Open: Sunday, 31 May 2026, 1833 MST Temperature: 82°F

Session: 2142 Conditions: Clear, breezy

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

Camera:
iPhone 15 Pro Max

1840 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.

Observed the planet Venus, 102X and 271X. Nice gibbous phase visible.

Observed the planet Jupiter, 271X.

1848 MST: Relaxed on the observatory patio bench.

1928 MST: Sunset. Saw a "green flash" as the last of the Sun disappeared behind a distant mountain. Calm now. Back in the observatory.

Observed Jupiter again, 271X. One Galilean Moon was visible in the bright twilight sky.

1932 MST: Observed the planet Mercury, 271X. Its gibbous phase was similar to the Venus phase.

1935 MST: Back to the bench to watch the stars come out.

2000 MST: Back inside the observatory.

2004 MST: Wi-Fi ON.

SYNCed the AutoStar to the star Arcturus. Then used SkySafari 7 Pro on the iPhone to GOTO to NGC5834 (globular cluster). I hoped to resume my Milky Way Globular Clusters Project. NGC5834 was not visible in the twilight sky.

2011 MST: Returned to the bench while waiting for the sky to get darker.

2022 MST: The southeastern sky (where NGC5934 was located) began getting brighter from the rising Moon, just past Full.

2023 MST: Back in the observatory. NGC5834 was not visible in the bright sky. Decided to wait for a future session to resume my globular clusters observing.

2030 MST: Wi-Fi OFF.

Went outside of the observatory and took this handheld iPhone 15 Pro Max photo of the western sky. The planets Jupiter and Venus are at the upper left.

2035 MST: LX600 OFF.

Close: Sunday, 31 May 2026, 2043 MST Temperature: 73°F

Session Length: 2h 10m Conditions: Clear

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