SARA-KP Report Archive

Date	Name	Affiliation	Other Observers	Instrument	Hours Observed	Hours Lost	Reason	Observing Program
12/17/2024	Kaylee Grace	University of Delaware/MCAO	Millie Dill, Zach Savery	Andor CCD	12	0	No problems to report	Observed a pulsating white dwarf! No problems to report.
12/14/2024	Todd Vaccaro	Ball State University	na	ARC	2.5	8	Clouds	EB program. No probs, though focus seemed really high from last month.
12/10/2024	Xianming Han	Butler Univ	none	ccd	9	2	Software/Control PC Issues	eclipsing binaries. The CCD computer rebooted itself for no apparent reasons.
12/08/2024	James Webb	Florida International University	none	CCD	0	8	Connection Issues	Blazars variability Logged into camera and telescope computer early to take bias images. Then the ACE program on the telescope control computer failed to respond to commands. I could use other programs, but ACE refused to respond to any commands. Worked for a hour or so before giving up. I am using an old computer so it could have been communication issues with my PC and RADMIN. Tried to log into the SARA North computer with my office computer this morning and it will not respond. Jim
12/08/2024	Martha Leake	Valdosta State University	Marissa Norlund and Romeo Montague	ARC CCD	12	0.5	Other	Students observed various objects; I observed asteroids and comets. East of the pier, we noted a trailing, probably not the same issue as the west (no problems there, and I reached 2.5 HA without problem; the short streak was similar to the old bounce that was observed after slewing and beginning too soon after. It was noticeable when beginning observations at the new location. Weather great, no information suggesting wind gusts.
12/06/2024	Ken Rumstay	VSU (Emeritus)	None	CCD camera	12	1	Clouds	AGN variability program. The KPNO 4-m operator reported domes closed at start of night, due to threatening clouds. Got the OK to open after about an hour. The telescope tracking and pointing were good, but had some trouble identifying an optimum focus. At one point, advancing the focus setting by a few thousand didn't seem to result in any change in the image quality (FWHM).
12/02/2024	Michael Fauerbach	FGCU	NA	CCD	8	0	No problems to report	Asteroid photometry it was a good night.
12/04/2024	Van Hamme	FIU	Samec	ARC Camera	11	1	No problems to report	Photometric observations of contact binaries, ASASSN-V J011224.78+324555.3 and ASASSN-V J070545.44+834129.8.
11/29/2024	Millie D.	University of Delaware and MCAO	Kaylee G., Zachary S.	CCD	0	9	Clouds	Observing pulsating white dwarf HL Tau 76. Thick cloud coverage -- reported to last the rest of the night. Did not attempt to open dome due to this.
11/23/2024	Yong Sheng	Clemson University	Dieter Hartmann	CCD	12	0	No problems to report	Student teaching, transient monitoring
11/23/2024	Billy Quarles	East Texas A&M University	None	Leach Camera	12	0	No problems to report	Eclipsing binaries. Excellent night, no problems to report.
11/19/2024	Yong Sheng	Clemson University	Dieter Hartmann	CCD	11	1	Other	The tracking went bad sometimes and it was unpredictable. The time lost due this issue.