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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2014-12-25

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Date: 
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Sahar Allam
Submitter Email: 
sallam@fnal.gov
Observer Support: 
Rodrigo Hernandez
Night Assistant: 
Claudio Aguilera
Also Present: 
Hernan Tirado
Problems: 

None.

Comments: 

None.*Observing Team*

 
_DES Observers:_ Rutuparna Das (RM), Doug Tucker (Obs1), Sahar Allam (Obs2)
_Telops:_ Claudio Aguilera, Rodrigo Hernandez, Hernan Tirado
_Remote Support:_ 
 
*Observing Plan*
# standard bias and dome flat sequence
# evening standard stars
# run ObsTac queue
# morning standard stars and bias
 
*Conditions*
# Conditions have been pretty constant for most of the evening, 
wind at 10mph, so windscreen is up at 10:10, for an hour and the back up again at 4:57am.
# Variable seeing throught the night, observations started with seeing on the DIMM between 1.-1.3 and get higher ~1.70 for about half an hour, then back again to 0.7-1.1, at the end of the night, seeing remained around 0.67. Varing FWHM 0.78-1.55 with a median value of 1.11 and RMS 0.16 from quickRed. 
# No clouds.
 
*Accomplishments*
# Afternoon: zeros, dome flat sequence (YziVRrgu).
 
# Evening: Standards (SDSSJ2300-0000 230000+000000 secz 1.7),(SDSSJ0000-0000 000000+000000 secz 1.4), (SDSSJ0200-0000 020000+000000 secz 1.2).
 
# Overall: Wide Survey (391607-391628),SN-E2 (391629-391634), Wide Survey(391635-391741), SN-C2(391742-391747), Wide Survey(391748-391820), vvds-10030154 (391821)
 
# Morning: Standards 
E6-A (390681-390865 secz 1.8), 
SDSSJ1227-0000 (122700+000000 secz 1.5), 
SDSSJ0958-0010 (095800-001000 secz 1.2)
 
*RASICAM is working.*
*DIMM stop reporting at 2:20 started again at 4:30*
Conditions: 
General Conditions
Temperature Max: 
14.90
Temperature Min: 
13.90
Humidity Max: 
32
Humidity Min: 
30
Wind Speed Max: 
14.00
Wind Speed Min: 
3.00
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.4
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
1.20
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.02
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
0.90
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
Program: 
Proposal: 
2012B-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: 
Frieman
Email: 
frieman@fnal.gov
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
2014-12-25 7.25 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.25