09152015¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57281 (starting evening of Sep 15, 2015)¶
DES has the full night.
Observers¶
- Ofer Lahav (observer 1)
- Devon Hollowood (observer 2)
- Alex Kim (run manager)
- Manuel Garcia-Fernandez (acclimating future observer)
CTIO Staff¶
- Hernan Tirado - Obs. Support
- Alberto Alvarez - operator
- Staff calendar
Almanac¶
mjd 57281, date 20150915, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 12:38 CLST UT 15:38 SidTim 10:33 Sunset 19:42 CLST 22:42 UT SidTim 264 deg Eve. -10 20:17 CLST 23:17 UT SidTim 273 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 20:35 CLST 23:35 UT SidTim 278 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 20:54 CLST 23:54 UT SidTim 282 deg Last chance standards Moonset 21:46 CLST 00:46 UT SidTim 296 deg Midpoint 01:38 CLST 04:38 UT SidTim 353 deg Morn -18 06:21 CLST 09:21 UT SidTim 64 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 06:39 CLST 09:39 UT SidTim 68 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 06:59 CLST 09:59 UT SidTim 74 deg Sunrise 07:33 CLST 10:33 UT SidTim 82 deg Moon position (deg): RA 203.1, Dec -7.0 Phase: 0.151
Weather Conditions¶
- Mostly cloudy overhead but clear skies in the E, NE horizon.
- Detailed hourly forecast | Satelite maps
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- DES 20:17 CLT to 06:59 CLT
- Beginning of night standards [Yzirg ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/09/15 23:17' Local time = 20:17 SDSSJ2140-0000 ra 21:40:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.9 E6-A ra 14:45:33 dec -45:15:34 secz 1.4 E8-A ra 20:07:22 dec -44:37:01 secz 1.1
- Obstac
- morning standards [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/09/16 9:39' Local time = 06:39 SDSSJ0100-0000 ra 01:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 2.0 SDSSJ0200-0000 ra 02:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.5 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¶
- Camera and Telescope - No problems.
- Last Night - Dome was not opened. Did DECal.
- DESDM & DQ - Will look at this after phone con.
* Forecast/Plan for Tonight - ObsTac run. SN X field later in the night. - New ObsTac installed: Tweak 1) 20 degree moon hard cut fixed. Tweak 2) redder bands during dark time reduced.
- Nightly calibration. Eric will upload new SISPI. We will ask Hernan to relaunch SISPI.
Other Notes¶
- When were the SN fields last observered?
hex_name seqtype last_complete 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_r 2015-09-11 07:46:29.777327+00:00 SN-S1 short 2015-09-11 09:09:54.635815+00:00 SN-E1 short 2015-09-12 02:00:46.752304+00:00 SN-S2 short 2015-09-12 07:22:38.092039+00:00 SN-C3 long_z 2015-09-12 07:43:10.006001+00:00 SN-C3 long_i 2015-09-12 08:50:47.646672+00:00 SN-C2 short 2015-09-12 09:25:00.543599+00:00 SN-E2 short 2015-09-13 04:26:58.318843+00:00 SN-X1 short 2015-09-13 04:52:28.072487+00:00 SN-X3 long_r 2015-09-13 05:12:03.453772+00:00 SN-C1 short 2015-09-13 05:36:05.207316+00:00 SN-C3 long_g 2015-09-13 05:55:43.368258+00:00 SN-X3 long_g 2015-09-13 06:10:54.455087+00:00 SN-X2 short 2015-09-13 07:09:42.924741+00:00