01302015¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57053 (starting evening of Jan 30, 2015)¶
DES has the first half of the night. Switchover occurs at the midpoint of the night, which is at 01:56 CLST (04:56UT).
Observers¶
- Josh Frieman (observer 1)
- Andrew Nadolski (observer 2)
- Yuanyuan Zhang (run manager)
CTIO Staff¶
- Leonardo Paredes
- Manuel Hernandez
Almanac¶
mjd 57053, date 20150130, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 13:22 CLST UT 16:22 SidTim 20:19 Sunset 20:50 CLST 23:50 UT SidTim 56 deg Eve. -10 21:28 CLST 00:28 UT SidTim 66 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 21:49 CLST 00:49 UT SidTim 72 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 22:11 CLST 01:11 UT SidTim 77 deg Last chance standards Midpoint 01:56 CLST 04:56 UT SidTim 133 deg Moonset 04:17 CLST 07:17 UT SidTim 168 deg Morn -18 05:41 CLST 08:41 UT SidTim 190 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 06:03 CLST 09:03 UT SidTim 195 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 06:24 CLST 09:24 UT SidTim 200 deg Sunrise 07:03 CLST 10:03 UT SidTim 210 deg Moon position (deg): RA 88.2, Dec 19.1 Phase: 0.740
Weather Conditions
Light winds, no clouds, haze on the horizon, medium humidity
http://www.yr.no/place/Chile/Coquimbo/Observatorio_Astron%C3%B3mico_Cerro_Tololo/hour_by_hour_detailed.html
http://139.229.115.231/web/world_sat.php¶
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- Start of night standards [Yzirg ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/01/31 00:28' Local time = 21:28 SDSSJ0100-0000 ra 01:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.8 SDSSJ0200-0000 ra 02:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.4 SDSSJ0320-0000 ra 03:20:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2
- Pre-hand over standards (chose best option) [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/01/31 04:46' Local time = 01:46 SDSSJ1227-0000 ra 12:27:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 2.1 SDSSJ1048-0000 ra 10:48:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.4 SDSSJ0843-0000 ra 08:43:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2
- Start of night standards
- Obstac
- Middle-of-night standard, then handover to community team