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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2012-11-15

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Date: 
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
David Herrera
Observer Support: 
Hernan Tirado
Night Assistant: 
Claudio Aguilera
Also Present: 
Dara Norman, Abi Saha
Problems: 
* Our night (DECamSV team's) was to start at 1:30AM, like al this run, but around 1:15AM at the end of DES observations, the air support for the mirror failed. It was recovered, observations resumed, but the system failed again. After several checks, tests, and finally assistance from Javier Rojas (Electronic Engineer), they determined is a more serious fix that can not be done now, has to wait to the morning, so they night was called at 1:45AM...
Conditions: 
General Conditions
Temperature Max: 
20.00
Temperature Min: 
13.00
Humidity Max: 
30
Humidity Min: 
10
Wind Speed Max: 
7.00
Wind Speed Min: 
1.00
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
Program: 
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
0.0
Time Engineering: 
0.5
Time lost technical: 
0.5
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
DECam SV
Institution: 
NOAO
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
1
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2012-11-15 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1