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ENR CTIO 1.5-m 2018-08-23

Date: 
Thursday, August 23, 2018
Telescope: 
CTIO 1.5-m
Submitter: 
Rodrigo Hinojosa
Submitter Email: 
rhinojosa@ctio.noao.edu
Observer Support: 
None
Night Assistant: 
Rodrigo Hinojosa
Problems: 

Serious problems with the slicer's motor tonight. During the calibrations taken in the afternoon, several error message were given by the software about the slicer position. Starting the night, I kept receiving these message, so I decided to restart the software, the Chiron' PC and the torrent trying to solve the problem, it was not possible. With the help of David Rojas, Manuel Hernandez, Rodrigo Hernandez, Marco Bonati (by phone) and Javier Rojas (by phone), we tried to solve the problem in different ways, it was not possible. Even more, the focus started to give (extra) problems, it was not possible to give the 

''home'' instruction, as in the slicer's motor.

Because of the complexity of the problem, we lost the observation night. Marco Bonati will arrive tomorrow to the observatory to work on this problem, he is also trying to contact with Andrei Tokovinin to have his expert point of view.

 

As a consolation, we lost a very bad seeing night (over 3.0 the most of the night) with a 95% of moon luminosity. 

Comments: 

None.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
0.00
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
0.00
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
0.00
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
0.00
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
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Program: 
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
0.0
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
11.5
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Primary Investigator: 
Todd Henry
Email: 
thenry@astro.gsu.edu [1]
Institution: 
SMARTS
Instrument: 
CTIO 1.5m Echelle
Organization: 
SMARTS
Total Program Time: 
11.5
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Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2018-08-23 0.0 0.0 11.5 0.0 0.0 11.5

Source URL (modified on 08/24/2018 - 01:50): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/node/14397

Links
[1] mailto:thenry@astro.gsu.edu
[2] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/7126/delete?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-15-m-2018-08-23
[3] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/7126/edit?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-15-m-2018-08-23
[4] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/add/node/14397?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-15-m-2018-08-23