Open: Saturday, 11 January 2025, 1820 MST Temperature: 57°F

Session: 2062 Conditions: Clear

Equipment:
12" f/8 LX600 w/StarLock
2" 24mm UWA eyepiece
2" 30mm eyepiece

Camera:
iPhone 15 Pro Max

1826 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.

Viewed Venus, 102X. Viewed Saturn, 102X. Viewed Jupiter and the four Galilean Moons, 102X.

Viewed the waxing gibbous Moon, 102X and 81X. A slight terminator was visible.

Attached the LiDAR Cover on the iPhone 15 Pro Max and mounted the iPhone on the 2" 30mm eyepiece using the 3-axis adapter.

iPhone afocal 81X image of the Moon taken with the Camera app (1X lens).

Unmounted the iPhone from the telescope. Projected the 81X view of the Moon onto the observatory dome. Removed the LiDAR Cover. Stepped outside of the observatory and mounted the iPhone on a camera tripod.

1851 MST: Took this iPhone photo of the Moon on Dome using the Camera app (Night Mode, 30 seconds, 0.5X lens). Venus is the bright planet at the left with Saturn just above it.

1920 MST: iPhone image of the International Space Station (ISS) passing over Cassiopeia Observatory with the Moon on Dome. The constellation of Cassiopeia is at the upper right. Taken with the NightCap Camera app (ISS Mode, 0.5X lens).

1928 MST: LX600 OFF.

Close: Saturday, 11 January 2025, 1935 MST Temperature: 42°F

Session Length: 1h 15m Conditions: Clear

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