01182015¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57041 (starting evening of Jan 18, 2015)¶
DES has the first half of the night. Switchover occurs at the midpoint of the night, which is at 01:54 CLST (04:54UT).
Observers¶
- Elisabeth Krause (observer 1)
- David Gerdes (run manager/observer 2)
CTIO Staff¶
- Manuel Hernandez
- Humerto Orrego
Almanac¶
mjd 57041, date 20150118, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 11:31 CLST UT 14:31 SidTim 17:40 Sunset 20:55 CLST 23:55 UT SidTim 46 deg Eve. -10 21:35 CLST 00:35 UT SidTim 56 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 21:57 CLST 00:57 UT SidTim 61 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 22:20 CLST 01:20 UT SidTim 67 deg Last chance standards Midpoint 01:54 CLST 04:54 UT SidTim 121 deg Morn -18 05:27 CLST 08:27 UT SidTim 174 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 05:50 CLST 08:50 UT SidTim 180 deg End obstac; begin standards Moonrise 06:00 CLST 09:00 UT SidTim 182 deg Morn -10 06:12 CLST 09:12 UT SidTim 185 deg Sunrise 06:52 CLST 09:52 UT SidTim 195 deg Moon position (deg): RA 280.9, Dec -17.3 Phase: 0.133
Weather Conditions¶
Clear and hot. Moderate wind (10mph).
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- PTC before afternoon calibrations
- standards
- Eric's script for equatorial fields for first ~half hour, provided t_eff>0.3 for first few i,z-band exposures.
- Then Obstac. C3-g on deadman, then wide survey all shift if seeing permits.
- middle-of-night standard, then handover to community team