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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2013-03-24

Date: 
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Wilson Cauley
Submitter Email: 
pwc1@rice.edu
Observer Support: 
Hernan Tirado
Night Assistant: 
Claudio Aguilera
Also Present: 
Tim Abott
Problems: 

Some trouble with DECam servers at the beginning of the night, up and running by UT = 00:40.  At UT = 09:15 object reached an air mass of 2.3 and we had to stop tracking.  However, telescope became stuck at last position (ZD = 63.9 degrees) and would not move even after manual attempts by Night Assistant.

Comments: 

None.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.80
Seeing Variability: 
0.6
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
0.80
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
0.80
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
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Program: 
Proposal: 
2013A-0715
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
8.5
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
1.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Carina Deep-Field Time Series
Primary Investigator: 
Hartigan
Email: 
hartigan@sparky.rice.edu [1]
Institution: 
Rice University
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
9.5
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2013-03-24 8.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 9.5
Source URL (modified on 03/25/2013 - 06:37): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/node/3392

Links
[1] mailto:hartigan@sparky.rice.edu
[2] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/804/delete?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-blanco-4-m-2013-03-24
[3] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/804/edit?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-blanco-4-m-2013-03-24
[4] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/add/node/3392?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-blanco-4-m-2013-03-24