11172014¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 56979 (starting evening of Nov 17, 2014)¶
Observers¶
- Christina Krawiec (observer1)
- Dominik Gangkofner (observer2)
- Chris D'Andrea (run manager)
CTIO Staff¶
- Manuel Hernandez
- Claudio Aguilera / Rodrigo Hernandez
Almanac¶
mjd 56979, date 20141117, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 12:42 CLST UT 15:42 SidTim 14:47 Sunset 20:26 CLST 23:26 UT SidTim 338 deg Eve. -10 21:05 CLST 00:05 UT SidTim 348 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 21:27 CLST 00:27 UT SidTim 353 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 21:49 CLST 00:49 UT SidTim 358 deg Last chance standards Midpoint 01:28 CLST 04:28 UT SidTim 53 deg Moonrise 04:07 CLST 07:07 UT SidTim 93 deg Morn -18 05:06 CLST 08:06 UT SidTim 108 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 05:29 CLST 08:29 UT SidTim 113 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 05:50 CLST 08:50 UT SidTim 119 deg Sunrise 06:29 CLST 09:29 UT SidTim 128 deg Moon position (deg): RA 184.2, Dec -2.5 Phase: 0.289
Weather Conditions¶
Clear in the afternoon. Clouds on the horizon; hope they stay there. Winds around 8-10mph. Low humidity 32%.
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- Afternoon calibrations
- Standards
UT Date = '2014/11/18 00:05' Local time = 21:05 C26202/HST ra 03:32:30 dec -27:46:05 secz 1.8 SDSSJ0200-0000 ra 02:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.6 SDSSJ2300-0000 ra 23:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2
- ObsTac
- End of night standards
UT Date = '2014/11/17 08:30' Local time = 05:30 SDSSJ1048-0000 ra 10:48:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.7 SDSSJ0958-0010 ra 09:58:00 dec -00:10:00 secz 1.4 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