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  SAAO Observing Rota for April 2017
Month Day Date Moon% 1.9-m 1.0-m IRSF SALT Duty
 Astronomer
Mar Wed 29 4          
Mar Thu 30 11 Potter Chaushev / Sefako Miszalski Sefako
Mar Fri 31 19 Burleigh      
Apr Sat 1 29          
Apr Sun 2 40          
Apr Mon 3 51 SpUpNIC SHOC      
Apr Tue 4 62          
Apr Wed 5 72          
Apr Thu 6 81 Erasmus   Matsuo Depagne  
Apr Fri 7 89          
Apr Sat 8 94 (Sickafoose)        
Apr Sun 9 98          
Apr Mon 10 100 SHOC        
Apr Tue 11 99          
Apr Wed 12 97          
Apr Thu 13 93 Braker / Kirkby-Kent Matsuo Kuhn  
Apr Fri 14 87 Burleigh        
Apr Sat 15 81          
Apr Sun 16 73          
Apr Mon 17 64 SpUpNIC STE4      
Apr Tue 18 54          
Apr Wed 19 44          
Apr Thu 20 34 Braker / Kirkby-Kent Barway Skelton R  
Apr Fri 21 25 Burleigh        
Apr Sat 22 16          
Apr Sun 23 9          
Apr Mon 24 4 SpUpNIC STE4      
Apr Tue 25 1          
Apr Wed 26 0          
Apr Thu 27 3 Kilkenny Kirkby-Kent Itoh Kotze M Kilkenny
Apr Fri 28 8          
Apr Sat 29 16          
Apr Sun 30 26          
May Mon 1 36 SHOC STE4      
May Tue 2 47          
The percentage of Moon illuminated at local midnight is shown in column 4.
Names in square brackets are visitor support astronomers.
Dates of Public Holidays are highlighted and marked in Bold.
14 April: Good Friday; 17 April: Family Day/Easter Monday; 27 April: Freedom Day; 1 May: Workers' Day.