Night report 2017-08-18
Observers: Joe Lyman, David Homan
TAT: Maria Teresa-Botticella, Kate Maguire
Support team: Kate Maguire
Calibrations: biases, arcs
Conditions: Seeing erratic, >1,5" at start of night and later.
Intermittent clouds and thin cirrus most of night.
UT Target Type Comment
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23:15 PS17egl Followup g11+16, 1.5"
01:30 EG274 Standard
01:50 marka Standard field
02:00 AT2017egv Followup g16, 1"
02:40 AT2017gda Classification g13, 1.5"; Spectrum appears to show only galaxy
02:55 AT2017gah Followup g11+16, 1.5"
03:35 - Image analysis
04:00 AT2016cvk Followup Vgr imaging
04:45 Gaia17cbx Classification g13, 1"; identifaction unclear (possibly galactic in origin)
05:05 AT2017gcy Classification g13, 1"; young type Ia SN
05:30 PS17eai Classification g13, 1"; SN Ia, post peak
06:00 PS17eam Classification g13, 1"; SN Ia
06:20 AT2017fur Classification g13, 1"; SN Ia
06:30 - Check alignment slit/CCD
06:45 PS17edj Classification g13, 1.5"; AGN
07:10 DES16C3cje Followup r imaging
08:00 - - Increasing clouds, waiting for possible acquisition
08:15 AT2017gax Followup g11+16, 1"
09:00 vma2 Standard
09:20 - - clouds, waiting for acquisition
09:35 AT2017gci Followup g13, 1"; finished during the start of twilight
10:00 - Sky Flats Conditions sub-optimal (cloudy), but attempt to obtain flats