Date:
Friday, May 25, 2018
Telescope:
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter:
Kevin Luhman
Submitter Email:
Observer Support:
Hernan Tirado
Night Assistant:
Claudio Aguilera
Also Present:
Sean Points
Problems:
Near the end of the night, we arrived at a new target and obtained acquisition images of the field and the slit, but they were mosly blank and did not show the field or the slit. Several more images were obtained, but the problem persisted. It was later found that the shutter was malfunctioning.
After most resets of the zero point of the telescope pointing, the pointing would drift by 10-20" from one target to the next (most of which were in the same area of sky). Once the offset in pointing reached >60-90", we would reset the zero point. This wasn't a serious problem, but acquisition would be a bit faster if the telescope maintained better pointing.
Program:
Proposal:
NOAO 2018A-0098
Target of Oportunity:
No
Time Observed:
10.5
Time Engineering:
0.0
Time lost technical:
0.75
Time lost weather:
0.0
Time lost other:
0.0
Description:
spectroscopy of candidate members of the Upper Sco association
Primary Investigator:
Kevin Luhman
Email:
Institution:
Penn State University
Instrument:
CTIO 4m COSMOS
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-25 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 0.75 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.25 |
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