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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2013-02-15

Date: 
Friday, February 15, 2013
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Alberto Alvarez
Submitter Email: 
your@email.edu
Observer Support: 
Humberto Orrego
Night Assistant: 
Alberto Alvarez
Also Present: 
Tim Abbott, Dougal Mackey
Problems: 

A couple of software glitches. The guider GUI on observer1 would not show the guide stars or provide any feedback about the guiding, even though this seemed to be proceeding normally and producing images of good quality. The quick look reduction would not work. Also, the telescope operating software did not seem to recognize the specification "CenterCCD" from the script editor. I was specifying coordinates to be at the center of N4 but they were being centered at the middle of the focal plane, in the gap between S4 and N4. Worked around this by incrementing all target positions by 5' north...

Otherwise a very smooth night.

Comments: 

See above field for description of small problems.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Temperature Max: 
15.20
Temperature Min: 
14.00
Humidity Max: 
50
Humidity Min: 
39
Wind Speed Max: 
10.00
Wind Speed Min: 
2.40
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
0.90
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
0.90
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.30
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.20
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
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Program: 
Proposal: 
2013A-0611
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
8.5
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Imaging Local Group dwarf galaxies
Primary Investigator: 
Dougal Mackey
Email: 
dougal@mso.anu.edu.au [1]
Institution: 
ANU
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
N/A
Total Program Time: 
8.5
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2013-02-15 8.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.5
Source URL (modified on 02/16/2013 - 06:52): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/enr-ctio-blanco-4-m-2013-02-15

Links
[1] mailto:dougal@mso.anu.edu.au
[2] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/727/delete?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-blanco-4-m-2013-02-15
[3] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/727/edit?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-blanco-4-m-2013-02-15
[4] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/add/node/3163?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-blanco-4-m-2013-02-15