SOAR-4m Observing Run: January 25 - 27, 2019

Proposal: 2018B-0095 (Full Text)

Observers

Previous run:

• Sep 28: Sahar, Douglas, Bobby, Melissa, Martin*
• Sep 29: Sahar, Douglas, Bobby, Melissa
• Sep 30: Sahar, Douglas, Melissa, Antonella
• Oct 1: Sahar, Douglas, Francisco, Antonella, Matt, Zohia
• Oct 2: Sahar, Douglas, Francisco, Antonella, Matt

• Jan 25: Sahar, Douglas, Melissa, Ting, Alyssa, John, Antonella (1st half), Allyn**
• Jan 26: Sahar, Douglas, Melissa, Ting, Alyssa, John, Allyn**
• Jan 27: Sahar, Douglas, Melissa, Ting, Alyssa, John, Allyn**

*Martin will also train separately at a remote observing center in Rio.

**Allyn will be physically present at SOAR for the January run.

Contact information: Here

DES GW Slack Channel: URL

Observing Strategy

• Instrumental Setup
• Nightly Observing Plan
• January 2019 Sky Calendar for CTIO
• Targets:
  • Hour-by-hour suggested targets for the January 2019 SOAR run
  • White Dwarf Candidates Updated: 15 January 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=18)