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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2014-10-30

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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.

Comments: 

*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

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.10
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
1
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
0.90
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
1
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Partially cloudy
Wind: 
High
Seeing Value: 
1.60
Seeing Variability: 
0.4
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
8
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.20
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
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
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