01252018¶
First-half night for DES
Observers¶
to get the names, check the shift table
- Landon Gelman (Observer1)
- David Gerdes (Observer2/Run Manager)
CTIO Staff¶
To get the names, check the "staff calendar":* Staff calendar
- Manuel Hernandez - Obs. Support
- Alberto Alvarez - Operator
Almanac¶
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mjd 58144, date 20180125, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 15:51 CLST UT 18:51 SidTim 22:29 Event Local-Time Greenwich Sidereal-Time Sunset 20:53 CLST 23:53 UT 03:30 52 deg Eve. -10 21:31 CLST 00:31 UT 04:09 62 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 21:53 CLST 00:53 UT 04:30 68 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 22:15 CLST 01:15 UT 04:53 73 deg Last chance standards Midpoint 01:56 CLST 04:56 UT 08:33 128 deg Moonset 02:15 CLST 05:15 UT 08:53 133 deg Morn -18 05:36 CLST 08:36 UT 12:14 184 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn -14 05:58 CLST 08:58 UT 12:36 189 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 06:20 CLST 09:20 UT 12:57 194 deg Sunrise 06:58 CLST 09:58 UT 13:36 204 deg Moon position (deg): RA 50.6, Dec 13.8 Phase: 0.557
Weather Conditions¶
- at lunch: Clear skies
- Forecast is to be clear
- clouds: 0% expected
- humidity: ~60% expected
- temp: ~13°C expected
- wind: ~1 m/s expected
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- First half DES, second half non-DES
- Evening standards (Yzirgu)
- LowZ SN: /usr/remote/user/DECamObserver/ExposureScripts/DES_scripts/lowz_2017iuw_dec15.json
- Obstac: X3i, C3r on seeing trigger; WF
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- 3 Evening standards
Yzirgu
UT Date = '2018/01/26 00:31' Local time = 21:31 SDSSJ0100-0000 ra 01:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.7 SDSSJ0200-0000 ra 02:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.4 C26202/HST ra 03:32:30 dec -27:46:05 secz 1.0
- 1 midpoint standard
ugrizY
UT Date = '2018/01/26 04:50' Local time = 01:50 SDSSJ1048-0000 ra 10:48:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.4
When were the last SN fields observed?¶
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hex_name seqtype last_complete SN-E1 short 2018-01-15 01:08:05.835460+00:00 SN-X3 long_g 2018-01-15 02:17:19.554010+00:00 SN-E2 short 2018-01-16 00:59:34.787393+00:00 SN-S2 short 2018-01-16 02:08:01.691914+00:00 SN-X3 long_z 2018-01-17 00:57:02.927041+00:00 SN-X1 short 2018-01-18 00:58:11.372821+00:00 SN-X2 short 2018-01-18 01:17:35.251354+00:00 SN-X3 long_r 2018-01-18 01:37:02.154892+00:00 SN-S1 short 2018-01-19 00:58:20.251346+00:00 SN-C3 long_z 2018-01-20 01:27:30.008378+00:00 SN-X3 long_i 2018-01-22 00:50:58.995239+00:00 SN-C3 long_r 2018-01-23 01:26:21.235896+00:00 SN-C3 long_i 2018-01-24 01:09:41.315445+00:00 SN-C3 long_g 2018-01-25 01:45:39.472472+00:00 SN-C1 short 2018-01-25 01:58:42.486085+00:00 SN-C2 short 2018-01-25 02:18:10.917778+00:00
Useful links¶
Nightsum | CTIO Night Report | DECam Logbook
Tololo Environmental Web Page | Detailed hourly forecast | Satellite maps