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.

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

July 2026 DSO 32-inch Telescope Schedule
Date	Day	Observer*	Comments
1	Wed	DBC
2	Thu	DBC
3	Fri	DBC
4	Sat	DBC
5	Sun	DBC
6	Mon	DD
7	Tue	DD	Last Quarter
8	Wed	DD
9	Thu	DBC	Instrument change ?
10	Fri	DBC
11	Sat	Public
12	Sun	DBC
13	Mon	AMK	Instrument change? New Moon
14	Tue	AMK
15	Wed	AMK
16	Thu	AMK
17	Fri	AMK
18	Sat	AMK
19	Sun	AMK
20	Mon	MMB	Instrument change ? First Quarter
21	Tue	MMB
22	Wed	MMB
23	Thu	MMB
24	Fri	MMB
25	Sat	MMB
26	Sun	MMB
27	Mon	ROG/DD	Full Moon
28	Tue	ROG/DD
29	Wed	ROG/DD
30	Thu	ROG/DD
31	Fri	ROG/DD