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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, RLH = L. Hawkins, DD=Director’s Discretionary nights.

September 2025 DSO 32-inch Telescope Schedule

Date

Day

Observer*

Comments

1

Mon

DBC

Holiday

2

Tue

ROG

 

3

Wed

MMB

 

4

Thu

AMK

 

5

Fri

Closed event

Instrument change Family Night

6

Sat

DBC

 

7

Sun

DBC

Full Moon

8

Mon

AMK

Instrument change

9

Tue

ROG

 

10

Wed

AMK

 

11

Thu

DBC

Instrument change

12

Fri

DBC

 

13

Sat

Public

Evening at DSO events are ticketed. See dso.appstate.edu for event / ticket details

 

 Last Quarter

14

Sun

DBC

 

15

Mon

DBC

 

16

Tue

ROG

Instrument change

17

Wed

MMB

 

18

Thu

AMK

 

19

Fri

ROG

 

20

Sat

MMB

 

21

Sun

MMB

New Moon

22

Mon

AMK

 

23

Tue

ROG

 

24

Wed

MMB

 

25

Thu

AMK

 

26

Fri

ROG

 

27

Sat

MMB

 

28

Sun

AMK

 

29

Mon

ROG

First Quarter

30

Tue

MMB

 

August 2025 DSO 32-inch Telescope Schedule*

Date

Day

Observer

Comments

1

Fri

AMK

First Quarter

2

Sat

ROG

 

3

Sun

MMB

 

4

Mon

ROG

 

5

Tue

MMB

 

6

Wed

AMK

 

7

Thu

ROG

 

8

Fri

AMK

 Full Moon

9

Sat

MMB

 

10

Sun

AMK

 

11

Mon

MMB

 

12

Tue

MMB

 

13

Wed

AMK

 

14

Thu

DD

Instrument change?

15

Fri

DBC

Instrument change? Last Quarter

16

Sat

DBC

 

17

Sun

DBC

 

18

Mon

DBC

 

19

Tue

ROG

Instrument change

20

Wed

AMK

 

21

Thu

ROG

 

22

Fri

MMB

New

23

Sat

DD

 

24

Sun

ROG

 

25

Mon

AMK

 

26

Tue

ROG

 

27

Wed

DBC

Instrument change

28

Thu

DBC

 

29

Fri

DBC

 

30

Sat

Public

Evening at DSO events are ticketed. See dso.appstate.edu for event / ticket details

 First Quarter

31

Sun

DBC