Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57399 (starting evening of 11/01/16)¶
DES (2012B-0001)
Observers¶
- Vinu Vikraman (Observer 1/RM)
- Anthony Kremin (Observer 2)
CTIO Staff¶
- Manuel Hernández
Almanac¶
mjd 57399, date 20160111, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 22:10 CLST UT 01:10 SidTim 03:50 Sunset 20:57 CLST 23:57 UT SidTim 39 deg Eve. -10 21:37 CLST 00:37 UT SidTim 49 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 21:59 CLST 00:59 UT SidTim 55 deg Begin obstac Moonset 22:01 CLST 01:01 UT SidTim 55 deg Eve. -18 22:23 CLST 01:23 UT SidTim 61 deg Last chance standards Midpoint 01:51 CLST 04:51 UT SidTim 113 deg Morn -18 05:19 CLST 08:19 UT SidTim 165 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 05:43 CLST 08:43 UT SidTim 171 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 06:05 CLST 09:05 UT SidTim 176 deg Sunrise 06:45 CLST 09:45 UT SidTim 186 deg Moon position (deg): RA 319.9, Dec -11.8 Phase: 0.132
Weather Conditions¶
- Photometric
- Clear Sky
- Detailed hourly forecast | Satelite maps
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- evening standards (if clear) [Yzirg ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2016/01/11 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
- Obstac.
- morning standards (if clear) [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = now Local time = 01:33 SDSSJ1048-0000 ra 10:48:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.9 SDSSJ0843-0000 ra 08:43:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2
Notes from the 4PM Meeting and Additional Comments.¶
Camera & Telescope
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Two jobs on the dome. One job is continuation of the bearings.
Plus they did a half-flip of the cage to check the access of C1.
They are still flipped.
SISPI needed to be configured twice. PAN2 didn't start first try.
Last Night
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http://des-ops.fnal.gov:8080/nightsum/nightsum-2016-01-08/nightsum.html
http://des-ops.fnal.gov:8080/nightsum/nightsum-2016-01-09/nightsum.html
http://des-ops.fnal.gov:8080/nightsum/nightsum-2016-01-10/nightsum.html
Last night was particularly good w/ WF all night in gri, plus 1 z-band.
All SN fields are caught up.
AOB
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SN airmass limit has been set to 2 by Obstac.
Notes from Observers¶
See Night summary