ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2014-12-27

*Observing Team*

 

_DES Observers:_ Rutuparna Das (RM/Obs2), Danny Goldstein (Obs1)

_Telops:_ Claudio Aguilera, Rodrigo Hernandez, Hernan Tirado

_Remote Support:_ 

 

*Observing Plan*

# standard bias and dome flat sequence

# evening standard stars

# run ObsTac queue

# middle-of-night standard stars

 

*Conditions*

# 9:30 (start of observing) - clear sky, windspeed average ~4.5 mph.  Stayed mostly constant through the half night, though wind went down a little.

# Seeing conditions - Median:  1.36, RMS:  .49 (from QR stats page).  DIMM seeing started out at ~1.5, decreasing through the night and ending up at ~.9 by night midpoint.

 

*Accomplishments*

# Afternoon: zeros, dome flat sequence (YziVRrgu).

# Evening: Standards (E3-A, MaxVis, SDSSJ0200-0000).

# Overall:  SN - S2, S1, C1, X2, X3, C3 (392300 - 392323, 392325 - 392347), Wide Survey (392324).

# Middle of Night: Standards (MaxVis, SDSSJ0320-0000)

 

 

*Problems tagged as Synopsis_Problem*

 

*Minor Problems and Relevant Information*

 

*Notes for Data Management*
 

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DECaLS

Observers: Dustin Lang, Nic Ross, Alasdair Walker

Wind ramped up through our half-night, reaching 15 mph by 5:30am.  Sky clear.  DIMM reporting 0.6-0.9", our delivered images g ~ 1.5-1.7", r ~ 1.3-1.5, z ~ 1.1-1.4 (eyeballed on "Observing History" plot)