11242014¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 56986 (starting evening of Nov 24, 2014)¶
Observers¶
- Lucinda Clerkin (observer1)
- Nikolay Kuropatkin (observer2)
- Ting Li (run manager)
CTIO Staff¶
- Leonardo Paredes
- Alberto Álvarez
Almanac¶
mjd 56986, date 20141124, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 15:33 CLST UT 18:33 SidTim 18:05 Sunset 20:32 CLST 23:32 UT SidTim 346 deg Eve. -10 21:12 CLST 00:12 UT SidTim 356 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 21:34 CLST 00:34 UT SidTim 2 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 21:57 CLST 00:57 UT SidTim 7 deg Last chance standards Moonset 22:32 CLST 01:32 UT SidTim 16 deg Midpoint 01:30 CLST 04:30 UT SidTim 60 deg Morn -18 05:02 CLST 08:02 UT SidTim 114 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 05:25 CLST 08:25 UT SidTim 119 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 05:47 CLST 08:47 UT SidTim 125 deg Sunrise 06:27 CLST 09:27 UT SidTim 135 deg Moon position (deg): RA 276.8, Dec -17.5 Phase: 0.184
Weather Conditions¶
Mostly cloudy in the afternoon
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- Afternoon calibrations
- skipping standards if the sky remains cloudy.
- Standards
UT Date = '2014/11/25 00:12' Local time = 21:12 SDSSJ0320-0000 ra 03:20:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 2.0 SDSSJ0200-0000 ra 02:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.4 SDSSJ0000-0000 ra 00:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2
- ObsTac
- End of night standards
UT Date = '2014/11/25 08:25' Local time = 05:25 C26202/HST ra 03:32:30 dec -27:46:05 secz 1.9 SDSSJ1048-0000 ra 10:48:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.6 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