01222015¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57045 (starting evening of Jan 22, 2015)¶
DES has the first half of the night. Switchover occurs at the midpoint of the night, which is at 01:55 CLST (04:55UT).
Observers¶
- Marisa March (observer 1)
- Elisabeth Krause (run manager / observer 2)
CTIO Staff¶
- Claudio Aguilera
- Hernan Tirado
Almanac¶
mjd 57045, date 20150122, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 12:07 CLST UT 15:07 SidTim 18:32 Sunset 20:54 CLST 23:54 UT SidTim 50 deg Eve. -10 21:33 CLST 00:33 UT SidTim 60 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 21:55 CLST 00:55 UT SidTim 65 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 22:17 CLST 01:17 UT SidTim 70 deg Last chance standards Moonset 22:21 CLST 01:21 UT SidTim 71 deg Midpoint 01:55 CLST 04:55 UT SidTim 125 deg Morn -18 05:32 CLST 08:32 UT SidTim 179 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 05:55 CLST 08:55 UT SidTim 185 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 06:16 CLST 09:16 UT SidTim 190 deg Sunrise 06:55 CLST 09:55 UT SidTim 200 deg Moon position (deg): RA 340.0, Dec -4.7 Phase: 0.177
Weather Conditions¶
Forecast: Clear skies, light NE or NW winds. Possible humidity > 80%
http://www.yr.no/place/Chile/Coquimbo/Observatorio_Astron%C3%B3mico_Cerro_Tololo/hour_by_hour_detailed.html
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- Start of night standards [Yzirg ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/01/23 00:33' Local time = 21:33 SDSSJ0100-0000 ra 01:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.6 DES_std_sdssj0100_Yzirg.json SDSSJ0320-0000 ra 03:20:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2 DES_std_sdssj0320_Yzirg.json
- Pre-hand over standards (chose best option) [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/01/23 04:48' Local time = 01:48 C26202/HST ra 03:32:30 dec -27:46:05 secz 2.0 SDSSJ1048-0000 ra 10:48:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.5 SDSSJ0843-0000 ra 08:43:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2
- No special instructions tonight?
- Obstac.
- middle-of-night standard, then handover to community team