TCS Testing + LDG Commissioning: Performance Verification - 23 April 2010 UT

Night 5:

Observer: DMiller (Tucson) JHill (LBTO)
Telescope Operator: JHill (LBTO)
Telescope Support: JUrban
Instrument Support: JMorris
Adaptive Secondary Operator: MXompero

Summary

Lost to weather: humidity, clouds, snow

Preparations

JHoward adjusting elevation pad pressures in the afternoon.

Michele supplies a patched PCS.

Details

22:30 Significant snow starts to fall.

01:50-04:10 Wayne and Steve are doing operator training from Tucson.

04:25 restarted MCSPU as the guys in Tucson killed it when they left.

04:30 Temperature and dewpoint are down to -10 degC. It is definitely feeling like winter. Another band of snow is approaching from SW of Tucson.

07:50 THahn is doing tests with AGW3

10:30 Light snow continues. Accumulation of 6-8 cm since 22:30.

-- JohnHill - 23 Apr 2010