SARA 

Martha Leake

Valdosta State University

none

ARC camera

4.5

4.5

Observing asteroid to establish light curve. Weather turned from poor to promising to poor, with high clouds to 100% of sky, with mid level clouds expected. No problems with equipment; parked the telescope in the stow position. Focus not bad but seeing poor all night; left at midnight MST.

Nayra Rodríguez Eugenio

IAC

none

ARC CCD

4.5

0

Student research projects on NEOs follow-up and exoplanet transit, 2nd half night. Focus 364000, did not have to change it. ACE connection system on CAMERA PC crashed at the end of the night (~11:50 UT), but images continued to be taken.

Dana

ERAU

Taylor

SARA KP

10

10

Filter wheel 1 gets stuck frequently

Samalka Anandagoda

Clemson University

Kyle Pellegrin, Dr. Hartmann

ARC CCD

5

-

GRB afterglows, M33, M79

William Keel

University of Alabama

3 cats

ARC CCD

0

11

Dead quasar survey planned. Reality encountered was, as the 4m operator entered, threatening clouds, humidity, and ice on the dome.

Ken Watanabe

FGCU

Nick Rimbert

NA

0

8

Winds above 30 mph and humidity between 80 to 90 %.

William Keel

University of Alabama

2 cats

ARC CCD

10.5

0

Dead quasar survey. Focus 375000; jumped near midnight to 344000 with hysteresis. Guider focus=0.

XIANMING HAN

Butler University

no

CCD

11

0

eclipsing binary

XIANMING HAN

Butler University

Andrew Gebken

CCD

0

11

never opened due to clouds

XIANMING HAN

Butler University

Andrew Gebken

CCD

10

1

eclipsing binary Camera froze once

XIANMING HAN

Butler University

Andrew Gebken

CCD

10.5

.25

eclipsing binary camera froze once

Ted von Hippel

ERAU

Clara Chedzoy

imaging

3

3

This 1/2 night program was student training and an imaging project. ACE crashed a few hours into the night and due to the student's lack of experience and our miscommunication, we did not effectively continue observing.