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SAAO Observing rota for August 2010

DateM %1.9-m 1.0-m 0.75-m0.5-m IRSF SALT Duty Astr
Wed28 88 Ramirez
[Worters]

SpCCD		 van Saders/
Horne
PLANET

STE3		 Ulusoy

UCT CCD		 Gulmez

MP		 Kwon

Gulmez
Thu29 82
Fri30 76
Sat31 70
Sun 1 64
Mon 2 58
Tue 3 51
Wed 4 45 Rajoeli-
manana/
Kimani

SpCCD		 Horne/
Henderson
PLANET

STE3		 Engelbrecht

UCT CCD		 van Wyk

MP		 Kwon

van Wyk
Thu 5 38
Fri 6 31
Sat 7 24
Sun 8 17
Mon 9 9
Tue10 1
Wed11 6 Jones

STE4		 Henderson
PLANET

STE3		 Ulusoy

UCT CCD		 Gulmez

MP		 Sugitani

Gulmez
Thu12 14
Fri13 21
Sat14 29
Sun15 36
Mon16 44
Tue17 51
Wed18 57 Mason

SpCCD		 Worters

STE4		 Ulusoy

UCT CCD		 Gulmez

MP		 Sugitani

Worters
Thu19 64
Fri20 70
Sat21 76
Sun22 83
Mon23 89
Tue24 95
Wed25 98 Helminiak/
Sybilski

GIRAFFE		 Hajduk

STE4		 van Wyk

IRP MkII		 Nhlapo

MP		 Matsunaga

van Wyk
Thu26 92
Fri27 86
Sat28 80
Sun29 74
Mon30 68
Tue31 61
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 May: National Womens Day

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Last updated: 18 August 2010