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SAAO Observing rota for October 2008

DateM %1.9-m 1.0-m 0.75-m0.5-m IRSF SALT Duty Astr
Wed 1 10 v d Heyden/
Okouma
Kubwimana
[Pretorius]

SpCCD		 Sefako

SAAO CCD

van Wyk

MP		 Ooi Petri/
Lucian		 Sefako
Thu 2 16
Fri 3 22
Sat 4 29
Sun 5 35
Mon 6 41
Tue 7 47
Wed 8 53 Okouma

SpCCD

van Wyk

IRP MkII

Asami/
Ienaka		 Eng/Alexei/Charl
Engineering		 van Wyk
Thu 9 59
Fri10 65
Sat11 72
Sun12 78 Koen

STE3
Mon13 85
Tue14 93
Wed15 99 Woudt

UCT CCD		 Koen

STE3		 Aluminise

Asami/
Ienaka		 Engineering Woudt
Thu16 91
Fri17 84
Sat18 76
Sun19 69
Mon20 61
Tue21 54
Wed22 47 Bentley/
Wilson
[Woudt]

SpCCD		 Kilkenny

UCT CCD		 Laney

IRP MkII		 van Wyk

MP
Nicola/
Fred		 van Wyk
Thu23 39
Fri24 33
Sat25 26
Sun26 19
Mon27 13
Tue28 6
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: 20 October 2008