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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2015-01-09

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Date: 
Friday, January 9, 2015
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
David James
Submitter Email: 
djj@ctio.noao.edu
Observer Support: 
Hernan Tirado
Night Assistant: 
Rodrigo Hernandez
Also Present: 
Dustin Lang, Jeff Cummings, Rogerio Rosenfeld, Niall MacCrann
Problems: 

Problem with guider at 01:00 UTC. Noticed no guider data being displayed by GUI or telemetry.
Guider log was stuck on 'waiting for guider images’, even after 20s into exposure. Tried refreshing GUIs,
restarting guider, reset/configure SISPI. Eventually restarted SISPI. Guider GUI functioned as normal after restart.

 (30-minutes lost due to guider check-out).

Shutter error at 01:54 ... normal error processing commands followed - 4-minutes lost.

03:23 local: 4MAP failures (Faculty MAMAC 1): Usual recovery mode at zenith performed.

6-minutes lost

Nice work by Hernan T. and Rodi H. to fix the problems quickly. DJJ

Comments: 

None.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
1.25
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
1.20
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
1.10
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
Program: 
Proposal: 
2012B-0001
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
3.25
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.5
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
The Dark Energy Survey
Primary Investigator: 
Josh Frieman
Email: 
jfrieman@fnal.gov
Institution: 
Fermilab
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
3.75
Proposal: 
2014B-0404
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
3.5
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.25
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
DECaLS: DECam Legacy Survey
Primary Investigator: 
David Schlegel and Arjun Dey
Email: 
djschlegel@lbl.gov
Institution: 
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
3.75
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2015-01-09 6.75 0.0 0.75 0.0 0.0 7.5