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Date
Name
Affiliation
Other Observers
Instrument
Hrs Observed
Hrs Lost
Reason
Observing Program
06/05/2022
Roi Alonso
IAC
Lisa Altinier
Andor
8
0
No problems to report
WDs photometry, with autoguiding working smoothly. First night in a long time with 0 issues (not even restarts of the ace connector client!).
06/03/2022
William Keel
University of Alabama
2 cats
Andor CCD
9
0
No problems to report
Radio galaxies, dust in galaxies. Focus 97100, guider focus -50. QSI guide camera twice got stuck refusing to take exposures, even after one full restart.
05/31/2022
Kent Montgomery
TAMU-C
none
CCD
0
8
Wind
Wind over 70 kph for first two hours of night so we gave up and never opened.
06/01/2022
Ken Watanabe
FGCU
Nicolas Rimbert
CCD
7
0
No problems to report
Blazars
05/30/2022
Kent Montgomery
TAMU-C
none
CCD
0
8
Humidity
Asteroid Photometry, 100% humidity, mountain was in a cloud, never opened
05/29/2022
Martha Leake
Valdosta State University
none
Andor
2.4
6.1
Humidity
Other issues: Clouds, high winds, Ace-client-gui not working, dome rotation needed homing. Waited for humidity to drop (long wait, and some telescopes never reached less than 100%). JKT was best, but neighboring telescopes' RH spikes usually indicated another wave of high humidity. Waited for high winds to calm. Followed quick restart when ace-gui fault occurred; no reoccurrence. Dome rotation activated when needed. Interesting night and an interesting object (P = 0.132 h) to track.
05/27/2022
james webb
Florida International University
none
CCD
0
10
Connection Issues
Blazar microvariability. My home situation prevented me from observing:(.\
05/26/2022
Alex
Clemson University
Dieter
Andor CCD
8.5
1.5
Software/Control PC Issues
Clemson Blazar Photo-z measurement program. during the night I needed to do a full reset and azimuth recycle. Other than that no major issues.
05/25/2022
Tomomi Otani
ERAU
Julia Clark, Adrian Moraga
CCD
9.5
0
No problems to report
Hot subdwarf photometry time series. Everything was good tonight.
05/25/2022
Tomomi Otani
ERAU
Julia Clark, Adrian Moraga
CCD
9.5
1
Software/Control PC Issues
Hot subdwarf photometry time series. ACE client stopped working a few times. The regular procedure worked to fix them.
05/22/2022
Roi Alonso
IAC
none
CCD
7.5
0.5
Equipment Failure
WDs photometry. QSI camera not responding to commands. Dome stopped rotating, AZ reset did not work, but a full reset did.
05/22/2022
Ron Kaitchuck
Ball State University
none
CCD
5
0
Software/Control PC Issues
The auto-focus routine was unable to change the focus. Fortunately the telescope was already at an acceptable focus.
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