02182018¶
First-half night for DES
Observers¶
to get the names, check the shift table
- Bruno Mores (Observer 1)
- Reese Wilkinson (Observer 2, RM)
CTIO Staff¶
To get the names, check the "staff calendar":* Staff calendar
- Jackie - Obs. Support
- Claudio Aguilera - Operator
Almanac¶
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mjd 58168, date 20180218, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 19:49 CLST UT 22:49 SidTim 04:01 Event Local-Time Greenwich Sidereal-Time Sunset 20:35 CLST 23:35 UT 04:47 72 deg Eve. -10 21:11 CLST 00:11 UT 05:23 81 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 21:31 CLST 00:31 UT 05:43 86 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 21:51 CLST 00:51 UT 06:03 91 deg Last chance standards Moonset 22:21 CLST 01:21 UT 06:33 98 deg Midpoint 01:57 CLST 04:57 UT 10:09 152 deg Morn -18 06:03 CLST 09:03 UT 14:15 214 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn -14 06:23 CLST 09:23 UT 14:35 219 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 06:43 CLST 09:43 UT 14:55 224 deg Sunrise 07:19 CLST 10:19 UT 15:32 233 deg Moon position (deg): RA 9.5, Dec 0.1 Phase: 0.191
Weather Conditions¶
- at lunch: clear
- Forecast is to mostly clear
- clouds: 10% cloud cover between 02:00-04:00 UT, otherwise clear
- humidity: 77% expected (rises to 83% for second half of observing)
- temp: ~10°C expected
- wind: Minimal (~1m/s)
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- First half DES, second half non-DES
- Evening standards (Yzirg)
- Wide survey with obstac - expect gri
- Middle-of-night standards (grizY)
- Handover to second-half observer at 0:57am local time.
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- 3 Evening standards
Yzirg
UT Date = '2018/02/19 00:11' Local time = 21:11 SDSSJ0200-0000 ra 02:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.8 SDSSJ0320-0000 ra 03:20:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.3 C26202/HST ra 03:32:30 dec -27:46:05 secz 1.1
- 1 midpoint standard
grizY
UT Date = '2018/02/19 03:57' Local time = 00:57 SDSSJ1227-0000 ra 12:27:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.8
When were the last SN fields observed?¶
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hex_name seqtype last_complete SN-E1 short 2018-01-15 01:08:05.835460+00:00 SN-X3 long_g 2018-01-15 02:17:19.554010+00:00 SN-E2 short 2018-01-16 00:59:34.787393+00:00 SN-S2 short 2018-01-16 02:08:01.691914+00:00 SN-X3 long_z 2018-01-17 00:57:02.927041+00:00 SN-X1 short 2018-01-18 00:58:11.372821+00:00 SN-X2 short 2018-01-18 01:17:35.251354+00:00 SN-X3 long_r 2018-01-18 01:37:02.154892+00:00 SN-S1 short 2018-01-19 00:58:20.251346+00:00 SN-C3 long_z 2018-01-27 01:18:32.189609+00:00 SN-X3 long_i 2018-02-03 01:15:33.702675+00:00 SN-C3 long_r 2018-02-11 00:44:55.939087+00:00 SN-C3 long_i 2018-02-12 00:44:46.292668+00:00 SN-C3 long_g 2018-02-12 01:18:46.555413+00:00 SN-C1 short 2018-02-15 00:43:11.649992+00:00 SN-C2 short 2018-02-18 00:37:52.082707+00:00
Useful links¶
Nightsum | CTIO Night Report | DECam Logbook
Tololo Environmental Web Page | Detailed hourly forecast | Satellite maps