| Date | Observer | Inst | Obs | Lost | Weather | Inst | Tel | Obs | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/01/2019 | MCalkins | TRES | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Obs all night with occasional, thin cirrus and good to excellent seeing |
| 05/02/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds early which broke leaving mostly clear skies for the remainder. Seeing became poor in the last hour of the night. No problem |
| 05/03/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear to start with extremely thin cirrus arriving around midnight, sticking around for the remainder. Seeing was OK early becoming soft for a while with a wind direction change, returning to average for the last while. No problems |
| 05/04/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear to mostly clear all night with thin cirrus present in the middle half of the night. Seeing was a little better than average. No problems |
| 05/05/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A band of clouds fairly giving way to thin cirrus then clear skies until the very end of the night when the leading edge of a system came in. I was able to observe through it and stayed open all night. No problems on the last night of the TRES run |
| 05/06/2019 | MCalkins | FAST | 6.5 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Obs with good seeing but ever present cirrus |
| 05/07/2019 | MCalkins | FAST | 6.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds at beginning of the night, clear with good seeing later |
| 05/08/2019 | MCalkins | FAST | 7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | After clouds moved out observed in clear skies with excellent seeing.... ADC cleaned yesterday afternoon.... |
| 05/09/2019 | MCalkins | FAST | 0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds, rain, sadness. No observations |
| 5/10/2019 | KKouroumpatzakis | KepCam | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No 60-inch data |
| 5/11/2019 | KKouroumpatzakis | KepCam | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No 60-inch data |
| 5/12/2019 | KKouroumpatzakis | KepCam | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No 60-inch data |
| 05/14/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds this afternoon broke at sunset leaving a clear night but with variable seeing (good early, soft for a while, then average to end) |
| 05/13/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Few fair-weather puffy clouds at sunset disappearing quickly as it got dark and remaining clear throughout. Seeing was OK most of the night. No problems to start the TRES run |
| 05/15/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cirrus all night, mostly thin but thick enough once in the middle and again at the very end that shut me down. I fairly productive night despite the conditions. No problems |
| 05/16/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 6.75 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear until just before 2:00 when gradually rising humidity created a cap cloud over the mountain for about 2 hours time. Skies cleared at astronomical twilight allowing a few observations of brighter targets before shutting down. Seeing was poor all ni |
| 05/17/2019 | PBerlind | TRES | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Thin clouds early, windy, soft seeing. Clear most of the night with improved seeing |
| 05/18/2019 | PBerlind | TRES | 5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bright moon, thin and thick clouds during the night |
| 05/19/2019 | PBerlind | TRES | 1.5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Overcast most of night. Partially cloudy first 30 minutes and last hour |
| 05/20/2019 | MCalkins | TRES | 7.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Once clouds and humidity complied, observed in mostly clear skies and variable seeing |
| 05/21/2019 | MCalkins | TRES | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost some time to clouds - otherwise, observed in good to variable seeing with occasional cirrus |
| 05/22/2019 | MCalkins | TRES | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Obs in hazy skies (wind) and okay seeing before shut down by fog an precipitation |
| 05/23/2019 | MCalkins | TRES | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Obs in clear skies and decent seeing throughout the night |
| 05/24/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night with good and slowly improving seeing. No problems |
| 05/25/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night but with soft to poor seeing most of the night, only improving a bit after astronomical twilight in the morning. No problems |
| 05/26/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night with strong and gusty winds most of the night. Poor seeing throughout. No problems |
| 05/27/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Light fair weather clouds at sunset disappearing quickly as it got dark, leaving clear skies for the remainder. Seeing was poor most of the night, improving at the very end once the wind died down. No problems |
| 05/28/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear most of the night with only a brief batch of clouds early on that I was able to observe around |
| 05/29/2019 | MCalkins | TRES | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Obs all night in clear skies and good seeing. No issues |
| 05/30/2019 | MCalkins | TRES | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Obs all night in clear skies and good seeing |
| 05/31/2019 | MCalkins | TRES | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Obs all night in clear skies and mostly good seeing |
| Date | Observer | Inst | Obs | Lost | Weather | Inst | Tel | Obs | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/01/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night with soft seeing all night. Humidity spiked in the last hour or so of the night, approaching the closure limit before sunrise |
| 06/02/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night with some dust in the sir from the high winds over the last few days. Possibly some light smoke from a fire near Nogales as well. Seeing was average, especially after the first few hours. No problems |
| 06/03/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night with good seeing for 2/3 of the night, then softening with a wind direction change near the end. No problems to end the TRES run |
| 06/04/2019 | Giovinazzi Calkins | FAST | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Obs in clear skies with good seeing |
| 06/05/2019 | MCalkins | FAST | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear night with good seeing.... A compression spring for the west dome drive wheel came off during the night. I looked, but couldn't find the retention nut.# Dome worked fine for the remainder of the night. If no one else can look at it during the day I'll address it this afternoon. |
| 06/06/2019 | Giovinazzi Calkins | FAST | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost pointing for just one hour; skies were cloudy throughout the night, but in the beginning it was cloudy enough to warrant closing up the dome for an hour. Otherwise, data looks clean |
| 06/07/2019 | MGiovinazzi MCalkins | FAST | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cloudy at the beginning of the night, but after a couple of hours skies cleared up for good |
| 06/08/2019 | MGiovinazzi | FAST | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mostly clear skies throughout the night |
| 06/09/2019 | MGiovinazzi | FAST | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Heavy clouds in the beginning and end of night caused difficult observing conditions. Skies cleared slightly during the middle of the night, but observations were still hard to come by; moon + clouds made faint targets difficult to hunt/track |
| 06/10/2019 | MGiovinazzi | FAST | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Weather was terrible in the beginning of the night; bright moon, heavy clouds, and even some rainfall. Skies cleared up around midnight for the rest of the night |
| 06/11/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 7.75 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds at the beginning held of starting observations before breaking. Thin but variable clouds all night becoming mostly clear at times. Seeing was poor, becoming average as the night progressed. No problems |
| 06/12/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 6.5 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear early with good seeing. Clouds came in leaving me idle for a while before thinning then clouding over again at the end. Seeing degraded in the latter part with the clouds |
| 06/13/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mostly clear all night with nearby clouds during the first half. Seeing was quite variable and particularly altitude sensitive, being fairly poor low down but OK higher up |
| 06/14/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night with mostly average but variable seeing. One projector arm hang at the very start of the night, but otherwise no problems |
| 06/15/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night with average seeing. No problems |
| 06/16/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear to start then gradually increasing cirrus starting after midnight, becoming annoyingly thick at twilight. No problems |
| 06/17/2019 | MCalkins | TRES | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | crescent |
| 06/18/2019 | M Calkins | TRES | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Obs all night in clear skies with good seeing... |
| 06/19/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night with fairly good seeing |
| 06/20/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night with average seeing for the first half becoming soft for the second half. No problems |
| 06/21/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night but with soft seeing. No problems |
| 06/22/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clear all night with improved seeing over the last couple of nights |
| 06/23/2018 | PBerlind | TRES | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | clear, seeing 1-2" |
| 06/24/2019 | PBerlind | TRES | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | clear all night, seeing 1-2" |
| 06/25/2019 | DLatham | TRES | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Some high clouds moving across from the southwest at sunset, late start. Good seeing initially, gradually growing softer. Clouds move in for a while after midnight. Worked through and around them. Calibrations while waiting on clouds |
| 06/26/2019 | DLatham | TRES | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Some clouds to the south at sunset, some to the north at dawn, but clear over Mount Hopkins all night as far as I could tell. Seeing was quite good to start with, maybe 1.5 seconds. Most stars disappeared down the hole. The seeing blew up to 5 seconds |
| 06/27/2019 | DLatham | TRES | 6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Things started out great. The sky was clear and the seeing was excellent. Then clouds rolled in from the southeast, a harbinger of the monsoon to come. There was even a rain shower, I closed in the nick of time. The clouds moved on after a couple of hour |
| 06/28/2019 | DLatham | TRES | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds most of the night. I worked through sucker holes from time to time. The equipment all worked |
| 06/29/2019 | PBerlind | TRES | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rain and clouds, no observing |
| 06/30/2019 | PBerlind | TRES | 7.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Started to clear after sunset. Telescope images much worse than last week, large astigmatism, coma, guide tv images very dark. Low throughput. M1 has large tilt in cell. 1.2m panic at ha +3:40 +17 |
| Date | Observer | Inst | Obs | Lost | Weather | Inst | Tel | Obs | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/01/2019 | PBerlind | TRES | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rain in the afternoon, cleared for first half of night. Seeing ok, telescope images rough |
| 07/02/2019 | MCalkins | FAST | 7.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Thin clouds throughout the night, moderate seeing |
| 07/03/2019 | MCalkins | FAST | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Obs in somewhat murky skies and decent seeing |
| 07/04/2019 | MCalkins | FAST | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Once the moon set, observed in dark skies and good seeing |
| 07/05/2019 | MCalkins | FAST | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | monsoons... |
| 07/06/2019 | MCalkins | FAST | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No one at telescope |
| 07/07/2019 | MCalkins | FAST | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Obs in clear skies with good seeing after moon set. Sinks in building are both clogged with standing water. Is there a drainage valve somewhere that has been shut? |
| 07/09/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mostly clear all night with some light debris clouds at the start and again at the end. Seeing was below average to somewhat poor all night |
| 07/10/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 2.25 | 5.75 | 4.5 | 1.25 | 0 | 0 | Clouds for most of the night, breaking a bit after 1:00 allowing some observations |
| 07/11/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds all night. Never opened |
| 07/12/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 3.25 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds most of the night, clearing around 1:00, then annoying debris clouds at the very end. An unexpected clearing allowing some science to be done |
| 07/13/2019 | PBerlind | TRES | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | rain, clouds, clearing late |
| 07/14/2019 | PBerlind | TRES | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unplugged focus motor indicator because it is picking up noise from mountain radio causing erratic readings |
| 07/15/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 7.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds at sunset broke leaving mostly clear skies. I was able to work around most of this, especially with a stretch of clear overhead for a while. Seeing was quite good in the middle of the night. No problems |
| 07/16/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds at sunset then somewhat clear to start the night until thicker cirrus arrived. Variable clouds, quite thick at times, for the bulk of the night. Spent most of the time idle, then closed |
| 07/17/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0.75 | 7.25 | 7.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds most of the night with thunder and very light rain early. A thinning happened in the last quarter of the night, but wasn't terribly long lasting. Observed a few brighter stars and a standard before shutting down again |
| 07/18/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds all night with light rain part way through. Never opened |
| 07/19/2019 | M Calkins | TRES | 2.5 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | When clouds allowed, observed in good seeing |
| 07/20/2019 | M Calkins | TRES | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Primarily observed Giants in mostly good seeing through holes and thin cirrus. No problems with telescope or instrument |
| 07/21/2019 | M Calkins | TRES | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Monsoons.... |
| 07/22/2019 | M Calkins | TRES | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Monsoon storms |
| 07/23/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds all night. Never opened |
| 07/24/1029 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 4.75 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds early becoming partly cloudy at midnight, clearing before dawn |
| 07/25/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0 | 8.25 | 8.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cloudy early then mostly cloudy after midnight. Debris clouds from the earlier storms kept trying to dissipate but would be followed by another wave. I opened a couple times to see how transparent these clouds were and found them thicker than they appea |
| 07/26/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 1.25 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Thin clouds just after sunset becoming mostly cloudy as nearby storms and debris clouds filled in rendering the remainder unusable. No problems |
| 07/27/2019 | GEsquerdo | TRES | 0 | 8.25 | 8.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clouds all night. Never opened |
| 07/28/2019 | PBerlind | TRES | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Partly cloudy night. Telescope images have changed again, now there is more astigmatism, less trefoil. One big focus jump after a slew |