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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2017-07-22

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Date: 
Saturday, July 22, 2017
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Bob Blum
Submitter Email: 
rblum@noao.edu
Observer Support: 
Rodrigo Hernandez
Night Assistant: 
Claudio Aguilera
Problems: 

The TCS failed twice. And then again. And again.

Claudio sees high current drawing on the mount. Will put in JIRA. 

RASICAM not displaying images, but seems to be "collecting data"

Comments: 

High winds. Paused obs 21:30 Local. Seeing bad too apart from windshake. We used lower shutter raised. Discussion entre los expertos on the wind screen. No worries, the seeing bad anyway. 

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
High
Seeing Value: 
3.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.6
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
3.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.6
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
2.50
Seeing Variability: 
0.8
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
2.50
Seeing Variability: 
0.8
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
Program: 
Proposal: 
2014B-0404
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
9.75
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.25
Time lost weather: 
1.25
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
DECaLS
Primary Investigator: 
Schlegel
Email: 
dschlegel@lbl.gov
Institution: 
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
11.25
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2017-07-22 9.75 0.0 0.25 1.25 0.0 11.25