List of 2013B programs for:
MegaCam,
WIRCam,
ESPaDOnS.
QrunID | Instrument | HST Dates | Number of Nights | Status | Run Summary |
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13BQ01 | MegaCam | Aug 01 - 11 | 11 | Done | The first MegaCam run of the semester ended with about 30h lost to bad weather conditions (high humidity, clouds), the equivalent of about 6 nights' worth of data. Only a handful of nights were photometric, much less than the typical summer run. |
13BQ02 | ESPaDOnS | Aug 12 - 28 | 17 | Done | This first Espadons run was very productive thanks to good weather. |
13BQ03 | MegaCam | Aug 29 - Sep 10 | 13 | Done | This was an excellent run, with only 1.5 nights lost to high humidity, and a few hours of thin cirrus. |
13BQ04 | ESPaDOnS | Sep 11 - 26 | 16 | Done | We had a great Espadons run, with a lot of progress made on a lot of programs. |
13BQ05 | MegaCam | Sep 27 - Oct 08 | 12 | Done | This MegaCam run was affected by overcast or partly cloudy skies most of the time. A little over 35h were lost to bad weather. The equivalent of about one night was lost to a technical issue with the filter jukebox. Some of the photometric nights were also affected by image quality over one arcsec. |
13BQ06 | WIRCam | Oct 09 - 27 | 19 | Done | Over 90h of sky time were lost to bad weather (thick clouds, high humidity, precipitation), especially at the beginning of the run. The equivalent of about only 4 nights had photometric skies. |
13BQ07 | MegaCam | Oct 28 - Nov 07 | 11 | Done | The bad weather continued, with most nights affected by high humidity, thin cirrus, or overcast skies. The equivalent of about 3-4 nights saw photometric skies. |
13BQ08 | ESPaDOnS | Nov 08 - 25 | 18 | Done | The first 4 nights were lost to high humidity. A total of 85h were lost to bad weather, which made progress and completion of programs difficult. |
13BQ09 | MegaCam | Nov 26 - Dec 05 | 10 | Done | The equivalent of 4 nights had photometric skies; the rest of the time, the sky was affected by thin or thick clouds. Almost 30h were lost to bad weather (the equivalent of about 5 nights), and technical issues also cost about a dozen hours of sky time. |
13BQ10 | WIRCam | Dec 06 - 26 | 21 | Done | The weather for this last WIRCam run of the semester has not been good. Only 6 of 21 night were completely clear (110h were lost to clouds, high humidity, and snow), and the equivalent of 3-4 additional nights were useable, a few hours at a time, on some of the remaining nights. Fifteen hours were also lost to power issues at the summit. Progress was made mostly for top-ranked programs. |
13BQ11 | MegaCam | Dec 27 - Jan 06 | 11 | Done | Most of the run was affected by clouds, high humidity, precipitation, or icing conditions. Observations were generally performed under an Image Quality better than 1 arcsec, but there were also periods of higher IQ. |
13BQ12 | ESPaDOnS | Jan 07 - 22 | 16 | Done | Most of the nights were photometric, with some periods of outstanding seeing under 0.6", and Image quality well above 1.2" at other times. A little over 50h were lost to high humidity, precipitation, or hurricane-strength winds. Good progress was made for 13B programs. Most of the A and B programs have been completed at 80% or more. |
13BQ13 | MegaCam | Jan 23 - 31 | 9 | Done |