Open: Saturday, 7 December 2024, 1701 MST Temperature: 73°F

Session: 2046 Conditions: Clear

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

Camera:
iPhone 15 Pro Max

1707 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.

Viewed Venus, 102X and 271X.

Attached the LiDAR Cover on the iPhone 15 Pro Max and mounted the iPhone on the 2" 9mm eyepiece using the 3-axis adapter.

1717 MST: Sunset.

This afocal 271X image is a stack of 932 video frames taken with the Final Cut Camera app (1/2000, ISO 64, 60fps, 16 seconds, 1X lens).

I then viewed the Moon, 102X.

This is a handheld afocal 102X image of the Moon taken with the iPhone Camera app (1X lens).

I mounted the iPhone on the 2" 9mm eyepiece using the 3-axis adapter and took these afocal 271X images of the Moon using the Camera app (1X lens).

Next, I did some lunar observing 271X. There were many nice sights on the Moon.

Viewed Saturn, 102X and 271X.

1802 MST: iPhone photograph of the sky showing two planets, a star, and the Moon.

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1809 MST: LX600 OFF.

Close: Saturday, 7 December 2024, 1816 MST Temperature: 57°F

Session Length: 1h 15m Conditions: Clear

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