Date:
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Telescope:
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter:
Sean Points
Submitter Email:
Observer Support:
Hernan Tirado
Night Assistant:
Alberto Alvarez
Also Present:
Roberto Aviles, Cesar, Hannah, Guillermo, Diego from LS
Problems:
Afternoon: Could not take flats. Everytime we turned on the lamps, the NF GUI would close. We need to see if this is working tomorrow. We took darks. Some darks show noise that we have not seen before. Tests will be performed tomorrow. During AEON tests, only two detectors are being displayed in ds9. Marco states that the AEON software has interacted with the header template and he will have to restore this later. All detectors have data. I do not know if the Community Pipeline will be able to process this.
Comment for MArco: I would like to know how to set the image title from the command line such as "PAN set ...."
Program:
Proposal:
ENG
Target of Oportunity:
No
Time Observed:
0.0
Time Engineering:
10.25
Time lost technical:
0.0
Time lost weather:
0.0
Time lost other:
0.0
Description:
NEWFRM Engineering
Primary Investigator:
Points
Email:
Institution:
CTIO
Instrument:
CTIO 4m Newfirm
Organization:
NOAO
Total Program Time:
10.25
| Total Times | Time Observed | Time Engineering | Time lost technical | Time lost weather | Time lost other | Total Program Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-06 | 0.0 | 10.25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.25 |
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AEON tested successfully from 08:15pm until 11:30pm. Rapid_reponse and time_critical types tested and worked well. Hannah took note of some required modifications to be made to the interface for the rapid_response option, but the system is in a functional state. We observed several of the Carina fields for the test.
Checked autofocus utiliy for JHK, NB1644, NB2124, and NB2168. Offsets worked properly.
Performed sequences in JHKs so I can update webpage wth expected counts for stars.
Spent last part of night observing M83 until it became too low.