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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2013-08-18

Date: 
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Kathy Vivas
Submitter Email: 
akvivas@cida.ve
Observer Support: 
Alberto Alvarez
Night Assistant: 
Leonardo Paredes
Problems: 

A minor problem at 06:32 UT. There was an interlock alarm about ICS_SHUTTER. The shutter was restarted and the problem solved. We were back in the sky in 2 minutes.

Comments: 

The system worked perfectly well tonight, except for the minor detail explained above. Clear skies, variable seeing.

Thanks to everybody for helping solving the problems that appeared during the first two nights. It was a succesful run!

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Temperature Max: 
13.00
Temperature Min: 
10.30
Humidity Max: 
24
Humidity Min: 
15
Wind Speed Max: 
22.00
Wind Speed Min: 
4.60
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
0.90
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.10
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.40
Seeing Variability: 
0.4
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: 
2013B-0325
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
10.75
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Dwarf Cepheids in the Sgr Dwarf Galaxy
Primary Investigator: 
Kathy Vivas
Email: 
akvivas@cida.ve [1]
Institution: 
CIDA
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
N/A
Total Program Time: 
10.75
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2013-08-18 10.75 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.75
Source URL (modified on 08/19/2013 - 06:21): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/node/4172

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[4] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/add/node/4172?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-blanco-4-m-2013-08-18