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SAAO Observing rota for May 2008

DateM %1.9-m 1.0-m 0.75-m0.5-m IRSF SALT Duty Astr
Wed30 41 Pretorius

SpCCD		 Lawson

SAAO CCD		 Spark

UCT CCD		 van Wyk

MP		 Bassett Yas/
Fred		 Pretorius
Thu 1 34
Fri 2 27
Sat 3 20
Sun 4 12
Mon 5 4
Tue 6 3
Wed 7 11 Corral-Santana
[Pretorius]

SAAO CCD		 Marquette
[Menzies]
PLANET

STE3		 Spark

UCT CCD		 van Wyk

MP		 Matsunaga Alexei/
Lucian		 van Wyk
Thu 8 19
Fri 9 26
Sat10 34
Sun11 41
Mon12 48
Tue13 55
Wed14 61 De Cat
[Laney]

GIRAFFE		 Marquette/
PLANET

STE3		 Laney

IRP Mk2		 van Wyk

MP
 Matsunaga Nicola/
Sandisa		 Laney
Thu15 68
Fri16 74
Sat17 80
Sun18 86
Mon19 92 Sicardy
[Laney]
Own Camera		 Sicardy
Own Camera
Tue20 98
Wed21 95 Nitschelm
[Laney]

GIRAFFE		 Helminiak

SAAO CCD		 van Wyk

IRP Mk2

Bassett Engineering van Wyk
Thu22 88
Fri23 82
Sat24 76
Sun25 70
Mon26 64
Tue27 58
Wed28 51 Corral-Santana
[Helminiak?]

SAAO CCD		 Pollacco
[Kilkenny]

UCT CCD



Nagayama/
Wakamatsu?		 Petri/
Fred
Thu29 44
Fri30 37
Sat31 30
Sun 1 22
Mon 2 14
Tue 3 7
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. 1 May - Workers' Day

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Last updated: 15 May 2008