Date:
Friday, September 6, 2013
Telescope:
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter:
Richard Kron
Submitter Email:
Observer Support:
Hernan Tirado
Night Assistant:
Claudio Aguilera
Also Present:
Andres Plazas, Steve Kent, Ann Elliott, Niall MacCrann
Problems:
# RASICAM pictures look too optimistic (too much sky area is coded dark)
# LN2 RIO communication issue resulted in detectors warming by 5 degrees. Failure occurred 00:20, after the afternoon flats had finished. Tempertures recovered and stable after a couple hours.
Comments:
*Observing Team*
_DES Observers:_ Rich Kron, Steve Kent, Ann Elliott, Niall MacCrann, Andres Plazas
_Telops:_ Hernan Tirado, Marco Monati, Claudio Aguilera
_Remote Support:_Alistair Walker, Juan Estrada
*Observing Plan*
# standard bias and dome flat sequence
# evening standard stars
# run ObsTac queue
# morning standard stars
*Accomplishments*
# Afternoon: zeros, dome flats (ugriz).
# Night lost to clouds.
# Airmass limit for SN fields changed from 1.3 to 1.5.
# Review the various observing check lists and updated the wiki accordingly.
# Overall: Exposures, all calibration, extend from 231137 to 231269. Use only 231168 to 231269.
Program:
Proposal:
2012B-0001
Target of Oportunity:
No
Time Observed:
0.0
Time Engineering:
0.0
Time lost technical:
0.0
Time lost weather:
10.0
Time lost other:
0.0
Description:
Dark Energy Survey
Primary Investigator:
Josh Frieman
Email:
Institution:
Fermilab
Instrument:
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization:
NOAO
Total Program Time:
10
| Total Times | Time Observed | Time Engineering | Time lost technical | Time lost weather | Time lost other | Total Program Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-06 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 10 |
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