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  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