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SAAO Observing rota for July 2008

DateM %1.9-m 1.0-m 0.75-m0.5-m IRSF SALT Duty Astr
Wed 2 9 Kilkenny
+ 2 students

UCT CCD		 Kains/
Sahu
[Sefako]
PLANET

STE3		 Middleton

Own		 van Wyk

MP		 Saito Alexei/
Sandisa		 Kilkenny
Thu 3 1
Fri 4 6
Sat 5 13
Sun 6 21
Mon 7 28
Tue 8 35
Wed 9 41 Pretorius

SpCCD*		 Kains/
Fouque
PLANET

STE3		 Middleton

Own

Saito Amanda/
Lucian		 Pretorius
Thu10 48
Fri11 54
Sat12 60
Sun13 66
Mon14 72
Tue15 78
Wed16 85 ENG DEC
DRIVE*
 Fouque/
Horne
PLANET

STE3



Kusakabe Engineering van Wyk
Thu17 91
Fri18 97
Sat19 96
Sun20 89
Mon21 83
Tue22 76
Wed23 70 Pretorius

SpCCD		 Horne
PLANET

STE3		 van Wyk

IRP MkII		 Kuhn

MP		 Kusakabe Petri/
Fred		 Pretorius
Thu24 63
Fri25 56
Sat26 49
Sun27 41
Mon28 34
Tue29 26
Wed30 19 Pretorius

SpCCD		 Zub/
Cassan
PLANET

STE3		 Pretorius

UCT CCD		 van Wyk

MP		 Fukui Nicola/
Sandisa		 van Wyk
Thu31 11
Fri 1 3
Sat 2 3
Sun 3 10
Mon 4 17
Tue 5 24
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.

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Last updated: 21 July 2008