Clouds came in mid-day on Sunday, 22 December 2024. The Clear Sky Chart Christmas morning forecast for Cassiopeia Observatory showed Santa and his sleigh, although he was short a few reindeer.

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Open: Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 1815 MST Temperature: 60°F

Session: 2055 Conditions: Mostly clear

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

Camera:
D850 DSLR

Prepared the D850 DSLR camera for imaging.

1824 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision ON.

Viewed Venus, 102X. Viewed Saturn, 102X. Viewed Jupiter and three Galilean Moons, 102X.

Mounted the D850 camera at prime focus + focal reducer, focused on the star Aldebaran, locked the 12" telescope primary mirror, and slewed to the first Barnard Object to be imaged this session.

1839 MST: StarLock ON.

Here are several Barnard Objects (dark nebula), StarLock autoguided, 30 seconds, ISO 6400. B16 and B17 are the same object as B15.

1951 MST: StarLock OFF.

I then observed, or tried to, the following Barnard Objects (dark nebula), 102X; B222, B223, B224, B225, B30, B31, B32, and B226.

I am finally getting close to completing my Barnard Objects Project that I began in September 2023.

2020 MST: LX600 OFF.

2028 MST: Took a Sky Quality reading and reported the result to Globe at Night.

Close: Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 2036 MST Temperature: 44°F

Session Length: 2h 21m Conditions: Mostly clear, SQM 20.76

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