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Date
Name
Affiliation
Other Observers
Instrument
Hrs Observed
Hrs Lost
Reason
Observing Program
09/03/2021
XIANMING HAN
Butler Univ
none
CCD
6
0
No problems to report
eclipsing binary
09/03/2021
XIANMING HAN
Butler Univ
none
CCD
4.5
0
No problems to report
eclipsing binary, sharing the night
09/02/2021
XIANMING HAN
Butler Univ
none
CCD
8
0
No problems to report
eclipsing binary
09/01/2021
XIANMING HAN
Butler Univ
none
CCD
7
0
No problems to report
eclipsing binary
09/22/2021
Tom Rutherford
ETSU
None
CCD
0
8
Clouds
Overcast, high humidity.
09/20/2021
Roi Alonso
Iac
Lisa Altinier
Ccd
9.5
0
No problems to report
WD photometry. Avoided HA larger than 3h, and problems with tracking.
09/21/2021
Tom Rutherford
ETSU
None
CCD
9
0.25
Equipment Failure
M31, Asteroid. Had to do a single restart at an hour angle of around +3 (not unexpected), but no issues other than that. A mostly uneventful night (which is a very good thing). No issues from the volcanic eruption.
09/18/2021
Javier Licandro
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Hissa Medeiros
Andor camera (JKT)
8
0
Other
Asteroid photometry. No problems to report
09/18/2021
Núria Torres-Albà
Clemson University
Dieter Hartmann
SARA ORM
7
2
Software/Control PC Issues
Clemson University observations of high-z blazars At the beginning of the night, software crashed when trying to observe using a filter. Sequence tool message was: 'Filter Wheel Failed'. After that, software crashed. We did a full restart, and the same issue occurred. We contacted Peter and Brian, who fixed the issue remotely. The rest of night was smooth.
09/16/2021
Alex McDaniel
Clemson University
Dieter
Andor CCD
0
10
Humidity
Blazar Photo-z measurements. Unable to open/observe due to bad conditions (humidity/rain, wind, dust).
09/14/2021
Todd Hillwig
Valparaiso University
None
Andor CCD
9.5
0.5
Software/Control PC Issues
I could not control either the telescope or camera computers with either VNC or Radmin. Brian Brondel rebooted both computers remotely and they worked well after that.
09/12/2021
Javier Licandro
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Hissa Medeiros
Andor camera (JKT)
0
8
Other
Asteroid photometry. The humidity changed over the night and reached the limit values. Beyond that, I had connections problems. I did connect on the computers, but these did not respond to my commands.
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