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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2024-08-18

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Date: 
Sunday, August 18, 2024
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Sean Points
Submitter Email: 
Observer Support: 
Manuel Hernandez
Night Assistant: 
Claudio Aguilera
Also Present: 
Sean Points, Rodrigo Hernandez
Problems: 

Encountered problem with telescope slew executing while observation started.  Offset slew should complete before the next exposure starts in exposure scripts.  There appears to be a problem with commands hanging in the TCS.

 

Comments: 

Weathered out during first quarter.

Would appreciate if it were possible to use VNC to observe.  There are significant latency and resolution issues with observing over Zoom.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Overcast
Seeing Value: 
0.00
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky : 
8
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Seeing Value: 
1.20
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
4
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Overcast
Seeing Value: 
0.00
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
7
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Partially cloudy
Seeing Value: 
1.60
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
6
Program: 
Proposal: 
2024B-524874
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
1.25
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
4.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
NEWFIRM Infrared Survey for Transents
Primary Investigator: 
Kilpatrick
Institution: 
Northwestern University
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m Newfirm
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
5.25
Proposal: 
2024B-524874
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
5.5
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Spectrophotometry of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Primary Investigator: 
Linder
Institution: 
Planetary Science Institute
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m Newfirm
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
5.5
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2024-08-18 6.75 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 10.75