Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 56885 (starting evening of Aug 15, 2014)¶
Observers¶
- David James
- Steve Kent
CTIO staff¶
- Manual Hernandez
- Alberto Alvarez
Almanac¶
mjd 56885, date 20140815, Site CTIO, UT-offset 4 hr Current local time 15:53 CLST UT 19:53 SidTim 12:47 Sunset 18:25 CLST 22:25 UT SidTim 230 deg Eve. -10 19:01 CLST 23:01 UT SidTim 239 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 19:20 CLST 23:20 UT SidTim 244 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 19:38 CLST 23:38 UT SidTim 248 deg Last chance standards Moonrise 23:55 CLST 03:55 UT SidTim 312 deg Midpoint 00:47 CLST 04:47 UT SidTim 325 deg Morn -18 05:56 CLST 09:56 UT SidTim 42 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 06:13 CLST 10:13 UT SidTim 47 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 06:33 CLST 10:33 UT SidTim 52 deg Sunrise 07:09 CLST 11:09 UT SidTim 61 deg Moon position (deg): RA 36.2, Dec 13.1 Phase: 0.623
Weather Conditions¶
Clear
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- Afternoon calibrations - Community Observing flats & zeros
- 2nd half observing only
- 2 midpoint standards
- ObsTac
- 3 end of night standards
- End of night calibrations
- if good afternoon calibrations use postnight_zeros.json
- otherwise use postnight_zeros_flats.json