0907015¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57273 (starting evening of Sep 7, 2015)¶
DES has half the night. Evening until 11:30 CLT, then start again at 4:30 CLT. David James on community support for the in-between time.
Observers¶
- Ross Cawthon (observer 2, run manager)
- David James (observer 1)
CTIO Staff¶
- Manuel Hernandez - Obs. Support
- Claudio Aguilera - operator
- Staff calendar
Almanac¶
mjd 57273, date 20150907, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 17:47 CLST UT 20:47 SidTim 15:11 Sunset 19:38 CLST 22:38 UT SidTim 255 deg Eve. -10 20:13 CLST 23:13 UT SidTim 264 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 20:31 CLST 23:31 UT SidTim 269 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 20:50 CLST 23:50 UT SidTim 273 deg Last chance standards Midpoint 01:41 CLST 04:41 UT SidTim 346 deg Moonrise 04:41 CLST 07:41 UT SidTim 31 deg Morn -18 06:31 CLST 09:31 UT SidTim 59 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 06:49 CLST 09:49 UT SidTim 63 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 07:09 CLST 10:09 UT SidTim 68 deg Sunrise 07:43 CLST 10:43 UT SidTim 77 deg Moon position (deg): RA 110.1, Dec 17.5 Phase: 0.331
Weather Conditions¶
- It is cloudy at the moment (~6 PM) but forecast is for it to clear up in the next few hours. Humidity is high and could be an issue, but it's expected to drop as the night goes on.
- Detailed hourly forecast | Satelite maps
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- DES 20:13-23:30 CLT and again from 04:30-06:49. Community time in between.
- Beginning of night and end of night standards [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/09/07 23:13' Local time = 20:13 SDSSJ1442-0005 ra 14:42:00 dec -00:05:00 secz 1.6 E8-A ra 20:07:22 dec -44:37:01 secz 1.2
- Obstac until standards (if clear), 6:49am
- morning standards (if clear) [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/09/08 09:49' Local time = 06:49 SDSSJ0100-0000 ra 01:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.7 SDSSJ0200-0000 ra 02:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.4 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¶
No meeting, same plan as yesterday.
DESDM & DQ
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Other Notes¶
- When were the SN fields last observered?
hex_name seqtype last_complete hex_name seqtype last_complete 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 SN-X1 short 2015-09-03 05:22:04.697100+00:00 SN-X3 long_r 2015-09-03 05:41:23.293242+00:00 SN-C3 long_g 2015-09-03 06:05:22.904042+00:00 SN-X3 long_g 2015-09-04 05:27:04.768474+00:00 SN-S1 short 2015-09-04 06:07:50.563481+00:00