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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2013-01-16

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Date: 
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
bob nichol
Submitter Email: 
bob.nichol@port.ac.uk
Observer Support: 
Hernan Tirado
Night Assistant: 
Claudio Aguilera
Also Present: 
dave wittman, david gerdes, lyndsay Old, Kai Hoffmann
Problems: 

First half: No telescope problems

Second half: lost 45 minutes at handoff due to flawed logout/in procedure.

Comments: 

Clouds covering approximately half the sky were a problem most of the night, causing problems with centering of DECam fields and affectig depth. Lost some time trying to avoid the clouds

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
0.00
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
0.00
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Seeing Value: 
1.50
Seeing Variability: 
0.4
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
2
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Seeing Value: 
1.25
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
2
Program: 
Proposal: 
003
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
3.25
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
0.25
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
DES
Primary Investigator: 
frieman
Institution: 
NOAO
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
3.5
Proposal: 
2012B-0448
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
3.0
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.75
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
DLS u
Primary Investigator: 
Thorman (Wittman observing)
Email: 
dwittman@physics.ucdavis.edu
Institution: 
UC Davis
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
3.75
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2013-01-16 6.25 0.0 0.75 0.25 0.0 7.25