SARA-RM Report Archive

Date	Name	Affiliation	Other Observers	Instrument	Hrs Observed	Hrs Lost	Reason	Observing Program
04/18/2023	Yong Sheng	Clemson University	Dieter Hartmann	Andor CCD griz	8	1	Software/Control PC Issues	The dome suddenly stopped removing and blocked the view of the telescope. This happened three times and I have to restart the telescope and recycle the dome power multiple times to fix it. The trailing happened once but it was fixed when I pointed to another source.
04/17/2023	Matt Wood	A&M-Commerce	NA	Andor	0	11	Humidity	High humidity. Didn't open.
04/14/2023	Yong Sheng	Clemson University	Dieter Hartmann	Andor CCD griz	0	11	Equipment Failure	The RM telescope is till out of service
04/08/2023	Martha Leake	Valdosta State University	Ryan B.	CCD	0	9	Equipment Failure	Equipment not ready for observations. The night is also predicted to be cloudy for 8-9 hours.
03/29/2023	Yong Sheng	Clemson University	Dieter Hartmann	Andor CCD griz	0	11	Equipment Failure	The RM is still not operational due to the primary mirror and focus issue
03/29/2023	Yong Sheng	Clemson University	Dieter Hartmann	Andor CCD griz	0	11	Equipment Failure	RM is still not operational (the mirror and focus issues)
03/21/2023	Alex McDaniel	Clemson	None	Andor CCD	0	8	Equipment Failure	Clemson blazar study. JKT still down
03/19/2023	Michael Fauerbach	FGCU	NA	CCD	0	10	Equipment Failure	telescope still not working?
03/18/2023	Martha Leake	Valdosta State University	none	ARC	0	9.5	Other	No announcement of repaired part has been made; it's there, but perhaps has not been delivered or installed yet.
03/12/2023	Roi Alonso	IAC	none	ccd	0	11	Equipment Failure	Previous reports indicate "Observatory offline until further notice", due to focusing issues.
03/09/2023	Gary Henson	ETSU	none	ccd	0	8	Equipment Failure	Observatory offline until Focus problem fixed.
03/06/2023	Gary Henson	ETSU	Rutherford	Andor CCD	0	8	Equipment Failure	ACE was working on Focus problem during early evening. Did not see announcement of a fix. Observations not possible with current focus status.