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  SAAO Observing Rota for May 2014
Month Day Date Moon% 1.9-m 1.0-m 0.75-m 0.5-m IRSF SALT Duty
 Astronomer
Apr Wed 30 3              
May Thu 1 7 Vennes / Kopacki Berdnikov van Heerden Matsunaga   van Heerden
May Fri 2 13 Buckley       / Okazaki    
May Sat 3 21              
May Sun 4 29 SpCCD STE4 Own CCD MP      
May Mon 5 38              
May Tue 6 47              
May Wed 7 57              
May Thu 8 66 Welsh Kopacki Berdnikov Ostrowski / Okazaki /   Handler
May Fri 9 75 [Worters]     Handler Moritani    
May Sat 10 83              
May Sun 11 90 GIRAFFE STE4 Own CCD MP      
May Mon 12 96              
May Tue 13 99              
May Wed 14 100              
May Thu 15 98 Handler Gladkowski van Wyk Ostrowski Moritani /   van Wyk
May Fri 16 94         Kawachi,    
May Sat 17 87         Yoshida    
May Sun 18 78              
May Mon 19 68 GIRAFFE STE4 IRP MKII MP      
May Tue 20 56              
May Wed 21 45              
May Thu 22 34 Klindt / Gladkowski   van Wyk Yoshida   van Wyk
May Fri 23 24 Odendaal            
May Sat 24 15              
May Sun 25 8 SpCCD STE4   MP      
May Mon 26 4              
May Tue 27 1              
May Wed 28 0              
May Thu 29 1 Klindt / Throop   Koen Ratajczak   Koen
May Fri 30 5 Odendaal            
May Sat 31 9   [Koen T]          
Jun Sun 1 15 SpCCD STE4   MP      
Jun Mon 2 23              
Jun Tue 3 31              
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.
1 May: Workers' Day