Target of Oportunity:
No
Time Observed:
0.0
Time Engineering:
0.0
Time lost technical:
0.25
Time lost weather:
0.0
Time lost other:
0.0
Total Program Time:
0.25
Hiccup with DECam at start of night. This is documented in the Dark Energy Camera logbook.
Noticed that the telescope centering error increases steadily with time, with each exposure in a sequence. The RA error increases monotonically. The DEC error also increases monotonically, but the sign changes on either side of transit. We are sending e-mail to Alistair Walker and Chris Smith about this behavior.
Seeing was good tonight, but DECam does not seem to be delivering sub-arcsec images (which we think the site is indeed delivering). Hopefully we are wrong about this!
Otherwise, DECam worked very well and we got lots and lots of excellent data!!
| Total Times | Time Observed | Time Engineering | Time lost technical | Time lost weather | Time lost other | Total Program Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-02-12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.25 |
Links
[1] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/721/delete?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-blanco-4-m-2013-02-12
[2] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/721/edit?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-blanco-4-m-2013-02-12
[3] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/add/node/3151?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-blanco-4-m-2013-02-12
We're looking forward to our next DECam run!! What a great instrument!.