10312015¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57327 (starting evening of Oct 31, 2015)¶
DES (2012B-0001)
Observers¶
- R. Chris Smith (Observer 2)
- Danny Goldstein (Observer 1)
- Nikolay Kuropatkin (Run Manager)
CTIO Staff¶
- Hernan Tirado - Obs. Support
- Claudio Aguilera - operator
- Staff calendar
Almanac¶
mjd 57327, date 20151031, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 15:46 CLST UT 18:46 SidTim 16:42 Sunset 20:12 CLST 23:12 UT SidTim 317 deg Eve. -10 20:49 CLST 23:49 UT SidTim 326 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 21:09 CLST 00:09 UT SidTim 332 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 21:30 CLST 00:30 UT SidTim 337 deg Last chance standards Moonrise 00:30 CLST 03:30 UT SidTim 22 deg Midpoint 01:26 CLST 04:26 UT SidTim 36 deg Morn -18 05:22 CLST 08:22 UT SidTim 95 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 05:43 CLST 08:43 UT SidTim 100 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 06:04 CLST 09:04 UT SidTim 105 deg Sunrise 06:41 CLST 09:41 UT SidTim 114 deg Moon position (deg): RA 102.2, Dec 18.5 Phase: 0.647
Weather Conditions¶
- Cloudy in the afternoon
- Forecast is clear at beginning with increasing clouds from midnight
- Detailed hourly forecast | Satelite maps
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- evening standards
UT Date = '2015/10/31 23:49' Local time = 20:49 SDSSJ0100-0000 ra 01:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.7 SDSSJ0000-0000 ra 00:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.4 SDSSJ2140-0000 ra 21:40:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2
- Obstac
- morning standards (if clear) [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2015/11/01 8:43' Local time = 05:43 SDSSJ0320-0000 ra 03:20:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.8 SDSSJ0933-0005 ra 09:33:00 dec -00:05:00 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 4 p.m. meeting today