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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2013-01-31

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Date: 
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Alberto Alvarez
Submitter Email: 
your@email.edu
Observer Support: 
Mauricio Rojas
Night Assistant: 
Alberto Alvarez
Also Present: 
MSS, MM, LO, PR, BN, DA, AvdL
Problems: 

--- 2nd night half:

- Observer Console keeps needing to be reloaded

- A few guider failures due to clouds; guider GUI did not update the image display afterwards (but Guider seemed to be working)

Comments: 

Air support failed around 0100 local time. Reinstated within 5-10 mins

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Temperature Max: 
16.00
Temperature Min: 
15.00
Humidity Max: 
42
Humidity Min: 
22
Wind Speed Max: 
8.00
Wind Speed Min: 
1.00
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Partially cloudy
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.50
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
3
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Thin Clouds
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.50
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
2
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
0.00
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.30
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
3
Program: 
Proposal: 
2012B-0003
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
3.0
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
1.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
DES
Primary Investigator: 
Frieman
Email: 
frieman@fnal.gov
Institution: 
Fermilab
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Total Program Time: 
4
Proposal: 
2013A-0360
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
4.5
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
3.5
Time lost other: 
0.0
Primary Investigator: 
von der Linden
Email: 
anja@slac.stanford.edu
Institution: 
KIPAC
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
8
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2013-01-31 7.5 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 12