Date:
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Telescope:
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter:
Jeff Carlin
Submitter Email:
Observer Support:
Hernan Tirado
Night Assistant:
Alberto Alvarez
Also Present:
Jeff Carlin (observer)
Problems:
At ~1:05 AM (4:05 UT), the telescope stopped while slewing to a new field. Alberto went up to the dome to fix it.
Program:
Proposal:
2017A-0060
Target of Oportunity:
No
Time Observed:
10.25
Time Engineering:
0.0
Time lost technical:
0.25
Time lost weather:
0.0
Time lost other:
0.0
Description:
Dwarfs around Dwarfs: Satellite galaxies and stellar halos around dwarf galaxies
Primary Investigator:
Denija Crnojevic
Email:
Institution:
Texas Tech University
Instrument:
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization:
NOAO
Total Program Time:
10.5
Total Times | Time Observed | Time Engineering | Time lost technical | Time lost weather | Time lost other | Total Program Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017-04-25 | 10.25 | 0.0 | 0.25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.5 |
Alberto explained that there is a cable (the "HA cable wrap") that gets caught beneath the telescope (on a plate that is coated with Teflon, but is partly worn out). He went upstairs and manually moved the cable, and we were able to restart. This is a known issue (with an active JIRA ticket - Blanco-846).