01202015¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57043 (starting evening of Jan 20, 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¶
- David Gerdes (run manager/observer 1)
- Elisabeth Krause (observer 2)
CTIO Staff¶
- Leonardo Paredes
- Hernan Tirado
Almanac¶
mjd 57043, date 20150120, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 10:45 CLST UT 13:45 SidTim 17:02 Sunset 20:55 CLST 23:55 UT SidTim 48 deg Eve. -10 21:34 CLST 00:34 UT SidTim 58 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 21:56 CLST 00:56 UT SidTim 63 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 22:19 CLST 01:19 UT SidTim 69 deg Last chance standards Midpoint 01:54 CLST 04:54 UT SidTim 123 deg Morn -18 05:30 CLST 08:30 UT SidTim 177 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 05:53 CLST 08:53 UT SidTim 182 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 06:14 CLST 09:14 UT SidTim 188 deg Sunrise 06:54 CLST 09:54 UT SidTim 198 deg Moon position (deg): RA 311.0, Dec -12.7 Phase: 0.024
Weather Conditions¶
Clear and hot, low wind and 20% humidity
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- standards
UT Date = '2015/01/20 00:34' Local time = 21:34 SDSSJ0000-0000 ra 00:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 2.2 SDSSJ0100-0000 ra 01:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.6 SDSSJ0320-0000 ra 03:20:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2
- 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