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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2013-04-06

Date: 
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
Christopher Morrison
Submitter Email: 
cbmorrison@ucdavis.edu
Observer Support: 
Hernan Tirado
Night Assistant: 
Leonardo Paredes
Problems: 

Lost control of the Blanco telescope mount. Caused loss of an exposure.

Alerted Hernan and David James to "yellow" status of the IB2 machine as reported by the DECam Observer Console.

Comments: 

Telescope required a recentering halfway through the first 4 hour pointing of the night. This was likely related to the problem with the telescope mount.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.20
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
0
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.20
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
1
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.20
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
1
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Clear
Wind: 
High
Seeing Value: 
1.20
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
1
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Program: 
Proposal: 
2013A-0386
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
10.25
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
0.25
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
Galaxy and Mass Evolution
Primary Investigator: 
Paul Thorman
Email: 
thorman@ucdavis.edu [1]
Institution: 
UC Davis
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
10.5
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2013-04-06 10.25 0.0 0.25 0.0 0.0 10.5
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Links
[1] mailto:thorman@ucdavis.edu
[2] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/837/delete?destination=print/node/3459
[3] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/837/edit?destination=print/node/3459
[4] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/add/node/3459?destination=print/node/3459