09282015¶

Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57294 (starting evening of Sep 28, 2015)¶

DES + community project (2015A-0322)

Observers¶

• Kathy Vivas (observer 1, observer 2, run manager, ...)

CTIO Staff¶

• Hernan Tirado - Obs. Support
• Alberto Alvarez - operator
• Staff calendar

Almanac¶

mjd 57294, date 20150928, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr
Current local time 16:18 CLST     UT 19:18     SidTim 15:04
Sunset     19:49 CLST  22:49 UT   SidTim  279 deg
Eve. -10   20:24 CLST  23:24 UT   SidTim  288 deg  Zeropoint; standards
Moonrise   20:35 CLST  23:35 UT   SidTim  290 deg
Eve. -14   20:43 CLST  23:43 UT   SidTim  292 deg  Begin obstac
Eve. -18   21:02 CLST  00:02 UT   SidTim  297 deg  Last chance standards
Midpoint   01:33 CLST  04:33 UT   SidTim    5 deg
Morn -18   06:04 CLST  09:04 UT   SidTim   73 deg  Begin astronomical twilight
Morn Std   06:22 CLST  09:22 UT   SidTim   77 deg  End obstac; begin standards
Morn -10   06:42 CLST  09:42 UT   SidTim   82 deg
Sunrise    07:17 CLST  10:17 UT   SidTim   91 deg
Moon position (deg): RA 20.3, Dec 7.1 Phase: 0.927

Weather Conditions¶

• Perfect blue
• Detailed hourly forecast | Satelite maps

Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶

• Beginning of night standards [Yzirg ordered scripts]

UT Date = '2015/09/28 23:24'     Local time = 20:24
SDSSJ2140-0000        ra 21:40:00  dec +00:00:00  secz 1.5
E8-A                  ra 20:07:22  dec -44:37:01  secz 1.1

• Community script (5 minutes long) each ~1 hour.

• Obstac

• morning standards (if clear) [grizY ordered scripts]

UT Date = '2015/09/29 06:22'     Local time = 03:22
SDSSJ2300-0000        ra 23:00:00  dec +00:00:00  secz 1.7
SDSSJ0000-0000        ra 00:00:00  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¶

Other Notes¶

• When were the SN fields last observered?
  

  hex_name        seqtype last_complete
  SN-X3   long_g  2015-09-22 04:19:03.200579+00:00
  SN-C3   long_g  2015-09-22 06:05:32.355757+00:00
  SN-S1   short   2015-09-22 08:05:26.793939+00:00
  SN-X1   short   2015-09-23 04:03:19.196158+00:00
  SN-E1   short   2015-09-25 01:10:10.616284+00:00
  SN-X2   short   2015-09-25 03:57:51.444869+00:00
  SN-C2   short   2015-09-25 04:28:00.906168+00:00
  SN-E2   short   2015-09-26 01:53:29.689943+00:00
  SN-X3   long_i  2015-09-26 04:00:57.599150+00:00
  SN-C1   short   2015-09-26 04:35:54.392963+00:00
  SN-C3   long_r  2015-09-26 04:55:20.618374+00:00
  SN-S2   short   2015-09-26 05:19:33.437486+00:00
  SN-X3   long_r  2015-09-26 05:39:15.453729+00:00
  SN-X3   long_z  2015-09-26 06:02:33.717471+00:00
  SN-C3   long_z  2015-09-27 04:15:04.686438+00:00
  SN-C3   long_i  2015-09-27 05:28:13.661846+00:00