AAVSOnet Status, 2023-06-13

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American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Tue, 06/13/2023 - 18:06

While the pipeline has stabilized and is working well, the individual sites continue to have their issues.  The poor weather in the southern hemisphere is hampering several projects.  Here is a current report.

BSM_Berry.  Operational.  The weather has been poor.

BSM_Hamren.  Still out of operation.  Our local person hopes to get over to the Big Island soon.

BSM_NH2.  Operational, but now stuck in a wet weather pattern.  The camera seems to have more hot pixels than I like, and may get replaced in the future.

BSM_NM.  Operational.

BSM_S.  Operational!  We have several nights of data, but poor weather is preventing Peter from getting a complete set of flats.  Once the flats are available, the backlog of nights will be processed.  The raw images that I've seen look great.

BSM_TX.  The camera appears to be having issues that we hope to resolve soon.

MPO61.  Down due to a lightning strike.  Repairs are underway.

OC61.  Nigel Frost is in the process of upgrading the system.  He's hit a stumbling block with getting one of the drivers to work, but hopefully this will be resolved soon.

SRO50.  This system is at Walt Cooney's house right now.  We are looking for a happy home.

TMO61.  Operational, but both poor weather and time sharing with NMSU for their summer sessions.

Arne