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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2025-02-06

Date: 
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Sean Points
Submitter Email: 
sean.points@noirlab.edu
Observer Support: 
Hernan Tirado
Night Assistant: 
Alberto Alvarez
Also Present: 
R. Cantarutti & O Estay
Problems: 

We could not update the section of the NEWFIRM Observing GUI where one needs to give the PropID.  NEWFIRM only allows an image to be taken if a valid PropID is entered.  I could not find the file that controls this.  The error message is "Error DHE.vi /Operation not permitted"  I don't know enough LabView to look at these files to try and figure out where the control file is.  We changed the PropID for the ToO to the standard engineering PropID.  The PropID should be fixed at the archive if possible.

Comments: 

First half of night worked on determining the orientation of the guiders and guide star aquisition (until 02:00 local time).  Many thanks to Omar, Rolo, Hernan, and Alberto for their patience and dedication in working on this

Second half of night - took images for D Coulter's ToO program for NIR counterparts to GW events and other miscellaneous tasks.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0.4
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.20
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
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Program: 
Proposal: 
Engineering
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
0.0
Time Engineering: 
7.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Newfirm Engineering
Primary Investigator: 
Points
Email: 
sean.points@noirlab.edu [1]
Institution: 
CTIO
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m Newfirm
Total Program Time: 
7
Proposal: 
2025A-808226
Target of Oportunity: 
yes
Time Observed: 
1.5
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Finding and Characterizing Red and Distant Kilonovae with NEWFIRM
Primary Investigator: 
David Coulter
Email: 
dcoulter@stsci.edu [4]
Institution: 
STSCI
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m Newfirm
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
1.5
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2025-02-06 1.5 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.5
Source URL (modified on 02/07/2025 - 05:53): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/ENR-CTIO-Blanco-4-m-2025-02-06

Links
[1] mailto:sean.points@noirlab.edu
[2] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/44139/delete?destination=print/node/22470
[3] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/44139/edit?destination=print/node/22470
[4] mailto:dcoulter@stsci.edu
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[6] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/44140/edit?destination=print/node/22470
[7] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/add/node/22470?destination=print/node/22470