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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2013-07-20

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Date: 
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Christopher Klein
Submitter Email: 
cklein@berkeley.edu
Observer Support: 
David James
Night Assistant: 
Leonardo Paredes
Problems: 

Humidity was high for most of the night. When it dropped around 5:40 am we tried to observe, but the active optics system did not come online properly. David James: Actuator 21 of the 4MAP system has been repeatedly failing.

Comments: 

DEC Cal scans were taken. 

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Overcast
Precipitation: 
High Humidity
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
0.00
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky : 
8
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
High
Seeing Value: 
3.00
Seeing Variability: 
1.0
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
5
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Overcast
Precipitation: 
High Humidity
Wind: 
High
Seeing Value: 
0.00
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
8
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Thin Clouds
Precipitation: 
High Humidity
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
0.00
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
2
Program: 
Proposal: 
2013A-0400
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
1.75
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
9.5
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
A Pilot DECam Time-Domain Survey
Primary Investigator: 
Josh Bloom
Email: 
joshbloom@berkeley.edu
Institution: 
U.Berkeley
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
11.25
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2013-07-20 1.75 0.0 0.0 9.5 0.0 11.25