Nightly Observing Plan for MJD 57388 (starting evening of 12/31/15)¶
DES (2012B-0001)
Observers¶
- Stephanie Jouvel (Observer 1)
- David Gerdes (Observer 2 / RM)
CTIO Staff¶
- Manuel Hernandez
- Alberto Alvarez
Almanac¶
mjd 57388, date 20151231, Site CTIO, UT-offset 3 hr Current local time 17:45 CLST UT 20:45 SidTim 22:42 Sunset 20:56 CLST 23:56 UT SidTim 28 deg Eve. -10 21:36 CLST 00:36 UT SidTim 38 deg Zeropoint; standards Eve. -14 21:59 CLST 00:59 UT SidTim 44 deg Begin obstac Eve. -18 22:23 CLST 01:23 UT SidTim 50 deg Last chance standards Moonrise 01:00 CLST 04:00 UT SidTim 89 deg Midpoint 01:46 CLST 04:46 UT SidTim 101 deg Morn -18 05:09 CLST 08:09 UT SidTim 152 deg Begin astronomical twilight Morn Std 05:33 CLST 08:33 UT SidTim 158 deg End obstac; begin standards Morn -10 05:56 CLST 08:56 UT SidTim 163 deg Sunrise 06:37 CLST 09:37 UT SidTim 174 deg Moon position (deg): RA 180.0, Dec 1.2 Phase: 0.575
Weather Conditions¶
- Clear in the afternoon, 5-10mph winds
- Forecast looks good
- Detailed hourly forecast | Satelite maps
Observing Plan and Goals for the Night¶
- evening standards (if clear) [Yzirgu ordered scripts]
UT Date = '2016/01/01 00:38' Local time = 21:38 SDSSJ2300-0000 ra 23:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 2.0 SDSSJ0000-0000 ra 00:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.5 SDSSJ0200-0000 ra 02:00:00 dec +00:00:00 secz 1.2
- Obstac (X1 field on deadman)
- X3-u script
- GW ToO: 2x40 min
- Obstac (wide survey_
- middle-of-night standards (if clear) [ugrizY ordered scripts]
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