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SAAO Observing rota for March 2011

DateM %1.9-m 1.0-m 0.75-m0.5-m IRSF SALT Duty Astr
Wed 2 18 Potter

HIPPO		 de Bude/
Kotze

UCT CCD		 Laney

IRP MkII		 Koen

MP		 Matsunaga Pickering (SA)
Matshaya (SO)
 Potter
Thu 3 11
Fri 4 5
Sat 5 0
Sun 6 6
Mon 7 12
Tue 8 18
Wed 9 24 Koen

STE3		 Nhlapo

STE4

van Wyk

MP		 Kwon Gulbis (SA)
Ngxanga /
Ngcelwane (SO)		 van Wyk
Thu10 30
Fri11 36
Sat12 43
Sun13 49
Mon14 56
Tue15 63
Wed16 70 Aluminising Nhlapo

STE4		 van Wyk

IRP MkII		 Gulmez

MP		 Kwon Romero-
Colmenero (SA)
Matshaya /
Ngxanga (SO)		 van Wyk
Thu17 77
Fri18 85
Sat19 93
Sun20 98
Mon21 90
Tue22 82
Wed23 75 Jeffrey/
Sener-Satir
[van Wyk]

SpCCD		 Hajduk

STE4		 Nhlapo/
Medupe

UCT CCD		 Gulmez

MP		 Kwon Vaisenen (SA)
Ngcelwane /
Matshaya (SO)		 Gulmez
Thu24 67
Fri25 60
Sat26 53
Sun27 47
Mon28 40
Tue29 34
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: 4 March 2011