SARA-RM Report Archive

Date	Name	Affiliation	Other Observers	Instrument	Hrs Observed	Hrs Lost	Reason	Observing Program
12/18/2025	Michael Fauerbach	FGCU	NA	CCD	10	2	Humidity	Asteroid photometry. Wind picked up late, and then suddenly humidity spiked. Closed the dome and parked it at 235AZ. When I logged on the dome light was on and the dome pas parked at AZ 90degrees.
12/15/2025	Michael Fauerbach	FGCU	NA	CCD	0	11	Humidity	humidity over 90% all night, never even logged in
12/14/2025	Michael Fauerbach	FGCU	NA	CCD	0	11	Clouds	100% humidity, still left over from the storm conditions. Mountain is still under emergency conditions, never even logged in.
12/13/2025	Ken Watanabe	Florida Gulf Coast University	Jonathan Zielinski and Xavier	CCD	0	8	Humidity	Weather conditions were not good. Rain, Humidity, and Temperature were all red/yellow.
12/11/2025	William Keel	University of Alabama	None	Andor CCD	0	12	Clouds	I had such hopes of a productive mid-winter night, Then a front rolled in two hours before sunset.
12/10/2025	Garima Rajguru	Clemson University	Dieter Hartmann	RM	8	0	No problems to report	Clemson Observation
12/09/2025	Ken Rumstay	VSU (Emeritus)	None	CCD camera	0	10	Humidity	Sky clouded up before sunset; humidity then quickly rose to nearly 100%. Did not open dome.
12/08/2025	Gillam	ERAU	None	Andor camera	8	0	No problems to report	Micro-variables.
12/06/2025	Tom Rutherford	ETSU	None	CCD	1	10	Clouds	Although it looked clear, high cirrus clouds illuminated by the moon, made the sky too bright for the CCD. Clsoed up after trying for about an hour. Parked the dome at 235 azimuth and turned off the power to it.
12/02/2025	Todd Hillwig	Valparaiso University	None	CCD	5	5	Equipment Failure	Telescope stopped tracking at airmass 1.54 (HA +03:57, Dec +45:26). Did complete restart of ACE system four times and never able to move the telescope again, with the handpaddle or by sending to zenith or some other location). Closed mirror covers and dome, set dome azimuth off and turned on night light, but the telescope is still at HA 1.54.
11/28/2025	Kurtis A. Williams	ETAMU	none	Andor	0	12	Other	Was having a bit to much food and wine and totally forgot it was my night. Sorry to anyone who could have made use of it.
11/27/2025	Ken Watanabe	Florida Gulf Coast University	Jonathan Zielinski, Xavier Baquero-Iglesias	CCD	7	1	No problems to report	Humidity and wind spiked for a little bit but other than that all went well. Dome and mirror cover closed and parked.