SAAO Observing Rota for May 2015 | ||||||||
Month | Day | Date | Moon% | 1.9-m | 1.0-m | IRSF | SALT | Duty Astronomer |
Apr | Wed | 29 | 84 | |||||
Apr | Thu | 30 | 90 | Engineering | Paterson | (Subaru) | Kotze | |
May | Fri | 1 | 95 | (Crause/ | Warner | |||
May | Sat | 2 | 98 | Gulbis) | ||||
May | Sun | 3 | 100 | |||||
May | Mon | 4 | 99 | SHOC | ||||
May | Tue | 5 | 97 | |||||
May | Wed | 6 | 92 | |||||
May | Thu | 7 | 85 | Engineering | Paterson | (Subaru) | Kniazev | |
May | Fri | 8 | 76 | Warner | ||||
May | Sat | 9 | 66 | |||||
May | Sun | 10 | 55 | |||||
May | Mon | 11 | 44 | SHOC | ||||
May | Tue | 12 | 33 | |||||
May | Wed | 13 | 22 | |||||
May | Thu | 14 | 13 | Klindt | Kilkenny | Ryu | Vaisanen | Kilkenny |
May | Fri | 15 | 7 | |||||
May | Sat | 16 | 2 | |||||
May | Sun | 17 | 0 | |||||
May | Mon | 18 | 1 | SHOC | STE3 | |||
May | Tue | 19 | 4 | |||||
May | Wed | 20 | 9 | |||||
May | Thu | 21 | 16 | Klindt | Kotze | Ryu | Romero- | Kotze |
May | Fri | 22 | 23 | Colmenero | ||||
May | Sat | 23 | 32 | |||||
May | Sun | 24 | 42 | |||||
May | Mon | 25 | 51 | SHOC | STE4 | |||
May | Tue | 26 | 61 | |||||
May | Wed | 27 | 70 | |||||
May | Thu | 28 | 78 | Engelbrecht | Koen | Onozato | Kotze | Engelbrecht |
May | Fri | 29 | 86 | (?) | ||||
May | Sat | 30 | 92 | |||||
May | Sun | 31 | 96 | |||||
Jun | Mon | 1 | 99 | SHOC | STE4 | |||
Jun | Tue | 2 | 100 | |||||
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. 1 May: Workers' Day |