Date:
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Telescope:
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter:
Francisco Castander
Submitter Email:
Observer Support:
Hernan Tirado
Night Assistant:
Claudio Aguilera
Also Present:
Simon Birrer, Francisco Castander, Keith Bechtol
Problems:
None.
Program:
Proposal:
2012B-0001
Target of Oportunity:
No
Time Observed:
8.0
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:
Institution:
Fermilab
Instrument:
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization:
NOAO
Total Program Time:
8
Total Times | Time Observed | Time Engineering | Time lost technical | Time lost weather | Time lost other | Total Program Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014-10-30 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 |
*Conditions*
# weather in afternoon: 5:00pm (local): cloudy, wind ~7 mph, 12C, 35% humidity
# weather after dinner: 7:00pm (local): cloudy, wind ~9 mph, 10C, 40% humidity
# weather at sunset: 8:11pm (local): almost clear with thin cirrus overhead, clouds to S & E, wind ~5 mph, 10C, 30% humidity
# weather after sunset: 9:00pm (local): cirrus overhead, cloudy S & E, clear NW, wind ~4 mph, 9C, 35% humidity
# weather at end evening twilight: 21:29 (local): clear overhead, cloudy S & E, wind ~5 mph, 9C, 35% humidity
# weather at 00:25 local time: thin clouds moving in from SW
# weather at 00:55 local time: thick clouds
# Moon sets 02:16 local time
# weather at 02:30 local time: sky clearing up, wind ~12 mph, 9C, 45% humidity
# weather during night: 02:00 (local): clear, wind ~15 mph, 9C, 45% humidity
# weather at morning twilight: 05:23 (local): clear, wind ~10 mph, 8C, 45% humidity
# weather summary: cloudy in the evening, cleared by sunset; thick clouds between 00:55 and 02:30, clear rest of night, temperature 8-10C
# Seeing conditions: 1.1 (rms 0.2) until 23:30 (local); 0.9 (rms 0.2) until 00:30 (local); high value during cloudy period; 1.1 (rms 0.2) later (but considerably larger than dimm's values)
# Wind conditions: wind ~8mph until 00:00 when it increased, decreased at 02:00 and stay at ~10-12mph until twilight
*Minor Problems and Relevant Information*
# 00:25 clouds rolled in: subsequent images (until 02:30) with high cloud extinction