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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2014-12-21

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Date: 
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Ross Cawthon
Observer Support: 
Manuel Hernandez
Night Assistant: 
Alberto Alvarez
Also Present: 
Rutuparna Das, Anthony Kremin, Ross Cawthon, Kevin Reil
Problems: 

None.

Comments: 
*Observing Team*
 
_DES Observers:_ Rutuparna Das (RM), Anthony Kremin (Obs1), Ross Cawthon (Obs2)
_Telops:_  Alberto Alvarez, Manuel Hernandez
_Remote Support:_ 
 
*Observing Plan*
 
# standard bias and dome flat sequence
# new nightly sequence of dark images
# evening standard stars
# run ObsTac queue
# morning standard stars and bias
 
*Conditions*
 
#22:00 Obstac is beginning and we have the wind screen up.
 
#00:00 Wind screen is still up, seeing has been steady around 1. No clouds.
 
#04:00 Wind screen has been up all night so far. Seeing has been worse the past few hours, around 1.25 on DIMM and 1.5+ on the images (g & r band).
 
#End of Night: Better seeing the last hour or so, dimm around 0.8 and images around 1-1.2. Wind screen was up all night.
 
*Accomplishments*
 
# Afternoon: zeros, dome flat sequence (YziVRrgu), new nightly sequence of darks.
# Evening: Standards Maxvis (390066-390070), SDSSJ2300 (390071-390075), SDSSJ0200 (390076-90080 
# Overall:  Wide Survey (390081 - 390300)
# Morning: Standards E6-A (390301-390305), SDSSJ1227 (390306-390310), SDSSJ0958 (390311-390315)
 
*Problems tagged as Synopsis_Problem*
 
*Minor Problems and Relevant Information*
 
# RASICAM not running tonight.
 
*Notes for Data Management*
 
Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.30
Seeing Variability: 
0.4
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.35
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
Program: 
Proposal: 
DES2012B-0001
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
7.25
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Dark Energy Survey
Primary Investigator: 
Josh Frieman
Institution: 
Fermilab
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
7.25
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2014-12-21 7.25 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.25