Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 56696 (starting evening of Feb 7, 2014)¶

Observers¶

CTIO staff (Telescope Operators)¶

DECam Configuration and Setup¶

Almanac¶

Weather Conditions¶

Clear, wind, haze
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Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶

1. Afternoon calibrations - script to use: prenight_calibration.json
2. Dark frames (20 x 100)
3. Zeropoint check - preceed with zeros script: flush_Vsub.json
4. Start of night standards (scripts listed below)
5. Try to get ObsTac to schedule X3
6. Nightly out of focus image (right after last standard, no break) - script to use: defocus_nightly.json
7. ObsTac
8. Middle of night standard (scripts listed below)
9. 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**