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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2013-06-03

Date: 
Monday, June 3, 2013
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
R. Michael Rich
Submitter Email: 
rmr@astro.ucla.edu
Observer Support: 
Mauricio Rojas
Night Assistant: 
Claudio Aguilera
Also Present: 
A. Kunder by Skype
Problems: 

Shutter failure and water leak ended night at about 4am local time - loss of 2 hrs
The GO button had been blinking green/pink during night a couple of times; when this happens
the exposure sequence stops without any alarm, wich is bad.

Decreasing guide cycle to 300msec

Comments: 

Rapid attention by observer support; not much to be done except to undertake repiars.

DECam has potential to deliver superb images.  Guider requires tweeks but image quality can be spectacuar- 1 arcsec at u,
0.7 arcsec at r

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
0.90
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
0.90
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
0.90
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
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: 
Proposal: 
2013A-0529
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
9.0
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
3.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Blanco Bulge Decam Survey
Primary Investigator: 
Rich
Email: 
rmr@astro.ucla.edu [1]
Institution: 
UCLA
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
12
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2013-06-03 9.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 12
2013-06-03 9.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 12
Source URL (modified on 06/04/2013 - 05:03): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/node/3813

Links
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[3] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/925/edit?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-blanco-4-m-2013-06-03
[4] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/add/node/3813?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-blanco-4-m-2013-06-03