2dF Observing Summary - The Hector Galaxy Survey

This page contains brief summaries of 2dF observing for each run, with links to more complete observing logs. Hours listed are for 15 mins before the end of twilight to 15 mins after the end of twilight, which is the usual extent of observing time (although some calibrations will be taken outside of these).

A blank template of the observing log is here. Please make a copy and fill it in during your observations, then add a link to this page. You should also make a pdf copy of the observing log and store it to data central storage: https://cloud.datacentral.org.au in the folder /teamdata/Hector/2dF/log/

2023B

Date	Observers	Total Hours	Good Hours	Poor Hours	BadWeather Hours	Fault Hours	Seeing	Fields	Exposure Time	Comments	log
20231020	Matthew Colless, Mina Pak	8.5	4	0	0	4.5	2-2.3	A3716_Y1_SA_R1tile001-314.15–52.8 A3667_Y1_SA_R1tile001-302.45–57.51 A0119_Y1_SA_R1tile003-13.69–0.23
20231010	Caroline Foster, Michael Brown	7.5	6.5	0	0	1	1.3-2.0	A2399_Y1_SA_R1tile001-329.1–7.75P1 A0085_Y1_SA_R1tile001-11.53–9.09P0 A0119_Y1_SA_R1tile001-13.49–0.53P1 A3158_Y1_SA_R1tile001-54.57–53.76P0 A3391A3395_Y1_SA_R1tile004-95.4–53.9P1 A3391A3395_Y1_SA_R1tile001-96.7–54.4P0 A3391A3395_Y1_SA_R1tile003-98.4–55.6P1	2×1200 3×1200 3×1200 2×1200 3×1200 3×1200 1×1200	PosCheck at start of night. Some issues with lost buttons.	View log
20230918	Scott Croom, Michael Brown	9.5	8.5	0	0	1	1.5-2.5ish	A3667_Y1_SA_R1tile001_P1 A3667_Y1_SA_R1tile002_P0 A3716_Y1_SA_R1tile001_P1 A3716_Y1_SA_R1tile002_P0 A0151_Y1_SA_R1tile001_P1 A0119_Y1_SA_R1tile002_P0 A3391A3395_Y1_SA_R1tile001_P1 A3391A3395_Y1_SA_R1tile004_P0	3×1200 3×1200 3×1200 3×1200 3×1200 2×1200 3×1000 3×1000	Some time lost at start of night due to FPI failure. Acquisition slow for the remainder of the night as we ran without FPI	view log

2023A

Date	Observers	Total Hours	Good Hours	Poor Hours	BadWeather Hours	Fault Hours	Seeing	Fields	Exposure Time	Comments	log
20230523	Caroline Foster, Gabriella Quattropani	5	3	0	0	2	1.7	A3391A3395_Y1_SA_R1tile002_P0 A3667_Y1_SA_R1tile001_P1 A3667_Y1_SA_R1tile002_P0 A3716_Y1_SA_R1tile001_P1	1×1070 3×1200 3×1200 1×1200	Some time lost at beginning of the night due to technical fault	View Log
20230512	Caroline Foster, Mina Pak					all!				All night lost due to technical fault
20230330	Rob Sharp, Henry Zovaro	8.5h	6.5h	0	0	2h	Unknown	HRS_A3376_tile003_P0 HRS_A3376_tile002_P1 HRS_A3391_tile003_P1 MAPGI1206_tile002 MAPGI1511_tile002 MAPGI1528_tile001	3×1200 3×1200 2×1200 (+1×600) 2×1800 3×1800 3×1800	Lost ~2hr due to multiple 2dF/drama errors	View Log
20230329	Rob Sharp, Henry Zovaro	8.5h	6h	0	0	2.5h	Unknown	HRS_A3376_tile001_P1 HRS_A3391_tile006_P0 MAGPI1206_tile001_P1 MAGPI1511_tile001_P0 HRS_A3667_tile001_P1 HRS_A3716_tile001_P0	2×1200 2×1200 3×1800 3×1800 3×1200 2×1200	Lost ~2hr due to multiple 2dF/drama errors	View Log
20230301	Caroline Foster, Stefania Barsanti	8.5h	8.5h	0	0	45m	1.6-5″	HRS_A3158_2023A_tile_004_P_0 HRS_A3266_2023A_tile_001_P_1 HRS_A3391_2023A_tile_001_P_0 HRS_A3391_2023A_tile_002_P_1	1200×3 1200×3 1200×3 1200×3	All fields set after 4	View Log
20230225	Stefania Barsanti, Caro Derkenne (MAGPI)	3.5h	2h	0h	0h	1.5h	1.6″	HRS_A3158_2023A_tile_005_P_1 HRS_A3266_2023A_tile_004_P_0	3x1200s 3x1200s	Clear, 1.5 hours lost from a Hector tile to a MAGPI tile	View Log
20230224	Stefania Barsanti, Caro Derkenne (MAGPI)	2h	2h	0h	0h	0h	1.9″-2.6″	HRS_A3266_2023A_tile_003_P_1 HRS_A3266_2023A_tile_002_P_0	3x1200s 3x1200s	Clear	View Log
2023023	Stefania Barsanti,Sam Vaughan, Marcie Mun (MAGPI)	2h	2h	0h	0h	0.5h	1.3″-2.0″	HRS_A3158_2023A_tile_002_P_0 HRS_A3158_2023A_tile_001_P_1	3x1200s 3x1200s	Clear	View Log

2022B

Date	Observers	Total Hours	Good Hours	Poor Hours	BadWeather Hours	Fault Hours	Seeing	Fields	Exposure Time	Comments	log
20220805	Caroline Foster, Gabriella Quattropani	10h30m	0h	0h	10h30m	0h	n.a.	–	n.a.	Rain and fog	View log
20220926	Matthew Colless, Di Wang	9h	0h	0h	9h	0h	n.a.	–	n.a.	Cloud and rain	View log
20220927	Matthew Colless, Di Wang	9h	0h	2h	7h	0h	3-6″	HRS_H03_2022A_tile_001_P_1_alt-2hrs HRS_H03_2022A_tile_002_P_0_alt	3x1200s 2x1200s	Cloud, rain, clearing but poor seeing	View log
20221002	Matthew Colless, Michael Brown	9h	09h	0h	0h	0.5h	1.7-2.0″	A3716_2022B_tile_001_P_1_v2 A3716_2022B_tile_002_P_0_v2 A3716_2020B_tile_003_P_1_v2 H03_2022A_tile_004_P_0_alt-1 H03_2022A_tile_003_P_1_alt+0 H03_2022A_tile_006_P_0_alt+1 H03_2022A_tile_005_P_1_alt+2 H03_2022A_tile_008_P_0_alt+0	3x1200s 3x1200s 3x1200s 2x1200s 1x1200s 1x1800s 1x1200s 2x1200s	Clear	View log
20221117	Caroline Foster, Stefania Barsanti	6h 55m	6h 55m	0h	0h	0h	1.6-2.2	HRS_H01_2022B_tile_001_P_1 HRS_H01_2022B_tile_002_P_0 HRS_H03_2022B_tile001_P_1 HRS_H03_2022B_tile002_P_0 HRS_A0119_2022B_tile001_P_1 HRS_A3376_2022B_tile001_P_1 HRS_A3376_2022B_tile002_P_0 HRS_A3391_2022B_tile002_P_0	1200s 1200s 3x1200s 1200s 900s+700s 3x1200s 3x1200s 1x1200s	Clear, good seeing	View log
20221126	Matthew Colless, Oguzhan Cakir	6h 54m
20221127	Caroline Foster, Michael Brown	6h 52m	2h17m	0h	0h	4h35m	1.7-1.8	HRS_A3391_2022B_tile_004_P_1 HRS_A3391_2022B_tile_006_P_0	2x1200s 2x1200s+1800s	Thick clouds clearing	View log

2022A

Date	Observers	Total Hours	Good Hours	Poor Hours	BadWeather Hours	Fault Hours	Seeing	Fields	Exposure Time	Comments	log
20220206	Matthew Colless, Sarah Sweet	4h	2h	0h	0h	2h	2.5″	HRS_G12_2021B_tile001_P_1.sds HRS_G12_2021B_tile002_P_0.sds	3×20 min 2×20 + 1×10 min	clear clear but ~1/2 in twilight	View log
20220207	Matthew Colless, Sarah Sweet	4h	4h	0h	0h	0h	2.7″	A3376_Y1_SB_R1tile001-90.67–39.58P0.sds A3391A3395_Y1_SB_R1tile002-97.69–55.32P1.sds HRS_G12_2021B_tile_004_P_0.sds	3x1000s 3x1000s 3x1200s	clear	View log
20220208	Matthew Colless, Sarah Sweet	4h	4h	0h	0h	0h	1.6″	A3376_Y1_SB_R1tile003-90.87–39.88P0.sds A3391A3395_Y1_SB_R1tile004-95.19–55.42P1.sds HRS_G12_2021B_tile_006_P_0.sds	3x1200s + 600s 3x1200s 2x900s	clear	View log
20220209	Caroline Foster, Sarah Sweet	4h	4h	0h	0h	0h	1.6″	A3376_Y1_SB_R1tile005-89.77–39.28P0.sds A3391A3395_Y1_SB_R1tile006-94.69–53.21P1.sds HRS_G12_2021B_tile_006_P_0.sds	3x1200s 3x1200s 3x1200s	clear	View log
20220210	Caroline Foster, Trevor Mendel	4h	1h15m	1h	1h20m	25m	2.5″	A3376_Y1_SB_R1tile002-89.27–40.08P1.sds A3391A3395_Y1_SB_R1tile001-97.59–54.02P0.sds	3x1200s 2x1200s	Cloudy	View log
20220211	Caroline Foster, Trevor Mendel	4h	50m	10m	3h	0h	3.7″	A3376_Y1_SB_R1tile004-90.67–40.98P1.sds	2x1200s	Cloud and rain	View log
20220212	Caroline Foster, Trevor Mendel	4h	0h	3h15m	45m	0h	5-7″	A3391A3395_Y1_SB_R1tile008-98.69–54.62P1.sds A3391A3395_Y1_SB_R1tile001-97.59–54.02P0.sds	3×1200 2×1200	Worsening seeing and rising humidity. Called it at 7″. Not even sure any of this is useful data?	View log
20220213	Caroline Foster, Trevor Mendel	4h	4h	0h	0h	0h	3″	A3391A3395_Y1_SB_R1tile010-97.19–53.62P1.sds A3391A3395_Y1_SB_R1tile003-96.19–53.92P0.sds HRS_G12_2021B_tile_003_P_1.sds	3×1200 2×1200+1×1060 3×1200		View log
20220715	Caroline Foster, Ryan Bagge/Rob Sharp, Di Wang	10h50m	10h50m	0h	0h	0h	2.5″	HRS_G15_2022A_tile_001_P1.sds HRS_A3667_2022A_tile_002_P0.sds HRS_A3667_2022A_tile_001_P1.sds HRS_A3667_2022A_tile_004_P0.sds HRS_A3667_2022A_tile_003_P1.sds HRS_A3716_2022A_tile_002_P0.sds HRS_H01_2022A_tile_001_P1.sds HRS_H01_2022A_tile_002_P0.sds HRS_H01_2022A_tile_003_P1.sds	3x1200s 3x1200s 3x1200s 3x1200s 3x1200s 3x1200s 1x1800s 1x1800s 1x1200s	Mostly clear with decent seeing. Bright moon.	View log
20220716	Caroline Foster/Rob Sharp, Di Wang	10h50m	8h35m	35m	1h40m	0h	2.3″	HRS_G15_2022A_tile_002_P0.sds HRS_A3716_2022A_tile_004_P0.sds HRS_A3716_2022A_tile_001_P1.sds HRS_A3716_2022A_tile_006_P0.sds HRS_A3716_2022A_tile_003_P1.sds HRS_A3716_2022A_tile_008_P0.sds HRS_H01_2022A_tile_005_P1.sds HRS_H01_2022A_tile_004_P0.sds	2x1200s 3x1200s 3x1200s 3x1200s 3x1200s 3x1200s 1x1200s 1x1800s	Thick clouds start of the night, clearing	View log
20220717	Caroline Foster/Rob Sharp, Di Wang	10h50m	3h40m	4h30m	2h40m	0h	2″	HRS_G15_2022A_tile_007_P1.sds HRS_G15_2022A_tile_004_P0.sds HRS_A3667_2022A_tile_007_P1.sds HRS_A3667_2022A_tile_006_P0.sds HRS_A3716_2022A_tile_005_P1.sds HRS_A3716_2022A_tile_007_P1.sds HRS_H01_2022A_tile_006_P0.sds HRS_H01_2022A_tile_007_P1.sds	3x1200s 1x1200s 3x1200s 3x1200s 1x1200s 3x1200s 1800s 1800s	Pesky intermittent thick clouds.	View log
20220718	Caroline Foster/Rob Sharp, Gabriella Quattropani	10h49m	4h30m	4h29m	2h	0h	3-10″	HRS_G15_2022A_tile_004_P0.sds HRS_A3667_2022A_tile_005_P1.sds HRS_A3667_2022A_tile_008_P0.sds HRS_A3667_2022A_tile_009_P1.sds HRS_A3667_2022A_tile_010_P0.sds HRS_H01_2022A_tile_009_P1.sds HRS_H01_2022A_tile_008_P0.sds HRS_H01_2022A_tile_011_P1.sds HRS_H01_2022A_tile_010_P0.sds	3x1200s 3x1200s 3x1200s 3x1200s 3x1200s 1200s 1200s 1200s 1200s	Variable seeing. Clear skies.	View log
20220719	Caroline Foster/Rob Sharp, Gabriella Quattropani	10h49m	4h30	0h	6h19m	0h	3″	HRD_G15_2022A_tile_006_P_0.sds HRS_A3667_2022A_tile_009_P1.sds HRS_A3667_2022A_tile_010_P0.sds HRS_A3716_2022A_tile_005_P1.sds	3x1200s 3x1200s 3x1200s 3x1200s	High humidity and then closed.	View log

2021B

Date	Observers	Total Hours	Good Hours	Poor Hours	BadWeather Hours	Fault Hours	Seeing	Fields	Exposure Time	Comments	AAT Autolog
20210805	Ángel R. López-Sánchez, Caroline Foster	10h31m		1h24m	~2h	~7h37m	8-20″	A3667_Y1_SB_R1tile002-304.12–56.21P1.sds	3x20m	Plagued by clouds, elusive guide stars and 2dF faults.	View log
20210806	Ángel R. López-Sánchez, Caroline Foster	5h40m	3h25			2h15m	4-8″	A3667_Y1_SB_R1tile001-302.02–56.81P0.sds A3667_Y1_SB_R1tile004-304.52–57.31P1.sds A3667_Y1_SB_R1tile003-301.92–57.21P0.sds	3x20m on tiles 1 and 4, 2x20m on tile 3	Plagued by various technical faults 🙁	View log
20210928	Caroline Foster, Sam Vaughan	9h	0h	1h	8h	0h	2.4″	A3716_Y1_SB_R1tile001-311.92–52.45P0.sds	2x20m and 1x200s	Cloudy	View log
20210929	Caroline Foster, Sam Vaughan	8h56m	2h31m		6h21m	4m	2-3.5″	HRS_H01_2021B_tile_000_13.90_-30.20_P_0.sds HRS_H01_2021B_tile_001_17.72_-30.30_P_1.sds HRS_H01_2021B_tile_002_11.58_-29.88_P_0.sds	3x10m	Severe thunderstorms warning. Turned to cloudy.	View log
20210930	Sam Vaughan, Rob Sharp	4h30m	0	0	4h30m	0	n.a.	n.a.	0	Totally clouded out	View log
20211001	Rob Sharp	4h30m	0	0	4h30m	0	n.a.	n.a.		Totally clouded out	View log
20211002	Rob Sharp	4h30m	2	0	2h30m	0	1.6-2.2″	A3716_Y1_SB_R1tile001-311.92–52.45P0 A3716_Y1_SB_R1tile002-312.02–53.25P1	3x20m 2x20m+1x10m	Cloudy with some gaps	View log
20211005	Ángel R. López-Sánchez, Matthew Colless	9h44m	9h44m	0	0	0	1.3″-2.3″	A3716_Y1_SB_R1tile003-314.02–52.45P0_angel A3716_Y1_SB_R1tile004-312.92–51.75P1_angel HRS_H01_2021B_10.1598_-31.2232_P_0_angel HRS_H01_2021B_10.4900_-29.5409_P_1_angel HRS_H01_2021B_11.4355_-32.4673_P_0_angel HRS_H03_2021B_39.7531_-30.6928_P_1_angel HRS_H03_2021B_40.0116_-32.7798_P_0_angel HRS_H03_2021B_40.4170_-30.1018_P_1_angel	3x20m 3x20m 3x10m 3x10m 3x10m 2x12m+1x10m 3x15m 3x15m	Some high clouds, needed to increase exp times	View log
20211027	Ángel R. López-Sánchez, Matthew Colless	8h54m	6h30m		2h24m	0	1.5″-2.0″	HRS_H01_2021B_tile_003_P0_angel.sds HRS_H01_2021B_tile_004_P1_angel.sds HRS_H01_2021B_tile_005_P0_angel.sds HRS_H01_2021B_tile_009_P0_angel.sds HRS_H03_2021B_tile_003_P1_angel.sds	3x10m 1x10m+1x820s 1x15m+2x10m 3x10m 3x10m+1x10m(not much data here)	Variable: clear, clouds moving around or completely cloudy	View log
20211028	Ángel R. López-Sánchez, Matthew Colless	8h52m	0		8h52m	0	n.a.	n.a		Totally cloudy out	View log
20211102	Ángel R. López-Sánchez, Amata Mercurio	1h30m	1h30m		0	0	1.9″	A0151_Y1_SB_R1tile002-17.3–15.07P1_angel.sds	3x20m	Clear, OPTICON 21B/008 Amata Mercurio	View log
20211105	Ángel R. López-Sánchez, Amata Mercurio	1h30m	1h30m		0	0	2.6″	A0151_Y1_SB_R1tile002-17.3–15.07P1_angel.sds	3x20m	Clear, OPTICON 21B/008 Amata Mercurio	View log
20211109	Matthew Colless, Sarah Sweet	8h	2h	1h45m	3h	1h15m	1.6-2.2″	HRS_H01_2021B_tile_008_P_0.sds HRS_H01_2021B_tile_011_P_1.sds HRS_H01_2021B_tile_010_P_0.sds A3391_Y1_SB_R1tile001-96.01–53.43P0.sds	3x10m 3x10m 3x10m 6x10m	Cloudy on and off, especially later in the night.	View log
20211110	Matthew Colless, Sarah Sweet	8h	0h	0h	8h	0h	NaN	–	–	Completely cloudy.	View log
20211125	Rob Sharp, Sarah Sweet	7h30m	0h	0h	7h30m	0h	NaN	–	–	Raining.	View log

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