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SARA
The Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy
Date | Name | Affiliation | Other Observers | Instrument | Hours Observed | Hours Lost | Reason | Observing Program |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
02/28/2022 | Robert Berrington | Ball State University | none | Arc | 11 | 0 | No problems to report | short period variable stars. |
02/27/2022 | Michael Fauerbach | Florida Gulf Coast University | NA | CCD | 9 | 0 | No problems to report | no problems to report |
02/26/2022 | Núria Torres-Albà | Clemson University | Yong Sheng, Scott Joffre | SARA CT | 8 | 0 | No problems to report | Clemson University observations of high-z blazars |
02/25/2022 | William Keel | University of Alabama | 3 cats | Andor CCD #2 | 10 | 0 | No problems to report | Galaxies in H-alpha, merging systems. Focus 127200, guide focus 8500. |
02/24/2022 | Priya Gokul dass | Florida Institute of Technology | Fowler, Malign | CCD | 8.5 | 3 | No problems to report | TESS Follow Up of High Proper Motion Stars. I filter had weird brightness to it (like clouds but the sky was clear). |
02/21/2022 | William Keel | University of Alabama | 3 cats | Andor CCD #2 | 8.7 | 0 | No problems to report | Galaxies in H-alpha, merging galaxies, 30 Dor. Focus 127500, guider focus 8500. At dec +10, had recurrence of problem where telescope bobs N-S faster than guider could keep up. Shortly afterward, far to SE, focus shifted within a couple of minutes by 1500 units. |
02/15/2022 | Ted von Hippel | ERAU | none | imaging | 0 | 0 | No problems to report | Tried to give away this half night but there were no takers. |
02/14/2022 | Kurtis Williams | TAMUC | none | Andor | 4.5 | 1 | Other | Time series photometry. Seeing was poor, 3+ arcsec despite clear skies, low wind, and good seeing reported from summit. Lost about 1 hour fiddling with focus and filters trying to see if the seeing was instrumental (it wasn't). Gave up as midnight CDT approached and I decided sleep would be more useful than the data I was collecting. |
02/13/2022 | Ross Silver | Clemson University | Dieter Hartmann | CCD | 8 | 0.5 | Equipment Failure | Photometric redshift of blazars.
Telescope stopped tracking for a little bit. Was able to reset and get it working again after losing about 30 minutes of observing time. |
02/12/2022 | Michael Fauerbach | FGCU | NA | CCD | 8 | 0 | No problems to report | got night from Jim Webb, no problems to report |
02/10/2022 | Todd Hillwig | Valparaiso University | None | Andor CCD | 5 | 0 | Other | Taught an evening lab, so lost the first half of the night. The guider stopped working properly about an hour in. The guide star was in the middle of the field, but showed very large x and y corrections, so would wander to the edge of the guide box and bounce around there. Not sure what was wrong. I didn't hit Calibrate, but that seems like it may be the most likely cause. |
02/05/2022 | Michael Fauerbach | FGCU | NA | CCD | 8 | 0 | No problems to report | only minor issue was the second filter wheel seemed to not move to the expected position twice -looked like fingers getting into the images. Hit the Init Filter Wheel button, seemed to fix the issue |
02/07/2022 | Ted von Hippel | ERAU | Alondra Valentin-Torres | imaging | 3.5 | 0 | No problems to report | SMC observations for student project. |
02/06/2022 | Keefe Kamp | FIT | Gokuldass,Fowler, VanPutten | CCD | 10.5 | 0 | No problems to report | TESS Follow Up of High Proper Motion Stars. No problems to report. NOTE: Report by me with date 07 Feb has incorrect date should be for 08 Jan |
01/08/2022 | Keefe Kamp | FIT | None | CCD | 0 | 0 | No problems to report | Due to a mistake in scheduling, we missed the night no observing occurred. |
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