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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2014-01-21

Date: 
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Peter Nugent
Submitter Email: 
penugent@lbl.gov
Observer Support: 
Humberto Orrego
Night Assistant: 
Alberto Alvarez
Also Present: 
Claudio Bruderer, Ricardo Munoz (second half)
Problems: 

None.

Comments: 
*Observing Team*
 
_DES Observers:_ Claudio Bruderer, Peter Nugent
_Telops:_ Alberto Alvarez
_Remote Support:_ Humberto Orrego
 
*Observing Plan*
 
# standard bias and dome flat sequence
# evening standard stars
# run ObsTac queue
# Standards carried out in banded cirrus
# handover to 2nd half
 
*Conditions*
 
# weather in afternoon: 4pm (local): clear skies above, some clouds on horizon
# weather after dinner: 7pm (local): A bit hazy, small clouds on horizon.
# weather at 10 deg twilight: 21:30 (local): little hazy, clouds gone, light wind
# weather summary: 2am (local): Heavy cirrus moved in at 03:00 UT
# Seeing conditions: Median: 0.95  RMS: 0.10
# Wind conditions: none at start of the night and low the whole night
 
*Accomplishments*
 
# Afternoon: zeros done 276555-276565 and 276641-276649, (ugrizY) dome flats done 276566-276640, checked all ok, but u was even lower than expected
# Winner of post sunset leisure activity: Roma (1-0 over Juventus)
# Evening: Standards 276656-276670
# Survey Exposures 276673-276782
# Middle of night (end of half night): Standards 276783-276787
 
 
*Problems tagged as Synopsis_Problem*
 
None.
 
*Minor Problems and Relevant Information*
 
# Some Some issues with the ICS, Klaus and Alistair gave th go-ahead to proceed.
# Occlusion alarms: 2 alarms during the night.
 
 
*Notes for Data Management*
 
None

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No problems in second half of the night.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Thin Clouds
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
0.95
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
1
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
7
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
0.70
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
6
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Cirrus
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
0.80
Seeing Variability: 
0.4
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
6
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Program: 
Proposal: 
2012B-0001
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
3.75
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
DES
Primary Investigator: 
Josh Frieman
Email: 
frieman@fnal.gov [1]
Institution: 
Fermilab
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
N/A
Total Program Time: 
3.75
Proposal: 
2013B-0614
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
3.75
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
SMASH
Primary Investigator: 
Munoz
Email: 
rmunoz@das.uchile.cl [4]
Institution: 
Universidad de Chile
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
Chile
Total Program Time: 
3.75
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2014-01-21 7.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.5
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