08302014¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 56900 (starting evening of Aug 30, 2014)¶
Observers¶
- Paul Williams
- Jen Marshall
- Brian Nord
CTIO staff¶
- Manuel Hernandez
- Alberto Alvarez
Almanac [via kenttools>ephem]¶
mjd 56900, date 20140830, Site CTIO, UT-offset 4 hr Current local time 18:52 CLST UT 22:52 SidTim 16:45 Sunset 18:34 CLST 22:34 UT SidTim 247 deg Eve. -10 19:09 CLST 23:09 UT SidTim 256 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 19:27 CLST 23:27 UT SidTim 260 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 19:46 CLST 23:46 UT SidTim 265 deg Last chance standards Moonset 23:07 CLST 03:07 UT SidTim 315 deg Midpoint 00:43 CLST 04:43 UT SidTim 339 deg Morn -18 05:41 CLST 09:41 UT SidTim 54 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 05:58 CLST 09:58 UT SidTim 58 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 06:18 CLST 10:18 UT SidTim 63 deg Sunrise 06:53 CLST 10:53 UT SidTim 72 deg Moon position (deg): RA 217.8, Dec -12.7 Phase: 0.312
Weather Conditions¶
Cotton everywhere, with sprinkles of blue. clouds moving slowly.
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- Afternoon calibrations
- standards
- ObsTac
- End of night calibrations