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Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57268 (starting evening of Sep 2, 2015)

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

Observers

  • Ross Cawthon (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 57268, date 20150902, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr
Current local time 15:46 CLST     UT 18:46     SidTim 12:50
Sunset     19:35 CLST  22:35 UT   SidTim  250 deg  
Eve. -10   20:10 CLST  23:10 UT   SidTim  258 deg  Zeropoint; standards
Eve. -14   20:29 CLST  23:29 UT   SidTim  263 deg  Begin obstac
Eve. -18   20:47 CLST  23:47 UT   SidTim  268 deg  Last chance standards
Moonrise   00:02 CLST  03:02 UT   SidTim  316 deg  
Midpoint   01:42 CLST  04:42 UT   SidTim  342 deg  
Morn -18   06:37 CLST  09:37 UT   SidTim   55 deg  Begin astronomical twilight
Morn Std   06:54 CLST  09:54 UT   SidTim   60 deg  End obstac; begin standards
Morn -10   07:14 CLST  10:14 UT   SidTim   64 deg  
Sunrise    07:49 CLST  10:49 UT   SidTim   73 deg  
Moon position (deg): RA 41.2, Dec 12.7 Phase: 0.685

Weather Conditions

Observing Plan and Goals for the Night

  • Handover from community team at 01:42am local time
  • midnight standards [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/09/03 04:42'     Local time = 01:42
SDSSJ0200-0000        ra 02:00:00  dec +00:00:00  secz 1.7   Moon separation=14 degrees SKIP
SDSSJ0100-0000        ra 01:00:00  dec +00:00:00  secz 1.4   Moon separation=25 degrees SKIP
SDSSJ2300-0000        ra 23:00:00  dec +00:00:00  secz 1.2   Moon separation=53 degrees
Add in:
C26202/HST            ra 03:32:30  dec -27:46:05  secz 1.9  moon separation=43 degrees

Plan is for the 2 stars above at mid-night. Away from moon and high/low airmass. Same 2 stars David James used last night.
  • Obstac until standards (clear), 6:54am
  • morning standards (if clear) [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/09/03 09:54'     Local time = 06:54
SDSSJ0100-0000        ra 01:00:00  dec +00:00:00  secz 1.6
SDSSJ0320-0000        ra 03:20:00  dec +00:00:00  secz 1.2

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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No SN yesterday. Performed Fetch and Load today to update ObsTac on bad images from last few nights.

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