08202015¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57255 (starting evening of Aug 20, 2015)¶
DES has the second half of the night. Switchover occurs at the midpoint of the night.
Observers¶
- Anna Schooneveld (observer 1)
- Michael Baumer (observer 2, run manager)
CTIO Staff¶
- Hernan Tirado - Obs. Support
- Claudio Aguilera - operator
- Staff calendar
Almanac¶
mjd 57254, date 20150819, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 14:17 CLST UT 17:17 SidTim 10:25 Sunset 19:27 CLST 22:27 UT SidTim 234 deg Eve. -10 20:03 CLST 23:03 UT SidTim 243 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 20:22 CLST 23:22 UT SidTim 248 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 20:40 CLST 23:40 UT SidTim 252 deg Last chance standards Moonset 23:51 CLST 02:51 UT SidTim 300 deg Midpoint 01:46 CLST 04:46 UT SidTim 329 deg Morn -18 06:52 CLST 09:52 UT SidTim 45 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 07:10 CLST 10:10 UT SidTim 50 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 07:30 CLST 10:30 UT SidTim 54 deg Sunrise 08:05 CLST 11:05 UT SidTim 64 deg Moon position (deg): RA 205.9, Dec -8.0 Phase: 0.304
Weather Conditions¶
- Clouds til 22:00, then clear. No wind, moderate humidity.
- Detailed hourly forecast | Satelite maps
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- Handover from community team
- midnight standards [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/08/21 04:46' Local time = 01:46 SDSSJ0100-0000 ra 01:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.6 SDSSJ2140-0000 ra 21:40:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2
- Obstac
- morning standards [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/08/21 10:29' Local time = 07:29 SDSSJ0000-0000 ra 00:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 2.1 SDSSJ0100-0000 ra 01:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.5 SDSSJ0320-0000 ra 03:20:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2
- Things to keep in mind:
- Watch for opportunity to do ptc scan. "Opportunity"= dome closed at night.
- defocus_nightly.json is suppose to be run weekly- when are we running next?
- According to Aaron, photometric conditions aren't important, but seeing should be below 1.2-1.3"
Useful links¶
Nightsum | CTIO Night Report | DECam Logbook
Tololo Environmental Web Page | Detailed hourly forecast | Satelite maps
Notes from the 4PM Meeting¶
- SISPI GUI starts running 5 minutes behind starting at 10:20 or 10:22UT. Gui commands are instant, but GUI report is stalled.
Other Notes¶
- Are there data to declare bad?
Yes, the apply_data_gui shows ~30 main survey observations to
declare bad- these are from nights earlier in the run. It seems
processing is catching up.
- When were the SN last observered?
hex_name seqtype last_complete SN-X3 long_z 2015-08-15 08:11:40.772673+00:00 SN-C3 long_g 2015-08-15 09:39:51.049968+00:00 SN-C3 long_r 2015-08-16 06:57:56.811583+00:00 SN-C3 long_i 2015-08-16 07:21:10.912875+00:00 SN-C1 short 2015-08-16 07:55:11.590322+00:00 SN-E2 short 2015-08-18 05:10:02.444071+00:00 SN-E1 short 2015-08-18 05:29:26.908197+00:00 SN-X1 short 2015-08-18 06:24:41.071989+00:00 SN-C2 short 2015-08-18 06:55:39.217558+00:00 SN-S2 short 2015-08-18 07:16:08.005556+00:00 SN-C3 long_z 2015-08-19 06:46:27.472666+00:00 SN-X2 short 2015-08-19 07:54:29.503592+00:00 SN-X3 long_g 2015-08-19 08:13:50.887950+00:00 SN-X3 long_r 2015-08-19 08:26:53.264549+00:00 SN-X3 long_i 2015-08-19 08:56:23.913999+00:00 SN-S1 short 2015-08-19 09:37:04.898586+00:00