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Date
Name
Affiliation
Other Observers
Instrument
Hours Observed
Hours Lost
Reason
Observing Program
04/14/2026
Stephen Gillam
ERAU
Flesher, Beianu, Robinson
Andor Camera
10
0
Software/Control PC Issues
Microvariables. No technical or weather issues. I allowed the scope to reach the west limit.
04/08/2026
Walter Van Hamme
FIU
Samec
ANDOR CCD
0
10
Connection Issues
No observations to report
04/07/2026
William Keel
University of Alabama
1 cat
Andor CCD
1.5
0
No problems to report
Artemis II at range 354,000 km. (I couldn't resist when Stefan Geier posted that the night was open). The biggest challenge was getting the track rates; its apparent acceleration was significant over 10m spans. (Well, that and the moonlight spillover). Focus 128400. Sign of dec rate is still reversed.
04/06/2026
Hodari James
Agnes Scott College
Vic, Jasmin, Allie, Catt
CCD
11
0
No problems to report
Variable Star Observations
04/06/2026
Victoria Bartlett
Agnes Scott College
Jasmin Molina
CCD
3
0
No problems to report
Astronomy 200 Lab observing variable stars.
04/06/2026
Hodari James
Agnes Scott
AST 200L Students
CCD
6
0
No problems to report
No Problems. Variable star and star cluster.
04/04/2026
Tom Rutherford
ETSU
None
CCD
11
0
No problems to report
No problems. Exoplanet, supernova remnant.
04/03/2026
Tom Rutherford
ETSU
None
CCD
11
0
No problems to report
Variable stars, supernova remnants. No problems at all.
04/01/2026
Tom Rutherford
ETSU
None
CCD
11
0
No problems to report
No problems. Exoplanet, variable star.
03/30/2026
Billy Quarles
ETAMU
None
CCD
10
0
No problems to report
TESS EBs, Clear with ~20% humidity. Found focus at 129300.
03/29/2026
Alba Rico
Clemson University
Dieter Hartmann
SARA CTIO 0.6 m
10
0
No problems to report
Clemson blazar study
03/28/2026
Dr. Gillam
ERAU
Timothy Van Ryn
Andor Camera
11
0
Other
Observing Program name is TRACE(Time Resloved Analayis of Chromatic Envelopes) Halfway through one section of the observing run, the telescope control system program spontaneously closed. When the system was reopened, a warning message was displayed stating that "warning has been cancelled wait up to an hour". After closing the warning box, observing procedures were immediately restarted. While the data collection process was interrupted and cancelled, previous data was not lost and observations collected following this were congruous.
03/23/2026
Keefe Kamp
ERAU
Mendola
CCD
3
0
No problems to report
ERAU EP 425 Observing of Galaxies for student project.
03/22/2026
Kaylee Grace
University of Delaware/Mt. Cuba Astronomical Observatory
Millie Dill
CCD
7
4
Clouds
Cloudy at beginning of night. Cleared up beautifully for us to observe a white dwarf.
03/21/2026
Kaylee Grace
University of Delaware/Mt. Cuba Astronomical Observatory
Tali Natan, Angel Strobach, Patrick Stanley
CCD
12
0
Software/Control PC Issues
Connection to telescope was really slow at beginning of night, restarted computer and it got much faster. Had the same 10 arcminute offset in dec, but manually corrected for it when it came up. Other than that it was good for our Messier Marathon!
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