Date:
Monday, April 8, 2013
Telescope:
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter:
Melissa Ness
Submitter Email:
Observer Support:
Alistair Walker
Night Assistant:
Leonardo Paredes
Also Present:
Nicholas Bate
Problems:
9pm (midnight UTC) failure recurred. Stopped queue, the stopped current exposure, but the guide camera failed and couldn't be restarted. Had to restart the system.
7am the cloud graph stopped working and the rasicam stopped updating
Program:
Proposal:
2013A-0616
Target of Oportunity:
No
Time Observed:
3.25
Time Engineering:
0.5
Time lost technical:
0.0
Time lost weather:
0.0
Time lost other:
0.0
Description:
On the Ongoing Demise of the Carina Dwarf Galaxy
Primary Investigator:
Lewis
Email:
Institution:
The University of Sydney
Instrument:
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization:
N/A
Total Program Time:
3.75
Proposal:
2013A-0615
Target of Oportunity:
No
Time Observed:
6.0
Time Engineering:
0.0
Time lost technical:
0.0
Time lost weather:
0.0
Time lost other:
0.0
Description:
Outer regions of M38
Primary Investigator:
Joss-Bland Hawthorn
Email:
Institution:
The University of Sydney
Instrument:
CTIO 4m DECam
Total Program Time:
6
| Total Times | Time Observed | Time Engineering | Time lost technical | Time lost weather | Time lost other | Total Program Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-04-08 | 9.25 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.75 |
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First half night on 2013A-0616: Cloud cover is significant. Lost guide stars ~250s remaining in r-band exposure 3 (of 5) ~ 9pm.
~10pm, cloud appears to be clearing.
11.30 could cover came over
1am clouds gone