SARA-RM Report Archive

Date	Name	Affiliation	Other Observers	Instrument	Hrs Observed	Hrs Lost	Reason	Observing Program
03/11/2022	Yong Sheng	Clemson University	Yong Sheng, Dieter Hartmann	RM griz	8	2	Software/Control PC Issues	When beginning: dome stuck at "Dome is opening". Fixed it by doing full restart and cycling the Shutter Door Then the doom started vignetting. Tried all my troubleshooting methods, nothing worked, so i have to stop.
03/10/2022	Todd Vaccaro	Ball State University	Robert Berrington	Andor	3	6.5	Software/Control PC Issues	Eclipsing binary program. Unable to get eve flats due to dome issues (AZ resets, ACE/CCD connection required pc reboots, and shutter was having problems opening all the way). Half way through the night, and unsure if shutter open all the way, I couldn't close following instructions on the Notepad, but Brian Murphy was able to after hitting the big red X button on Dome Control, which isn't mentioned in Notepad, so we closed for the rest of the night as I was able to get the eclipse I was looking for earlier than expected.
03/07/2022	Kurtis Williams	TAMUC	none	Andor	0	0	Other	Addendum: Ace Connector Client GUI on telescope computer crashed twice during the night (Windows "gui stopped working" error). Did not affect observing - telescope stayed tracking and camera kept exposing. Simply re-opened gui and checked that dome was linked.
03/07/2022	Kurtis Williams	TAMUC	none	Andor	9.0	0	No problems to report	White dwarf time series photometry. I followed Brian's safe dome handling instructions - dome opened fully despite saying "ajar" and closed fully. Dome camera not responding, so used target images to verify closure. Great weather, 0.9" seeing. Used guider; it worked well (focus 975). Toward end of run dome stopped rotating at an azimuth of ~255 degrees. Cycled azimuth power, homed dome, re-linked it, and all was well.
03/06/2022	Kurtis Williams	TAMUC	none	Andor	0	10	Other	Did not open due to high stupidity (foggy brain, inability to focus on calendar)
03/03/2022	Keefe Kamp	Florida Tech	Gokuldass	CCD	0	11	Humidity	TFOP and Be star observations were planned however to do a high chance of rain and humidity no observing took place
02/28/2022	Todd Hillwig	Valparaiso University	None	Andor CCD	0	10	Wind	High winds all night.
03/02/2022	Todd Hillwig	Valparaiso University	None	Andor CCD	0	10	Wind	High winds all night combined with last minute on-campus observation projects with students (we've had very few clear nights so far this semester).
02/24/2022	Tom Rutherford	ETSU	None	CCD	0	9	Humidity	Unable to open due to high humidity.
02/23/2022	Ken Rumstay	VSU	None	CCD	0	11	Humidity	AGN's
02/22/2022	Todd Vaccaro	Ball State University	Nicolette Terracciano	Andor CCD	0	10	Equipment Failure	Eclipsing binary star. Controls for both the telescope and camera computers did not display when using Radmin. A reset of both computers was performed but still didn't display the controls. Did another reset for ACE (we thought maybe is was a connection issue, not a computer issue) and that displayed the controls. Once the controls were up, we couldn't open the dome. We tried following the dome door reset directions many times but the dome wouldn't open. Brian later logged on to help us. After his attempt, he informed us that the dome was stuck and could not be opened tonight for observing.
02/20/2022	Ted von Hippel	ERAU	none	imaging	0	6	No problems to report	Decided not to make this night available to my students because of dome slit issues. Put out a call to SARA-Board@lists.fit.edu to see if anyone else wanted the night and no takers.