Night report 2024-08-30

Observers: Thomas Moore, Ido Keinan,  Noi Shitrit, and Tomer Katz

Support: Rachel J. Burch

TAT: Shubham Srivastav (Oxford), Amit Kumar (Warwick), Giuliano Pignata (University of Tarapacá) 

Calibrations:  afternoon - bias, spec flats and arcs.

Conditions:

Start (UT 00:30): humidity 43.1%, temperature: 4.2ºC, wind speed: 6m/s, cloudy conditions

 Mid (UT 06:20): humidity 23.4%, temperature: 4.7ºC, wind speed: 4.5m/s, cloudy conditions

 End (UT 09:04): humidity 11%, temperature: 8.4ºC, wind speed: 5.2m/s, cloudy conditions

ESO security identified that a door had opened in the telescope during the night revealing a lamp in the service room had been left on. This issue was rectified by 04:00 UTC and ESO will investigate the cause.