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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2018-08-05

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Date: 
Sunday, August 5, 2018
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Will Dawson
Submitter Email: 
willdawson@llnl.gov
Observer Support: 
Tim Abbott
Night Assistant: 
Jackie Seron
Also Present: 
Claudio Aguilera
Problems: 

This was a pure remote observing run for the first half of the night from Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Remote observing was smooth once again (not even a minor issue as far as observing goes).

The only issue was with the BlueJean moderator code. For about the first hour of the night this could not be located, but we managed to connect via Skype and our ipads/laptops as per the backup communications plan. This is the second time that the moderator code has limited/delayed communication. It would be great if everyone (remote observer included) could be given this code beforehand; it would surely avoid this issue in the future. Perhaps there is a security reason why the observer can't be moderator, but since we can be trusted to VPN in etc. I would think we could be trusted to be moderator.

Comments: 

None.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Thin Clouds
Seeing Value: 
1.20
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
1
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
0.90
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
2
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
0.90
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
2
Program: 
Proposal: 
2018A-0273
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
5.75
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
PALS black hole microlensing survey
Primary Investigator: 
Will Dawson
Email: 
willdawson@llnl.gov
Institution: 
Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
5.75
Proposal: 
2018A-0231
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
5.75
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Superluminous Supernovae in the Epoch of Reionization
Primary Investigator: 
Anton Koekemoer
Email: 
koekemoer@stsci.edu
Institution: 
STSCI
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
5.75
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2018-08-05 11.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.5