SOAR-4m Observing Run: February 21, 2019

Proposal: 2018B-0095 (Full Text)

Observers

• Feb 21: Douglas, Melissa, Matt, Ting (first half), (Sahar*), Allyn*)

*Sahar and Allyn will likely be connecting in via Zoom but probably won't be physically present at Fermilab ROC-West.

Communication

• Contact Information
• DES GW Slack Channel
• SOAR TelOps Staffing Calendar

Observing Strategy

• Instrumental Setup
• Nightly Observing Plan
• February 2019 Sky Calendar for CTIO
• Targets:
  • Hour-by-hour suggested targets for the February 2019 SOAR run Updated: 20 February 2019
  • White Dwarf Candidates Updated: 19 February 2019
  • GW Practice Targets Updated: 16 January 2019
  • Standard Stars
• Nightly Observing Logs

Guides

• Observing with SOAR
• SOAR Instrumentation
• Goodman High Throughput Spectrograph
  • Goodman Spectrograph Cheat Sheet
  • Step-by-Step User's Guide (2017 web version, 2017 local version, 2013 local version)
  • Melissa Butner's Quick Guide
  • Available long slits
• Goodman Acquistion Camera (GACAM) Users's Manual (web version, local version)
  • Goodman Acquistion Camera (GACAM) Cheat Sheet (web version, local version)
• Remote Observing from FNAL (DECam-specific)

Sky Conditions

• Pachon and Tololo Weather, Sky Conditions, and Monitoring Tools
• 48-hour Detailed Forecast for CTIO

Utilities

• SkyView
• MAPS finder chart engine
• DES Labs
  • Cutout Server
  • Footprint Server
• Brian Casey's Astronomy Tools:
  • Hourly Airmass Tables
  • Daily Almanac
  • Object Seasonal Observability
• Sky Chart for CTIO

Data Processing Material

• SOAR Goodman Quick Reduce Prototype for quick on-the-fly reductions
• The Goodman Data Reduction Pipeline (NEW -- but not currently useable for our 400_WD configuration.)
• Example IRAF reduction notes for the night of 30-31 Oct 2017.
• Comparison Arc Spectra
  • HgAr: plot (3000A-7000A), linelists
  • HgAr+Ne: plot (3750A-7150A), plot (5000A-9000A), linelists

Forms

• General SOAR Instrument Setup Forms and Observing Reports
  • Instrument Setup Form
  • SOAR End-of-night form
  • SOAR End-of-run form
• Goodman Paper Log (web version, local version)
• Faint-Object Target Acquisition Checklist (print out a copy for each target fainter than r=19)