Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 56887 (starting evening of Aug 17, 2014)¶
Observers¶
- Steve Kent
- Rich Kron
CTIO staff¶
- Manual Hernandez
- Alberto Alvarez
Almanac¶
mjd 56887, date 20140817, Site CTIO, UT-offset 4 hr Current local time 15:38 CLST UT 19:38 SidTim 12:40 Sunset 18:26 CLST 22:26 UT SidTim 232 deg Eve. -10 19:02 CLST 23:02 UT SidTim 241 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 19:21 CLST 23:21 UT SidTim 246 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 19:39 CLST 23:39 UT SidTim 250 deg Last chance standards Midpoint 00:47 CLST 04:47 UT SidTim 327 deg Moonrise 01:50 CLST 05:50 UT SidTim 343 deg Morn -18 05:54 CLST 09:54 UT SidTim 44 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 06:11 CLST 10:11 UT SidTim 48 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 06:31 CLST 10:31 UT SidTim 53 deg Sunrise 07:07 CLST 11:07 UT SidTim 62 deg Moon position (deg): RA 62.7, Dec 17.8 Phase: 0.488
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 DECam/postnight_zeros.json
- otherwise use DECam/postnight_zeros_flats.json