Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57387 (starting evening of 2015/12/30)¶
DES (2012B-0001)
Observers¶
- David Gerdes (Observer 1 / RM)
- Stephanie Jouvel (Observer 2)
CTIO Staff¶
- Claudio Aguilera
- Manuel Hernandez
- Carlos Corco
Almanac¶
mjd 57387, date 20151230, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 16:05 CLST UT 19:05 SidTim 20:58 Sunset 20:55 CLST 23:55 UT SidTim 27 deg Eve. -10 21:36 CLST 00:36 UT SidTim 37 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 21:59 CLST 00:59 UT SidTim 43 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 22:23 CLST 01:23 UT SidTim 49 deg Last chance standards Moonrise 00:26 CLST 03:26 UT SidTim 80 deg Midpoint 01:46 CLST 04:46 UT SidTim 100 deg Morn -18 05:08 CLST 08:08 UT SidTim 150 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 05:32 CLST 08:32 UT SidTim 156 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 05:55 CLST 08:55 UT SidTim 162 deg Sunrise 06:36 CLST 09:36 UT SidTim 172 deg Moon position (deg): RA 168.6, Dec 4.9 Phase: 0.631
Weather Conditions¶
- Afternoon: clear and calm
- Forecast looks great
- Detailed hourly forecast | Satellite maps
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
SN fields X3zr obstac
SN fields X1 with script
SN fields C3z, C3i, C2 obstac
- evening standards (if clear) [Yzirg ordered scripts]
UT Date = now Local time = 21:32 SDSSJ2300-0000 ra 23:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.8 SDSSJ0000-0000 ra 00:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.4 SDSSJ0200-0000 ra 02:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2
- Obstac.
- half-night standards (if clear) [grizY ordered scripts]
UT Date = now Local time = 01:22 SDSSJ0958-0010 ra 09:58:00 dec -00:10:00 secz 1.9 SDSSJ0843-0000 ra 08:43:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.4 MaxVis ra 06:30:00 dec -58:45:00 secz 1.1
Notes from the 4PM Meeting and Additional Comments.¶
Work ongoing on the dome to fix one of the motor failure which happened on the night of the 2015/12/29.
Notes from Observers¶
See Night summary