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Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 56973 (starting evening of Nov 11, 2014)¶
Observers¶
- Chris D'Andrea (observer1)
- Dominik Gangkofner (observer2)
- Ting Li (run manager)
CTIO Staff¶
- Hernan Tirado
- Alberto Alvarez
Almanac¶
mjd 56973, date 20141111, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 12:31 CLST UT 15:31 SidTim 14:12 Sunset 20:21 CLST 23:21 UT SidTim 330 deg Eve. -10 20:59 CLST 23:59 UT SidTim 340 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 21:20 CLST 00:20 UT SidTim 345 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 21:42 CLST 00:42 UT SidTim 351 deg Last chance standards Moonrise 00:31 CLST 03:31 UT SidTim 33 deg Midpoint 01:27 CLST 04:27 UT SidTim 47 deg Morn -18 05:11 CLST 08:11 UT SidTim 103 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 05:33 CLST 08:33 UT SidTim 108 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 05:54 CLST 08:54 UT SidTim 114 deg Sunrise 06:33 CLST 09:33 UT SidTim 123 deg Moon position (deg): RA 114.4, Dec 16.9 Phase: 0.639
Weather Conditions¶
pretty cloudy in the afternoon. only 10% of the sky is blue.
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
If the sky clears up:
- Afternoon calibrations
- Standards
UT Date = '2014/11/11 23:59' Local time = 20:59 SDSSJ0200-0000 ra 02:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.8 SDSSJ0100-0000 ra 01:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.4 SDSSJ2300-0000 ra 23:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2
- ObsTac
- End of night standards
UT Date = '2014/11/12 08:33' Local time = 05:33 SDSSJ1048-0000 ra 10:48:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.9 SDSSJ0958-0010 ra 09:58:00 dec -00:10:00 secz 1.5 SDSSJ0843-0000 ra 08:43:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2
- End of night calibration
- if good afternoon calibrations use DECam/postnight_zeros.json
- otherwise use DECam/postnight_zeros_flats.json
Otherwise, DECal(?)