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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2014-03-23

Date: 
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Scott Sheppard
Submitter Email: 
sheppard@dtm.ciw.edu
Observer Support: 
Alfredo Zenteno
Night Assistant: 
Claudio Aguilera
Also Present: 
Chad Trujillo
Problems: 

The dome flats at the beginning of the night do not have any significant background counts.
It appears the lights for the dome flats were not on, thus making the flats no good.

The Dome stopped moving with the telescope during the last hour of the night.
It was not clear how to fix and make the dome start moving again.

Comments: 

The dome stopped working.

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: 
0.90
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
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Program: 
Proposal: 
2014A-0479
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
8.0
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
1.5
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Beyond the Kuiper Belt Edge
Primary Investigator: 
Scott Sheppard
Email: 
sheppard@dtm.ciw.edu [1]
Institution: 
Carnegie
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
2014-03-23 8.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 9.5
Source URL (modified on 03/24/2014 - 06:48): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/node/5279

Links
[1] mailto:sheppard@dtm.ciw.edu
[2] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/1453/delete?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-blanco-4-m-2014-03-23
[3] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/1453/edit?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-blanco-4-m-2014-03-23
[4] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/add/node/5279?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-blanco-4-m-2014-03-23