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Date
Name
Affiliation
Other Observers
Instrument
Hours Observed
Hours Lost
Reason
Observing Program
06/11/2026
Raven Powers
ETAMU
Billy Quarles
CCD
8
1
Clouds
Target: V1460 Her, Best focus 99000
06/10/2026
Aarran Shaw
Butler
None
CCD
1
6
Other
Had best focus at 81000 for about an hour but then lost it and could not find good focus again. Focus is far too volatile since collimation issues to do acceptable imaging. I would love an autofocus routine on this scope!
06/07/2026
Yong Sheng
Clemson University
Dieter Hartmann
CCD BVRI
0
8
Other
The collimation is being adjusted. I could not perform photometry I needed with the current setting.
06/07/2026
Gary Henson
ETSU
none
Spectrograph
7
0
No problems to report
Spectroscopy of WR star, confirmed operational status of spectrograph and all guide cameras.
06/05/2026
Todd Vaccaro
Ball State University
n/a
ARC
8
0
No problems to report
Eclipsing binary photometry and nova monitoring. Took about 30 minutes to get best focus.
06/03/2026
Kaylee Grace
UD/MCAO
N/A
CCD
0
2
No problems to report
Peter was finishing up the work on KP for the first ~3 hours of the night. Our observers this night were new and going to be trained, so starting at 1 AM just didn't work well for our schedule. Looking forward to using it now that it's all back together!!
05/30/2026
Kaylee Grace
UD/MCAO
N/A
N/A
0
7
Other
Telescope still closed for repairs and re-installation. Thanks to Peter for all his hard work on this! Looking forward to using it when it's back up and running.
05/20/2026
Ken Watanabe
Florida Gulf Coast University
Jonathan Zielinski, Evelyn
CCD
0
8
Other
closed due to maintenance on mirror
05/18/2026
Yong Sheng
Clemson University
Dieter Hartmann
CCD griz
0
8
Other
The telescope is not operational due to mirror re-installation.
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.
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