| Date | Observer | Inst | Obs | Lost | Weather | Inst | Tel | Obs | Comments |
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| 01/01/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 4 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed through clouds until they became too thick. No other issues |
| 01/02/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 9.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear early then clouds for the last third of the night. Shut down for about three hours, then re-opened at the very end of the night. No problems |
| 01/03/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cloudy all night with just a couple of drops of rain late. Never opened |
| 01/04/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night. Variable but mostly good seeing throughout. One projector arm hang but no other problems |
| 01/05/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 12 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mostly clear early with increasing clouds late finally becoming quite thick and moonlit about astronomical twilight. More productive a night than I expected |
| 01/06/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds all night. Never opened |
| 01/07/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ |
| 01/08/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | end of TRES run |
| 01/09/2018 | MCalkins | FAST | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fog and rain |
| 01/10/2018 | MCalkins | FAST | 5.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | where it was |
| 01/11/2018 | MCalkins | FAST | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed in clear skies and mostly good seeing; no problems |
| 01/12/2018 | PBerlind | FAST | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ |
| 01/14/2018 | PBerlind | FAST | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | a few thin clouds, super tight seeing |
| 01/14/2018 | MCalkins | FAST | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed all night in mostly clear skies and excellent seeing |
| 01/15/2018 | MCalkins | FAST | 8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Night began with clear skies and good seeing, clouds gradually increasing until closing..... The 48" had a problem with its shutter (which turned out to be a faulty cable connection). No other problems |
| 01/16/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 9.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost the very beginning of the night to clouds. Observed most of the remainder through cirrus but with excellent seeing. No troubles with start of Tres run |
| 01/17/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear throughout but with seeing that got increasingly poor after the first third of the night thanks to a north then east wind. Otherwise, no problems |
| 01/18/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear early but thin cirrus for the second half. Variable seeing, particularly early. Challenging conditions but workable thanks to a lack of moonlight. No problems |
| 01/19/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear almost the entire night until light but rapidly increasing clouds came in at the very end of the night. Seeing was quite good letting me work on fainter targets. No problems |
| 01/20/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 4.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds and very light sleet/snow not long after sunset. Skies finally cleared about 2:00 but with poor seeing for the remainder of the night. No problems |
| 01/21/018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 10.75 | 1.25 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | Mostly clear with only thin and variable cirrus. Seeing was poor early but improving late |
| 01/22/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ |
| 1/24/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | High wind 50mph gusts |
| 01/24/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed in clear skies and initially poor seeing which improved nicely as the night went on |
| 01/25/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | every night |
| 01/26/2017 | MCalkins | TRES | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Seeing was a little soft at beginning of night but became excellent by the end... A loose band of cirrus passed through in the middle of the night. No problems with telescope or instrument |
| 01/27/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | seeing 3-4", no light entering fiber. windy |
| 01/28/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-5" seeing. Closed due to high wind |
| 01/30/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed in clear skies with initially soft seeing which tightened up nicely. No problems |
| 01/30/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 11.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | darkening |
| 01/31/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed in clear skies and mostly excellent seeing (seeing got soft for an hour or so in the second half of the night); no problems.... Kepcam filled manually |
| Date | Observer | Inst | Obs | Lost | Weather | Inst | Tel | Obs | Comments |
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| 02/01/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Variable clouds all night, but I was able to observe through the worst of it. No problems beyond one projector arm hang |
| 02/02/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 6.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds early and late, being mostly clear in the middle. A frustrating night with a couple targets abandoned in mid-sequence because of the clouds. No problems |
| 02/03/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night with very light cirrus off to the north a couple times. Seeing good early, quickly changed to poor for most of the remainder then good again at the very end. No problems |
| 02/04/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night with excellent seeing throughout. An absolute of a treat of a night after the last few. On projector arm hang but otherwise no problems |
| 02/05/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Essentially clear with only variable and light cirrus. Seeing OK early, becoming softer later. One projector arm hang but otherwise no problems |
| 02/06/2017 | PBerlind | TRES | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | projector arm hit limit, bad comps. but fixed at start of night with rehome |
| 02/07/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | projector arm hit limit, bad comps. but fixed at start of night with rehome |
| 02/08/2018 | MCalkins | FAST | 0 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 0 | s an undiagnosed problem with the detector electronics. We |
| 02/09/2018 | MCalkins | FAST | 11.0 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost some time to clouds but otherwise observed in good seeing. The new monitor for the guider is a huge improvement. Image is much brighter and it is unaffected by the comm radio (unlike old CRT monitor). Big improvement! |
| 02/10/2018 | MCalkins | FAST | 8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed around and through clouds for most of the night in moderate seeing. Roll-around dewar refilled last night |
| 02/11/2018 | PBerlind | FAST | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | fog |
| 02/12/2018 | PBerlind | FAST | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | fast guide tv monitor display is no good. it is a broken monitor and displays poor quality image. huge color gradient. brightness and contrast displays do not work. poor viewing angle ancient display more than 10 years old. urgent replace asap. send |
| 02/13/2018 | MCalkins | FAST | 0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tried to work a hole and got some standard stars. But clouds too thick for science targets |
| 02/14/2018 | MCalkins | FAST | 0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Soaking rain all night. End of FAST run. Lift has be charged |
| 02/15/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Another night of soaking rain and fog |
| 02/16/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 0 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | _ |
| 02/17/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ |
| 02/18/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fog and clouds all night with periodic rain. Never opened |
| 02/19/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds, high humidity with fog and elevated winds all night. Some snow flurries at the end of the night. Never opened |
| 02/20/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 6.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mostly clear at sunset but had a cap-cloud trying off and on to form until about 2:00 when that finally settled in, ending my night. Elevated humidity and poor to below average seeing during the time I was open. No other problems |
| 02/21/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 2.25 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds until about 2:00, when the sky quickly cleared. Seeing was poor but workable until the humidity spiked and brought in fog after only a couple hours, ending the night. No problems |
| 02/22/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night (finally!) with average seeing. No problems |
| 02/23/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | psfs > 3.5" |
| 02/24/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ |
| 02/25/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Full night of observing in clear skies and good seeing |
| 02/26/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 11.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear skies and good seeing until clouds moved in at the very end |
| 02/27/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds, fog, 4"+ snow |
| 02/28/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 10.25 | 0.75 | 0 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | Spent the first 45 minutes of the night getting the new flwo60 set up correctly after the OS update. Things worked out well after that with no problems. Clear skies but soft seeing throughout |
| Date | Observer | Inst | Obs | Lost | Weather | Inst | Tel | Obs | Comments |
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| 03/01/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night. Good seeing in the middle of the night, being a little soft at the start and again at the end. No problems |
| 03/02/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night with reasonably good seeing until the last 1/4 of the night or so when it became below average. No problems |
| 03/03/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 03/04/2018 | PN | TRES | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | bright moon, clouds |
| 03/05/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 8.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed with occasional clouds in mostly good seeing before being over run by clouds |
| 03/06/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed the whole night in clear skies and good to excellent seeing |
| 03/07/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed thru, around, and in-between clouds in good to great seeing |
| 03/08/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Variable clouds pretty much all night, finally clearing at the very end. Had a long stretch after the first couple hours I was able to work through. One projector arm hand at the very end but otherwise no problems |
| 03/09/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Variable clouds all night. Heaviest after midnight with plenty of sucker holes then mostly clear at the very end. A productive but rather frustrating night with the weather. No problems |
| 03/10/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds all night with some rain. Never opened |
| 03/11/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | end of TRES run. 60" mirror covers making noise when opening |
| 03/12/2018 | PBerlind | FAST | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ |
| 03/14/2018 | John Lewis | FAST | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | high humidity shutdown at 11pm |
| 03/13/2018 | John Lewis | FAST | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | CfA photographers were photographing the 60" |
| 03/16/2018 | PBerlind | FAST | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | error1 on 1.2m |
| 03/17/2018 | PBerlind | FAST | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ |
| 03/18/2018 | PChallis | FAST | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | everything worked fine. Perhaps the Button to |
| 03/19/2018 | PChallis | FAST | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no problems |
| 03/20/2018 | PChallis | FAST | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no problems. see log on 03/18/2018 |
| 03/21/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 7.27 | 2.75 | 2.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds of varying thickness all night. Mostly clear early, increasing as the night progressed, finally shutting me down in the last hour. No problems |
| 03/22/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 2.25 | 7.75 | 7.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds all night with a workable sucker hole later on. Frustrating observing when I had it. No problems |
| 03/23/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds all night. Mostly cirrus that I worked through with varying degrees of success, but a longer block where the clouds were too thick to see anything. Again, a frustrating night. No problems |
| 03/24/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | In what is becoming a theme, another frustrating and cloudy night, breaking enough to work brighter targets a bit after midnight. Mostly clear at the very end but with high humidity. No problems |
| 03/25/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cloudy all night. Never opened |
| 03/26/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed in soft seeing after weather moved out. No problems |
| 03/27/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed in clear skies and mostly good seeing. No problems |
| 03/28/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed the whole night in clear skies and initially good seeing which blew up at the very end of the night.... Dewar ion pump had error in late afternoon yesterday. Cycled power to clear error; vacuum looks good |
| 03/29/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 10 | 1.0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | Night was mostly clear but observed giants through a few bands of transient clouds in mostly good but moderate seeing..... The south declination button on hand paddle in control room failed. The repair was fairly quick but finding the appropriate tools an |
| 03/30/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | clouds + bright moon all night |
| 03/31/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ |
| Date | Observer | Inst | Obs | Lost | Weather | Inst | Tel | Obs | Comments |
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| 04/01/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rapidly disappearing clouds at sunset left clear skies with reasonable seeing all night. No problems |
| 04/02/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mostly clear all night with only a brief stretch of very light cloud passing through midway through the night. Seeing was OK to start but softened early in the night then improving at the very end. No problems |
| 04/03/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night with good seeing throughout. No problems |
| 04/04/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 10 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nice night once early clouds moved out. |
| 04/05/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed through and around clouds in mostly excellent seeing |
| 04/07/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed through and around clouds in good seeing until thicker clouds moved in |
| 04/07/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ |
| 04/08/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ |
| 04/09/2018 | MCalkins | Tres | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed in clear skies with seeing that was initially soft but tightened up nicely. End of Tres run |
| 04/10/2018 | MCalkins | FAST | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed in clear skies with good seeing. No problems |
| 04/11/2018 | MCalkins | FAST | 7.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed in mostly clear skies with good seeing once clouds moved out |
| 04/12/2018 | PBerlind | FAST | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ |
| 04/13/2018 | PBerlind | FAST | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ |
| 04/14/2018 | MCalkins | FAST | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nice night. Clear with good seeing |
| 04/16/2018 | MCalkins | FAST | 8.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ve got them charging and have unplugged dome power to prevent movement of dome. I |
| 04/16/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 0.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds..... |
| 04/17/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ |
| 04/18/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ |
| 04/19/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ |
| 04/20/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear early with very thin cirrus late. Seeing was soft all night from a north wind. No problems |
| 04/21/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 1.25 | 8.25 | 8.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cloudy to mostly cloudy the majority of the night, breaking at the end but never becoming truly clear until it was dawn. No problems |
| 04/22/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mostly clear all night with only a brief and very thin passing of cirrus in the first half. No problems |
| 04/23/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear early becoming partly cloudy part-way through finally becoming mostly cloudy for a while near the end. Otherwise, no problems |
| 04/24/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 3 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cloudy and mostly cloudy for most of the night, breaking up late before becoming clear at the start of morning twilight. No problems |
| 04/25/2018 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mostly clear until cirrus came in late. Shut down early when I was losing lots of counts. Otherwise, no problems |
| 04/26/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ |
| 04/27/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | _ |
| 04/28/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 9.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Observed most of the night in clear skies and good seeing. Lost some time due to shutter issues with 48" |
| 04/29/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed through and around clouds in good seeing when able, end of night cleared nicely... Shutter for 48" failed a little after 3am. Although, I noticed that the robot was open in somewhat murky skies at high airmass.. Could this trick the robot should |
| 04/30/2018 | MCalkins | TRES | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Observed Giants through and between cirrus clouds in variable seeing |