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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2015-01-04

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Date: 
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
David James
Submitter Email: 
djj@ctio.noao.edu
Observer Support: 
Manuel Hernandez
Night Assistant: 
Alberto Alvarez
Problems: 

Clouds ... one DECalS machine crash.

Comments: 

Engineering night. 

New pointing model testing with new hexapod LUTs - successfully completed (see elog #233896).

One set of starflats (g-filter) achieved before thickening cirrus rolled in (see elog #233899).

An interrupted, partially-completed no-filter DECal was achieved (see elog #233902).

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
0.80
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Seeing Value: 
0.60
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
3
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Seeing Value: 
0.80
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
6
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Seeing Value: 
0.00
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
8
Program: 
Proposal: 
DECam Engineering
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
0.0
Time Engineering: 
6.5
Time lost technical: 
1.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Engineering program for DECam
Primary Investigator: 
Alistair Walker
Email: 
awalker@ctio.noao.edu
Institution: 
CTIO
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
7.5
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2015-01-04 0.0 6.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 7.5