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Date
Name
Affiliation
Other Observers
Instrument
Hrs Observed
Hrs Lost
Reason
Observing Program
09/20/2026
Tom Rutherford
ETSU
None
Andor CCD
4
0
No problems to report
M31, NGC 7331. No problems.
09/19/2026
Tom Rutherford
ETSU
None
Andor CCD
6
0
No problems to report
M31, GSC 03308-00462. No real problems, although the telescope did stop tracking a couple of times when first getting started but worked fine the rest of the night after that.
09/17/2026
Roi Alonso
IAC
none
ccd
4
0
No problems to report
Loss of tracking pointing west at 40deg altitude.
09/16/2026
Ken Watanabe
Florida Gulf Coast University
Evelyn, Jonathan
CCD
7
1
Software/Control PC Issues
At the beginning, when taking flats, camera images came out completely white despite Sun being down. Quick reset resolved this issue. Dome home was closed and powered off, mirror cover was closed, and night light is on.
09/15/2026
William Keel
University of Alabama
3 cats
Andor CCD
10.5
0
No problems to report
AGN-ionized clouds. Focus 100482, guide focus 0. 2 instances of connector client on CAM (only) hanging when deselecting SAOimage display for QSI camera after locating guide srar.
09/14/2026
Kaylee Grace
UD
Evelyn Palmer, Zach Savery
CCD
3
2
Other
Observed a PG1159 star. The telescope hit a limit at +2.5 HA which cut our night short.
09/13/2026
Kaylee Grace
UD
Zach Savery, Evelyn Palmer, Ben Kaiser
N/A
0
8
Other
Dusty and windy on and off all night. Didn't open as the gaps would've been worse for our data than not taking it at all.
09/12/2026
Kaylee Grace
UD
Zach Savery, Caitlyn Mattison
N/A
0
8
Other
Dust was over the limit as soon as we opened to prep for flats. After closing it rose above 50 mug/m3 so that's the night!
09/07/2026
Roi Alonso
IAC
none
ccd
3
6
Other
Closed early as dust was rising above 50mug/m3 in WHT and INT sensors. Sloan-r2 filter, QSI focus 970, focus 101385.
09/07/2026
Aarran Shaw
Butler University
N/A
CCD
8
0
No problems to report
Dust was reported on NOT weather page but all other telescopes were open so I chose to open too. CV time-series. Very minor loss of tracking at HA=0 but quickly fixed, only lost about 5 mins of observing time.
09/06/2026
William Keel
University of Alabama
DragonCon Live Astronomy
Andor CCD
3
0
No problems to report
Outreach targets. Focus 100600. Autoguider not running QSI camera, too little time for power cycle to try fixing it.
09/06/2026
Billy Quarles
ETAMU
Kody Walker, Jarrod Bieber
CCD
7
0
No problems to report
Observed TESS EBs. Found focus at 100252. Closed mirrors and dome; left PDU window open for next observer (Keel), but turned off dome shutter door.
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