SAAO Observing Rota for April 2014 | ||||||||||
Month | Day | Date | Moon% | 1.9-m | 1.0-m | 0.75-m | 0.5-m | IRSF | SALT | Duty Astronomer |
Apr | Wed | 2 | 11 | |||||||
Apr | Thu | 3 | 18 | Kotze | Sefako | Berdnikov | van Heerden | Mutabazi | Kotze | |
Apr | Fri | 4 | 27 | |||||||
Apr | Sat | 5 | 36 | |||||||
Apr | Sun | 6 | 45 | SHOC | STE3 | Own CCD | MP | |||
Apr | Mon | 7 | 55 | |||||||
Apr | Tue | 8 | 64 | |||||||
Apr | Wed | 9 | 73 | |||||||
Apr | Thu | 10 | 81 | Briquet / | Koen | Berdnikov | van Wyk | Kusune | Koen | |
Apr | Fri | 11 | 88 | De Cat | ||||||
Apr | Sat | 12 | 94 | |||||||
Apr | Sun | 13 | 98 | GIRAFFE | STE4 | Own CCD | MP | |||
Apr | Mon | 14 | 100 | |||||||
Apr | Tue | 15 | 100 | |||||||
Apr | Wed | 16 | 97 | |||||||
Apr | Thu | 17 | 92 | Rivkin / | Koen | Berdnikov | van Heerden | Kusune | Gulbis | |
Apr | Fri | 18 | 85 | Gulbis | ||||||
Apr | Sat | 19 | 76 | |||||||
Apr | Sun | 20 | 65 | SHOC | STE4 | Own CCD | MP | |||
Apr | Mon | 21 | 54 | |||||||
Apr | Tue | 22 | 42 | |||||||
Apr | Wed | 23 | 31 | |||||||
Apr | Thu | 24 | 21 | Breytenbach | Kilkenny | Berdnikov | van Wyk | Matsunaga | Kilkenny | |
Apr | Fri | 25 | 13 | |||||||
Apr | Sat | 26 | 6 | SHOC | STE3 | Own CCD | MP | |||
Apr | Sun | 27 | 2 | |||||||
Apr | Mon | 28 | 0 | |||||||
Apr | Tue | 29 | 0 | |||||||
The percentage of Moon illuminated at local
midnight is shown in column 4. Abbreviations: SA - SALT astronomer; SO - SALT operator. Names in square brackets are visitor support astronomers, in bold are actual observers. Dates of Public Holidays are highlighted and marked in Bold. |