SARA-KP Report Archive

Date	Name	Affiliation	Other Observers	Instrument	Hours Observed	Hours Lost	Reason	Observing Program
09/20/2025	Zach Savery	University of Delaware	Angel, Caitlyn, Ben, Evelyn, Jarrod, and Kaylee	CCD	10	1	Clouds	Lost the first hour right at sunset due to threatening clouds. Towards the morning when switch to a second target, there was a slight tracking issue causing oblong stars that moved across the CCD's frame. However, this was fixed by the telescope itself after a few minutes. Unsure what would have been the cause, maybe jumpy or sticky gear teeth.
09/19/2025	Aarran Shaw	Butler	N/A	CCD	0	10	Humidity	Calling this one early, humidity hovering around 80, quite windy, clouds. Basically no chance of observing!
09/16/2025	William Keel	University of Alabama	Nobody	ARC CCD	0	9	Clouds	Clouds. Brighter stripes in long darks suggest chip may still be recovering from very bright objects, or may have nonuniform temperature?
09/11/2025	Xianming Han	Butler University	none	CCD	0	10	Humidity	none
09/10/2025	Xianming Han	Butler University	none	CCD	0.5	9.5	Humidity	active star.
09/08/2025	Alexandra Yep	Agnes Scott College	Mai Le, Gary Henson	Spectrograph	3	0	Software/Control PC Issues	Pretty good for the most part, focusers all working well, got some decent spectra of bright stars. However, the autoguider in X-stage Guider is not working! Isn't receiving anything from Maxim DL into X and Y Corrections, they're just stuck at 0. So, we had to guide manually using ACE SoftPad. Okay for short exposures, wouldn't be okay for long ones. Please fix.
09/07/2025	Gary Henson	ETSU	none	Spectrograph	7.5	0	Software/Control PC Issues	Was able to observe, but ARC ccd stopped communication during pre-sunset test exposures and would not re-establish communication with computer. ACE software also not receiving corrections from Maxim guider software. Asked ACE to look into both issues.
09/06/2025	Robert	Ball State University	none	arc	0	10	Clouds	clouds and high humidity prevented opening for the evening.
09/05/2025	Martha A. Leake	Valdosta State University	none	CCD	0	9	Clouds	Conditions look too likely for thunderstorms and clouds, although the "Domes closed" warning has been removed. Forecast indicates 40-50% Thunder storms and showers. Not opening tonight and filing report early.
09/02/2025	Gary Henson	ETSU	none	spectrograph	0	9	Clouds	NOTE: Leake report for 9/2 actually for 9/1 civil date. Clouds, light rain, humidity into early AM hours, never opened. Did set focus for spectrum and fiber for spectrograph and verified calibration lamp positions.
09/02/2025	Martha A Leake	Valdosta State University	none	ccd	0	10	Clouds	Did not open: "Domes closed because of threatening clouds" at 10 pm MST (1:00 am EDT) Some precipitation in the area and up to 20% probability this evening and morning. Asteroid light curves will wait. Looks like similar weather all week.
08/30/2025	William Keel	University of Alabama	DragonV\Con Live Astronomy	ARC CCD	5	0	No problems to report	Outreach objects, Focus 532500 (became unstable late). Focus close to starting value after monsoon shutdown. QSI camera could not be contacted by MaximDL.