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Date
Name
Affiliation
Other Observers
Instrument
Hours Observed
Hours Lost
Reason
Observing Program
01/07/2021
Walter Van Hamme
FIU
Samec, Faulkner, Hill
ARC camera 2KX2K
10
1
One light curve of UU Cam completed. 3 hours observations on NSVS00389401 done. Focus was acceptable.
01/06/2021
Walter Van Hamme
FIU
Samec, Hill, Faulkner
ARC Camera 2KX2K
11
0
Observations of NSVS00839401 and UU Cam. Focus was acceptable at 505000.
01/03/2021
Gary Henson
ETSU
none
Spectrograph
11
0
Spectroscopy of Massive Stars, very productive night! Clear, calm, dry weather, focus pretty stable once achieved, guiding/tracking very good.
12/30/2020
Gary Henson
ETSU
none
Spectrograph
6
4
Spectroscopy of Massive Stars, wide band of thick cirrus clouds moved through with bright moon so even bright stars faded with too little flux for observations.
12/27/2020
Gary Henson
ETSU
none
none
0
10
Night not scheduled but filling in Bad Weather report for usage statistics as mountain was closed most of night due to threatening weather.
12/28/2020
Gary Henson
ETSU
none
none
0
10
Night not scheduled but noted mountain closed due to poor weather so just filling in usage table for weather statistics.
12/29/2020
Gary Henson
ETSU
none
spectrograph
0
10
Lost all night due to clouds, fog, high humidity.
12/23/2020
XIANMING HAN
Butler University
none
CCD
12
0.5
eclipsing binary, GRB
12/23/2020
Alec Neal
Ball State University
Robert Berrington
ARC
8
0
Stella3D crashed whenever clicked on. Difficult to get spectroscope to work (possibly from user inexperience).
12/21/2020
William Keel
University of Alabama
Cats
ARC CCD
8.5
0.75
Dead quasar survey; took over after Peter Mack conjunction imaging. Spent first 45 minutes focusing CCD and guider. (Autoguider is back!) Focus 515000-520000; guider focus 6500. Guider settings for ARC camera: X speed=-1, Y speed = -1.
12/18/2020
Samalka Anandagoda
Clemson University
Dr. Hartmann, Kyle Pellegrin
ARC CCD
7
0
Observed the field of GRB 20201216C , M33. The focus was good all night at 519 000.
12/16/2020
Steve Gillam
ERAU
Leila Alamos
ARC camera
13
0
Short-period variables.
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