SARA-KP Report Archive

Date	Name	Affiliation	Other Observers	Instrument	Hours Observed	Hours Lost	Reason	Observing Program
05/16/2026	Kaylee Grace	UD/MCAO	N/A	N/A	0	9	Other	Closed due to mirror reinstalling.
05/14/2026	Yong Sheng	Clemson University	Dieter Hartmann	None	0	8	Other	The telescope is not operational due to mirror re-illumination
04/30/2026	Ava Webber	Clemson University	Dieter Hartmann	Andor CCD	0	11	Clouds	Bad weather (rain and clouds) so I did not open the dome.
04/28/2026	Tom Rutherford	ETSU	None	CCD	0	8	Clouds	Even though "domes are open" was showing, the all sky cam showed clouds that only Jupiter was visible through.
04/27/2026	Todd Vaccaro	Ball State University	n/a	ARC	9	0	No problems to report	EB. The mountain was late in announcing domes open and I wasn't able to get early flats and there was no reason to delay (humidity, winds were low and skies perfectly clear). Dome stowed at the end of the night and visual inspection of dome closing after morning flats (Bessel BVR). Both PC's showed by time.is that clocs were accurate to within a second (at least at the beginning of the night).
04/23/2026	Jim Webb	FIU	None	CCD	0	8	Clouds	Domes closed due to threatening clouds,
04/22/2026	Michael Fauerbach	FGCU	NA	CCD	8	1.5	Other	Asteroid Photometry. Focus changed suddenly and dramatically. Focuser seemed not to be working properly. Lost over an hour trying to refocus
04/21/2026	Zach Savery	University of Delaware	Kaylee and Caitlyn	CCD	0	10	Clouds	Lots of clouds to start the night, kept periodically checking while using RM but it never cleared up. Forecast was for the clouds to be pretty common until ~3am local, which would not provide enough data, so did not observe.
04/20/2026	Zach Savery	University of Delaware	Kaylee, Millie, Evelyn, and Ben	CCD	0	9	Clouds	Projecting to be cloudy all night. Periodically checked the all sky camera while RM was still running, and the clouds were always present. So, decided to punt on the night of observing.
04/20/2026	Zach Savery	University of Delaware	Kaylee and Millie	CCD	10	1	Clouds	Started late due to heavy cloud prediction, but the night was very clear throughout. Observed WD 1612+554, a white dwarf that should be pulsating.
04/18/2026	Michael Fauerbach	FGCU	NA	CCD	8	2	Clouds	Asteroid photometry/astrometry. Intermittent clouds, and tracking stopped twice.
04/18/2026	Martha A. Leake	Valdosta State University	none	CCD	0	10	Connection Issues	Could not connect with radmin and offered it to another observer, if possible. Otherwise, windy but clear and dry conditions at KPNO.