Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57396 (starting evening of 2016/01/08)¶
DES (2012B-0001)
Observers¶
- Vinu Vikraman (Observer 1)
- Ana Isabel Salvador (Observer 2 / RM)
CTIO Staff¶
- Hernan Tirado
- Carlos Corco
Almanac¶
mjd 57396, date 20160108, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 17:01 CLST UT 20:01 SidTim 22:30 Sunset 20:57 CLST 23:57 UT SidTim 36 deg Eve. -10 21:37 CLST 00:37 UT SidTim 46 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 22:00 CLST 01:00 UT SidTim 52 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 22:23 CLST 01:23 UT SidTim 58 deg Last chance standards Midpoint 01:50 CLST 04:50 UT SidTim 110 deg Morn -18 05:16 CLST 08:16 UT SidTim 161 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 05:40 CLST 08:40 UT SidTim 167 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 06:03 CLST 09:03 UT SidTim 173 deg Moonrise 06:29 CLST 09:29 UT SidTim 180 deg Sunrise 06:43 CLST 09:43 UT SidTim 183 deg Moon position (deg): RA 278.1, Dec -17.6 Phase: 0.085
Weather Conditions¶
- Photometric.
- Clear night
- Windscreen up, sliding doors closed
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- evening standards [Yzirg ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2016/01/09 00:37' Local time = 21:37
SDSSJ0000-0000 ra 00:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.7
SDSSJ0100-0000 ra 01:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.4
SDSSJ0320-0000 ra 03:20:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2 - 4 SN on deadman. E2, X2, X3i, S2. That takes us to about 2:30.
- GW TOO, which should take abobut 20 minutes.
- Then Obstac.
- middle-of-night standards [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2016/01/09 04:30' Local time = 01:30
SDSSJ0320-0000 ra 03:20:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 2.0
MaxVis ra 06:30:00 dec -58:45:00 secz 1.1