Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57389 (starting evening of 1/1/16)¶

DES (2012B-0001)

Observers¶

• Stephanie Jouvel (Observer 1)
• David Gerdes (Observer 2 / RM)

CTIO Staff¶

• Manuel Hernandez
• Alberto Alvarez

Almanac¶

mjd 57389, date 20160101, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr
Sunset     20:56 CLST  23:56 UT   SidTim   29 deg  
Eve. -10   21:36 CLST  00:36 UT   SidTim   40 deg  Zeropoint; standards
Eve. -14   21:59 CLST  00:59 UT   SidTim   45 deg  Begin obstac
Eve. -18   22:23 CLST  01:23 UT   SidTim   51 deg  Last chance standards
Moonrise   01:33 CLST  04:33 UT   SidTim   98 deg  
Midpoint   01:47 CLST  04:47 UT   SidTim  102 deg  
Morn -18   05:10 CLST  08:10 UT   SidTim  153 deg  Begin astronomical twilight
Morn Std   05:34 CLST  08:34 UT   SidTim  159 deg  End obstac; begin standards
Morn -10   05:57 CLST  08:57 UT   SidTim  164 deg  
Sunrise    06:37 CLST  09:37 UT   SidTim  174 deg  

Weather Conditions¶

• Parrly cloudy, windy in the afternoon.
• Forecast is clear.
• Detailed hourly forecast | Satelite maps

Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶

• evening standards (if clear) [Yzirgu ordered scripts]

UT Date = '2016/01/02 00:40'     Local time = 21:40
SDSSJ2300-0000        ra 23:00:00  dec +00:00:00  secz 2.0
SDSSJ0000-0000        ra 00:00:00  dec +00:00:00  secz 1.5
SDSSJ0320-0000        ra 03:20:00  dec +00:00:00  secz 1.2

• Obstac until end of astronomical twilight
• X3-u script if photometric
• Obstac
• middle-of-might standards [ugrizY ordered scripts]

remove this line: cut and paste results from kentools standards for Morn Std; check at least one is Gold, i.e. SDSS

Notes from the 4PM Meeting and Additional Comments.¶

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Notes from Observers¶

Notes on Analyses of Night's Data:¶