08312014¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 56901 (starting evening of Aug 31, 2014)¶
Observers¶
- Paul Williams
- Ravi Gupta
- Jen Marshall
- Brian Nord
CTIO staff¶
- Manuel Hernandez
- Alberto Alvarez
Almanac [via kenttools>ephem]¶
mjd 56901, date 20140831, Site CTIO, UT-offset 4 hr Current local time 18:53 CLST UT 22:53 SidTim 16:51 Sunset 18:34 CLST 22:34 UT SidTim 248 deg Eve. -10 19:09 CLST 23:09 UT SidTim 256 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 19:28 CLST 23:28 UT SidTim 261 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 19:46 CLST 23:46 UT SidTim 266 deg Last chance standards Moonset 00:03 CLST 04:03 UT SidTim 330 deg Midpoint 00:43 CLST 04:43 UT SidTim 340 deg Morn -18 05:39 CLST 09:39 UT SidTim 54 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 05:57 CLST 09:57 UT SidTim 58 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 06:17 CLST 10:17 UT SidTim 64 deg Sunrise 06:52 CLST 10:52 UT SidTim 72 deg Moon position (deg): RA 230.7, Dec -15.3 Phase: 0.379
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