Date:
Monday, October 5, 2015
Telescope:
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter:
Cristina Furlanetto
Submitter Email:
Observer Support:
Manuel Hernandez
Night Assistant:
Rodrigo Hernandez
Problems:
None.
Program:
Proposal:
2012B-0001
Target of Oportunity:
No
Time Observed:
7.0
Time Engineering:
0.0
Time lost technical:
0.0
Time lost weather:
2.75
Time lost other:
0.0
Description:
Dark Energy Survey
Primary Investigator:
Josh Frieman
Email:
Institution:
Fermilab
Instrument:
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization:
NOAO
Total Program Time:
9.75
| Total Times | Time Observed | Time Engineering | Time lost technical | Time lost weather | Time lost other | Total Program Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-05 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.75 | 0.0 | 9.75 |
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*Observing Team*
_DES Observers:_ Cristina Furlanetto, Brian Nord and Douglas Tucker
_Telops:_ Manuel Hernandez, Rodrigo Hernandez
_Remote Support:_ ---
*Observing Plan*
# standard bias and dome flat sequence
# evening standard stars
# run ObsTac queue
# end of night standards
*Conditions*
# weather in afternoon: 4pm (local): Cloudy with ~60% cloud cover
# weather after sunset: 9pm (local): Some thick clouds near the horizon on the west.
# weather at 1am (local): thick clouds on the west.
# weather at 1:50am (local): overcast. Telescope closed.
# weather at 3am (local): thick clouds on the west. Thin clouds near the horizon in all directions. Telescope reopened at 3:05am.
# weather at 5am (local): overcast. Telescope closed.
*Accomplishments*
# Afternoon: flats and biases, (ugrizYVR) dome flats done, flatCheck ok
# Evening: no standards due to obvious clouds.
# aTmCam and GPS Monitor checked.
# ObsTac completed.
# Survey Exposures 482060-482226 in grizY bands. Also includes SN fields: E1 (griz), E2 (griz), X1 (griz), X3 (ri).
# Post-night calibration.
*Problems tagged as Synopsis_Problem*
# CTIO GPSmon weather file missing. Email sent to David Walker and Rick Kesseler.
*Minor Problems and Relevant Information*
# Rasicam is still unoperational. Kevin Reil is looking into the problem.
#Observer3 machine does not find recent exposures, but Observer 2 does see recent exposures. That is, kenttools does not see tonight's exposures. Example from pointing/centering procedure:
prompt> center
./Temp/DECam_00425595.fits.fz
Applying CCD position corrections from /user/DECamObserver/skent/products/des-906/etc/decam.ccd
# Observer2, however, sees the most recent exposures of the night: 482059 from the pointing/centering test.
*Notes for Data Management*
# Due to overcast, program was stopped during exposures of supernova X1 field. Only exposures in g (482198) and r (482199) bands were taken before the telescope closure. The remaining exposures of X1 were taken after resuming the program.
# The second telescope closure due to overcast was during observations of supernova X3 field. Only r and i exposures were taken for this field.