Date:
Monday, June 3, 2013
Telescope:
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter:
R. Michael Rich
Submitter Email:
Observer Support:
Mauricio Rojas
Night Assistant:
Claudio Aguilera
Also Present:
A. Kunder by Skype
Problems:
Shutter failure and water leak ended night at about 4am local time - loss of 2 hrs
The GO button had been blinking green/pink during night a couple of times; when this happens
the exposure sequence stops without any alarm, wich is bad.
Decreasing guide cycle to 300msec
Program:
Proposal:
2013A-0529
Target of Oportunity:
No
Time Observed:
9.0
Time Engineering:
0.0
Time lost technical:
3.0
Time lost weather:
0.0
Time lost other:
0.0
Description:
Blanco Bulge Decam Survey
Primary Investigator:
Rich
Email:
Institution:
UCLA
Instrument:
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization:
NOAO
Total Program Time:
12
Total Times | Time Observed | Time Engineering | Time lost technical | Time lost weather | Time lost other | Total Program Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013-06-03 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12 |
2013-06-03 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12 |
Rapid attention by observer support; not much to be done except to undertake repiars.
DECam has potential to deliver superb images. Guider requires tweeks but image quality can be spectacuar- 1 arcsec at u,
0.7 arcsec at r