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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2013-04-08

Date: 
Monday, April 8, 2013
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Melissa Ness
Submitter Email: 
mkness@mso.anu.edu.au
Observer Support: 
Alistair Walker
Night Assistant: 
Leonardo Paredes
Also Present: 
Nicholas Bate
Problems: 

9pm (midnight UTC) failure recurred. Stopped queue, the stopped current exposure, but the guide camera failed and couldn't be restarted. Had to restart the system.

 

7am the cloud graph stopped working and the rasicam stopped updating

Comments: 

First half night on 2013A-0616: Cloud cover is significant. Lost guide stars ~250s remaining in  r-band exposure 3 (of 5) ~ 9pm.

~10pm, cloud appears to be clearing.

11.30 could cover came over

1am clouds gone

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.10
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky : 
8
2nd Quarter
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
0.90
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
2
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.10
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.30
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
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Program: 
Proposal: 
2013A-0616
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
3.25
Time Engineering: 
0.5
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
On the Ongoing Demise of the Carina Dwarf Galaxy
Primary Investigator: 
Lewis
Email: 
gfl@physics.usyd.edu.au [1]
Institution: 
The University of Sydney
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
N/A
Total Program Time: 
3.75
Proposal: 
2013A-0615
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
6.0
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Outer regions of M38
Primary Investigator: 
Joss-Bland Hawthorn
Email: 
jbh@physics.usyd.edu.au [4]
Institution: 
The University of Sydney
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Total Program Time: 
6
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2013-04-08 9.25 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.75
Source URL (modified on 04/09/2013 - 07:38): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/node/3460

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[4] mailto:jbh@physics.usyd.edu.au
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[7] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/add/node/3460?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-blanco-4-m-2013-04-08