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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2020-11-13

Date: 
Friday, November 13, 2020
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Scott Sheppard
Submitter Email: 
sheppard@dtm.ciw.edu
Observer Support: 
Manuel Hernandez
Night Assistant: 
Claudio Aguilera
Also Present: 
Tim Abbott
Problems: 

Trying to move telescope from [HA,DEC] = [-5hr,-30d] to [-5hr,-80d] provoked loss of mount control.  Lost 20min recovering manually.

The exposure started while the telescope was slewing, aborted.

 

Comments: 

None.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.50
Seeing Variability: 
0.4
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.30
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.20
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Seeing Value: 
1.30
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
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Program: 
Proposal: 
2020B-0300
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: 
Extreme Trans-Neptunian Objects
Primary Investigator: 
Scott Sheppard
Email: 
sheppard@dtm.ciw.edu [1]
Institution: 
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
3.75
Proposal: 
2020B-0915
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
3.5
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.25
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
DWF
Primary Investigator: 
Jeff Cooke
Email: 
jeffreycooke@swin.edu.au [4]
Institution: 
Swinburne University of Technology
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
3.75
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2020-11-13 7.25 0.0 0.25 0.0 0.0 7.5
Source URL (modified on 11/14/2020 - 05:25): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/ENR-CTIO-Blanco-4-m-2020-11-13

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[2] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/33090/delete?destination=print/node/17250
[3] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/33090/edit?destination=print/node/17250
[4] mailto:jeffreycooke@swin.edu.au
[5] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/33091/delete?destination=print/node/17250
[6] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/33091/edit?destination=print/node/17250
[7] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/add/node/17250?destination=print/node/17250