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Date
Name
Affiliation
Other Observers
Instrument
Hours Observed
Hours Lost
Reason
Observing Program
10/25/2025
Billy Quarles
ETAMU
None
CCD
8
0
No problems to report
High, thin clouds at the beginning of the night. Cleared after twilight. Observed 2 TESS EBs. Found focus at 127236.
10/19/2025
Kurtis Williams
ETAMU
none
Andor
0
10
Other
True story: I fell asleep on the couch while observing Saturday night and did something to my back that was excruciatingly painful all day Sunday. I took some good drugs to let me sleep, but I was not going to be able to operate the telescope safely. I offered the night at the last minute on Sara-tech but no takers.
10/18/2025
Kurtis Williams
ETAMU
none
Andor
8
0
No problems to report
Beautiful night, no issues, moderate seeing (2.5")
10/17/2025
William Keel
University of Alabama
2 cats
Andor CCD
8
0
No problems to report
Comet, AGN hosts, SN locations. Focus 128200. Solar-system track rates still need the sign of dec rate changed.
10/15/2025
William Keel
University of Alabama
Sam Grunblatt, AY203
Andor CCD
8
0
No problems to report
Computers rebooted overnight. AGN hosts, comet SWAN, and class targets. Focus 125500.
10/14/2025
William Keel
University of Alabama
Sam Grunblatt, AY203
Andor CCD
7
2
Clouds
Focus 127800-->127000 during night. Clouds thickened, closed at 0300 local time.
10/11/2025
Daniela Garcia-Lara
Agnes Scott College
n/a
Telescope
7
2
Connection Issues
Weather conditions were great. The camera stopped connecting during the last two hours of my observing time, and I attempted to use the instructions on the notepad but was unable to follow.
10/10/2025
Ken Watanabe
Florida Gulf Coast University
Jonathan Zielinski
CCD
8
0
No problems to report
Other than camera disconnecting at the start all went well. I was quickly able to reconnect the camera by following the notepad instructions. Dome is returned home, telescope parked, shutters both closed, and mirror is covered.
10/08/2025
Michael Fauerbach
FGCU
none
CCD
9
0
No problems to report
Asteroid Photometry
10/05/2025
Hernandez, Robinson,
ROAST
Gillam
Telescope, Camera
9
0
No problems to report
N/A
09/30/2025
Michael Fauerbach
FGCU
M.P. Lucas
CCD
2.5
7.5
Connection Issues
Lost connection to SARA CT VPN. Could not reestablish connection. Call it a night at 1:30am EDT.
09/29/2025
Michael Fauerbach
FGCU
NA
CCD
4.5
6.5
Clouds
Asteroid photometry.
09/28/2025
Billy Quarles
ETAMU
None
CCD
10
0
No problems to report
TESS EBs. Had to go through reconnection procedure for camera at beginning of night. No problems after that. Clear skies. Found focus at 127000
09/27/2025
Tom Rutherford
ETSU
None
CCD
6
0
Equipment Failure
No issues except at some point, the CCD stopped writing the images to the target folder. i doubled-checked that I had the path right (and I did) so I have no idea what happened to them or where they went (or why the wouldn't save).
09/26/2025
Ken Watanabe
Florida Gulf Coast University
Jonathan, Xavier
CCD
8
0
No problems to report
All went well. Telescope parked, mirror cover closed, dome closed and home.
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