SAAO Observing Rota for August 2024
	Month	Day	Date	Moon%	1.9-m	1.0-m	Lesedi	IRSF	SALT
	Jul	Wed	31	13	Sickafoose(SHOC)	Sickafoose
	Aug	Thu	1	7		SHOC	Queue
	Aug	Fri	2	3		Koen	Schedule
	Aug	Sat	3	0
	Aug	Sun	4	0	Sickafoose(SHOC)		Sickafoose
	Aug	Mon	5	2			Mookodi
	Aug	Tue	6	5
	Aug	Wed	7	10	Sickafoose	SHOC
	Aug	Thu	8	17	SHOC		Queue
	Aug	Fri	9	24	Koen		Schedule
	Aug	Sat	10	33
	Aug	Sun	11	42
	Aug	Mon	12	52			Mookodi
	Aug	Tue	13	62
	Aug	Wed	14	72	SHOC
	Aug	Thu	15	81			Queue
	Aug	Fri	16	89	Van Wyk /		Schedule
	Aug	Sat	17	95	Chen
	Aug	Sun	18	99
	Aug	Mon	19	100	SpUpNIC		Mookodi
	Aug	Tue	20	98
	Aug	Wed	21	93
	Aug	Thu	22	86	Van Wyk	Sickafoose(SHOC)	Queue
	Aug	Fri	23	76		Szegedi	Schedule
	Aug	Sat	24	66
	Aug	Sun	25	54
	Aug	Mon	26	44	SpUpNIC	SHOC	Mookodi
	Aug	Tue	27	33
	Aug	Wed	28	24
	Aug	Thu	29	16	Groot	Kendall	Queue
	Aug	Fri	30	9			Schedule
	Aug	Sat	31	4
	Sep	Sun	1	1
	Sep	Mon	2	0	SpUpNIC	SHOC	Mookodi
	Sep	Tue	3	1
	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