09112014¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 56912 (starting evening of Sept 11, 2014)¶
Observers¶
- Elmer Fidel Luque Canaza
- Basilio Santiago
- David James
- Andres A. Plazas
CTIO staff¶
- Manuel Hernandez
- Alberto Alvarez
Almanac [via kenttools>ephem]¶
mjd 56912, date 20140911, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 21:22 CLST UT 00:22 SidTim 19:02 Sunset 19:40 CLST 22:40 UT SidTim 260 deg Eve. -10 20:15 CLST 23:15 UT SidTim 269 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 20:33 CLST 23:33 UT SidTim 274 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 20:52 CLST 23:52 UT SidTim 278 deg Last chance standards Moonrise 22:39 CLST 01:39 UT SidTim 305 deg Midpoint 01:39 CLST 04:39 UT SidTim 350 deg Morn -18 06:26 CLST 09:26 UT SidTim 62 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 06:43 CLST 09:43 UT SidTim 66 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 07:03 CLST 10:03 UT SidTim 71 deg Sunrise 07:38 CLST 10:38 UT SidTim 80 deg Moon position (deg): RA 30.8, Dec 11.7 Phase: 0.787
Weather Conditions¶
High cirrus in the afternoon and early night. It will clear out more according to forecast.
High wind speed (about 20 mph) at the beginning of the night.
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- Afternoon calibrations
- Standards
- ObsTac
- End of night calibrations