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08222015

Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57257 (starting evening of Aug 22, 2015)

DES has the second half of the night. Switchover occurs at the midpoint of the night.

Observers

  • Anna Schooneveld (observer 2, run manager IT)
  • Michael Baumer (observer 1)

CTIO Staff

  • Hernan Tirado - Obs. Support
  • Claudio Aguilera - operator
  • Staff calendar

Almanac

mjd 57257, date 20150822, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr
Current local time 00:24 CLST     UT 03:24     SidTim 20:45
Sunset     19:29 CLST  22:29 UT   SidTim  238 deg  
Eve. -10   20:04 CLST  23:04 UT   SidTim  246 deg  Zeropoint; standards
Eve. -14   20:23 CLST  23:23 UT   SidTim  251 deg  Begin obstac
Eve. -18   20:42 CLST  23:42 UT   SidTim  256 deg  Last chance standards
Midpoint   01:46 CLST  04:46 UT   SidTim  332 deg  
Moonset    02:31 CLST  05:31 UT   SidTim  343 deg  
Morn -18   06:49 CLST  09:49 UT   SidTim   48 deg  Begin astronomical twilight
Morn Std   07:07 CLST  10:07 UT   SidTim   52 deg  End obstac; begin standards
Morn -10   07:27 CLST  10:27 UT   SidTim   57 deg  
Sunrise    08:02 CLST  11:02 UT   SidTim   66 deg  
Moon position (deg): RA 242.3, Dec -16.0 Phase: 0.492

Weather Conditions

Observing Plan and Goals for the Night

  • Handover from community team
  • midnight standards [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/08/23 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 until standards (clear) or 07:19 (cloudy)
  • morning standards (if clear) [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/08/23 10:07'     Local time = 07:07
SDSSJ0000-0000        ra 00:00:00  dec +00:00:00  secz 1.9
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

  • No meeting

Other Notes

  • Are there data to declare bad?
    • Run apply_data_gui around midnight
  • When were the SN fields last observered?
    hex_name    seqtype    last_complete
SN-C3    long_i    2015-08-16 07:21:10.912875+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-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
SN-X3    long_z    2015-08-21 06:48:39.713315+00:00
SN-C3    long_g    2015-08-21 07:59:35.199632+00:00
SN-C3    long_r    2015-08-21 08:52:36.501165+00:00
SN-C1    short    2015-08-21 09:51:04.900456+00:00
SN-S2    short    2015-08-22 07:01:07.974123+00:00