SARA-CT Report Archive

Date	Name	Affiliation	Other Observers	Instrument	Hours Observed	Hours Lost	Reason	Observing Program
09/15/2026	Kaylee Grace	UD	Zach Savery, Caitlyn Mattison, Evelyn Palmer, Ben Kaiser	CCD	10	0	Software/Control PC Issues	Final night of our observing of this white dwarf. Computer and telescope computers were both slow and crashed a few times in Radmin, which we usually don't have as many problems with.
09/14/2026	Kaylee Grace	UD	Evelyn Palmer, Ben Kaiser, Zach Savery	CCD	10	0	No problems to report	Another beautiful night. Telescope computer was a little slow to respond at the start of the night but seemed to get better as time went on.
09/13/2026	Kaylee Grace	UD	Zach Savery, Evelyn Palmer, Ben Kaiser	CCD	9	0	No problems to report	Good weather again. No telescope issues. Continued WD imaging.
09/12/2026	Kaylee Grace	UD	Zach Savery, Caitlyn Mattison, Evelyn Palmer, Ben Kaiser	CCD	10	0	No problems to report	All worked well! Beautiful night observing a white dwarf with CT :)
09/11/2026	Aarran Shaw	Butler U	none	CCD	0	10	Other	Seeing too poor for my program and I didn't have a backup target, which is on me. Hopefully someone picks up the night!
09/09/2026	Ken Watanabe	Florida Gulf Coast University	Evelyn, Jonathan	CCD	0	8	Software/Control PC Issues	Telescope parked, mirror cover closed, dome homed and dome closed. Could not see any objects in image; camera appeared to be connected. Went through reset procedure several times, did not fix issue or see much change.
09/06/2026	William Keel	University of Alabama	DragonCon Space Track Live Astronomy	Andor CCD	7	0	No problems to report	SARA-CT is BACK! Outreach targets. Focus 127300. Only problem is that system did not confirm mirror closed (near zenith, multiple tries).
09/03/2026	Robert Berrington	Ball State University	none	arc	0	10	Clouds	First night after a weather related shutdown. Unfortunately the night did not permit the opening of the dome for the evening.
08/17/2026	Kaylee Grace	UD/MCAO	N/A	N/A	0	8	Other	Observatory still down.
08/16/2026	Kaylee Grace	UD/MCAO	N/A	N/A	0	8	Other	Observatory still down.
08/15/2026	Kaylee Grace	UD/MCAO	N/A	N/A	0	8	Other	Observatory still down.
08/09/2026	Ken Watanabe	FGCU	Jonathan, Evelyn	CCD	0	8	Other	It appears that the observatory is still down, according to the notes left on the telescope computer.
08/08/2026	Martha Leake	Valdosta State University	none	CCD	0	9	Connection Issues	Asteroids and Exoplanets in southern sky. Again, computer issues here (SARA office at VSU) not solved. Weather conditions may be an issue near before midnight, but clearer skies prediction midnight to four. Discussion in progress with our IT group.
07/17/2026	Ken Rumstay	VSU (Emeritus)	None	CCD camera	0	9	Clouds	CTIO still closed due to inclement weather.
07/14/2026	Billy Quarles	ETAMU	None	CCD	0	10	Other	CTIO staff evacuated due to significant weather over the next few days. Advised by Peter Mack to not open the dome.