11282014¶
Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 56990 (starting evening of Nov 27, 2014)¶
Observers¶
- Nikolay Kuropatkin (observer1)
- Chris Smith (observer2)
- Lucy Clerkin (run manager)
CTIO Staff¶
- Rodrigo Hernandez
- Claudio Aguilera
Almanac¶
mjd 56990, date 20141128, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 14:17 CLST UT 17:17 SidTim 17:05 Sunset 20:36 CLST 23:36 UT SidTim 351 deg Eve. -10 21:16 CLST 00:16 UT SidTim 1 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 21:38 CLST 00:38 UT SidTim 6 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 22:01 CLST 01:01 UT SidTim 12 deg Last chance standards Midpoint 01:31 CLST 04:31 UT SidTim 65 deg Moonset 01:44 CLST 04:44 UT SidTim 68 deg Morn -18 05:01 CLST 08:01 UT SidTim 117 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 05:24 CLST 08:24 UT SidTim 123 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 05:46 CLST 08:46 UT SidTim 128 deg Sunrise 06:26 CLST 09:26 UT SidTim 138 deg Moon position (deg): RA 333.5, Dec -6.3 Phase: 0.481
Weather Conditions¶
Complete cloud cover except for some clear patches in the North west in the afternoon.
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- Afternoon calibrations
- Standards
UT Date = '2014/11/29 00:16' Local time = 21:16 SDSSJ0320-0000 ra 03:20:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.8 SDSSJ0200-0000 ra 02:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.3 SDSSJ0000-0000 ra 00:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2
- ObsTac
- End of night standards
UT Date = '2014/11/29 08:24' Local time = 05:24 C26202/HST ra 03:32:30 dec -27:46:05 secz 2.0 SDSSJ1048-0000 ra 10:48:00 dec +00:00:00 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