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Date
Name
Affiliation
Other Observers
Instrument
Hours Observed
Hours Lost
Reason
Observing Program
12/14/2023
Todd Vaccaro
Ball State University
N/A
ARC CCD
11
0
No problems to report
Eclipsing binary stars, B and V used. Tele pc logged onto logon screen, so machine may have rebooted, so I had to start ACE and various browser pages on Chrome, but camera on scope worked fine, but found it Z parked instead of Stowed.
12/12/2023
William Keel
University of Alabama
2 cats
ARC CCD
10.5
0
No problems to report
AGN-ionized clouds. Focus 489600, guider focus 0. Focus jumped -4000 when moving from dec -20 to +50.
12/11/2023
William Keel
University of Alabama
2 cats
ARC CCD
6.5
5
Clouds
AGN-ionized clouds. Focus 48950, guider focus 0.
12/07/2023
Ken Rumstay
VSU (Emeritus)
Apollo the cat
CCD imaging
10
0
No problems to report
AGN photometry. Also obtained images of M78, inspired by am article in the current issue of Sky & Telescope.
12/06/2023
Millie Dill
University of Delaware
Kaylee Grace, Zach Savery, Easton Honaker
CCD
3h 45m
0
No problems to report
We looked at M31 and M45. No problems to report. Great night for observing!
12/03/2023
Gary D Henson
ETSU
Rutherford
Spectrograph & CCD
10
0
No problems to report
Did have Maxim DL hang a couple of times with fast readout of guide camera. Might also have been a Radmin dropout for ccd computer as well. Only a minute or two to get software back.
12/02/2023
Gary D Henson
ETSU
Rutherford
CCD & Spectrograph
11
0
No problems to report
All worked Fine except for weather station not downloading data.
12/01/2023
Gary D Henson
ETSU
Rutherford
CCD & Spectrograph
0
10
Humidity
Mountain fogged in all night.
11/26/2023
Gary D Henson
ETSU
Rutherford
Spectrograph & CCD
0
10
Clouds
Thin and thick cirrus passing through all night with bright moon so conditions too poor for any observing.
11/24/2023
Gary D Henson
ETSU
Rutherford
ARC ccd & Spectrograph
1.5
9
Humidity
M31 H-alpha monitoring _ Massive Star Spectroscopy 100% humidity after initially clear early evening.
11/21/2023
Nayra Rodriguez
IAC
Alejandra Goded
ARC Camera
4.5
0
No problems to report
Student research projects on exoplanet transit and SN, 2nd half night
11/21/2023
Myles Curtis
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Dr. Terry Oswalt, Aldir Moreira, Anika Gee, Kylie Boyer
Leash Camara
13.5 hours
n/a
No problems to report
No issues to report, successful observation
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