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SARA
The Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy
Date | Name | Affiliation | Other Observers | Instrument | Hrs Observed | Hrs Lost | Reason | Observing Program |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/20/2024 | Divyeshwari Vansadia | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | Salman Abarghouei Nejad | Andor Camera | 0.5 | 5 | Humidity | The humidity had been high and fluctuating wildly at RM, so we called the observation off at 8 p.m. SARA Time. The other observers, including me, plan to use it again at midnight if conditions improve and will submit the night report if we use the telescope.
The mirror cover and dome were closed, and the telescope was parked. |
11/19/2024 | Tom Rutherford | ETSU | None | CCD | 2 | 9 | Humidity | M31. Humidity was low enough to open at sunset but began creeping up and required closing up after about two hours. Autofocuser control seemed to be missing.
As instructed on the notepad, I'm verifying that the dome was closed and was parked at an azimuth of 235 degrees. |
11/18/2024 | Billy Quarles | East Texas A&M University | None | CCD | 0 | 13 | Humidity | Did not open due to high humidity. |
11/14/2024 | Robert Berrington | Ball State Univeristy | none | arc | 0 | 10 | Clouds | Did not open due to poor weather, and high humidity. |
11/11/2024 | Tom Rutherford | ETSU | None | CCD | 12 | 0 | No problems to report | M31, Exoplanet. Mirror cover stays on "closing," but no other issues. |
11/08/2024 | Michael Fauerbach | FGCU | NA | CCD | 6 | 3 | Clouds | asteroid photometry. Plenty of clouds with some holes in between. |
11/07/2024 | William Keel | University of Alabama | cats | Andor CCD | 0 | 11 | Clouds | Clouds. I would have known this earlier had I managed to copy the right telescope for the night into my paper planner. (Apologies again to the confused ASC observers at KP). |
11/05/2024 | Aarran Shaw | Butler University | N/A | Andor Camera | 8 | 2 | Equipment Failure | Mostly a good night. However, hit the tracking issue at around HA=03:30 for both of my targets, and only recovered after 2 ACE reboots. With only 2 hours left in the night I decided to close up for the night. |
10/25/2024 | XIANMING HAN | Butler University | Basra, Erickson, Nixon, McDonough | ccd | 2 | 9 | Clouds | eclipsing binaries
problems: clouds, humidity |
10/24/2024 | XIANMING HAN | Butler University | Basra, Erickson, Nixon, McDonough | ccd | 11 | 0 | No problems to report | eclipsing binaries (there is no problem other than the tracking stops about about hour angle = 2.5 hrs) |
10/23/2024 | XIANMING HAN | Butler University | Basra, Erickson, Nixon, McDonough | ccd | 11 | 0 | No problems to report | eclipsing binaries |
11/03/2024 | Matt Wood | A&M Commerce | None | CCD | 0 | All | Clouds | N/A |
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