ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2014-01-22

Date:

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Telescope:

CTIO Blanco 4-m

Submitter:

Ricardo Munoz

Submitter Email:

rmunoz@das.uchile.cl

Observer Support:

Humberto Orrego

Night Assistant:

Alberto Alvarez

Problems:

None.

Comments:

First half of the night DES, second half Chilean time.

********** Comments DES **********

*Observing Team*

_DES Observers:_ David Gerdes, Claudio Bruderer

_Telops:_ Alberto Alvarez

_Remote Support:_ Humberto Orrego

*Observing Plan*

# standard bias and dome flat sequence

# evening standard stars

# run ObsTac queue

# Standards carried out in banded cirrus

# handover to 2nd half

*Conditions*

# weather in afternoon: 4pm (local): clear skies above, very few clouds on horizon

# weather after dinner: 7pm (local): Few cirrus clouds across the sky, otherwise clear.

# weather at 10 deg twilight: 21:30 (local): Clouds gone, sky quite clear, low wind

# weather summary: 2am (local): Sky still clear, low wind out of the North

# Seeing conditions: Median: 0.85 RMS: 0.16

# Wind conditions: Low the whole half-night

*Accomplishments*

# Afternoon: zeros done 276849-276860 and 276935-276943, (ugrizY) dome flats done 276861-276934, checked all ok, u dropping as usual

# Winner of post sunset leisure activity: NOT the Viscachas (none seen)

# Evening: Standards 276947-276961

# Survey Exposures 276964-277075

# Middle of night (end of half night): Standards 277076-277080

*Problems tagged as Synopsis_Problem*

None.

*Minor Problems and Relevant Information*

# Occlusion alarms: 2 alarms during the night.

*Notes for Data Management*

None

********** End DES comments **********

Conditions:

General Conditions

Comment:

None.

1st Quarter

Clouds:

Clear

Wind:

Low

Seeing Value:

0.85

Seeing Variability:

0.2

Seeing Source:

The Telescope I used

Sky :

2nd Quarter

Clouds:

Clear

Seeing Value:

0.85

Seeing Variability:

0.2

Seeing Source:

The Telescope I used

Sky:

3rd Quarter

Clouds:

Partially cloudy

Wind:

Low

Seeing Value:

0.80

Seeing Variability:

0.2

Seeing Source:

The Telescope I used

Sky:

4th Quarter

Clouds:

Thin Clouds

Wind:

Low

Seeing Value:

0.85

Seeing Variability:

0.2

Seeing Source:

The Telescope I used

Sky:

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Program:

Proposal:

2012B-0001

Target of Oportunity:

Time Observed:

3.75

Time Engineering:

0.0

Time lost technical:

0.0

Time lost weather:

0.0

Time lost other:

0.0

Description:

DES

Primary Investigator:

Frieman

Email:

frieman@fnal.gov [1]

Institution:

Fermilab

Instrument:

CTIO 4m DECam

Organization:

NOAO

Total Program Time:

3.75

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Proposal:

2013B-0614

Target of Oportunity:

Time Observed:

3.25

Time Engineering:

0.0

Time lost technical:

0.0

Time lost weather:

0.5

Time lost other:

0.0

Description:

SMASH

Primary Investigator:

Munoz

Email:

rmunoz@das.uchile.cl [4]

Institution:

Universidad de Chile

Instrument:

CTIO 4m DECam

Organization:

Chile

Total Program Time:

3.75

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Total Times	Time Observed	Time Engineering	Time lost technical	Time lost weather	Time lost other	Total Program Time
2014-01-22	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	7.5