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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