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SAAO Observing rota for August 2008

DateM %1.9-m 1.0-m 0.75-m0.5-m IRSF SALT Duty Astr
Wed 6 31 Hashimoto

SpCCD		 Zub/
Cassan
PLANET

STE3		 Pretorius

UCT CCD

Fukui Yas/
Charl
 Pretorius
Thu 7 38
Fri 8 44
Sat9 50
Sun10 56
Mon11 62
Tue12 68
Wed13 74 ENG DEC
DRIVE

SpCCD		 Sefako

SAAO CCD		 van Wyk

IRP MkII

Matsunaga Engineering van Wyk
Thu14 80
Fri15 87
Sat16 93
Sun17 99
Mon18 93
Tue19 86
Wed20 79 Feast

SpCCD		 Menzies

STE3		 Su/
Rieke
[Whitelock]

IRP MkII

Matsunaga Alexei/
Fred		 Menzies
Thu21 72
Fri22 65
Sat23 57
Sun24 50
Mon25 43
Tue26 35
Wed27 28 Andernach

SpCCD		 Kuhn

STE3		 Middleton

Own Camera		 van Wyk

MP		 Matsunaga Amanda/
Lucian		 van Wyk
Thu28 21
Fri29 13
Sat30 6
Sun31 0
Mon 1 7
Tue 2 14
The percentage of moon illuminated at local midnight is given in the third column.
Abbreviations: B, G and D: Bright, grey and dark weeks. NA: Night assistant.
Names in square brackets are visitor support astronomers, in bold are actual observers.
Dates of Public Holidays marked in bold.9 Aug: National Womens' Day

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Last updated: 26 August 2008