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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2018-09-13

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Date: 
Thursday, September 13, 2018
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Florian Beutler
Submitter Email: 
florian.beutler@port.ac.uk
Observer Support: 
Hernan Tirado
Night Assistant: 
Claudio Aguilera
Also Present: 
Steve Kent, Dragan Huterer, Spencer Everett
Problems: 

On DES shift, DTS is backed up once again (dts-ct) but moving.

Comments: 

None.

Observing Team

DES Observers: Steve Kent, Dragan Huterer, Spencer Everett
Telops: Hernan Tirado, Claudio Aguilera (Jackie Seron training)
Remote Support: —-

Observing Plan

  1. Handover from 1st half observer
  2. middle of the night standard star
  3. run ObsTac queue
  4. End of night standards
  5. end of night calibrations

Conditions

  1. weather in afternoon: Mostly clear
  2. weather after sunset: Clear
  3. weather summary: Photometric
  4. Seeing conditions: Median: 1.2 rms 0.4 (quite variable)

Accomplishments

  1. Afternoon: zeros done, dome flats done.
  2. Middle of night: Standards C26202/HST
  3. Obstac
  4. End of night: Standards SDSSJ0100 SDSSJ0200 SDSSJ0320
  5. Wildlife report: rampant baby viscachas at sunset

Problems tagged as Synopsis_Problem

DTS is backed up once again (~100 images in queue) but moving.

Minor Problems and Relevant Information

  1. N10 still OK.

Notes for Data Management

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.50
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.50
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
1.40
Seeing Variability: 
0.4
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
1.10
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
Program: 
Proposal: 
2014B-0404
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
5.5
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
DECaLS
Primary Investigator: 
David Schlegel
Email: 
djschlegel@lbl.gov
Institution: 
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
5.5
Proposal: 
2012B-0001
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
5.25
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Dark Energy Survey
Primary Investigator: 
Josh Frieman
Email: 
frieman@fnal.gov
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
2018-09-13 10.75 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.75