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Date
Name
Affiliation
Other Observers
Instrument
Hours Observed
Hours Lost
Reason
Observing Program
11/19/2023
Stephen Gillam
ERAU
Jacob Romeo and Kaelyn Weddle
ARC
14
2
Software/Control PC Issues
1. We think the relative humidity indicator is about 10%-15% higher than the actual value. The website from the National Weather Service, linked below, gave a humidity that reflected off what was seen through the all-sky cam and the data being collected. Being able to clearly see the Milky Way through the cam. 2. The current dew point/wind data display has not been functional since 2020. 3. The 2.1 meter dew point/wind data display stopped functioning the 17th of November, this month. 4. The Dropbox directories are nearly full, needing to be emptied. The limited the space we had available. Other than this, the observations went great! -> Weather Forecast linked here: https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=31.942839972853083&lon=-111.610107421875&site=twc&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=text
11/17/2023
Laina Tallman Bogusta
ERAU
Leila Almos
CCD
0
0
Humidity
The humidity was at a steady 85%-95% for about 5 hours, then decided to call it.
11/18/2023
Soren Barnier
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Steve Gillam
-
3
3
Humidity
Instruments all worked, but humidity remained above 98%. Dome remained closed.
11/15/2023
Xianming Han
Butler Univ
none
ccd
0
11
Clouds
did not open due to weather
11/14/2023
William Keel
University of Alabama
2 cats
ARC CCD
6
6
Clouds
AGN-ionized clouds. Focus 488000, guider focus 0. Some long exposures messed up by 3" jumps in the middle, even with guider running. I saw this happen once, and it began as a rapid oscillation between positions (faster than 5-sec guide exposure). near 3h43 W +50.
11/11/2023
Xianming Han
Butler University
none
CCD
12
0
No problems to report
eclipsing binaries
11/12/2023
Ken Rumstay
VSU (Emeritus)
None
CCD Camera
10
0
No problems to report
A good night! When pointing east of the meridian, the telescope tends to point 1-2 arcminutes north of target after slewing. I love the new PTZ dome camera!
11/08/2023
Gary D Henson
ETSU
Rutherford
Spectrograph & CCD
10
0
No problems to report
Spectroscopy of Massive Stars, M31-Halpha monitoring, Comet photometry
11/06/2023
Xianming Han
Butler University
none
CCD
0
11
Equipment Failure
Camera shutter broken
11/07/2023
Xianming Han
Butler University
Amandeep Basra, Caroline Erickson
CCD
11
0
No problems to report
eclipsing binaries
11/02/2023
Zach Savery
University of Delaware
Kaylee Grace, Millie Dill
Photometry
10
0
No problems to report
11/01/2023
Zach Savery
University of Delaware
Kaylee Grace and Millie Dill
ARC Camera
2
10
Software/Control PC Issues
Had an issue with the VNC connection on the Camera computer. Worked initially, but after observing for a few hours, it through a connection related error seemingly. Closed VNC viewer on our end and restarted our computer several times too, but neither fixed the issue. Seems that the Camera computer is somehow still connected or at least trying to connect to that initial VNC instance, which is preventing the ability to reconnect to it. Also ended up having to restart the ACE window on the telescope computer, but we were able to get that back and working. Had no trouble parking the telescope and closing the dome.
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