01152015¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57037 (starting evening of Jan 15, 2015)¶
DES has the first half of the night. Switchover occurs at the midpoint of the night, which is at 01:53 CLST (04:53UT).
Observers¶
- Kathy Vivas (observer 1)
- David Gerdes (run manager/observer 2)
CTIO Staff¶
- Manuel Hernandez
Almanac¶
mjd 57038, date 20150115, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 19:53 CLST UT 22:53 SidTim 01:50 Sunset 20:56 CLST 23:56 UT SidTim 43 deg Eve. -10 21:36 CLST 00:36 UT SidTim 53 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 21:58 CLST 00:58 UT SidTim 59 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 22:21 CLST 01:21 UT SidTim 64 deg Last chance standards Midpoint 01:53 CLST 04:53 UT SidTim 118 deg Moonrise 03:14 CLST 06:14 UT SidTim 138 deg Morn -18 05:24 CLST 08:24 UT SidTim 170 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 05:47 CLST 08:47 UT SidTim 176 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 06:09 CLST 09:09 UT SidTim 182 deg Sunrise 06:49 CLST 09:49 UT SidTim 192 deg Moon position (deg): RA 237.6, Dec -15.7 Phase: 0.353
Weather Conditions¶
Clear and hot. Light wind (5mph).
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- standards:
UT Date = '2015/01/16 00:36' Local time = 21:36 SDSSJ0000-0000 ra 00:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.9 SDSSJ0100-0000 ra 01:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.5 SDSSJ0320-0000 ra 03:20:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2
- Script from Eric to cover equatorial fields that are setting
- obsTac - wide survey, no SN fields on deadman
- standards:
UT Date = '2015/01/16 04:43' Local time = 01:43 SDSSJ1048-0000 ra 10:48:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.7 SDSSJ0958-0010 ra 09:58:00 dec -00:10:00 secz 1.4 SDSSJ0843-0000 ra 08:43:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2