11062018¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 58429 (starting evening of Nov 6, 2018)¶
DES has the full night.
Observers¶
- Yuanyuan Zhang (Run Manager)
- Joe Derose (observer 1)
- Matt Kirby (observer 2)
CTIO Staff¶
- David Rojas
- Humberto Orrego
- Staff calendar
Almanac¶
from kentools ephem
mjd 58429, date 20181106, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 06:03 CLST UT 09:03 SidTim 07:24 Event Local-Time Greenwich Sidereal-Time Sunset 20:17 CLST 23:17 UT 21:38 324 deg Eve. -10 20:55 CLST 23:55 UT 22:16 334 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 21:15 CLST 00:15 UT 22:37 339 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 21:37 CLST 00:37 UT 22:58 344 deg Last chance standards Midpoint 01:26 CLST 04:26 UT 02:48 42 deg Morn -18 05:16 CLST 08:16 UT 06:37 99 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn -14 05:37 CLST 08:37 UT 06:59 105 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 05:58 CLST 08:58 UT 07:19 110 deg Sunrise 06:36 CLST 09:36 UT 07:57 119 deg Moon position (deg): RA 218.0, Dec -9.1 Phase: 0.040
Weather Conditions¶
- Clear sky, breezy.
- Tonight: clear, light air, humidity 30 to 50%.
- Detailed hourly forecast | Satellite maps
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- DES full night
- Evening standards
UT Date = '2018/11/06 23:55' Local time = 20:55 SDSSJ0200-0000 ra 02:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 2.1 SDSSJ0100-0000 ra 01:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.5 SDSSJ2140-0000 ra 21:40:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2
- Obstac as long as seeing is < 1.6 arcsec, reverberation, Photosweeps, narrowband, additional script if any.
- Morning standards
UT Date = '2018/11/07 08:37' Local time = 05:37 SDSSJ0320-0000 ra 03:20:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 2.0 SDSSJ0958-0010 ra 09:58:00 dec -00:10:00 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 | Satellite maps