SAAO Observing Rota for December 2017
	Month	Day	Date	Moon%	1.9-m	1.0-m	IRSF	SALT	Duty  Astronomer
	Nov	Wed	29	81
	Nov	Thu	30	89	Southworth		Onozato	Vaisanen
	Dec	Fri	1	95	[Crause]
	Dec	Sat	2	99
	Dec	Sun	3	100
	Dec	Mon	4	97	SpUpNIC		SIRIUS
	Dec	Tue	5	92
	Dec	Wed	6	84
	Dec	Thu	7	75	Crause		Onozato	Romero-	Crause
	Dec	Fri	8	65				Colmenero
	Dec	Sat	9	54
	Dec	Sun	10	43
	Dec	Mon	11	33	SpUpNIC		SIRIUS
	Dec	Tue	12	24
	Dec	Wed	13	17
	Dec	Thu	14	10	Crause /	Holdsworth	Onozato	Skelton R	Sefako
	Dec	Fri	15	5	Sefako
	Dec	Sat	16	2
	Dec	Sun	17	0
	Dec	Mon	18	0	SpUpNIC	SHOC	SIRIUS
	Dec	Tue	19	2
	Dec	Wed	20	6
	Dec	Thu	21	11	Boehringer	Holdsworth			Holdsworth
	Dec	Fri	22	18	[Sefako]
	Dec	Sat	23	26
	Dec	Sun	24	35
	Dec	Mon	25	45	SpUpNIC	SHOC
	Dec	Tue	26	55
	Dec	Wed	27	66
	Dec	Thu	28	76		Holdsworh			Holdsworth
	Dec	Fri	29	85
	Dec	Sat	30	93
	Dec	Sun	31	98
	Jan	Mon	1	100		SHOC
	Jan	Tue	2	99
	The percentage of Moon illuminated at local midnight is shown in column 4. Names in square brackets are visitor support astronomers. Dates of Public Holidays are highlighted and marked in Bold. 16 December: Day of Reconcillation; 25 December: Christmas Day; 26 December: Day of Goodwill, 1 Jan: New Year's Day.