I obviously cannot learn from the previous night. We observed some SMC fields until the LMC was at an airmass below 2.0. We encountered cannot move to object, object out of bounds error for our first LMC target that was quickly resolved. It just so happened that our first object from 2021-11-04 had an RA ~5, Dec ~-71 and we could start observing this field at 20:30. The first selected LMC field for tonight was at RA~ 5:30, Dec~-70. That extra 30min in RA means that you really cannot observe the field until 20:45hrs local time. Once the error message that we could not move to that field appeared, we cleared the queue and moved to a field on the western edge of the LMC. New observing proceedures have been adopted. When moving to LMC targets, the first object willl be toward the western edge of the Cloud. After that we will observe objects toward the eastern edge of the Cloud.
| Total Times | Time Observed | Time Engineering | Time lost technical | Time lost weather | Time lost other | Total Program Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-05 | 7.75 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.75 |
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Night 2 of the DECam LMC [SII] Survey. Could not observe the LMC until ~20:30hrs local time. Observed some SMC fields until then. Performed deep exposures of two LMC fields that covered regions near N11, N11L, N4, N9, N44, and N51D. Obtained some nice SNR images. Sky was clear all night. Delivered image quality for the night was ~1.1" +/- 0.2"; not bad but not great. Finished for the night when the Sun was at -12deg.