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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2025-12-19

Date: 
Friday, December 19, 2025
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
S. Panda
Submitter Email: 
swayamtrupta.panda@noirlab.edu
Observer Support: 
Manuel Hernandez
Night Assistant: 
Rodrigo Hinojosa
Also Present: 
K. Boutsia, A. Dey, G. Medina Toledo
Problems: 

01:19 CLT: The TCS shows very low counts although the systems are seemingly fine. The OA is trying to make a shutdown and restart of the sytem. ~7min to recover the system.

Comments: 

We observed the entire night under variable, relatively poor seeing (~1.3"-1.8"), and sky transparency >~90%. The humidity was ~50-60% and the wind speed climbed to ~6 m/s, especially in the second half.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.20
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Thin Clouds
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.30
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Thin Clouds
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.50
Seeing Variability: 
0.4
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Thin Clouds
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.40
Seeing Variability: 
0.4
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
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Program: 
Proposal: 
2023B-184194
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
8.0
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.25
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
IBIS
Primary Investigator: 
Dey-Schlegel
Email: 
arjun.dey@noirlab.edu [1]
Institution: 
NOIRLab
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
8.25
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2025-12-19 8.0 0.0 0.25 0.0 0.0 8.25
Source URL (modified on 12/20/2025 - 05:47): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/node/23494

Links
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[4] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/add/node/23494?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-blanco-4-m-2025-12-19