SARA-RM Report Archive

Date	Name	Affiliation	Other Observers	Instrument	Hrs Observed	Hrs Lost	Reason	Observing Program
04/09/2022	Yong Sheng	Clemson University	Dieter Hartmann	RM grizR HAlpha	11	0	Equipment Failure	Clemson Blazar study. The telescope reached the limit and couldn't slew. But it was fixed later.
04/08/2022	Martha Leake	Valdosta State University	none	Andor	9	0	No problems to report	All worked well. I did a quick restart near midnight UT and a dome azimuth restart; otherwise the dome worked and observing went smoothly. Not much dust; in the "green" all night.
04/08/2022	Brian	Butler	Students	Andor	8	1	Software/Control PC Issues	Globular cluster photometry. Problem encountered: Main Focus was not responding ... Solution: Reboot ACE cabinet. Problem encountered: Dome not moving ... Solution: Do an Azimuth reset per instructions on the desktop. (And waiting 2 minutes.) Dome opened and closed with no issue.
04/06/2022	William Keel	University of Alabama	not even time for cats to arrive	Andor CCD	0	9	Equipment Failure	Tried opening dome per Brian Murphy's note ,and it stuck slightly open. With Peter and Brian at ACE, decided to wrangle it closed and leave it there for safety.
04/04/2022	Todd Hillwig	Valparaiso University	None.	Andor CCD	0	10	Clouds	None.
04/03/2022	Michael Fauerbach	FGCU	NA	CCD	0	9	Clouds	Never opened. Clouds, high humidity, temperature around freezing.
04/02/2022	Michael Fauerbach	FGCU	NA	CCD	0.1	9	Clouds	Clouds and high humidity early on. Around 0100UT sky was clear and humidity had dropped to acceptable levels. I noticed other observatories had opened, so I opened up, too. Before I was able to focus the scope, humidity rose again and I had to close. Was open for about 5 minutes.
03/26/2022	Martha A. Leake	Valdosta State University	none	Andor	0	12	Equipment Failure	Dome problems shutdown. Also today, high humidity and rain. Will not open.
03/24/2022	Alex	Clemson University	Dieter	Andor CCD	0	12	Equipment Failure	JKT Shutdown due to dome issue
03/22/2022	Roi Alonso	IAC	Lisa Altinier	CCD	0	9	Humidity	High humidity and temperatures bellow 0 C, with risk of ice. We did not open.
03/15/2022	Ted von Hippel	ERAU	none	imaging	0	12	Other	The dome was iced over so no one would have been able to observe anyway. That having been said, because of the dome shutter problem I tried to give the night away.
03/14/2022	Roi Alonso	IAC	none	CCD	0	9	Snow	Bad weather, ICE (whenever the weather improves, please confirm it is safe to open the dome!, e.g., checking if other telescopes at the observatory are opening their domes)