SARA-CT Report Archive

Date	Name	Affiliation	Other Observers	Instrument	Hours Observed	Hours Lost	Reason	Observing Program
07/11/2026	Martha A. Leake	Valdosta State University	none	CCD	0	9	Software/Control PC Issues	Connection cutoff due to security issues. Tried to file a separate report (to Todd Hillwig), but may not have connected.
07/02/2026	Xianming Han	Butler University	Betuel Paz	ccd	0	11	Clouds	clouds all night
07/09/2026	Billy Quarles	ETAMU	Kyra Prospero	ccd	8	0	No problems to report	Focus found at 128350. Exoplanetary research
07/08/2026	Billy Quarles	ETAMU	Kyra Prospero	ccd	7	0	No problems to report	Best Focus was found at127150. Observing exoplanets. Clouds at the beginning of the night but did not disturb observing
07/07/2026	Xianming Han	Butler Univ.	Betuel Paz	ccd	9	2	Clouds	eclipsing binary
07/06/2026	Xianming Han	Butler University	Betuel Paz	ccd	11	0	No problems to report	eclipsing binary
07/05/2026	Xianming Han	Butler University	Betuel Paz	ccd	11	0	No problems to report	eclipsing binary
07/03/2026	Robert Berrington	Ball State University	none	arc	0	10	Clouds	Clouds prevented opening observatory. The telescope was found at the opening of the night to be parked at zenith rather than the recommended telescope stow position.
07/01/2026	Xianming Han	Butler University	Betuel Paz	ccd	9	1	Clouds	star
06/27/2026	Tom Rutherford	ETSU	None	CCD	10	0	No problems to report	Eclipsing Binary. No problems to report.
06/26/2026	Tom Rutherford	ETSU	None	CCD	10	0	No problems to report	No Problems. Eclipsing Binary.
06/24/2026	Billy Quarles	ETAMU	Caysen Mayo	CCD	4	1	Software/Control PC Issues	Observed an asteroid. At first, connector client wouldn't start on the camera computer. We took calibrations, focus images, and some preliminary data using the telescope computer. Peter Mack assisted and found an issue with the registry. Everything went smoothly after the issue was resolved. Good focus at 125973.
06/22/2026	Alba Rico	Clemson University	Dieter Hartmann	CT	0	8	Software/Control PC Issues	Clemson AGN project. Issue with DS9/connect client software
06/21/2026	Ava Webber	Clemson University	Dieter Hartmann	CCD	8	0	No problems to report	Clemson blazar study.
06/20/2026	Michael Fauerbach	FGCU	NA	CCD	0	11	Clouds	Both Blanco and SOAR telescopes opened up at twilight, therefore I had hoped for clearing skies, but it stayed cloudy all night.