Date:
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Telescope:
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter:
Arjun Dey
Submitter Email:
Observer Support:
Manuel Hernandez
Night Assistant:
Alberto Alvarez
Problems:
Poor weather. We had thick cirrus all night long, with transparency=0 for several hours of the night
Program:
Proposal:
2014B-0404
Target of Oportunity:
No
Time Observed:
5.0
Time Engineering:
0.0
Time lost technical:
0.0
Time lost weather:
5.0
Time lost other:
0.0
Description:
The DECam Legacy Survey of the SDSS Equatorial Sky
Primary Investigator:
Schlegel and Dey
Email:
Institution:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Instrument:
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization:
NOAO
Total Program Time:
10
Proposal:
2016A-0951
Target of Oportunity:
No
Time Observed:
0.25
Time Engineering:
0.0
Time lost technical:
0.0
Time lost weather:
0.25
Time lost other:
0.0
Description:
Kepler-2 Campaign 9 Microlensing Project
Primary Investigator:
Matthew Penny
Email:
Institution:
Ohio State University
Instrument:
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization:
NOAO
Total Program Time:
0.5
Total Times | Time Observed | Time Engineering | Time lost technical | Time lost weather | Time lost other | Total Program Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016-04-10 | 5.25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.25 | 0.0 | 10.5 |
We used DECam and the dome stayed open all night long, but about half of the images we took are worthless. Hence we are counting this as 50% weather loss.
Instrument and telescope worked very well, and the technical and observing support was excellent as usual!