SAAO Observing Rota for October 2017
	Month	Day	Date	Moon%	1.9-m	1.0-m	IRSF	SALT	Duty  Astronomer
	Oct	Wed	4	99
	Oct	Thu	5	100	Engelbrecht		Erasmus /	Depagne
	Oct	Fri	6	98			Gilbank
	Oct	Sat	7	94
	Oct	Sun	8	87
	Oct	Mon	9	78	SpUpNIC		SIRIUS
	Oct	Tue	10	67
	Oct	Wed	11	56
	Oct	Thu	12	45	Engelbrecht	Kilkenny	Erasmus /	Romero-	Kilkenny
	Oct	Fri	13	34			Gilbank /	Colmenero
	Oct	Sat	14	24			Neeley
	Oct	Sun	15	16
	Oct	Mon	16	9	SpUpNIC	STE3	SIRIUS
	Oct	Tue	17	4
	Oct	Wed	18	1
	Oct	Thu	19	0	Galan	Kilkenny	Neeley /	Miszalski	Kilkenny
	Oct	Fri	20	1			Gilligan
	Oct	Sat	21	4
	Oct	Sun	22	9
	Oct	Mon	23	15	SpUpNIC	STE3	SIRIUS
	Oct	Tue	24	23
	Oct	Wed	25	31
	Oct	Thu	26	40	Galan	Kotze E	Gilligan	Kotze M
	Oct	Fri	27	49
	Oct	Sat	28	59
	Oct	Sun	29	69
	Oct	Mon	30	78	SpUpNIC	SHOC	SIRIUS
	Oct	Tue	31	86
	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.