Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 56888 (starting evening of Aug 18, 2014)¶
Observers¶
- Steve Kent
- Rich Kron
CTIO staff¶
- Hernan Tirado
- Alberto Alvarez
Almanac¶
mjd 56888, date 20140818, Site CTIO, UT-offset 4 hr Current local time 19:48 CLST UT 23:48 SidTim 16:54 Sunset 18:27 CLST 22:27 UT SidTim 233 deg Eve. -10 19:02 CLST 23:02 UT SidTim 242 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 19:21 CLST 23:21 UT SidTim 247 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 19:40 CLST 23:40 UT SidTim 252 deg Last chance standards Midpoint 00:46 CLST 04:46 UT SidTim 328 deg Moonrise 02:43 CLST 06:43 UT SidTim 357 deg Morn -18 05:53 CLST 09:53 UT SidTim 45 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 06:10 CLST 10:10 UT SidTim 49 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 06:30 CLST 10:30 UT SidTim 54 deg Sunrise 07:06 CLST 11:06 UT SidTim 63 deg Moon position (deg): RA 75.8, Dec 18.9 Phase: 0.421
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