01192015¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57042 (starting evening of Jan 19, 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
- Hernan Tirado
Almanac¶
mjd 57042, date 20150119, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 11:25 CLST UT 14:25 SidTim 17:38 Sunset 20:55 CLST 23:55 UT SidTim 47 deg Eve. -10 21:34 CLST 00:34 UT SidTim 57 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 21:56 CLST 00:56 UT SidTim 62 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 22:19 CLST 01:19 UT SidTim 68 deg Last chance standards Midpoint 01:54 CLST 04:54 UT SidTim 122 deg Morn -18 05:29 CLST 08:29 UT SidTim 176 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 05:51 CLST 08:51 UT SidTim 181 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 06:13 CLST 09:13 UT SidTim 186 deg Sunrise 06:53 CLST 09:53 UT SidTim 196 deg Moon position (deg): RA 296.1, Dec -15.6 Phase: 0.054
Weather Conditions¶
Clear and hot. Moderate wind (10mph).
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- standards
UT Date = '2015/01/19 00:34' Local time = 21:34 SDSSJ0000-0000 ra 00:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 2.1 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
- Weekly defocus
- Eric's script for equatorial fields for first ~half hour, provided t_eff>0.3 for first few i,z-band exposures.
- Obstac, expect wide survey all shift if seeing permits
- middle-of-night standard, then handover to community team