02092015¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57063 (starting evening of Feb 9, 2015)¶
DES has the first half of the night. Switchover occurs at the midpoint of the night.
Observers¶
- Chihwin Chang (observer 1)
- Marcelle Soares-Santos (observer 2, run manager)
CTIO Staff¶
- Javier Rojas
- Claudio Aguilera
Almanac¶
mjd 57063, date 20150209, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 11:10 CLST UT 14:10 SidTim 18:45 Sunset 20:43 CLST 23:43 UT SidTim 65 deg Eve. -10 21:20 CLST 00:20 UT SidTim 74 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 21:41 CLST 00:41 UT SidTim 79 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 22:02 CLST 01:02 UT SidTim 84 deg Last chance standards Moonrise 23:48 CLST 02:48 UT SidTim 111 deg Midpoint 01:57 CLST 04:57 UT SidTim 143 deg Morn -18 05:53 CLST 08:53 UT SidTim 202 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 06:14 CLST 09:14 UT SidTim 208 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 06:34 CLST 09:34 UT SidTim 212 deg Sunrise 07:12 CLST 10:12 UT SidTim 222 deg Moon position (deg): RA 208.2, Dec -9.2 Phase: 0.654
Weather Conditions¶
Clouds (expected to go away by the time observations start), mid to high humidity | Detailed hourly forecast | Satelite maps
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- Start of night standards [Yzirg ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/02/09 00:20' Local time = 21:20 E4-A ra 09:23:44 dec -45:21:02 secz 1.7 SDSSJ0200-0000 ra 02:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.6 C26202/HST ra 03:32:30 dec -27:46:05 secz 1.1
- Obstac
- Pre-hand over standards (chose best option) [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/02/09 04:47' Local time = 01:47 MaxVis ra 06:30:00 dec -58:45:00 secz 1.3 SDSSJ0933-0005 ra 09:33:00 dec -00:05:00 secz 1.2
- Handover to community team