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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2014-01-24

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Date: 
Friday, January 24, 2014
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Ricardo Munoz
Submitter Email: 
rmunoz@das.uchile.cl
Observer Support: 
Humberto Orrego
Night Assistant: 
Claudio Aguilera
Also Present: 
David Gerdes, Tomasz Kacprzak (first half), Ricardo Munoz (second half)
Problems: 

During the second half of the night, after exposure 277676 the Interlock turned red and everything stopped. We tried reconfiguring and the Interlock turned green again. When the observations were resumed., everything seemed OK, bu the new images were not built nor delivered.
We tried shutting down SISPI and re-starting it, but the system didn't seem to start properly and nothing else happened. 

Comments: 

DES (first half):

*Observing Team*
 
_DES Observers:_ Tomek Kacprzak, David Gerdes
_Telops:_ Claudio Aguilera
_Remote Support:_ Humberto Orrego
 
*Observing Plan*
 
# standard bias and dome flat sequence
# evening standard stars
# run ObsTac queue
# middle-of-night standards
# handover to community observer (R. Munoz)
 
*Conditions*
 
# weather in afternoon: 4pm (local): clear
# weather after dinner: 7pm (local): clear
# weather at 10 deg twilight: 21:30 (local): 
# weather summary: 2am (local): clear, low haze
# Seeing conditions: Median: 1.1"  RMS: 0.2"
# Wind conditions: low, increasing to 8-10mph near end of shift
 
*Accomplishments*
 
# Afternoon: zeros done 277473-277481 and 277557-277565, (ugrizY) dome flats done 277482-276556, checked all ok, u dropping as usual
# Winner of post sunset leisure activity: The GREEN FLASH!
# Evening: Standards 277569-277583
# SN survey exposures: 277587-277633, SN fields S2, E2, E1, C1, X2, C3z,i
# Main survey exposures: 277634-277647
# Middle of night (end of half night): Standards 277648-277652 
 
 
*Problems tagged as Synopsis_Problem*
 
None.
 
*Minor Problems and Relevant Information*
 
# Occlusion alarms: None!
 
 
*Notes for Data Management*
 
None.
 
Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.20
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
1.10
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
0.00
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
Program: 
Proposal: 
2012B-0001
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
3.75
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Dark Energy Survey
Primary Investigator: 
Frieman
Email: 
frieman@fnal.gov
Institution: 
Fermilab
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
3.75
Proposal: 
2013B-0614
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
2.0
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
1.75
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
SMASH
Primary Investigator: 
Munoz
Email: 
rmunoz@das.uchile.cl
Institution: 
Universidad de Chile
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
Chile
Total Program Time: 
3.75
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2014-01-24 5.75 0.0 1.75 0.0 0.0 7.5