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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2013-12-01

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Date: 
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Rutuparna Das
Submitter Email: 
rutudas@umich.edu
Observer Support: 
Hernan Tirado
Night Assistant: 
Claudio Aguilera
Problems: 
At 04:33 UTC there was a shutter box error. Solved by Claudio using 'shutter rs232.vi' and pressing the 'write' switch. We then re-configured.
 

Zeropoint offsets were rather high for the first two tries: 

  • First zeropoint:  RA Offset 59.1, Dec Offset 70.3
  • Second zeropoint:  RA Offset 50.4, Dec Offset -2.5 
  • Third zeropoint:  RA Offset 9.5, Dec Offset 2.0

Comments: 
1.23” median delivered PSF with 0.14” rms
Conditions: 
General Conditions
Temperature Max: 
16.00
Temperature Min: 
14.00
Humidity Max: 
30
Humidity Min: 
20
Wind Speed Max: 
8.00
Wind Speed Min: 
0.50
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
0.75
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
0.85
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
0.75
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
0.80
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
Program: 
Proposal: 
2012B-0001
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
7.25
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
DES
Primary Investigator: 
Josh Frieman
Email: 
rutudas@umich.edu
Institution: 
DES
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
7.25
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2013-12-01 7.25 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.25