SARA-RM Report Archive

Date	Name	Affiliation	Other Observers	Instrument	Hrs Observed	Hrs Lost	Reason	Observing Program
07/20/2020	Steve Gillam	ERAU	None	Andor CCD	8.5	1.5	Other	RoAp Stars. Observed KIC 7582608. Around 4:30 AM I drove the 'scope to the western limit. - Apologies. The only issue was that the tracking became wobbly on the meridian and west of it. This was "cured" by jogging it a couple of arc minutes with pointing offsets in RA.
07/19/2020	Steve Gillam	ERAU	None	Andor CCD	0	10	Other	RoAp Stars. The Saharan sandstorm rages on. Did not open up as the dust density (50 - 70ug/m^3) remained firmly above the safety level (20 ug/m^3).
07/18/2020	Steve Gillam	ERAU	None	Andor CCD	0	10	Other	RoAp Stars. Dust above 20 ug/M^3 all night prevented opening the dome.
07/17/2020	Steve Gillam	ERAU	None	Andor CCD	0	10	Other	RoAp Stars. Dust at (90 ug/m^3 - 160 ug/m^3 densities from the Saharn sand storm prevented opening the dome.
07/15/2020	Javier Licandro	IAC	none	Andor	9	0	No problems to report	Perfect night, no failures
07/16/2020	James Webb	Florida Internatioal University	Keslo Estil, Steve Revesz, Celeste Carbonell, Luna	CCD camera	10	0	No problems to report	Blazar microvariability
07/15/2020	James Webb	Florida International university	Keslo Estil. Luna	CCD	10	0	No problems to report	Blazar micro variability
07/12/2020	Javier Licandro	IAC	none	Andor Camera	9	0	No problems to report	I only had problems in the afternoon restarting the system, but kindly solved by someone remotely (THANKS).
07/11/2020	Saida Caballero	Florida Tech	none	Andor CCD	0	8	Software/Control PC Issues	Telescope had exceeded horizon limit before starting. Brian Brondel had to fix. Used hand paddle and tracking turned off. Decided to end night, telescope would not slew to park position. Mirror covers left open and CCD left on.
07/06/2020	Gary Henson	ETSU	Rutherford	Andor CCD	0	6	Other	Planned asteroid light curve But personal events came up so couldn't observe. Think weather was Ok, but has been lots of dust in prior weeks.
07/04/2020	Roi Alonso	IAC	Dusty dust	CCD	0	8	Other	High dust concentrations and scattered clouds, I did not open.
07/01/2020	Javier Licandro	IAC	none	JKT	9	1.	Equipment Failure	Observation of NEAs targets of Arecibo Radar Program. The tracking of the telescope stopped alone and it took me some time to solve it after a few attempts of pointing and stop/start oil pumps. What is the acimuth position of the dome when closing? I closed the dome with the park key and it send the dome to AZ=0 deg. But i am pretty sure it was at AZ=90 deg before opening it at the begining of the night. Is there any operational web-cam inside the dome? the ip adress provided in the notes nor the one in the manual works.