09012015¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57267 (starting evening of Sep 1, 2015)¶
DES has the second half of the night. Switchover occurs at the midpoint of the night.
Observers¶
- Kathy Vivas (observer 2, run manager)
- James Lasker (observer 1)
CTIO Staff¶
- Hernan Tirado - Obs. Support
- Alberto Alvarez - operator
- David James - Scientific Support (first half of the night)
- Staff calendar
Almanac¶
mjd 57267, date 20150901, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 11:35 CLST UT 14:35 SidTim 08:35 Sunset 19:34 CLST 22:34 UT SidTim 249 deg Eve. -10 20:09 CLST 23:09 UT SidTim 258 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 20:28 CLST 23:28 UT SidTim 262 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 20:47 CLST 23:47 UT SidTim 267 deg Last chance standards Moonrise 22:57 CLST 01:57 UT SidTim 299 deg Midpoint 01:43 CLST 04:43 UT SidTim 341 deg Morn -18 06:39 CLST 09:39 UT SidTim 55 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 06:56 CLST 09:56 UT SidTim 59 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 07:16 CLST 10:16 UT SidTim 64 deg Sunrise 07:51 CLST 10:51 UT SidTim 73 deg Moon position (deg): RA 26.9, Dec 8.9 Phase: 0.759
Weather Conditions¶
- Clear. Forecast looks good
- Detailed hourly forecast | Satelite maps
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- Handover from community team at 01:43am local time
- midnight standards [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/09/02 04:43' Local time = 01:43 SDSSJ2140-0000 ra 21:40:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2 Moon separation=47 deg E9-A ra 22:45:37 dec -44:22:47 secz 1.0 Monn separation=56 deg C26202/HST ra 03:32:30 dec -27:46:05 secz 2.0
- Obstac until standards (clear), 6:56am
- morning standards (if clear) [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/09/02 09:56' Local time = 06:56 SDSSJ0100-0000 ra 01:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.6 Moon separation=17 deg SDSSJ0320-0000 ra 03:20:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2 Moon separation=23 deg C26202/HST ra 03:32:30 dec -27:46:05 secz 1.0 Moon separation=44deg
Useful links¶
Nightsum | CTIO Night Report | DECam Logbook
Tololo Environmental Web Page | Detailed hourly forecast | Satelite maps
Notes from the 4PM Meeting¶
DESDM & DQ
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Got the data. Some 140 arrived this morning and are processing now.
All SN are done. All are good according to SN group.
Got yesterday’s dome flats even though under 1st half propid.
Other Notes¶
- When were the SN fields last observered?
hex_name seqtype last_complete SN-C3 long_g 2015-08-21 07:59:35.199632+00:00 SN-X1 short 2015-08-23 06:05:35.830077+00:00 SN-X3 long_g 2015-08-23 07:44:44.665076+00:00 SN-X3 long_r 2015-08-23 07:57:53.560026+00:00 SN-S1 short 2015-08-24 08:35:30.958022+00:00 SN-E1 short 2015-08-31 05:01:30.515175+00:00 SN-E2 short 2015-08-31 05:21:00.892304+00:00 SN-X3 long_z 2015-08-31 05:43:50.081968+00:00 SN-S2 short 2015-08-31 06:51:57.908507+00:00 SN-C3 long_z 2015-08-31 07:12:40.316236+00:00 SN-C3 long_r 2015-08-31 08:19:57.652367+00:00 SN-C1 short 2015-08-31 08:43:03.912035+00:00 SN-X2 short 2015-08-31 09:03:41.268213+00:00 SN-X3 long_i 2015-08-31 09:23:20.835355+00:00 SN-C3 long_i 2015-09-01 05:55:06.552767+00:00 SN-C2 short 2015-09-01 06:29:10.391479+00:00