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Summary of Time Estimates

Items 3.4 and 3.5 are probably not possible to do in April so we give total time estimates with and without them.

 
 DAYLIGHT or TWILIGHT TESTS  		 		 TIME (hrs)

1.1 Reset delays 0.1

1.2 Flats 0.3

1.3 Linearity 0.3

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Total daylight/twilight time 0.7

NIGHT TESTS

2.1 Standards - zero point and color 11.0

2.2 Standards - extinction 0.6

2.3 Zero-point stability (part of 2.1) -

2.4 Photometric response tests 2.6

2.5 Focus tests 0.4

2.6 C&R; confirmation; bandmerging 5.5

3.1 Coma 7.7

3.2 Virgo 2.6

3.3 Deep Cluster 4.8

3.4 Cluster + dense stars (2.6)

3.5 Galaxy + nebula edge (2.6)

3.6 Irregular galaxies 5.5

4.0 Nebulae 1.2

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Summed observing time (night) 41.1

(with 3.4 & 3.5) (46.3)

Slew and aquisition 5.0

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TOTAL (night) 46.1



Gaylin Laughlin
Tue Feb 14 09:11:22 PST 1995