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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2016-08-26

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Date: 
Friday, August 26, 2016
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Albert Lee
Submitter Email: 
Observer Support: 
Alberto Alvarez
Night Assistant: 
Manuel Hernandez
Also Present: 
Bonnie Zhang
Problems: 

First few fields did not have data because Vsub was not turned on.

Next ~20 minutes of fields had fits file errors due to Missing CCD extenstions (alarm ID 2809)

 

No problems in the second half of the night.

 

Comments: 

First Half:

Very very cloudy

Closed dome halfway through

 

Second Half:

Very Cloudy. No observations in third quarter.

Around 5am local time we were able to begin observations with consistent guide stars.

For more information, see the nightly report here: 

http://des-ops.fnal.gov:8080/nightsum/nightsum-2016-08-26/nightsum.html

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Overcast
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.80
Seeing Variability: 
0.4
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky : 
8
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Overcast
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.50
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
8
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
0.00
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
8
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.70
Seeing Variability: 
0.4
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
6
Program: 
Proposal: 
2016B-0279
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
1.5
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.75
Time lost weather: 
3.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Mapping Dust in 3D: A Galactic Plane Survey
Primary Investigator: 
Douglas Finkbeiner
Institution: 
Harvard
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
5.25
Proposal: 
2012B-0001
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
2.0
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
3.25
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Dark Energy Survey
Primary Investigator: 
Josh Frieman
Institution: 
Fermilab
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
5.25
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2016-08-26 3.5 0.0 0.75 6.25 0.0 10.5