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  SAAO Observing Rota for August 2015
  Month Day Date Moon% 1.9-m 1.0-m IRSF SALT Duty
 Astronomer
 
Jul Wed 29 97          
Jul Thu 30 99   van Heerden Onozato Kniazev van Heerden
Jul Fri 31 100          
Aug Sat 1 97          
Aug Sun 2 91          
Aug Mon 3 83   STE4      
Aug Tue 4 73 Gulbis (SHOC)        
Aug Wed 5 62          
Aug Thu 6 51 Skelton / Paterson Tatsuuma Miszalski Paterson
Aug Fri 7 40 Smits   /Onozato    
Aug Sat 8 30 [Gulbis]        
Aug Sun 9 21        
Aug Mon 10 13 SHOC SHOC      
Aug Tue 11 7          
Aug Wed 12 3          
Aug Thu 13 1 Frew / Paterson Tatsuuma Kotze P Paterson
Aug Fri 14 0 Parker   /Onozato    
Aug Sat 15 1 [ ? ]        
Aug Sun 16 5          
Aug Mon 17 9 SHOC SHOC      
Aug Tue 18 15          
Aug Wed 19 23          
Aug Thu 20 31 Engelbrecht Martin / Morihana Vaisanen Engelbrecht
Aug Fri 21 40   Kilkenny / Onozato    
Aug Sat 22 50          
Aug Sun 23 60          
Aug Mon 24 71 SHOC STE4      
Aug Tue 25 80          
Aug Wed 26 88          
Aug Thu 27 95 Engelbrecht Koen C Morihana Depagne Koen C
Aug Fri 28 99     / Onozato    
Aug Sat 29 100          
Aug Sun 30 98          
Aug Mon 31 93 SHOC STE4      
Sep Tue 1 85          
The percentage of Moon illuminated at local midnight is shown in column 4.
Abbreviations: SA - SALT astronomer; SO - SALT operator. Names in square brackets are visitor support astronomers, in bold are actual observers. Dates of Public Holidays are highlighted and marked in Bold.
10 August: Public Holiday (9 August: National Women's Day)