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ENR CTIO 1.5-m 2021-02-24

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Date: 
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Telescope: 
CTIO 1.5-m
Submitter: 
Roberto Aviles
Submitter Email: 
Observer Support: 
None
Night Assistant: 
None
Problems: 

None.

Comments: 

- Previous to start the night, it was needed to do space on disk of ctimac3, and so the ctimac3 was rebooted twice. Later Leonardo also did space in the ctioe1 disk (now 165 Gb.)
- Failed to start integration on T0001167538, rebooted OPTGUI.
- 01:00 UT fails to START integration on T0007422496. Rebooted OPTGUI twice.
- file 1123 UNBINNED, rebooted OPTGUI once again, did not help because then integration fails to start. REBOOT did not help, images are still UNBINNED!
- Also problems tracking objects ~ 2 hours W -44 deg Declination, telescope drifts W.
- Note: files 1123, 1124 and 1125, UNBINNED! Might be a problem with the NOS (the schedule: object T0007422496 (NOS line # 8.)) Thanks to Marco Bonatti who inspected the system and tried to debug it. PLEASE CHECK!
- 03:22 UT Fails to start A071750_10 rebooted optgui, ok.
- HIP049046 is "near" the Moon (bright sky.)
- GJ447: does it have a high proper motion? CDS does not report that.
- 06:50 UT While on G2K001306, partially cloudy, fast moving clouds.
- 07:50 While on TOI-2485, clouds, guiding: telescope drifts W (happened twice: related to already reported tracking issues.) Last quarter of night, clearer to North, partially covered to South. Please note that DIMM lectures were affected by clouds so I report an estimation based on CTIO and SOAR available numbers.
- No time for:  HD328058, T0217933560 and G2K001092. Last integration completed with the Sun at -8.8 degrees of altitude.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Temperature Max: 
17.10
Temperature Min: 
15.90
Humidity Max: 
50
Humidity Min: 
45
Wind Speed Max: 
15.00
Wind Speed Min: 
5.00
Comment: 
Around 01:15 UT seeing reached 1.8["] but we were not properly observing due to system issues. Near 6 UT, clouds coming from N and W
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Thin Clouds
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
0.70
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
1
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
0.80
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
3
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Partially cloudy
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
5
Program: 
Proposal: 
K Kids
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
8.5
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
1.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Primary Investigator: 
Todd Henry
Institution: 
SMARTS
Instrument: 
CTIO 1.5m Echelle
Total Program Time: 
9.5
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2021-02-24 8.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 9.5