 71°F

Session Length: 1h 58m Conditions: Clear

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