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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2016-06-18

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Date: 
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Taran Esplin
Submitter Email: 
tle918@psu.edu
Observer Support: 
Manuel Hernandez
Night Assistant: 
Carlos Corco
Also Present: 
Elizabeth Melton
Problems: 

software problem with f8sec would not let focus script run. It took several reboots of the whole system to get going again. After the restart, the nominal rotator angle was set at 91, but that is not what it was at before the restart.

Comments: 

None.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Temperature Max: 
12.00
Temperature Min: 
9.00
Humidity Max: 
30
Humidity Min: 
21
Wind Speed Max: 
29.00
Wind Speed Min: 
0.00
Comment: 
Cirrus clouds the whole night.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Seeing Value: 
1.10
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
5
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.10
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
5
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.30
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
6
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.40
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
7
Program: 
Proposal: 
2016A-0157
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
10.5
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
1.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
searching for brown dwarfs in ophiuchus
Primary Investigator: 
Taran Esplin
Email: 
tle918@psu.edu
Institution: 
Penn State University
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m ArCoIRIS
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
11.5
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2016-06-18 10.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 11.5