Clouds returned on Thursday, 26 December 2024. Friday, 27 December, the sky mostly cleared late afternoon.

Open: Friday, 27 December 2024, 1817 MST Temperature: 61°F

Session: 2056 Conditions: Mostly clear

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

Camera:
D850 DSLR

Prepared the D850 DSLR for imaging. Mounted the camera at prime focus + focal reducer.

1831 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision ON.

Focused on the star Aldebaran, locked the telescope mirror, SYNCed on Aldebaran, and slewed to first Barnard Object to image this session.

1839 MST: StarLock ON.

Took these StarLock autoguided images of Barnard Objects (dark nebulae), 30 seconds, ISO 6400.

2003 MST: StarLock OFF.

I then observed, or tried to, the following Barnard Objects, 102X: B34, B35, B36, B227, B37, B38, and B39.

I have now completed observing (or trying to) all the Barnard Objects (dark nebulae) for my Barnard Objects Project.

As a reward, I then observed the Great Orion Nebula (M42), 102X.

I have only 11 more Barnard Objects (dark nebulae) to image. It will be a few nights before I am able to complete imaging due to forecast cloudy nights and the Moon appearing in the evening sky next week.

Lastly, observed the planet Mars, low in the eastern sky, 102X.

2034 MST: LX600 OFF.

2046 MST: Took a Sky Quality reading and reported the result to Globe at Night.

Close: Friday, 27 December 2024, 2050 MST Temperature: 48°F

Session Length: 2h 33m Conditions: Clear, SQM 20.83

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