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SAAO Observing rota for August 2012

DateM %1.9-m 1.0-m 0.75-m0.5-m IRSF SALT Duty Astr
Wed25 39 Fourie/
Engineering		 Bachelet/
Horne
[PLANET]

STE3

Naoi/
Tachibara		 Kniazev
(SA)
Matshaya
(SO)		 Kniazev
Thu26 46
Fri27 53
Sat28 61
Sun29 68
Mon30 76
Tue31 83
Wed 1 91 Aluminising Horne/
Koehlinger
[PLANET]

STE3		 van Wyk

IRP MkII

Sugitani/
Kusune		 Kotze
(SA)
Ngxanga
(SO)		 van Wyk
Thu 2 98
Fri 3 94
Sat 4 87
Sun 5 80
Mon 6 74
Tue 7 67
Wed 8 61 Worters

SpCCD		 Kilkenny

STE3



Sugitani/
Kusune		 Kniazev
(SA)
New SO		 Kilkenny
Thu 9 55
Fri10 49
Sat11 43
Sun12 37
Mon13 31
Tue14 24
Wed15 18 Kuhn

HIPPO		 Engelbrecht

STE3

van Wyk

MP		 Sukom Gulbis
(SA)
Matshaya
(SO)		 van Wyk
Thu16 11
Fri17 5
Sat18 1
Sun19 8
Mon20 15
Tue21 23
Wed22 30 Engelbrecht

STE3		 Miszalski/
Manick

STE4		 van Wyk

IRP MkII

Sukom/
Ohnuki		 Romero-
Colmenero
(SA)
Ngxanga
(SO)		 Engelbrecht
Thu23 37
Fri24 45
Sat25 52
Sun26 59
Mon27 67
Tue28 74
The percentage of moon illuminated at local midnight is given in the third column.
Abbreviations: B, G and D: Bright, grey and dark weeks. NA: Night assistant.
Names in square brackets are visitor support astronomers, in bold are actual observers.
Dates of Public Holidays marked in bold. 9th National Womens' Day

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Last updated: 25 July 2012