10212015¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57317 (starting evening of October 21, 2015)
DES (2012B-0001)¶
Observers¶
- William Wester (Run Manager)
- Stephanie Hamilton (Observer 1) (Run Manager trainee)
- Zhang Zhang (Observer 2)
CTIO Staff¶
- Claudio Aguilera - operators
- Manuel Hernandez - Obs, Support
- Staff calendar
Almanac¶
mjd 57317, date 20151021, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 14:11 CLST UT 17:11 SidTim 14:28 Sunset 20:04 CLST 23:04 UT SidTim 305 deg Eve. -10 20:40 CLST 23:40 UT SidTim 314 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 21:00 CLST 00:00 UT SidTim 319 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 21:20 CLST 00:20 UT SidTim 324 deg Last chance standards Midpoint 01:27 CLST 04:27 UT SidTim 26 deg Moonset 03:21 CLST 06:21 UT SidTim 54 deg Morn -18 05:34 CLST 08:34 UT SidTim 88 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 05:54 CLST 08:54 UT SidTim 93 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 06:14 CLST 09:14 UT SidTim 98 deg Sunrise 06:50 CLST 09:50 UT SidTim 107 deg Moon position (deg): RA 315.9, Dec -12.2 Phase: 0.599
Weather Conditions¶
Clouds likely to start, but then should be clear in the morningObserving Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- Beginning of night standards (if clear) [Yzirg ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/10/21 23:40' Local time = 20:40 SDSSJ0000-0000 ra 00:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.7 SDSSJ2300-0000 ra 23:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.3 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 = '2015/10/22 08:54' Local time = 05:54 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¶
No meeting today