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Date
Name
Affiliation
Other Observers
Instrument
Hours Observed
Hours Lost
Reason
Observing Program
04/19/2025
Matt Wood
ETAMU
NA
CCD
10
2
Clouds
Time series of CVs. Thanks to Todd for recovery after I had ACE freeze from errant keyboard stroke.
04/18/2025
William Keel
Univ of Alabama
1 cat
Andor CCD #2
6
5
Clouds
AGN hosts. Focus 128100. Most targets found after offset +750", -30" from telescope pionting.
04/17/2025
Henry C Sanders
ERAU
N/A
ARC Camera
6
0
No problems to report
ERAU, observing to get data for EP425 Observational Astronomy class, observed four T Tauri Stars for project, no issues encountered at all, and no suggestions to be made.
04/16/2025
Yong Sheng
Clemson University
Dieter Hartmann
Andor CCD griz
11
0
No problems to report
Clemson blazar study. The night went well.
04/14/2025
Ava Webber
Clemson University
Dieter Hartmann
Andor CCD griz
10
0
Software/Control PC Issues
When the Bessel R filter is in wheel 1, the camera stays idle and doesn’t expose when it’s switching from wheel 2 to wheel 1
04/10/2025
JamesASC
Agnes Scott College
Kayla, Lucia, Lia, Faith
ARC Camera
5
0
Clouds
RA offset, and cloudy, but we were able to make it work and get some good data.
04/09/2025
Tom Rutherford
ETSU
None
CCD
5
0
No problems to report
No issues except that the scope is mispointing. The target is just out of the field of view (by a little over half a field) to the east so scope is pointing too far west by 7-8 arc minutes. Checked the system clock and it seems to be behind by about 1 minute, 20 seconds so perhaps it is a time issue and not a pointing issue.
04/07/2025
Yong Sheng
Clemson University
Dieter Hartmann
Andor CCD griz
10
1
Connection Issues
During start of the night, the remote connection experienced persistent connectivity issues. The Radmin suffered frequent disconnections, accompanied by significant latency. I couldn't take any flats due to this connection issue.
04/06/2025
Tom Rutherford
ETSU
None
CCD
10
0
No problems to report
When I first logged in, the telescope was at the western pointing limit, as if the previous observer had not parked it before closing up. Telescope returned to zenith without issue. No problems the rest of the night. Exoplanets were the target for the night.
04/04/2025
Billy Quarles
East Texas A&M University
None
Andor
10
0
No problems to report
Observed TESS EBs, clear skies, excellent night.
04/03/2025
Ken Rumstay
VSU (Emeritus)
None
CCD camera
10.5
0
No problems to report
AGN variability. No problems, save for telescope consistently slewing to a point about ten arcminutes west of target. An excellent night, with sub-arcsecind seeing.
03/30/2025
AST 200L
Agnes Scott College
N/A
CCD
8
0
No problems to report
Tracker was slightly off.
03/29/2025
Kaylee Grace
University of Delaware/Mt. Cuba Astronomical Observatory
Tali Natan, Easton Honaker, Zach Savery
CCD
12
0
Software/Control PC Issues
Imaged a bunch of Messier Objects as part of our Messier Marathon! The sequencer wasn't saving images when we first attempted to use it, but closing and reopening the window seemed to fix it. The biggest issue was that our slewing seemed to always be off by about 2 arcminutes in right ascension, meaning that many of our objects were out of frame when we were supposedly at them. There was also a moment when auto done stopped working, after turning it off and back on all was well again.
03/28/2025
William Keel
Univ of Alabama
1 cat
Andor CCD #2
9
0
No problems to report
AGN-ionized clouds. Most targets needed offsets 600" W to center. Focus 128400.
03/26/2025
Ken Watanabe
FGCU
Max Smuda, Jacob Kinney
CT
1
10
Other
Managed to take bias/ darks and opened dome fine with tracking. When taking images, it looks like the mirror cover hadn't opened even though it said it had. Closed mirror cover and dome, set to park.
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