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¶
- Clouds below zenith of 45 degrees in the south, predicted to clear. Moderate wind, low humidity.
- Detailed hourly forecast | Satelite maps
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- Handover from community team
- midnight standards [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/08/23 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