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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2013-12-03

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Date: 
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Marcelle Soares-Santos
Submitter Email: 
Observer Support: 
Manuel Hernandez
Night Assistant: 
Claudio Aguilera
Also Present: 
Rutu DasRutu Das, Marcelle Soares-Santos, Lyndsay Old, Elisabeth Kraus\ e, Kevin Reil, Marcelle Soares-Santos, Lyndsay Old, Elisabeth Kraus\ e, Kevin Reil
Problems: 

# Dome - The difference between "Dome Az" and "Tel Az" has been quite large for\
several exposures, going up to a separation of ~40deg (see plot in logbook ent\
ry 140579). This causes frequent alarms and pupil occlusion.
## Obvious pupil occlusion found via visual inspection of FN1-4 and FS1-4 chips\
in exposures: 260121,130,131,134,142,143,144,145,156-159,239,264,270,271,293,2\
94
## Communicated problem to telops and contected TCS support in La Serena. Cause\
of this problem is unclear. We will followup on this issue.
# Guider - "lost guider" alarm came up in several exposures, e.g.: 260133-34. T\
his happens a few times per night. Reason is unknown.
# Shutter - We had a silent shutter error, in which interlocks were broken and \
data taking stopped. The problem had happened before (see logbook entry 139861 \
from 12/02/2013) and we repeated the procedure to solve it: asked Claudio to pr\
ess the write switch in the shutter vi. We then re-configured the system and re\
sumed obstac observations.
## Time lost due to this issue: 15 minutes
## Exposures lost: 260211
# DIMM - stopped working at 06:44 UTC

Comments: 

None.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Temperature Max: 
22.00
Temperature Min: 
22.00
Humidity Max: 
15
Humidity Min: 
15
Wind Speed Max: 
18.00
Wind Speed Min: 
12.00
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Thin Clouds
Wind: 
High
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky : 
1
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Thin Clouds
Wind: 
High
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
1
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Thin Clouds
Seeing Value: 
0.90
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
3
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Thin Clouds
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
0.80
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
5
Program: 
Proposal: 
2012B-0001
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
7.0
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.25
Description: 
DES
Primary Investigator: 
Frieman
Institution: 
DES
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
7.25
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2013-12-03 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.25 7.25