At the End of the Night

For safety reasons of the camera, observations need to be over when the Sun is at -10 degrees from the horizon. The altitude of the Sun can be monitored at the Tololo Environment Page.

Please click on the Safe Mode button after your last observation has finished. This will turn off Vsub and put the block filter in the beam. Alternatively, run a script with action “End of night”.

It is VERY important that you fill and submit the Night Report before you leave the dome in the morning. This is the only way to ensure that any problem is adressed by the day crew. The night report is long so you may want to start filling it out during the night. You will need to login into the CTIO webpages in order to be able to create a report.

Login: astronomer
Password will be provided by your support astronomer (it should be written on the white board as well).

Only one report per night can be created so if you are sharing the night with another project, the observer in the first part of the night should create the report and fill in the weather conditions for the first half of the night. He/she should leave the report open so the observer in the second part of the night can finish it. The second observer is responsible for the final submission of the report. Several programs may be added in a single report (click on Add another program).