Date:
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Telescope:
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter:
Hynes
Submitter Email:
Observer Support:
Hernan Tirado
Night Assistant:
Alberto Alvarez
Also Present:
Javier Rojas, Chris Johnson, Catherine Kaleida
Problems:
The shutter error ocurred early on in the beginning of the night and the electronics technician came in and cycled the power and fixed the problem. We also had the problem of several ccds not showing up on the comfort display for one image, exposure number: 211346. The problem was corrected by restarting SISPI.
Program:
Proposal:
2012B-0617
Target of Oportunity:
No
Time Observed:
10.5
Time Engineering:
0.0
Time lost technical:
0.5
Time lost weather:
0.0
Time lost other:
0.0
Description:
Classifying X-ray sources in the Galactic Bulge Survey
Primary Investigator:
Hynes
Email:
Institution:
Louisiana State University
Instrument:
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization:
NOAO
Total Program Time:
11
Total Times | Time Observed | Time Engineering | Time lost technical | Time lost weather | Time lost other | Total Program Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013-06-11 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 |
Wish list:
1. It would be very useful to have offsets (on the sky) of each CCD relative to the center of the field of view to better plan pointings and know the expected footprint of the array on the sky.
2. It would be fantastic if the community pipeline were eventually a software package that could be run locally to reprocess data with features turned on and off and the ability to fix problems (as is possible for example with HST pipelines).
Everything went very smoothly, DECam is a pleasure to use. Fantastic instrument, great support!