DSO Schedule

Use the schedule below to see when the DSO 32-inch telescope is being used. The 18″ telescope is not scheduled but is used every clear night. The 14″ and 17″ are also used every clear night by observers on the Skynet system. The 6″ telescope is dedicated to a specific project and runs automatically.

*Observers: DBC = D. Caton, MMB=M. Briley, ROG=R. Gray, AMK = A. McKay, TDF = T. Fetherolf, RLH = L. Hawkins, DD=Director’s Discretionary nights.

October 2026 DSO 32-inch Telescope Schedule*
Date	Day	Observer	Comments
1	Thu	ROG
2	Fri	AMK	Instrument change to CometCam Last Quarter
3	Sat	AMK
4	Sun	AMK
5	Mon	MMB	Instrument change to spectrograph
6	Tue	MMB
7	Wed	AMK
8	Thu	DBC	Instrument change to imaging system
9	Fri	DBC	New Moon
10	Sat	TDF
11	Sun	DBC
12	Mon	DBC
13	Tue	MMB	Instrument change to spectrograph
14	Wed	AMK
15	Thu	ROG
16	Fri	Closed Event	Lee leaves for the rest of the month AppState Open House
17	Sat	Public	Evening at DSO events are ticketed. See dso.appstate.edu for event / ticket details First Quarter Moon
18	Sun	DBC
19	Mon	DD
20	Tue	DD
21	Wed	DD
22	Thu	AMK	Instrument change to spectrograph?
23	Fri	Closed Event	AppState Family Weekend
24	Sat	DBC
25	Sun	DBC
26	Mon	ROG	Instrument change to spectrograph Full Moon
27	Tue	MMB
28	Wed	MMB
29	Thu	MMB
30	Fri	MMB
31	Sat	AMK

September 2026 DSO 32-inch Telescope Schedule*
Date	Day	Observer	Comments
1	Tue	DD/ROG
2	Wed	DD/ROG
3	Thu	DD/ROG	Last Quarter
4	Fri	DBC	Instrument change to imaging
5	Sat	DBC
6	Sun	DBC
7	Mon	TDF
8	Tue	DD/ROG	Instrument change to spectrograph?
9	Wed	DD/ROG
10	Thu	DD/ROG	New Moon
11	Fri	DBC	Instrument change to imaging
12	Sat	DD	Gala event was postponed until the 26th due to bad weather expected on this night
13	Sun	DBC
14	Mon	AMK	Instrument change to spectrograph
15	Tue	MMB
16	Wed	ROG
17	Thu	AMK	Spectrograph
18	Fri	AMK	Instrument change to CometCam First Quarter
19	Sat	Public	Evening at DSO events are ticketed. See dso.appstate.edu for event / ticket details International Observe the Moon Night
20	Sun	DBC
21	Mon	AMK	Instrument change to spectrograph
22	Tue	MMB
23	Wed	MMB
24	Thu	AMK	Spectrograph
25	Fri	MMB	Full Moon
26	Sat	Gala!	Special event! Chat with astronomers and astronomy students, enjoy hors d’oeuvres and beverages, and mingle with other astronomy enthusiasts. To make a donation and get a ticket, go to the event’s special ticketing site.
27	Sun	AMK	Spectrograph
28	Mon	MMB
29	Tue	MMB
30	Wed	MMB