Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 56889 (starting evening of Aug 19, 2014)¶
Observers¶
- Steve Kent
- Rich Kron
CTIO staff¶
- Hernan Tirado
- Alberto Alvarez
Almanac¶
mjd 56889, date 20140819, Site CTIO, UT-offset 4 hr Current local time 19:55 CLST UT 23:55 SidTim 17:05 Sunset 18:28 CLST 22:28 UT SidTim 234 deg Eve. -10 19:03 CLST 23:03 UT SidTim 243 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 19:22 CLST 23:22 UT SidTim 248 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 329 deg Moonrise 03:32 CLST 07:32 UT SidTim 10 deg Morn -18 05:52 CLST 09:52 UT SidTim 46 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 06:09 CLST 10:09 UT SidTim 50 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 06:29 CLST 10:29 UT SidTim 55 deg Sunrise 07:05 CLST 11:05 UT SidTim 64 deg Moon position (deg): RA 88.6, Dec 19.0 Phase: 0.355
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 time, focal plane defocus
- if good afternoon calibrations use DECam/postnight_zeros.json
- otherwise use DECam/postnight_zeros_flats.json