09092016¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57641 (starting evening of September 9, 2016)¶
DES observes all night.
Observers¶
- Kyle Story (observer 1)
- Eve Kovacs (observer 2)
- Mei-Yu Wang (run manager)
CTIO Staff
- Manuel Hernandez - Obs. Support
- Alberto Alvarez - operator
- Staff calendar
Almanac
mjd 57641, date 20160909, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr
Current local time 05:31 CLST UT 08:31 SidTim 03:06
Sunset 19:39 CLST 22:39 UT SidTim 258 deg
Eve. -10 20:14 CLST 23:14 UT SidTim 267 deg Zeropoint; standards
Eve. -14 20:33 CLST 23:33 UT SidTim 272 deg Begin obstac
Eve. -18 20:51 CLST 23:51 UT SidTim 276 deg Last chance standards
Midpoint 01:40 CLST 04:40 UT SidTim 348 deg
Moonset 02:52 CLST 05:52 UT SidTim 7 deg
Morn -18 06:28 CLST 09:28 UT SidTim 61 deg Begin astronomical twilight
Morn Std 06:45 CLST 09:45 UT SidTim 65 deg End obstac; begin standards
Morn -10 07:05 CLST 10:05 UT SidTim 70 deg
Sunrise 07:40 CLST 10:40 UT SidTim 79 deg
Moon position (deg): RA 264.7, Dec -17.8 Phase: 0.523
Weather Conditions
- Forecast for tomorrow looks clear and calm.
- Detailed hourly forecast | Satellite maps
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- Full night of DES observing in Y4
- Evening standards: [Yzirg ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2016/09/09 23:14' Local time = 20:14 SDSSJ1442-0005 ra 14:42:00 dec -00:05:00 secz 1.7 SF1615_CCD_35 ra 16:18:14 dec +00:05:08 secz 1.3 E8-A ra 20:07:22 dec -44:37:01 secz 1.2
- Run doughnut observation DES/defocus_nightly.json
- obstac
- Try to observe the Alhambra field in izY.
Criteria:
- seeing (i) < 1.1 arcsec
- extinction (i) < 0.2
- Morning standards: [grizY orderesd scripts]
UT Date = '2016/09/10 09:45' Local time = 06:45 SDSSJ0100-0000 ra 01:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.8 GD71_CCD_35 ra 05:52:28 dec +15:58:17 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 | Satellite maps