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.
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September 2026 DSO 32-inch Telescope Schedule* |
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Date |
Day |
Observer |
Comments |
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1 |
Tue |
DD/ROG |
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2 |
Wed |
DD/ROG |
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3 |
Thu |
DD/ROG |
Last Quarter |
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4 |
Fri |
DBC |
Instrument change to imaging |
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5 |
Sat |
DBC |
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6 |
Sun |
DBC |
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7 |
Mon |
TDF |
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8 |
Tue |
DD/ROG |
Instrument change to spectrograph? |
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9 |
Wed |
DD/ROG |
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10 |
Thu |
DD/ROG |
New Moon |
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11 |
Fri |
DBC |
Instrument change to imaging |
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12 |
Sat |
Gala! |
Special event! Chat with astronomers and astronomy students, enjoy hors d’oeuvres and |
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13 |
Sun |
DBC |
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14 |
Mon |
AMK |
Instrument change to spectrograph |
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15 |
Tue |
MMB |
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16 |
Wed |
ROG |
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17 |
Thu |
AMK |
Spectrograph |
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18 |
Fri |
AMK |
Instrument change to CometCam First Quarter |
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19 |
Sat |
Public |
Evening at DSO events are ticketed. See dso.appstate.edu for event / ticket details
International Observe the Moon Night |
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20 |
Sun |
DBC |
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21 |
Mon |
AMK |
Instrument change to spectrograph |
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22 |
Tue |
MMB |
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23 |
Wed |
MMB |
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24 |
Thu |
AMK |
Spectrograph |
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25 |
Fri |
MMB |
Full Moon |
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26 |
Sat |
ROG |
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27 |
Sun |
AMK |
Spectrograph |
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28 |
Mon |
MMB |
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29 |
Tue |
MMB |
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30 |
Wed |
MMB |
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August 2026 DSO 32-inch Telescope Schedule |
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Date |
Day |
Observer* |
Comments |
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1 |
Sat |
MMB |
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2 |
Sun |
MMB |
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3 |
Mon |
MMB |
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4 |
Tue |
MMB |
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5 |
Wed |
MMB |
Last Quarter |
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6 |
Thu |
MMB |
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7 |
Fri |
AMK |
Instrument change to CometCam |
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8 |
Sat |
AMK |
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9 |
Sun |
AMK |
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10 |
Mon |
DBC |
Instrument change |
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11 |
Tue |
DBC |
New Moon |
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12 |
Wed |
DBC |
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13 |
Thu |
DBC |
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14 |
Fri |
AMK |
Instrument change to CometCam |
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15 |
Sat |
AMK |
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16 |
Sun |
MMB |
Instrument change to spectro |
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17 |
Mon |
DD/ROG |
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18 |
Tue |
DD/ROG |
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19 |
Wed |
DD/ROG |
First Quarter |
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20 |
Thu |
AMK |
Instrument change to spectro? |
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21 |
Fri |
DBC |
Instrument change |
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22 |
Sat |
Public |
Evening at DSO events are ticketed. See dso.appstate.edu for event / ticket details |
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23 |
Sun |
DBC |
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24 |
Mon |
DBC |
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25 |
Tue |
DBC |
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26 |
Wed |
DD |
Instrument change? |
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27 |
Thu |
DD/ROG |
Full Moon |
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28 |
Fri |
AMK |
Instrument change to spectro? |
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29 |
Sat |
DD/ROG |
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30 |
Sun |
DD/ROG |
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31 |
Mon |
DD/ROG |
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