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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2020-10-14

Date: 
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Will Hartley
Submitter Email: 
willliam.hartley@gmail.com
Observer Support: 
None
Night Assistant: 
None
Problems: 

Lost 45 minutes due to a problem with a script.  An exposure was set to "dome flat" instead of "object" and it caused the dome to move and the flat lamps to turn on.  It took a while to figure out what was the problem and to reset the telescope.

Comments: 

It seems dangerous that the script can turn on the dome lamps and potentially saturate DECam with a long exposure.  If possible the script editor or console should warn about this, or only allow the operator to turn on lamps.

Second half of the night went very smoothly.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Temperature Max: 
13.00
Temperature Min: 
13.00
Humidity Max: 
40
Humidity Min: 
40
Wind Speed Max: 
16.60
Wind Speed Min: 
2.00
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
1.20
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
0.90
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
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Program: 
Proposal: 
2020B-000
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
3.75
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.75
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Is there Star Formation in the Aquila Rift?
Primary Investigator: 
Lisa Prato
Email: 
lprato@lowell.edu [1]
Institution: 
Lowell Observatory
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Total Program Time: 
4.5
Proposal: 
2020B-0278
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
4.5
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
A new DECam deep field covering the full Euclid Deep Field South
Primary Investigator: 
Bechtol
Email: 
kbechtol@wisc.edu [4]
Institution: 
University of Wisconsin -- Madison
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
4.5
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2020-10-14 8.25 0.0 0.75 0.0 0.0 9
Source URL (modified on 10/15/2020 - 06:29): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/ENR-CTIO-Blanco-4-m-2020-10-14

Links
[1] mailto:lprato@lowell.edu
[2] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/32959/delete?destination=print/node/17155
[3] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/32959/edit?destination=print/node/17155
[4] mailto:kbechtol@wisc.edu
[5] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/32960/delete?destination=print/node/17155
[6] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/32960/edit?destination=print/node/17155
[7] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/add/node/17155?destination=print/node/17155