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.

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

November 2025 DSO 32-inch Telescope Schedule
Date	Day	Observer*	Comments
1	Sat	AMK
2	Sun	AMK
3	Mon	AMK
4	Tue	ROG	Full Moon
5	Wed	MMB
6	Thu	ROG
7	Fri	Closed event	For AppState Open House Weekend
8	Sat	DBC
9	Sun	DBC
10	Mon	AMK	Instrument change
11	Tue	ROG	Last Quarter
12	Wed	MMB
13	Thu	MMB
14	Fri	DD
15	Sat	Public	Evening at DSO events are ticketed. See dso.appstate.edu for event / ticket details
16	Sun	DBC
17	Mon	TBA	Telescope down for control system upgrade
18	Tue	“
19	Wed	“	New Moon
20	Thu	“
21	Fri	“
22	Sat	“
23	Sun	“
24	Mon	“
25	Tue	“
26	Wed	“
27	Thu	“	First Quarter
28	Fri	“
29	Sat	“
30	Sun	“