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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 | ||
ext. | ext. | ext. |
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¶
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**