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Date
Name
Affiliation
Other Observers
Instrument
Hours Observed
Hours Lost
Reason
Observing Program
03/26/2025
Emily Cunningham
East Texas A&M (Commerce)
NA
-
9
0
No problems to report
-
03/22/2025
Henry C Sanders
ERAU
N/A
FLI
7
0
No problems to report
ERAU EP 425 Class, for observation project. My project is on observing T Tauri Stars. I observed CE Antliae, TW Hydrae, T Chamaeleontis and CT Chamaeleontis. I used the g filter, i filter, and Ha 6563 filter. I encountered a problem with the filter wheel but I resolved it by using the "INIT wheel" buttons and returning the wheels to their home positions with an extra step in my sequence. Other than that, conditions were good and I got some good images.
03/20/2025
Yong Sheng
Clemson University
Dieter Hartmann
Andor griz
11
0
No problems to report
Clemson blazar study.
03/14/2025
Walter Van Hamme
FIU
Samec
Andor CCD
11
0
No problems to report
Observations of Southern Contact Systems.ASASSN-V J084417.51-181959.7, ASASSN-V J134702.89-572523.8.
03/13/2025
Walter Van Hamme
FIU
Samec
Andor Camera
12
2
Other
Observations of contact binaries. Needed MAXIM DL but could not locate it.
03/12/2025
Tom Rutherford
ETSU
Henson
CCD
6
0.5
No problems to report
Variable star, exoplanet. No problems other than the scope was mis-pointing by quite a bit. G. Henson got that taken care of and everything seems to be working well.
03/08/2025
Martha A. Leake
Valdosta State University
Marissa Norlund
Andor CCD
12
0
No problems to report
Student training; observed clusters and nebulae, then continued with southern objects for class. All worked well, thanks to Ken's hints, Marissa's skill, good weather, and a lack of glitches. Transferring files now and will close VPN after that. Renamed the Tarantula Nebula.
03/04/2025
Billy Quarles
East Texas A&M University
None
CCD
10
0
No problems to report
Observed TESS EB, clear skies, excellent night.
03/01/2025
Mariel Lares Martiz
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
none
FLI imager in the 0.6m
7
0
No problems to report
I shared the night with Dr. Otani. I started at 10pm eastern time. The observation session was conducted successfully without any incidents. Data collection proceeded as planned.
03/02/2025
Ken Rumstay
VSU (Emeritus)
None
CCD camera
8.5
0
No problems to report
AGN variability program. Had to cycle power to the camera computer before starting. The telescope tracking was very good, but pointing was poor. The telescope consistently slews to a point west (by as much as 10') and north of target. A good night; one arcsecond seeing.
03/01/2025
Tomomi Otani
ERAU
Keefe Kamp, Priyadashini Gokul-Dass
CCD
3
1.5
Equipment Failure
This is the report for the first half of the night (until midnight). Public outreach. The pointing was off (~about min in RA); however, the offset value was different depending on the sky. And we had trouble pointing to the object.
02/28/2025
James
Agnes Scott
AST 200 Lab
ARC Camera
4
0
Connection Issues
Observing AST 200L
02/23/2025
Walter Van Hamme
FIU
Samec
ANDOR Camera
8
0
No problems to report
Observations of interacting Binaries, ASASS084417, ASASS1347.
02/22/2025
Walter van Hamme
FIU
Samec
ANDOR
8
0
No problems to report
Observations of interacting Binaries, ASASS084417, ASASS1347.
02/26/2025
Kaylee Grace
University of Delaware/MCAO
Millie Dill, Zach Savery
CCD
9
0
Software/Control PC Issues
When we initially logged on, the Camera Computer wasn't responding. After a restart through the ACE Switch Rack, it was working fine, no further issues with that. The telescope was not tracking very well, it was moving slightly south in Dec over the course of the night, but not so fast that we couldn't correct for it. We imaged a helium atmosphere white dwarf.
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