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  SAAO Observing Rota for October 2014
Month Day Date Moon% 1.9-m 1.0-m 0.75-m 0.5-m IRSF SALT Duty
 Astronomer
Oct Wed 1 50              
Oct Thu 2 62 Crause / v Heerden   Fourie     v Heerden
Oct Fri 3 73 Evans            
Oct Sat 4 83              
Oct Sun 5 91 Engineering STE3 Engineering      
Oct Mon 6 97              
Oct Tue 7 100              
Oct Wed 8 100              
Oct Thu 9 97 Crause / Marang Van Wyk v Heerden     Van Wyk
Oct Fri 10 92 Evans            
Oct Sat 11 85              
Oct Sun 12 77 Engineering STE3 IRP MKII MP      
Oct Mon 13 67              
Oct Tue 14 58              
Oct Wed 15 48              
Oct Thu 16 39 Motsaoledi Kilkenny   van Wyk     Kilkenny
Oct Fri 17 30              
Oct Sat 18 22              
Oct Sun 19 15 SHOC STE3   MP      
Oct Mon 20 9              
Oct Tue 21 4              
Oct Wed 22 1              
Oct Thu 23 0 Kotze Kilkenny   Koen     Kotze
Oct Fri 24 1              
Oct Sat 25 4              
Oct Sun 26 9 SHOC STE3   MP      
Oct Mon 27 17              
Oct Tue 28 26              
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.