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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2018-04-28

Date: 
Saturday, April 28, 2018
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Kathy ivas
Submitter Email: 
kvivas@ctio.noao.edu
Observer Support: 
Hernan Tirado
Night Assistant: 
Claudio Aguilera
Also Present: 
Abi Saha
Problems: 

FCM failed again tonight at UT=7:45, when attempting to do a Y observation. 

Following the guidelines from yesterday we tried to put in the block filter before restarting SISPI. It didn't work. FCM was restarted, then SISPI. Everything came back fine. We manually changed filters using the commands "set filter r", "set filter out". It worked fine for all filters except for Y.  After the second failure a simple Configure solved the interlock. Recalling the failure from a few months ago, we moved the telescope to the west, and tried again. Again, it failed when trying to move in the filter Y. This time, Configure did not work and SISPI was restarted. It was necessary anyway to do a reset_filter  after the SISPI restart to get things working again.

We were able to do a few observations before this failure, and it succesfully made ugrizY observations of three objects. It failed in the Y observations of the fourth object.

We continued observations with no Y. It went ok. At UT=9:37, I forgot to delete the Y observation in one of my targets and FCM failed again. Another SISPI restart and reset_filter.

Block filter has Y. So, I am leaving as a block u+z for tonight.

Comments: 

Lots of clouds tonight. It cleared up during the last hour of the night.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Overcast
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
0.00
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky : 
8
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Overcast
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
0.00
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
8
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Overcast
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
0.00
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
8
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Partially cloudy
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
4
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Program: 
Proposal: 
2018A-0386
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
0.0
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
5.5
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Completing the Southern eROSITA Sky with DECam
Primary Investigator: 
A. Zenteno
Email: 
zenteno@ctio.noao.edu [1]
Institution: 
CTIO
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
5.5
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  • Edit [3]
Proposal: 
2018A-0159
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
2.0
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.5
Time lost weather: 
3.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Calibration of RR Lyrae stars in DECam filters
Primary Investigator: 
K. Vivas
Email: 
kvivas@ctio.noao.edu [4]
Institution: 
CTIO
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
5.5
  • Delete [5]
  • Edit [6]
  • Add [7]
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2018-04-28 2.0 0.0 0.5 8.5 0.0 11

Source URL (modified on 04/29/2018 - 07:04): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/ENR-CTIO-Blanco-4-m-2018-04-28

Links
[1] mailto:zenteno@ctio.noao.edu
[2] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/6083/delete?destination=print/node/13778
[3] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/6083/edit?destination=print/node/13778
[4] mailto:kvivas@ctio.noao.edu
[5] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/6084/delete?destination=print/node/13778
[6] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/6084/edit?destination=print/node/13778
[7] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/add/node/13778?destination=print/node/13778