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Date
Name
Affiliation
Other Observers
Instrument
Hours Observed
Hours Lost
Reason
Observing Program
04/27/2023
Walter Van Hamme
FIU
Samec
CCD
10
0
No problems to report
Observations of short period Algol, UNSW 447.
04/26/2023
Walter Van Hamme
fiu
samec
CCD
10
0
No problems to report
Observations of eclipsing binary, UNSW 447.
04/25/2023
Stephen D. Gillam
ERAU
None
Andor CCD
9
0
No problems to report
Micro-variables
04/24/2023
Stephen D. Gillam
ERAU
Jacob Romeo
Andor CCD
11
0
No problems to report
Micro-variables
04/23/2023
Stephen D. Gillam
ERAU
Rhiannan Hicks
Andor CCD
9
0
Humidity
Micro-variables.
04/22/2023
Kurtis Williams
TAMUC
none
Andor
7
0
No problems to report
04/17/2023
Xianming Han
Butler Univ
none
CCD
9
0
No problems to report
eclipsing binary
04/16/2023
Xianming Han
Butler Univ
none
CCD
9
0
No problems to report
eclipsing binary
04/21/2023
William C. Keel
University of Alabama
Rainwater Observatory visitors
Andor CCD #2
3
0
No problems to report
Outreach imaging. Focus 127800.
04/20/2023
Amy Lovell
Agnes Scott College
AST200L students
CCD
0
8
Clouds
last lab for student projects - too cloudy to observe
04/20/2023
Kurtis Wiliams
TAMUC
Fangyi Zhu
Andor
7.5
0
No problems to report
White dwarf time series photometry; night 2 of training for Zhu. Excellent weather. Autoguider still nonfunctional (known problem). ACE telescope control app was showing incorrect civil time (what it claimed was EST was really EDT+1), but computers had correct chilean time, FITS headers are correct and pointing was correct.
04/15/2023
Xianming Han
Butler Univ
none
CCD
10
0
No problems to report
eclipsing binary
04/11/2023
William Keel
University of Alabama
3 cats
Andor CCD #2
9.5
3
Clouds
Also used spectrograph (H-alpha sure is bright in Eta Carinae!). Focus 128000 (Andor CD), 129500 (spectrograph). Could not connect to QSI guide camera. Had to restart Connector Client once during night, and cycle spectrograph power on APC #2 at start of night. Guiding on light around spectrograph fiber with ZWO camera works well. Gotcha: MaximDL camera selection may spontaneously switch 1/2 when going between guiding and regular imaging. Stray light in Andor images may be gone now.
04/10/2023
Isaiah Cox
Clemson University
Yong Sheng, Dieter Hartmann
CCD
7
2
Equipment Failure
Blazars. Problem with autoguider. Used 80s exposures.
04/06/2023
Yong Sheng
Clemson University
Dieter Hartmann, Antonio Circiello, Kouser Imam
Andor CCD griz
2
9
Equipment Failure
There is something wrong with guiding. Contacted the SARA tech but it can't be fixed
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