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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2026-01-13

Date: 
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Tanner Murphey
Submitter Email: 
murphey2@illinois.edu
Observer Support: 
Hernan Tirado
Night Assistant: 
Roberto Aviles
Also Present: 
Rodrigo Hernandez, AJ deVaux, Kathy Vivas
Problems: 

4:52am we lost internet. Observer got disconnected and no way to communicate with him. Internal network working fine. Kathy came to the control room and finished the DECAT queue. No time lost lost since there were enough objects in the queue when the failure happened. 

Comments: 

REU student AJ deVaux participated in the observations during the first half.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.10
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
0.90
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
0.90
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
0.90
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
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Program: 
Proposal: 
2025B-608414
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: 
Variable Stars in Fornax dSph galaxy
Primary Investigator: 
K Vivas
Email: 
kathy.vivas@noirlab.edu [1]
Institution: 
CTIO
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
DD
Total Program Time: 
3.75
Proposal: 
2024B-441839
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: 
Photometric Time Series of Eta Carinae's Great Eruption
Primary Investigator: 
A Rest
Email: 
arest@stsci.edu [4]
Institution: 
STSCI
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Total Program Time: 
3.75
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2026-01-13 7.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.5
Source URL (modified on 01/14/2026 - 05:49): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/node/23552

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[4] mailto:arest@stsci.edu
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