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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2015-10-22

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Date: 
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Stephanie Hamilton
Submitter Email: 
sjhamil@umich.edu
Observer Support: 
Alberto Alvarez
Night Assistant: 
None
Also Present: 
Kathy Vivas, Zhang Zhang
Problems: 

Telescope probably became off balance during long slew when starting morning standards, telops sees RA and Dec faults, this is a mechanical problem that must be fixed during the day 23 Oct, 2015

Comments: 

DES Night Summary link:

file:///usr/remote/user/sispi/nightsum-reports/nightsum-2015-10-22/nightsum.html

*Accomplishments*
# Afternoon:dome flats
# No evening standards: too cloudy
# ObsTac for Supernova, widefield.
# Standard checks: aTmCam, GPS
# Morning: no standards due to telescope problem

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.20
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky : 
3
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.50
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
1
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
1
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.40
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
Program: 
Proposal: 
2012B-0001
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
8.25
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.5
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
DES
Primary Investigator: 
Josh Frieman
Email: 
frieman@fnal.gov
Institution: 
Fermilab
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
8.75
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2015-10-22 8.25 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 8.75