10142015¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57310 (starting evening of October 14, 2015)
DES (2012B-0001)¶
Observers¶
- Ann Elliott (Run Manager)
- William Wester (Observer 1)
- Lucas Beaufore (Observer 2)
CTIO Staff¶
- Alberto Alvarez - operator
- Hernan Tirado - Obs, Support
- Staff calendar
Almanac¶
mjd 57310, date 20151014, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 13:14 CLST UT 16:14 SidTim 13:04 Sunset 19:59 CLST 22:59 UT SidTim 297 deg Eve. -10 20:35 CLST 23:35 UT SidTim 306 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 20:54 CLST 23:54 UT SidTim 311 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 21:14 CLST 00:14 UT SidTim 316 deg Last chance standards Moonset 21:26 CLST 00:26 UT SidTim 319 deg Midpoint 01:29 CLST 04:29 UT SidTim 20 deg Morn -18 05:43 CLST 08:43 UT SidTim 83 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 06:02 CLST 09:02 UT SidTim 88 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 06:22 CLST 09:22 UT SidTim 93 deg Sunrise 06:58 CLST 09:58 UT SidTim 102 deg Moon position (deg): RA 223.7, Dec -12.3 Phase: 0.118
Weather Conditions¶
- Forecast indicates heavy clouds at start of night, thinning out around midnight.
- Detailed hourly forecast | Satelite maps
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- Beginning of night standards (if clear, which is unlikely) [Yzirg ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/10/14 23:35' Local time = 20:35 SDSSJ0000-0000 ra 00:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 2.0 SDSSJ2300-0000 ra 23:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.5 SDSSJ2140-0000 ra 21:40:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2
- Standard Obstac observation
- Morning standards (if clear) [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/10/15 09:22' Local time = 06:22 SDSSJ0958-0010 ra 09:58:00 dec -00:10:00 secz 2.1 SDSSJ0320-0000 ra 03:20:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.6 MaxVis ra 06:30:00 dec -58:45:00 secz 1.1
Useful links¶
Nightsum | CTIO Night Report | DECam Logbook
Tololo Environmental Web Page | Detailed hourly forecast | Satelite maps
Notes from the 4PM Meeting¶
N/A