Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 56696 (starting evening of Feb 7, 2014)¶
Observers¶
| Observer 1 |
Observer 2 |
Run Manager |
Assistant Run Manager |
SISPI Expert on Call |
| Alex Drlica-Wagner |
Steve Kent |
Steve Kent |
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ext. |
ext. |
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CTIO staff (Telescope Operators)¶
| Day Support |
Night Assistant |
| Humberto Orrego |
Hernan Tirado |
DECam Configuration and Setup¶
| SISPI Configuration File |
DES.ini |
| DECam constants |
DECAM:CURRENT |
| Proposal ID |
2012B-0001 |
| Image Processing (Calibration) |
NCSA |
| Image Processing (First Cut) |
NCSA |
Almanac¶
mjd 56696, date 20140207, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr
Current local time 16:33 CLST UT 19:33 SidTim 00:02
Sunset 20:44 CLST 23:44 UT SidTim 63 deg
Eve. -10 21:22 CLST 00:22 UT SidTim 73 deg Zeropoint; standards
Eve. -14 21:42 CLST 00:42 UT SidTim 78 deg Begin obstac
Eve. -18 22:04 CLST 01:04 UT SidTim 83 deg Last chance standards
Midpoint 01:57 CLST 04:57 UT SidTim 142 deg
Moonset 02:00 CLST 05:00 UT SidTim 142 deg
Morn -18 05:51 CLST 08:51 UT SidTim 200 deg Begin astronomical twilight
Morn Std 06:12 CLST 09:12 UT SidTim 205 deg End obstac; begin standards
Morn -10 06:33 CLST 09:33 UT SidTim 210 deg
Sunrise 07:10 CLST 10:10 UT SidTim 220 deg
Moon position (deg): RA 63.0, Dec 18.9 Phase: 0.553
Weather Conditions¶
Clear, wind, haze
http://www.meteochile.gob.cl/cna/irsat_alta.png
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- Afternoon calibrations - script to use: prenight_calibration.json
- Dark frames (20 x 100)
- Zeropoint check - preceed with zeros script: flush_Vsub.json
- Start of night standards (scripts listed below)
- Try to get ObsTac to schedule X3
- Nightly out of focus image (right after last standard, no break) - script to use: defocus_nightly.json
- ObsTac
- Middle of night standard (scripts listed below)
- End of night calibrations - if good afternoon calibrations use postnight_calibration.json, otherwise use postnight_zeros_flats.json
Start of Night Standards - Wind screen down
E4-A ra 09:23:44 dec -45:21:02 secz 1.7 **DES_std_E4-a_Yzirg.json**
SDSSJ0200-0000 ra 02:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.5 **DES_std_SDSSJ0200_Yzirg.json**
End of Night Standards - Wind screen down
UT 04:45
SDSSJ1227-0000 ra 12:27:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.8 **DES_std_SDSSJ1227_grizY.json**
MaxVis ra 06:30:00 dec -58:45:00 secz 1.3 **DES_std_maxvis_grizY.json**
SDSSJ0933-0005 ra 09:33:00 dec -00:05:00 secz 1.2 **DES_std_SDSSJ0933_grizY.json**
