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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2014-11-07

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Date: 
Friday, November 7, 2014
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Catherine Kaleida
Submitter Email: 
ckaleida@ctio.noao.edu
Observer Support: 
Manuel Hernandez
Night Assistant: 
Alberto Alvarez
Also Present: 
David Rojas, Nicole van der Bliek (via Skype)
Problems: 

The GUI is crashing much more frequently than usual (~4-5 times tonight).

The noise levels are higher than usual.  Could someone check that the cables are all connected firmly?

The DS9 window was periodically very slow to respond to mouse actions (e.g. when trying to adjust the contrast).

At ~2:40 a.m., I moved to a new target and noticed some reflected light in the images (images ugc01155j.158-163).  Alberto went upstairs to investigate, and found that the dome was not moving properly and that there was a smoke smell in the dome.  We called David Rojas to come help.  The error in the Dome GUI Status was "Can't read encoder".  This problem was solved by reseting the switch for the encoder and rebooting the dome computer.  Many thanks to David and Alberto for resolving this problem!  1 hour of observing time lost.

I was unable to take the darks corresponding to my science frames this morning, because the TCS kept showing as "busy" when I tried to run my script.  I will troubleshoot this when I come up for calibrations later today.

Comments: 

None.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Temperature Max: 
14.00
Temperature Min: 
11.00
Humidity Max: 
35
Humidity Min: 
25
Wind Speed Max: 
30.00
Wind Speed Min: 
0.00
Comment: 
Clear night, but with variable temperature and seeing.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.30
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.30
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.30
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.30
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
Program: 
Proposal: 
2014B-0063
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
6.0
Time Engineering: 
0.25
Time lost technical: 
1.5
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Comparing Stellar Populations of Galaxies across the Hubble Sequence
Primary Investigator: 
Catherine Kaleida
Email: 
ckaleida@ctio.noao.edu
Institution: 
CTIO
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m ISPI
Total Program Time: 
7.75
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2014-11-07 6.0 0.25 1.5 0.0 0.0 7.75