| SAAO Observing Rota for August 2018 | ||||||||
| Month | Day | Date | Moon% | 1.9-m | 1.0-m | IRSF | SALT | Duty Astronomer |
| Aug | Wed | 1 | 77 | |||||
| Aug | Thu | 2 | 68 | Winkler/ | Potter+ | Tamaoki | Depagne | Winkler |
| Aug | Fri | 3 | 58 | Van Wyk | ||||
| Aug | Sat | 4 | 48 | |||||
| Aug | Sun | 5 | 37 | |||||
| Aug | Mon | 6 | 26 | SpUpNIC | SHOC | |||
| Aug | Tue | 7 | 17 | |||||
| Aug | Wed | 8 | 9 | |||||
| Aug | Thu | 9 | 3 | Parker | Burleigh | Tamaoki | Kuhn | Burleigh |
| Aug | Fri | 10 | 0 | [ ?] | ||||
| Aug | Sat | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Aug | Sun | 12 | 3 | |||||
| Aug | Mon | 13 | 9 | SpUpNIC | SHOC | SirPol | ||
| Aug | Tue | 14 | 16 | |||||
| Aug | Wed | 15 | 25 | |||||
| Aug | Thu | 16 | 35 | Engelbrecht | Burleigh | Morihana | Ramphul | Engelbrecht |
| Aug | Fri | 17 | 45 | Dan Bayliss | ||||
| Aug | Sat | 18 | 55 | |||||
| Aug | Sun | 19 | 65 | |||||
| Aug | Mon | 20 | 74 | SpUpNIC | SHOC | SIRIUS | ||
| Aug | Tue | 21 | 82 | |||||
| Aug | Wed | 22 | 89 | |||||
| Aug | Thu | 23 | 94 | Potter | Potter+ | Morihana | Kotze | |
| Aug | Fri | 24 | 98 | |||||
| Aug | Sat | 25 | 100 | |||||
| Aug | Sun | 26 | 100 | |||||
| Aug | Mon | 27 | 98 | SpUpNIC | SHOC | SIRIUS | ||
| Aug | Tue | 28 | 94 | |||||
| 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. 9 August: National Women's Day |
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