| Date | Observer | Inst | Obs | Lost | Weather | Inst | Tel | Obs | Comments |
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| 05/01/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night with relatively good seeing. A nice way to start the new TRES run. No problems |
| 05/02/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night. Seeing was good early but degraded when the wind shifted to come from the northwest. No problems |
| 05/03/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night with soft seeing for the first half due to a north wind, but improving later despite no change in the wind direction. A productive night with no problems |
| 05/04/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night but with poor seeing most of the night with a strong north wind that shifted to the east part way through. Seeing improved some at the end of the night when the wind calmed, but still a challenging night. No problems |
| 05/05/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mostly clear very early with a bout of clouds for about two hours that I was able to work through and around. Clear for the remainder other than a strange cap cloud to the very far north at the very end that did not bother me as my remaining targets were |
| 05/06/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mostly clear all night with a very brief and light passing cloud early. Gusty winds early becoming calm> Soft seeing most of the time, degrading as the night progressed but good during morning twilight. No problems |
| 05/07/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Low clouds and high humidity all night. Never opened |
| 05/08/2017 | MCalkins | TRES | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fog and rain |
| 05/09/2017 | MCalkins | TRES | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Snow, fog, rain, and clouds first part of night gave way to clear skies and decent seeing by midnight. Clouds, humidity returned at very end of night. No problems |
| 05/10/2017 | MCalkins | TRES | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds departed yesterday early evening leaving clear skies and good seeing. Seeing softened toward the end of the night as wind increased and came from the east/southeast. No problems with instrument |
| 05/11/2017 | PBerlind | TRES | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ |
| 05/12/2017 | PBerlind | TRES | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A few changes in focus and collimation after long slews. Thin clouds all night |
| 05/13/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mostly with light cirrus only appearing in the last quarter of the night. One 48" robot alarm several hours into the night claiming that ST was not advancing. A check showed all was working just fine and a clear_robot was issued. I suspect this was dur |
| 05/14/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Light and quickly passing clouds early then clear for the remainder of the night. Seeing became soft towards the end. No problems |
| 05/15/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mostly clear in the early part of the night with increasing clouds as the humidity rose. Finally, capped in with fog not long after 1:00. Seeing was poor when open. No problems |
| 05/16/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds at sunset that went away quite quickly leaving clear skies for the night but with poor seeing throughout. No problems on the last night of the TRES run |
| 05/17/2017 | PBerlind | FAST | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | FAST ok. Ln2 dewar was not pressurized. Beeping alarm at minerva |
| 05/18/2017 | PBerlind | FAST | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Windy. No beeping from minerva |
| 05/19/2017 | MCalkins | FAST | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nice night. Clear skies and good seeing. No problems |
| 05/20/2017 | MCalkins | FAST | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nice night, clear skies and good seeing. No problems |
| 05/21/2017 | MCalkins | FAST | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed all night in clear skies and mostly moderate to poor seeing. No problems |
| 05/22/2017 | MCalkins | FAST | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Full night of observations in clear skies and good seeing. No problems |
| 5/23/2017 | Emilio Falco | FAST | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Late start due to Smithsonian Journeys dinner |
| 05/26/2017 | GZhou | TRES | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | at the beginning hour, then got worse, ending at ~2 |
| 05/27/2017 | GZhou | TRES | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No problems during the night, seeing ~1.5 throughout. Scheduled internet outage from 00 - 03.30 am, did not affect observations |
| 05/28/2017 | GZhou | TRES | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fine night again. Bad seeing during DT run (~2"), but improved towards the end of night. No other problems |
| 05/29/2017 | GZhou | TRES | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Thick cirrus throughout the night. I continued observations, but only giants and bright backup targets got enough counts to be useful. No instrument issues |
| 05/30/2017 | G Zhou | TRES | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bad weather throughout the night. The clouds were thick enough to prevent continued Vega observations by 6 UT. Opened again 15min from morning twilight as the skies cleared. |
| 05/31/2017 | Zhou | TRES | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Arm hang during afternoon calibrations, cleared by redo. Otherwise no instrument problems. Persistent clouds throughout the night. Observed through the weather for the first 6 hours. Clouds became thicker by 09 UT, and spots of rain appeared on radar. Clo |
| Date | Observer | Inst | Obs | Lost | Weather | Inst | Tel | Obs | Comments |
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| 06/01/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night but with soft seeing, improving a little at the end of the night. No problems |
| 06/02/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night but soft seeing again, this time care of a north and northeast wind. No problems |
| 06/03/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 6.25 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds at sunset that lingered for the early part before breaking for mostly clear skies for the remainder. Seeing was soft early but gradually improved as the night progressed |
| 06/04/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rapidly clearing light clouds at sunset gave way to clear skies until the very end where there was a batch of little popcorn clouds racing though at morning twilight. Otherwise, no problems |
| 06/05/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 7.75 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Thin cirrus early but gradually building as the night progressed. I finally pulled the plug with a little bit of night left as I was running out of unobserved giants and other bright targets as the twilight started to become an issue when blended with th |
| 06/06/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Very thin cirrus early that thickened as debris clouds from nearby dry storms came over in several waves. While mostly cirrus, this was thick enough that when combined with the nearly full moon made observations effectively impossible for the last 2/3 of |
| 06/07/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 6.25 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | t expect to get tonight |
| 06/08/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rapidly dissipating clouds at sunset that gave way to clear skies with good seeing. No problems |
| 06/09/2017 | PBerlind | TRES | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | nice clear night |
| 06/10/2017 | PBerlind | TRES | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | clear night |
| 06/11/2017 | MCalkins | TRES | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed full night in clear skies and decent seeing. No problems |
| 06/12/2017 | MCalkins | TRES | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed all night in clear skies and mostly good seeing. No problmes |
| 06/13/2017 | MCalkins | TRES | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | t think it |
| 06/14/2017 | PBerlind | TRES | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Telescope focus and collimation changing when slewing around the sky. 48 dewar started to warm up, stopped and filled it |
| 06/15/2017 | PBerlind | TRES | 8.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Nice clear night, collimation changes going to NE did some testing |
| 06/16/2017 | MCalkins | FAST | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Full night of observing in clear skies and good seeing. No problems |
| 06/17/2017 | MCalkins | FAST | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | redo |
| 06/18/2017 | M Wilson | FAST | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed all night in clear skies and poor seeing. No problems |
| 06/19/2017 | MWilson | FAST | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | From beginnnig of night to around 11 pm, the gusts of the wind was near or above 40 mph. Dome was not opened until around 11 pm. Extreme cloud cover around 2 am blocked all stars for remainder of night |
| 06/20/2017 | MWilson | FAST | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bad seeing and cloud cover throughout the night from the start to end. Clouds seldom opened up and stars were visible for seconds. At 10 pm, gusts of the wind reached near 40 mph and continued to rise. Dome was closed during the windy period |
| 06/21/2017 | MWilson | FAST | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cloudy conditions throughout the night. Completely blocked stars for majority of night |
| 06/22/2017 | MWilson | FAST | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Very cloudy conditions all throughout the night. Clouds seldom broke up and made way for observing. Unfortunately during one of these rare moments, the telescope motor limit was breached causing software to crash and disconnection of dome and telescope |
| 06/23/2017 | MWilson | FAST | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Cloudy conditions throughout the night. In an effort to fi= |
| 06/24/2017 | MWilson | FAST | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Poor seeing and very cloudy conditions throughout the night. Luckily clouds occasionally opened up and made time for some observations |
| 06/25/2017 | MCalkins | FAST | 5.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Opened after storms cleared. Telescope collimation is way, way off. Most likely due to movement of primary mirror during event that resulted in lost pointing last Thursday. This will severely limit how faint the telescope can go. If there's no way to a |
| 06/26/2017 | MCalkins | FAST | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | ll work with Gil tonight to re-collimate. Last time at the end to clouds and time at the beginning when a focus button failed. I removed it and soldered in a new button. However, the only spare remaining is used. I |
| 06/27/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | s still not quite right but is significantly better than before. I |
| 06/28/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night. OK seeing early, but degrading as the night progressed. No problems |
| 06/29/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | wait until Saturday |
| 06/30/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | s not perfect, and finding proper focus is a bit touchy, but when in focus, it |
| Date | Observer | Inst | Obs | Lost | Weather | Inst | Tel | Obs | Comments |
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| 07/01/2017 | MCalkins | TRES | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | dead spots |
| 07/06/2017 | MCalkins | TRES | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost most of the night to clouds. When able, observed brighter objects through cirrus. Fire on western tree line of Mt Wrightston seems to be all but out (fire probably started by lightning yesterday) |
| 07/03/2017 | MCalkins | TRES | 1.0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Monsoonal clouds. Observed through a few holes. No problems |
| 07/04/2017 | PBerlind | TRES | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ |
| 07/05/2017 | PBerlind | TRES | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ |
| 07/06/2017 | MCalkins | TRES | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | FLWO60 computer video card died sometime during the day. Many thanks to Ted for driving up to replace it. Once clouds cleared observed in mostly clear skies and good seeing. No other problems |
| 07/07/2017 | MCalkins | TRES | 7 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Operated in between and through clouds for most of the night. It finally cleared toward the end of the night with good seeing. No problems |
| 07/08/2017 | MCalkins | TRES | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Storms and drizzle for most of the night. Worked the last hour thru/between clouds in moderate seeing. No problems with telescope or instrument |
| 07/09/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | clear |
| 07/10/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Thunderstorms early then trying to clear after midnight when clouds rebuilt and moved in from the north. Never opened |
| 07/11/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cloudy all night. Never opened |
| 07/12/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cloudy all night with a brief and strong storm that passed through in the first third of the night. Never opened |
| 07/13/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Scattered rain for the first 2/3 of the night with elevated wind and clouds all night. Never opened |
| 07/14/2017 | PBerlind | TRES | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Strong storm after sunset, cloudy |
| 07/15/2017 | PBerlind | TRES | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Strong storms, cloudy |
| 07/16/2017 | MCalkins | TRES | 0 | 9,5 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds, fog, rain. |
| 07/17/2017 | MCalkins | TRES | 0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rain, clouds, fog, humidity |
| 07/18/2017 | MCalkins | FAST | 0.5 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Got 30 minutes in a hole. Otherwise, monsoon weather |
| 07/19/2017 | PBerlind | FAST | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | mostly cloudy night |
| 07/20/2017 | PBerlind | FAST | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | monsoons |
| 07/21/2017 | MCalkins | FAST | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed the last part of the night through thin clouds and good seeing. Harvey PC was locked up at the beginning of the night requiring a hard reboot. No problem once it came online |
| 07/22/2017 | MCalkins | FAST | 0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | s a significant rock fall between the 60" and dorm. It should still be passable by four wheeled vehicle, but it |
| 07/23/2017 | MCalkins | FAST | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | s a rock fall just below the summit on the west side of the mountain. I |
| 07/24/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mostly clear from start to finish but over limit humidity most of the night with railings and domes dripping wet throughout. Never opened |
| 07/25/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 1.75 | 6.75 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Variable clouds all night from mostly clear to completely overcast. Observed just short of two hours over three separate breaks in the clouds. No problems |
| 07/26/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 1.5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds most of the night. I opened a couple times to shoot through a clearing only to have it close in before I could do much. Stayed open much too long at the end of the night fighting an opening that was getting closed in by a rebuild of the clouds. |
| 07/27/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rain pretty much all night from quite strong early to a drizzle late. Never opened |
| 07/28/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Strong storms midday then cloudy all night. Never opened |
| 07/29/2017 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Another cloudy night! Some rain mid-day and some drizzle in the early evening. Never opened |
| 07/30/2017 | PBerlind | TRES | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | mostly clear night. 48 skytemp set to -25 for observing |
| 07/31/2017 | PBerlind | TRES | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Monsoons. End of run, start of summer shutdown |