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Date
Name
Affiliation
Other Observers
Instrument
Hours Observed
Hours Lost
Reason
Observing Program
02/25/2025
William Keel
University of Alabama
2 cats
Andor CCD #2
9
0
No problems to report
Camera PC was unreachable in afternoon - rebooted and restarted software. Late in night, telescope tracking started to wander, very slowly writing in cursive on the sky. For last 3 targets (2hr E - 2hr W, dec -26 to -37) no more than half of 5-minute exposures were untrailed. Got "FAULTY ABSOLUTE DEC ENCODER" message when parking telescope at +30.
02/20/2025
Aaran Shaw
Butler U.
N/A
CCD
8
0
No problems to report
Perfect conditions, observed a radio-selected X-ray binary candidate all night
02/21/2025
James
Agnes Scott College
AST200L Students
ARC Camera
5
0
No problems to report
AST200L Class Observing
02/17/2025
Berrington
Ball State University
none
arc
10
0
No problems to report
Short-Period Variable stars. Other than the guide camera not working, it was a good, clear and productive night.
02/18/2025
Kaylee Grace
University of Delaware/Mt Cuba Astronomical Observatory
Zach Savery, Millie Dill
CCD
11
0
No problems to report
Observed a pulsating star. Telescope computer was a bit laggy, but no large issues. Clear night!
02/14/2025
James
Agnes Scott
Roper, Sandrini
ARC Camera
5
0
No problems to report
All was fine
02/10/2025
Kaylee Grace
University of Delaware/MCAO
Zach Savery
CCD
0
10
Other
Unfortunately our target object is just too close to the almost full moon. Every now and then we could get one or two good images, but between the moon and this one bank of clouds overhead, we called it. Beautiful night on the webcams! Not so much through the CCD.
02/06/2025
Kurtis Williams
ETAMU
Emily Cunningham
Andor
8
0
No problems to report
Time series photometry of white dwarfs. Excellent night, no problems.
02/03/2025
Ava Webber
Clemson University
Dieter Hartmann
Andor griz
8
0
No problems to report
Clemson Blazar Study
02/01/2025
Tomomi Otani
ERAU
Erin Abraham, Keefe Kamp
CCD
6
0
No problems to report
01/31/2025
Hubbard James
Agnes Scott College
AST-200L class
arc camera
5
0
Software/Control PC Issues
guiding appeared to be off.
01/30/2025
Aarran Shaw
Butler University
N/A
CCD
8
0
No problems to report
Observing a bright radio-selected XRB candidate
01/29/2025
Robert Berrington
Ball State University
none
arc
8
0
Other
Upon connecting to the telescope control computer, I immediately noticed that it must have been that the prior observer forgot to park the telescope. I found the telescope over at ~+6 hrs stopped at the west limit. I promptly backed off using the ACEpad and immediately moved to zenith. While this did not cause any time loss, It was clear that the prior observer did not finalize the night correctly.
01/27/2025
Antonio
Clemson
Dieter
CT
8
0
No problems to report
Observed 4FGL J0303, 4FGL J0533, SDS J122101 and monitored the variability of 4FGL J0719
01/26/2025
Kaylee Grace
University of Delaware/Mount Cuba Astronomical Observatory
Zach Savery
CCD
9.5
0
Software/Control PC Issues
The telescope computer is running pretty laggy. No crashes or anything, just took quite a bit to respond to clicks. It was a beautiful night! Observing a WD, and saw the comet in the webcams thanks to Bill!
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