ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2013-01-04

Date:

Friday, January 4, 2013

Telescope:

CTIO Blanco 4-m

Submitter:

David James

Submitter Email:

djj [at] ctio [dot] noao [dot] edu

Observer Support:

Mauricio Rojas

Night Assistant:

Alberto Alvarez

Also Present:

Lori Allen, Cesar Fuentes, Kevin Reil, Lyndsay Old, Ricardo Ogado

Problems:

None.

Comments:

OVerall, very good night, with lots of data -- very poor seeing.

Wind shake on telescope seems correlated with poorer DIQ.

Closing side vents and raising wind blind helped improved DIQ from 2.0" to better than 1.5"

Conditions:

General Conditions

Temperature Max:

14.00

Temperature Min:

12.00

Humidity Max:

Humidity Min:

Wind Speed Max:

12.00

Wind Speed Min:

1.00

Comment:

Generally very poor seeing

Quarters

1st Quarter

Clouds:

Clear

Seeing Value:

0.00

Seeing Variability:

Seeing Source:

CTIO Seeing monitor

Sky :

2nd Quarter

Clouds:

Clear

Seeing Value:

0.00

Seeing Variability:

Seeing Source:

CTIO Seeing monitor

Sky:

3rd Quarter

Clouds:

Clear

Seeing Value:

0.00

Seeing Variability:

Seeing Source:

CTIO Seeing monitor

Sky:

4th Quarter

Clouds:

Clear

Seeing Value:

0.00

Seeing Variability:

Seeing Source:

CTIO Seeing monitor

Sky:

Program:

Proposal:

2012B-0003 and 2012B-0569

Target of Oportunity:

Time Observed:

8.0

Time Engineering:

0.0

Time lost technical:

0.0

Time lost weather:

0.0

Time lost other:

0.0

Description:

DES exSV and NEO pilot program

Primary Investigator:

Josh Frieman and Lori Allen

Institution:

Fermilab

Instrument:

CTIO 4m DECam

Organization:

NOAO

Total Program Time:

Total Times	Time Observed	Time Engineering	Time lost technical	Time lost weather	Time lost other	Total Program Time
2013-01-04	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8