60" Schedule for January 2012 (as of 31 Jan 2012)

January February March April Programs PDF Schedules
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jan  1 Sun   0.59  FAST    MC          FAST Combo       ---
Jan  2 Mon   0.68  "       "           "                ---    NEW YEAR's DAY
Jan  3 Tue   0.77  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ---
Jan  4 Wed   0.84  "       PB          "                ---
Jan  5 Thu   0.91  "       "           "                ---
Jan  6 Fri   0.96  "       "           "                ---
Jan  7 Sat   0.99  "       Esquerdo    "                ---
Jan  8 Sun   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Jan  9 Mon   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Jan 10 Tue   0.95  "       "           "                ---
Jan 11 Wed   0.89  "       MC          "                ---
Jan 12 Thu   0.82  "       "           "                ---
Jan 13 Fri   0.72  "       "           "                ---
Jan 14 Sat   0.61  "       PB          "                ---
Jan 15 Sun   0.50  "       "           "                ---
Jan 16 Mon   0.39  "       "           "                ---    MLK DAY
Jan 17 Tue   0.28  FAST    MC          FAST Combo       ---
Jan 18 Wed   0.19  "       "           "                ---
Jan 19 Thu   0.11  "       "           "                ---
Jan 20 Fri   0.05  "       Irwin       "                HS/PB
Jan 21 Sat   0.01  "       "           "                "
Jan 22 Sun   0.00  "       "           "                "
Jan 23 Mon   0.01  "       "           "                "
Jan 24 Tue   0.04  "       "           "                HS/MC
Jan 25 Wed   0.09  "       "           "                "
Jan 26 Thu   0.16  "       "           "                "
Jan 27 Fri   0.23  "       MC          "                ---
Jan 28 Sat   0.32  "       PB          "                ---
Jan 29 Sun   0.41  "       "           "                ---
Jan 30 Mon   0.50  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ---
Jan 31 Tue   0.60  "       MC          "                ---

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 


JAN FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (13 nights) Brown 178 (low-mass WDs) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Irwin 204 (M-dwarfs) 1 night, Zezas 199 (nuclear spectra) 2 nights, Liu (Binary MBH) 1 night, Green (BAL QSOs) 1 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 0.5 night, Tang 192 (DASCH variables) 0.5 night.
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.
TRES Combo for trimester: Chomiuk (Novas) 1 night, Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 4 nights, Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 18 nights, Latham (Substellar companions) 4 nights, Latham 123 (Kepler candidates) 11 nights, Torres G. 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 8 nights, Peretz (Planets in WD systems) 3 nights, Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses selected) 5 nights, Quinn (Hot Jupiters) 7 nights, Torres G. 6 (Pleiades Binary Survey) 5 nights, , Tang (DASCH with TRES) 3 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night.

60" Schedule for February 2012 (as of 31 Jan 2012)

January February March April Programs PDF Schedules
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Feb  1 Wed   0.69  TRES    MC          TRES Combo       ---
Feb  2 Thu   0.78  "       "           "                ---
Feb  3 Fri   0.85  "       "           "                HC/PB
Feb  4 Sat   0.92  "       Esquerdo    "                "
Feb  5 Sun   0.97  "       "           "                "
Feb  6 Mon   0.99  "       "           "                "
Feb  7 Tue   1.00  "       "           "                HC/MC
Feb  8 Wed   0.97  "       "           "                "
Feb  9 Thu   0.92  "       Stefanik    "                HS/MC
Feb 10 Fri   0.85  "       "           "                "
Feb 11 Sat   0.76  "       "           "                HS/PB
Feb 12 Sun   0.65  "       "           "                "
Feb 13 Mon   0.54  "       "           "                "
Feb 14 Tue   0.43  "       Esquerdo    "                "
Feb 15 Wed   0.32  FAST    Irwin       FAST Combo       HS/MC
Feb 16 Thu   0.22  "       "           "                "
Feb 17 Fri   0.14  "       "           "                "
Feb 18 Sat   0.07  "       "           "                "
Feb 19 Sun   0.03  "       "           "                HS/PB
Feb 20 Mon   0.01  "       "           "                "     PRESIDENT'S DAY
Feb 21 Tue   0.00  "       "           "                "
Feb 22 Wed   0.02  "       MC          "                ---
Feb 23 Thu   0.05  "       "           "                ---
Feb 24 Fri   0.10  "       PB          "                ---
Feb 25 Sat   0.17  "       "           "                ---
Feb 26 Sun   0.24  "       "           "                ---
Feb 27 Mon   0.33  "       "           "                ---
Feb 28 Tue   0.42  TRES    MC          TRES Combo       ---
Feb 29 Wed   0.52  "       "           "                ---

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 


FEB FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (13 nights) Brown 178 (low-mass WDs) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Irwin 204 (M-dwarfs) 1 night, Zezas 199 (nuclear spectra) 2 nights, Green (BAL QSOs) 0.5 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 0.5 night, Tang 192 (DASCH variables) 0.5 night.
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.
TRES Combo for trimester: Chomiuk (Novas) 1 night, Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 4 nights, Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 18 nights, Latham (Substellar companions) 4 nights, Latham 123 (Kepler candidates) 11 nights, Torres G. 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 8 nights, Peretz (Planets in WD systems) 3 nights, Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses selected) 5 nights, Quinn (Hot Jupiters) 7 nights, Torres G. 6 (Pleiades Binary Survey) 5 nights, , Tang (DASCH with TRES) 3 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night.

60" Schedule for March 2012 (as of 31 Jan 2012)

January February March April Programs PDF Schedules
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Mar  1 Thu   0.61  TRES    MC          TRES Combo       ---
Mar  2 Fri   0.71  "       Tang        "                HS/PB
Mar  3 Sat   0.80  "       "           "                "
Mar  4 Sun   0.88  "       "           "                HC/PB
Mar  5 Mon   0.94  "       Esquerdo    "                "
Mar  6 Tue   0.98  "       "           "                HC/MC
Mar  7 Wed   1.00  "       "           "                "
Mar  8 Thu   0.99  "       "           "                "
Mar  9 Fri   0.94  "       MC          "                ---
Mar 10 Sat   0.88  "       PB          "                ---
Mar 11 Sun   0.79  "       "           "                ---
Mar 12 Mon   0.69  FAST    "           FAST Combo       ---
Mar 13 Tue   0.58  "       Soderberg   Astro100         HS/MC
Mar 14 Wed   0.47  "       "           "                "
Mar 15 Thu   0.36  "       "           "                "
Mar 16 Fri   0.26  "       Willner     FAST Combo       "
Mar 17 Sat   0.18  "       "           "                HS/PB
Mar 18 Sun   0.11  "       "           "                "
Mar 19 Mon   0.05  "       "           "                "
Mar 20 Tue   0.02  "       MC          "                ---
Mar 21 Wed   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Mar 22 Thu   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Mar 23 Fri   0.03  "       PB          "                ---
Mar 24 Sat   0.06  "       "           "                ---
Mar 25 Sun   0.12  "       "           "                ---
Mar 26 Mon   0.18  TRES    Esquerdo    TRES Combo       ---
Mar 27 Tue   0.26  "       "           "                ---
Mar 28 Wed   0.35  "       "           "                ---
Mar 29 Thu   0.44  "       "           "                ---
Mar 30 Fri   0.54  "       "           "                ---
Mar 31 Sat   0.64  "       "           "                ---

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 


MAR FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (14 nights) Brown 178 (low-mass WDs) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Irwin 204 (M-dwarfs) 1 night, Zezas 199 (nuclear spectra) 2 nights, Liu (Binary MBH) 2 nights, Green (BAL QSOs) 1 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 0.5 night, Tang 192 (DASCH variables) 0.5 night.
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.
TRES Combo for trimester: Chomiuk (Novas) 1 night, Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 4 nights, Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 18 nights, Latham (Substellar companions) 4 nights, Latham 123 (Kepler candidates) 11 nights, Torres G. 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 8 nights, Peretz (Planets in WD systems) 3 nights, Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses selected) 5 nights, Quinn (Hot Jupiters) 7 nights, Torres G. 6 (Pleiades Binary Survey) 5 nights, , Tang (DASCH with TRES) 3 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night.

60" Schedule for April 2012 (as of 31 Jan 2012)

January February March April Programs PDF Schedules

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Apr  1 Sun   0.74  TRES    Latham      TRES Combo       ---
Apr  2 Mon   0.83  "       "           "                ---
Apr  3 Tue   0.91  "       "           "                ---
Apr  4 Wed   0.96  "       "           "                HC/MC
Apr  5 Thu   0.99  "       "           "                "
Apr  6 Fri   0.99  "       "           "                "
Apr  7 Sat   0.96  "       Esquerdo    "                "
Apr  8 Sun   0.91  "       "           "                HC/PB
Apr  9 Mon   0.82  "       "           "                "
Apr 10 Tue   0.73  "       "           "                "
Apr 11 Wed   0.62  "       "           "                ---
Apr 12 Thu   0.51  "       "           "                ---
Apr 13 Fri   0.41  "       MC          "                ---
Apr 14 Sat   0.31  "       "           "                ---
Apr 15 Sun   0.22  "       "           "                ---
Apr 16 Mon   0.14  FAST    PB          FAST Combo       ---
Apr 17 Tue   0.08  "       "           "                ---
Apr 18 Wed   0.04  "       "           "                ---
Apr 19 Thu   0.01  "       MC          "                ---
Apr 20 Fri   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Apr 21 Sat   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Apr 22 Sun   0.03  "       PB          "                ---
Apr 23 Mon   0.07  "       "           "                ---
Apr 24 Tue   0.13  "       "           "                ---
Apr 25 Wed   0.20  "       MC          "                ---
Apr 26 Thu   0.29  "       "           "                ---
Apr 27 Fri   0.38  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ---
Apr 28 Sat   0.48  "       PB          "                ---
Apr 29 Sun   0.59  "       "           "                ---
Apr 30 Mon   0.69  "       "           "                ---

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 


APR FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (11 nights) Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Irwin 204 (M-dwarfs) 1 night, Zezas 199 (nuclear spectra) 3 nights, Liu (Binary MBH) 2 nights, Green (BAL QSOs) 1 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 0.5 night, Tang 192 (DASCH variables) 0.5 night.
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.
TRES Combo for trimester: Chomiuk (Novas) 1 night, Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 4 nights, Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 18 nights, Latham (Substellar companions) 4 nights, Latham 123 (Kepler candidates) 11 nights, Torres G. 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 8 nights, Peretz (Planets in WD systems) 3 nights, Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses selected) 5 nights, Quinn (Hot Jupiters) 7 nights, Torres G. 6 (Pleiades Binary Survey) 5 nights, , Tang (DASCH with TRES) 3 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night.