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Date
Name
Affiliation
Other Observers
Instrument
Hours Observed
Hours Lost
Reason
Observing Program
11/17/2025
Robert Berrington
Ball State University
Ashlee Martin, Gavin Kiling, Charles Steuver, Kat Moticheck
arc
7
0.5
Connection Issues
Short period variable star program. The prior observer either left the telescope stalled at the western limit or accidentally left the telescope tracking at the end of the night. Upon logon, I found the telescope stopped at the western limit. Other than getting the telescope out of the limit the night was clear and with out incident.
11/13/2025
William Keel
University of Alabama
Sam Grunblatt
Andor CCD
8.5
0
No problems to report
AGN hosts, class objects, comet SWAN. Focus 128250.
11/11/2025
Ken Watanabe
Florida Gulf Coast University
Jonathan Zielinski
CCD
9
0
Software/Control PC Issues
Filter Wheel 1 got stuck after gathering flats. However, pressing "INIT Wheel 1" fixed the problem. Everything else went well. Telescope parked, dome home, mirror cover and dome closed.
11/10/2025
Yong Sheng
Clemson University
Dieter Hartmann, Alba Rico-Rodriguez
Andor CCD grizR
9
0
Other
I’ve noticed a gradual degradation in the telescope focus, so I’ll need to re-focus during the observation. Clemson blazar study.
11/09/2025
Tom Rutherford
ETSU
None
CCD
8
0
No problems to report
Asteroid (simultaneous observations with RM so that parallax can be determined), exoplanet. No problems.
11/06/2025
Zach Savery
University of Delaware
Millie, Kaylee, and Ben
CCD
6
0
Connection Issues
The VNC viewer connection to the CT telescope computer seems to be very slow. The connection for the camera computer is fine. We observed G29-38 for the whole night while above 30 degrees.
11/05/2025
Zach Savery
University of Delaware
Kaylee, Angel, Jarrod, and Evelyn
CCD
6
0
No problems to report
Observed G29-38 using 10 second exposures while above 30 degrees
11/04/2025
Zach Savery
University of Delaware
Angel and Ben
CCD
5.5
0.5
Clouds
Clouds rolled in about 30 minutes before G29-38 would be too low to observe. Otherwise the night was good. Previous 11/3 night report was for 11/2
11/03/2025
Zach Savery
University of Delaware
None
CCD
6
0
No problems to report
Observed G29-38 from sunset until it reached 30 degrees.
10/30/2025
Zach Savery
University of Delaware
Kaylee
CCD
6
0
No problems to report
Able to observe our target G29-38 will above 30 degrees. The seeing was a bit off, which made focusing a bit of trouble. Tired some fainter targets once G29-38 drop below 30 degrees, but the focus never settled for either.
11/01/2025
Zach Savery
University of Delaware
Angel
CCD
6
2
Other
Moon is too close to our target, G29-38, tonight. Was ok for the first part of the night, but after G29-38 reached zenith both moved together ~5 degrees the rest of the night. Had to adjust to focus a lot due to the sky's brightness, ended the night early as we reach a point when the focus never really settled for G29-38.
10/28/2025
Ken Rumstay
VSU (Emeritus)
None
CCD camera
8
0
No problems to report
AGN variability program. A good night!
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")
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