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SAAO Observing rota for December 2008

DateM %1.9-m 1.0-m 0.75-m0.5-m IRSF SALT Duty Astr
Wed 3 31 Coe
[Pretorius]

SpCCD		 Kaluzny

SAAO CCD		 Berdnikov

Own CCD		 van Wyk

MP		 Townsend Eng/Yas/Lucian
Engineering		 van Wyk
Thu 4 37
Fri 5 43
Sat 6 50
Sun 7 56
Mon 8 63
Tue 9 70
Wed10 78 Townsend

SpCCD		 Kaluzny

SAAO CCD		 Berdnikov

Own CCD		 Medupe/
Students

MP

Engineering van Wyk
Thu11 85
Fri12 93
Sat13 98
Sun14 90
Mon15 82
Tue16 75
Wed17 67 Parker
[Crause]

SpCCD		 Helminiak/
Ammanito

SAAO CCD		 Berdnikov

Own CCD		 Medupe/
Students

MP

Nicola/
Fred		 Parker
Thu18 60
Fri19 53
Sat20 46
Sun21 40
Mon22 34
Tue23 27
Wed24 21 Koen

SAAO CCD		 Medupe

UCT CCD		 Whitelock

IRP MkII		 Medupe/
Students

MP

Alexei/
Lucian		 Whitelock
Thu25 15
Fri26 9
Sat27 3
Sun28 2
Mon29 8
Tue30 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. 16 Dec: Day of Reconciliation; 25 Dec: Christmas Day; 26 Dec: Day of Goodwill

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Last updated: 27 August 2008