Open: Sunday, 8 September 2024, 2046 MST Temperature: 80°F

Session: 2007 Conditions: Clear

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

Camera:
D850 DSLR

2052 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision ON.

Mounted the D850 DSLR camera at prime focus + focal reducer, focused on the star Altair, locked the 12" telescope primary mirror, and slewed to B254, the first Barnard Object (dark nebula) to be imaged this session.

2105 MST: StarLock ON.

Took the following StarLock autoguided images, 30 seconds, ISO 6400. All twenty objects were low in the southwestern sky.

2209 MST: StarLock OFF.

Viewed the planet Saturn, 102X.

2220 MST: LX600 OFF.

2229 MST: Took a Sky Quality reading.

Close: Sunday, 8 September 2024, 2232 MST Temperature: 77°F

Session Length: 1h 46m Conditions: Clear, SQM 20.70

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