09102015¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57276 (starting evening of Sep 10, 2015)¶
DES has half the night. Evening until 11:15 CLT, then start again at 4:15 CLT. David James on community support for the in-between time.
Observers¶
- Josh Frieman (observer 1)
- James Lasker (observer 2)
- Ross Cawthon (run manager)
CTIO Staff¶
- Manuel Hernandez - Obs. Support
- Alberto Alvarez - operator
- Staff calendar
Almanac¶
mjd 57276, date 20150910, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 15:54 CLST UT 18:54 SidTim 13:30 Sunset 19:39 CLST 22:39 UT SidTim 259 deg Eve. -10 20:14 CLST 23:14 UT SidTim 268 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 277 deg Last chance standards Midpoint 01:40 CLST 04:40 UT SidTim 349 deg Morn -18 06:28 CLST 09:28 UT SidTim 61 deg Begin astronomical twilight Moonrise 06:42 CLST 09:42 UT SidTim 64 deg 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 146.9, Dec 10.5 Phase: 0.140
Weather Conditions¶
- It is currently about 3/4 overcast (4 pm) but the forecast is for it to be completely clear tonight.
- Detailed hourly forecast | Satelite maps
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- DES 20:14-23:15 CLT and again from 04:15-06:45. Community time in between.
- Beginning of night and end of night standards [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/09/10 23:14' Local time = 20:14 SDSSJ1442-0005 ra 14:42:00 dec -00:05:00 secz 1.7 E6-A ra 14:45:33 dec -45:15:34 secz 1.3 E8-A ra 20:07:22 dec -44:37:01 secz 1.2
- Obstac until standards (if clear), 6:45am
- morning standards (if clear) [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/09/11 09:45' Local time = 06:45 SDSSJ0100-0000 ra 01:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.8 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¶
All good. Data is up to date.
DESDM & DQ
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All good. Data is up to date.
Other Notes¶
- When were the SN fields last observered?
hex_name seqtype last_complete 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-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 SN-E1 short 2015-09-08 02:14:29.456176+00:00 SN-E2 short 2015-09-08 07:31:41.142605+00:00 SN-X2 short 2015-09-08 07:53:01.095089+00:00 SN-X3 long_i 2015-09-08 08:12:34.924511+00:00 SN-X3 long_z 2015-09-08 08:46:41.064389+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