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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2014-10-26

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Date: 
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
David James
Submitter Email: 
djj@ctio.noao.edu
Observer Support: 
Manuel Hernandez
Night Assistant: 
Alberto Alvarez
Also Present: 
Liz Buckley-Geer, Brian Nord, Keith Bechtol
Problems: 

None.

Comments: 

Side louvres closed since beginning on the night

Wind-screen raised to about 35-degrees at 22:13

Wind-screen lowered, and side louvres opened at 04:08 (local) due to (precipitously) dropping wind speed.

Wind-speed has risen again, let's raise the wind-screen to 30-degrees --> 04:32 local time.

Wind-screen lowered at 05:39 local.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.80
Seeing Variability: 
0.4
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky : 
8
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.50
Seeing Variability: 
0.4
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
2.30
Seeing Variability: 
0.4
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.80
Seeing Variability: 
0.4
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
Program: 
Proposal: 
2012B-0001
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
8.75
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Dark Energy Survey
Primary Investigator: 
Joshua Frieman
Email: 
frieman@fnal.gov
Institution: 
Fermilab
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
8.75
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2014-10-26 8.75 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.75