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SAAO Observing rota for April 2011

DateM %1.9-m 1.0-m 0.75-m0.5-m IRSF SALT Duty Astr
Wed30 28 Kwiat-
kowski
[van Wyk]

Own CCD
& FR		 Worters/
Bromage

STE4		 Woudt/
de Bude &
6 students

UCT CCD		 Gotchna

MP		 Mutubazi Buckley (SA)
Ngxanga /
Ngcelwane (SO)		 Worters
Thu31 22
Fri 1 16
Sat 2 10
Sun 3 4
Mon 4 1
Tue 5 7
Wed 6 14 Odendaal/
Meintjes
[Worters]

SpCCD		 Worters/
Bromage

STE4		 Gorski
[Marang]

IRP MkII		 Gotchna

MP

Kotze (SA)
Matshaya /
Ngxanga (SO)		 Worters
Thu 7 20
Fri 8 26
Sat 9 32
Sun10 39
Mon11 45
Tue12 52
Wed13 60 Kaisin
[Worters]

STE4 & FR		 Engineering/
Aluminising		 Gorski

IRP MkII		 Aluminising Nagayama Pickering (SA)
Ngcelwane /
Matshaya (SO)
Thu14 67
Fri15 75
Sat16 82
Sun17 90
Mon18 98
Tue19 93
Wed20 85 Kaisin

STE4 & FR		 Engelbrecht/
Gulmez

STE3		 Sithole
(Nhlapo
student)

UCT CCD		 Keely
(Medupe
student)

MP		 Nagamaya Kniazev (SA)
Ngxanga /
Ngcelwane (SO)		 Ulusoy
Thu21 78
Fri22 71
Sat23 64
Sun24 57
Mon25 51
Tue26 44
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: 22 Apr - Good Friday, 25 Apr - Family Day .

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Last updated: 9 May 2011