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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2024-05-24

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Date: 
Friday, May 24, 2024
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Sean Points
Submitter Email: 
sean.points@noirlab.edu
Observer Support: 
Manuel Hernandez
Night Assistant: 
Claudio Aguilera
Also Present: 
Rodrigo Hernadez
Problems: 

Kilpatrick group started observing around 00:30 UTC, after bulk of clouds had passed overhead.  Around 00:45 UTC there was an error where a script was skkipped. We don't know if the problem was script related or istrument related.

We determined that decreasing the offset in the observing sequence script fixed the problem, and the offset could be applied with the "TCS offset RAoffset Decoffset" command.

It is extremely inefficient and difficult to interact with the NEWFIRM GUI over zoom.  We would prefer to use the VNC directly or over a vpn

Durig the afteroon and durig the 2d half of the night, the filter wheel lost its position.  Marco was able to fix it both times.  Marco also worked on the timeout issues when performing observig sequences while guiding.  We performed some prelimenary tests and it appears to be fixed.

 

Comments: 

None.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Partially cloudy
Seeing Value: 
0.90
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
4
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Partially cloudy
Seeing Value: 
1.30
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
4
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Partially cloudy
Seeing Value: 
1.60
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
6
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Partially cloudy
Seeing Value: 
1.30
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
4
Program: 
Proposal: 
2024A-937812
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
4.0
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
2.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
NEWFIRM Infrared Survey for Transents
Primary Investigator: 
Kilpatrick
Email: 
ckilpatrick@northwestern.edu
Institution: 
Northwestern University
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m Newfirm
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
6
Proposal: 
NEWFIRM ENG
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
0.0
Time Engineering: 
3.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
2.5
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
NEWFIRM Engineerig
Primary Investigator: 
Points
Email: 
sean.points@noirlab.edu
Institution: 
CTIO
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m Newfirm
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
5.5
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2024-05-24 4.0 3.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 11.5