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SAAO Observing rota for August 2012

DateM %1.9-m 1.0-m 0.75-m0.5-m IRSF SALT Duty Astr
Wed25 39 Fourie/
Engineering
Bachelet/
Horne

[PLANET]

STE3


Naoi/
Tachibara
Kniazev
(SA)
Matshaya
(SO)
Kniazev
Thu26 46
Fri27 53
Sat28 61
Sun29 68
Mon30 76
Tue31 83
Wed 1 91 Aluminising Horne/
Koehlinger

[PLANET]

STE3
van Wyk

IRP MkII


Sugitani/
Kusune
Kotze
(SA)
Ngxanga
(SO)
van Wyk
Thu 2 98
Fri 3 94
Sat 4 87
Sun 5 80
Mon 6 74
Tue 7 67
Wed 8 61 Worters

SpCCD
Kilkenny

STE3




Sugitani/
Kusune
Kniazev
(SA)
New SO
Kilkenny
Thu 9 55
Fri10 49
Sat11 43
Sun12 37
Mon13 31
Tue14 24
Wed15 18 Kuhn

HIPPO
Engelbrecht

STE3


van Wyk

MP
Sukom Gulbis
(SA)
Matshaya
(SO)
van Wyk
Thu16 11
Fri17 5
Sat18 1
Sun19 8
Mon20 15
Tue21 23
Wed22 30 Engelbrecht

STE3
Miszalski/
Manick


STE4
van Wyk

IRP MkII


Sukom/
Ohnuki
Romero-
Colmenero
(SA)
Ngxanga
(SO)
Engelbrecht
Thu23 37
Fri24 45
Sat25 52
Sun26 59
Mon27 67
Tue28 74
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. 9th National Womens' Day

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Last updated: 25 July 2012