SAAO Observing Rota for April 2015 | ||||||||
Month | Day | Date | Moon% | 1.9-m | 1.0-m | IRSF | SALT | Duty Astronomer |
Apr | Wed | 1 | 94 | |||||
Apr | Thu | 2 | 98 | Paterson / | van Heerden | Agali | Miszalski | |
Apr | Fri | 3 | 100 | Warner | ||||
Apr | Sat | 4 | 100 | |||||
Apr | Sun | 5 | 98 | |||||
Apr | Mon | 6 | 94 | SHOC | STE3 | |||
Apr | Tue | 7 | 89 | |||||
Apr | Wed | 8 | 81 | |||||
Apr | Thu | 9 | 73 | Aluminising / | van Heerden | Litwicki | Miszalski | van Heerden |
Apr | Fri | 10 | 63 | Engineering | ||||
Apr | Sat | 11 | 52 | |||||
Apr | Sun | 12 | 41 | |||||
Apr | Mon | 13 | 30 | STE3 | ||||
Apr | Tue | 14 | 20 | |||||
Apr | Wed | 15 | 11 | |||||
Apr | Thu | 16 | 5 | Oszkiewich | Kilkenny | Litwicki | Romero- | Kilkenny |
Apr | Fri | 17 | 1 | Colmenero | ||||
Apr | Sat | 18 | 0 | [Worters] | ||||
Apr | Sun | 19 | 2 | |||||
Apr | Mon | 20 | 6 | STE4 | STE3 | |||
Apr | Tue | 21 | 12 | |||||
Apr | Wed | 22 | 20 | |||||
Apr | Thu | 23 | 29 | Paterson / | Burleigh | Nishiyama | Burleigh | |
Apr | Fri | 24 | 39 | Warner | ||||
Apr | Sat | 25 | 48 | [ ] | ||||
Apr | Sun | 26 | 58 | |||||
Apr | Mon | 27 | 67 | SHOC | SHOC | |||
Apr | Tue | 28 | 76 | |||||
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. 3 April: Good Friday; 27 April: Freedom Day |