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Date
Name
Affiliation
Other Observers
Instrument
Hrs Observed
Hrs Lost
Reason
Observing Program
02/05/2022
James webb
Florida International university
none
CCD
0
8
Other
senior care prevented me from observing. Offered it up but no one took it to my knowledge,
02/03/2022
Ken Watanabe
FGCU
Nick Rimbert
N/A
0
10
Humidity
None.
01/30/2022
CCD
0
10
Equipment Failure
Dome would not open. Made numerous attempts, reset multiple times using the power outlet-- to no avail. Displayed "opening" and "closing," messages which never went away. Looking at it using the interior camera showed that the dome shutter was not responding to commands.
01/28/2022
Todd Vaccaro
Ball State University
Nicollette Terracciano
Andor
0
11
Humidity
eclipsing binaries. Never opened due to high humidity and threat of rain.
01/24/2022
William Keel
University of Alabama
3 cats
Andor CCD
1.5
10
Humidity
Dead quasar survey. Had time to troubleshoot guiding a bit with Brian Brondel. BVR focus 95843, guider focus close to 0.
01/23/2022
Nuria Torres-Alba
Clemson University
Dieter Hartmann
SARA ORM
0
11
Humidity
No observations due to 100% humidity all night long
01/21/2022
Tom Rutherford
ETSU
None
CCD
3
1
Software/Control PC Issues
Took several restarts before things started working properly-- with each restart, another function would come back online. Eventually, all was working and had no further issues.
01/18/2022
Tom Rutherford
ETSU
None
CCD
0
4
Humidity
Unable to open due to high humidity the entire night
01/13/2022
Tom Rutherford
ETSU
None
CCD
2
0
Other
M31. No real issues, except that the "dome closing" message still persists and never goes away. I did a couple of recycles of the shutter door power, but that did not seem to have any effect.
01/10/2022
Tom Rutherford
ETSU
None
CCD
0
4
Humidity
Had to close just after getting flats due to high humidity and low temperatures. Dome never did give a "closed" message, but kept indicating "closing."
01/09/2022
William Keel
University of Alabama
3 cats
Andor CCD
3
10
Clouds
Dead quasar survey. Focus 99150. Guider focus -600. Guider did new weird thing - offsets always showed 0 (more exactly listed number was something E-301), even when star disappeared behind a loud after guiding started..
01/07/2022
Yong Sheng
Clemson University
Dieter Hartmann
RM griz
0
13
Other
Observatory closed due to volcanic activity.
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