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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2016-03-31

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Date: 
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Lori Allen
Submitter Email: 
lallen@noao.edu
Observer Support: 
Hernan Tirado
Night Assistant: 
Claudio Aguilera
Also Present: 
David James and tomorrow night's observer.
Problems: 

1) Lost 40 minutes at beginning of night to RA drive failure. A severed cable was found and repaired. 

2) Lost 30 minutes to dome encoder failure. 

3) DIMM2 out of service all night.

Comments: 

See "Problems" block for description of problems. 

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.10
Seeing Variability: 
0.4
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.8
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.40
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
Program: 
Proposal: 
2013B-0536
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
10.5
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
1.25
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
DECam NEO
Primary Investigator: 
L. Allen
Email: 
lallen@noao.edu
Institution: 
NOAO
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
11.75
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2016-03-31 10.5 0.0 1.25 0.0 0.0 11.75