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Date
Name
Affiliation
Other Observers
Instrument
Hrs Observed
Hrs Lost
Reason
Observing Program
11/25/2025
Tom Rutherford
ETSU
None
CCD
8
0
No problems to report
In a couple of instances, the scope stopped slewing when going to a new target and also stopped tracking. I had to send it multiple times before it finally got to its destination. All was fine after that however. Dome closed and power to it turned off at the end of the night. Targets were M31, ZZ Psc, M1, IC 434.
11/24/2025
Michael Fauerbach
FGCU
NA
CCD
9
2
Clouds
Asteroid photometry, lots of intermittent clouds, not sure how good the data is. Humidity all night long in the 70% range. Telescope parked and dome closure checked on camera, dome motor and night light off.
11/21/2025
Antonio Circiello
Clemson U
Dieter Hartmann
RM
0
8
Clouds
Could not observe due to the bad weather conditions
11/23/2025
Steve Gillam
ERAU
Nishi Patel, Matthew Hernandez, Alexandra Beianu
Andor Camera
4
6
Wind
Micro-variables. At the start of the night, the dome doors would not open. This turned out to be due to a DIO96 board failure which showed up after an attempt to recycle the ACE Node services. We then, shut down the ACE clients on the camera and then telescope computer, shut down their ACE node services, power-cycled the ACE cabinet, and started the ACE node services and clients in the order recommended in the new manual. Around 2:36 am RM time, we shut down because of high wind and clouds.
11/22/2025
Aarran Shaw
Butler U.
N/A
CCD
0
10
Humidity
Bad weather all night.
11/20/2025
Yong Sheng
Clemson University
Dieter Hartmann
Andor CCD griz
0
9
Humidity
Can't open at all due to high humidity.
11/19/2025
Ken Watanabe
Florida Gulf Coast University
Jonathan Zielinski
CCD
0
8
Humidity
High Humidity all night. Dome closed, home and off. Telescope parted and mirror cover closed.
11/17/2025
Gillam, Hernandez, Robinson, Beianu
Embry Riddle
N/A
CCD
7
0
Equipment Failure
Dome doors did not open after door power was on after first attempt, an hour later it just decided to start working again. Dome stops tracking occasionally. Dome vignette error appeared several times.
11/16/2025
Roi Alonso
IAC
none
CCD
9
2
No problems to report
WD photometry. Found the dome lights on at the beginning of the night. One full restart needed to open the mirror cover. Autoguider working nicely with no issues the rest of the night. Closed 2 hr early for scheduling reasons.
11/15/2025
Garima Rajguru
Clemson University
Dieter Hartmann
CCD
0
8
Humidity
Humidity was high all night.
11/14/2025
XIANMING HAN
Butler University
none
ccd
9.5
.5
Other
The dome lights were left on from previous night, and it took me some time to realize that was the problem. The mirror cover was left open from the previous night as well.
11/13/2025
Kaylee Grace
UD/MCAO
N/A
CCD
0
8
Humidity
Rainy :(
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