SAAO Observing Rota for June 2014 | ||||||||||
Month | Day | Date | Moon% | 1.9-m | 1.0-m | 0.75-m | 0.5-m | IRSF | SALT | Duty Astronomer |
Jun | Wed | 4 | 40 | |||||||
Jun | Thu | 5 | 50 | Callanan / | PLANET / | van Wyk | Ostrowski | Ratajczak | Kniazev | Menzies |
Jun | Fri | 6 | 60 | Buckley | Menzies | |||||
Jun | Sat | 7 | 69 | |||||||
Jun | Sun | 8 | 78 | SpCCD | STE3 | IRP MKII | MP | |||
Jun | Mon | 9 | 86 | |||||||
Jun | Tue | 10 | 93 | |||||||
Jun | Wed | 11 | 98 | |||||||
Jun | Thu | 12 | 100 | Koen | PLANET / | Rodriguez | Ostrowski | Miszalski | Koen | |
Jun | Fri | 13 | 99 | Caldwell | ||||||
Jun | Sat | 14 | 95 | |||||||
Jun | Sun | 15 | 89 | SpCCD | STE3 | SHOC | MP | |||
Jun | Mon | 16 | 80 | |||||||
Jun | Tue | 17 | 70 | |||||||
Jun | Wed | 18 | 59 | |||||||
Jun | Thu | 19 | 48 | McBride / | PLANET / | van Wyk | van Heerden | Romero | McBride | |
Jun | Fri | 20 | 37 | Obonyo | Morales / | Colmenero | ||||
Jun | Sat | 21 | 27 | Caldwell | ||||||
Jun | Sun | 22 | 18 | SpCCD | STE3 | IRP MKII | MP | |||
Jun | Mon | 23 | 11 | |||||||
Jun | Tue | 24 | 6 | |||||||
Jun | Wed | 25 | 2 | |||||||
Jun | Thu | 26 | 0 | Parker / | PLANET / | van Heerden | Vaisanen | van Heerden | ||
Jun | Fri | 27 | 0 | Stenborg | Loncaric / | |||||
Jun | Sat | 28 | 2 | Morales | ||||||
Jun | Sun | 29 | 6 | SpCCD | STE3 | MP | ||||
Jun | Mon | 30 | 11 | |||||||
Jul | Tue | 1 | 18 | |||||||
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. 16 June: Youth Day |