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SARA
The Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy
Date | Name | Affiliation | Other Observers | Instrument | Hours Observed | Hours Lost | Reason | Observing Program |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
02/04/2022 | Gary Henson | ETSU | Rutherford | spectrograph and ccd | 6 | 4 | Wind | Monitoring Nova in M31 - Spectroscopy of Massive Stars
SE Wind preventing observing target in that direction but targets to west Ok.
Filter Wheel 1 requiring initialization, X-stage maybe stuck? |
02/03/2022 | William Keel | University of Alabama | 3 cats | ARC CCD | 12 | 0 | Equipment Failure | Dead quasar survey. Focus 497600, guider focus 2150. Guider X-stage is stuck, did not move even when commanded to initialize. Also, every move of filter wheel #1 required an INIT command to complete. Filter 2 wheel moves were OK. |
02/01/2022 | Todd Hillwig | Valparaiso University | None | ARC camera | 0 | 10 | Clouds | No observing, clouds. |
01/31/2022 | William Keel | University of Alabama | 3 cats | ARC CCD | 6 | 6 | Clouds | Dead quasar survey. Focus 501100, guider focus 1150. Good image quality tonight. |
01/30/2022 | Ken Rumstay | VSU | None | CCD camera | 12 | 0 | No problems to report | AGN monitoring program |
01/29/2022 | Kyle Pellegrin | Clemson University | None | ARC CCD | 1 | 7 | Clouds | Began observing M33 until the clouds rolled in for the night. |
01/26/2022 | Nayra Rodriguez Eugenio | IAC | Sandra Benitez | ARC CCD | 5 | 0 | No problems to report | Student research projects on NEO follow-up and exoplanet transit, 2nd half night |
01/26/2022 | Ted von Hippel | ERAU | Lauren Ashworth, Elvis Santana | imagining | 2.5 | 0 | Other | Student training. Some slight clouds but no real issues. We had the first 1/2 night, but used only the first 2.5 hours for student training. |
01/25/2022 | Jim Webb | Florida International University | Luna (cat) | CCD0 | 0 | 10 | Other | COVID illness |
01/25/2022 | James Webb | florida International University | Luna (cat) | CCD | 0 | 10 | Other | Blazars,
Didn't observe due to COVID illness
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01/23/2022 | Kyle Pellegrin | Clemson University | none | ARC CCD | 0 | 7 | Humidity | Humidity kept slowly rising towards limit, so I did not open the dome. |
01/20/2022 | William Keel | University of Alabama | 3 cats | ARC CCD | 6.5 | 0 | No problems to report | Dead quasar survey. merging galaxies. Focus 499000, guider focus 750. Focus slipped twice while tracking one object across meridian. |
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