DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Sep 1 Thu 0.01 FAST MC FAST Combo --- Sep 2 Fri 0.04 " " " --- Sep 3 Sat 0.08 " " " --- Sep 4 Sun 0.14 " PB " --- Sep 5 Mon 0.21 " " " --- LABOR DAY Sep 6 Tue 0.29 TRES GE TRES Combo --- Sep 7 Wed 0.38 " " " --- Sep 8 Thu 0.47 " " " --- Sep 9 Fri 0.57 " " " --- Sep 10 Sat 0.67 " " " --- Sep 11 Sun 0.76 " MC " --- Sep 12 Mon 0.84 " " " --- Sep 13 Tue 0.92 " " " --- Sep 14 Wed 0.97 " PB " --- Sep 15 Thu 1.00 " " " --- Sep 16 Fri 1.00 " " " --- Sep 17 Sat 0.97 " MC " --- Sep 18 Sun 0.91 " " " --- Sep 19 Mon 0.83 " " " --- Sep 20 Tue 0.73 " GE " --- Sep 21 Wed 0.62 " " " --- Sep 22 Thu 0.51 " " " --- Sep 23 Fri 0.40 " " " --- Sep 24 Sat 0.29 " " " --- Sep 25 Sun 0.20 " " " --- Sep 26 Mon 0.13 " " " MC/HS Sep 27 Tue 0.07 FAST Winters FAST Combo " Sep 28 Wed 0.03 " " " PB/HS Sep 29 Thu 0.01 " " " " Sep 30 Fri 0.00 " " " " ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
SEP FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (9 nights) Brown 178 (merging WDs) 2 nights, Conroy 226 (Gaia) 0.5 night, McLeod 227 (CLQs) 0.5 night, Berger 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Mondrik 228 (M Dwarfs) 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: Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 9 nights, Latham (Giant planets) 3 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 8 nights, Winters 198 (late M Dwarfs) 6 nights, Dupree 197 (Disk winds) 3 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 21 nights, Meibom 196 (Ruprecht 147) 6 nights, Torres 15 (eclipsing binaries) 15 nights, Torres (Confirm runaway) 2 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 6 nights.
60" Schedule for October 2016 (as of 02 Dec 2016)
September October
November December
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Oct 1 Sat 0.02 FAST Winters FAST Combo PB/HS Oct 2 Sun 0.05 " " " MC/HS Oct 3 Mon 0.10 " " " " Oct 4 Tue 0.16 TRES GE TRES Combo " Oct 5 Wed 0.23 " " " " Oct 6 Thu 0.31 " " " PB/HS Oct 7 Fri 0.41 " " " " Oct 8 Sat 0.50 " " " " Oct 9 Sun 0.60 " " " " Oct 10 Mon 0.70 " " " --- COLUMBUS DAY Oct 11 Tue 0.80 " " " --- Oct 12 Wed 0.88 " " " --- Oct 13 Thu 0.95 " " " --- Oct 14 Fri 0.99 " MC " --- Oct 15 Sat 1.00 " " " --- Oct 16 Sun 0.98 " " " --- Oct 17 Mon 0.93 " PB " --- Oct 18 Tue 0.85 " " " --- Oct 19 Wed 0.76 " GE " --- Oct 20 Thu 0.66 " " " --- Oct 21 Fri 0.55 " " " PB/HC Oct 22 Sat 0.44 " " " PB/HC/MC Oct 23 Sun 0.34 " " " PB/HC Oct 24 Mon 0.25 " " " MC/HC Oct 25 Tue 0.17 FAST Falco FAST Combo " Oct 26 Wed 0.10 " Groner " " Oct 27 Thu 0.05 " PB " --- Oct 28 Fri 0.02 " " " --- Oct 29 Sat 0.00 " MC " --- Oct 30 Sun 0.00 " " " --- Oct 31 Mon 0.02 " " " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
OCT FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (10 nights) Brown 178 (merging WDs) 2 nights, Conroy 226 (Gaia) 0.5 night, McLeod 227 (CLQs) 0.5 night, Berger 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Mondrik 228 (M Dwarfs) 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: Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 9 nights, Latham (Giant planets) 3 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 8 nights, Winters 198 (late M Dwarfs) 6 nights, Dupree 197 (Disk winds) 3 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 21 nights, Meibom 196 (Ruprecht 147) 6 nights, Torres 15 (eclipsing binaries) 15 nights, Torres (Confirm runaway) 2 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 6 nights.
60" Schedule for November 2016 (as of 02 Dec 2016)
September October
November December
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Nov 1 Tue 0.06 FAST PB FAST Combo --- Nov 2 Wed 0.11 " " " --- Nov 3 Thu 0.17 TRES " TRES Combo --- Nov 4 Fri 0.25 " GE " --- Nov 5 Sat 0.34 " " " --- Nov 6 Sun 0.44 " " " --- Nov 7 Mon 0.54 " " " --- Nov 8 Tue 0.65 " " " --- Nov 9 Wed 0.75 " MC " PB/MM Nov 10 Thu 0.84 " " " --- Nov 11 Fri 0.92 " PB " MC/MM VETERANS DAY Nov 12 Sat 0.97 " " " " Nov 13 Sun 1.00 " " " --- Nov 14 Mon 0.99 " MC " PB/HC Nov 15 Tue 0.95 " GE " MC/HC Nov 16 Wed 0.89 " " " " Nov 17 Thu 0.80 " " " " Nov 18 Fri 0.71 " " " " Nov 19 Sat 0.60 " " " MC/HS/MC Nov 20 Sun 0.50 " " " MC/HS Nov 21 Mon 0.40 " " " PB/HS Nov 22 Tue 0.30 " " " " Nov 23 Wed 0.22 FAST Vaz FAST Combo " Nov 24 Thu 0.15 " " " " THANKSGIVING Nov 25 Fri 0.09 " " " MC/HS Nov 26 Sat 0.04 " Brown " " Nov 27 Sun 0.01 " " " " Nov 28 Mon 0.00 " " " " Nov 29 Tue 0.01 " " " PB/MC Nov 30 Wed 0.03 " PB " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
NOV FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (10 nights) Brown 178 (merging WDs) 2 nights, Conroy 226 (Gaia) 0.5 night, McLeod 227 (CLQs) 0.5 night, Berger 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Mondrik 228 (M Dwarfs) 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: Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 9 nights, Latham (Giant planets) 3 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 8 nights, Winters 198 (late M Dwarfs) 6 nights, Dupree 197 (Disk winds) 3 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 21 nights, Meibom 196 (Ruprecht 147) 6 nights, Torres 15 (eclipsing binaries) 15 nights, Torres (Confirm runaway) 2 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 6 nights.
60" Schedule for December 2016 (as of 02 Dec 2016)
September October
November December
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Dec 1 Thu 0.07 FAST PB FAST Combo --- Dec 2 Fri 0.12 " MC " --- Dec 3 Sat 0.20 " " " --- Dec 4 Sun 0.28 " " " --- Dec 5 Mon 0.38 " PB " --- Dec 6 Tue 0.48 TRES " TRES Combo --- Dec 7 Wed 0.59 " GE " --- Dec 8 Thu 0.70 " " " --- Dec 9 Fri 0.80 " " " PB/MM Dec 10 Sat 0.89 " " " " Dec 11 Sun 0.95 " " " " Dec 12 Mon 0.99 " CLOSED " MC/MM Dec 13 Tue 1.00 " " " " Dec 14 Wed 0.97 " MC " --- Dec 15 Thu 0.92 " " " --- Dec 16 Fri 0.85 " GE " --- Dec 17 Sat 0.77 " " " --- Dec 18 Sun 0.67 " " " PB/MM Dec 19 Mon 0.57 " " " " Dec 20 Tue 0.47 " " " " Dec 21 Wed 0.38 " " " --- Dec 22 Thu 0.29 " " " --- Dec 23 Fri 0.21 " " " --- Dec 24 Sat 0.14 " MC " --- Dec 25 Sun 0.08 " " " --- CHRISTMAS DAY Dec 26 Mon 0.04 " " " --- Dec 27 Tue 0.01 FAST PB FAST Combo --- Dec 28 Wed 0.00 " " " --- Dec 29 Thu 0.01 " " " --- Dec 30 Fri 0.04 " MC " --- Dec 31 Sat 0.09 " " " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTSeptember October November December PDF
DEC FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (10 nights) Brown 178 (merging WDs) 2 nights, Conroy 226 (Gaia) 0.5 night, Berger 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Mondrik 228 (M Dwarfs) 1 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: Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 9 nights, Latham (Giant planets) 3 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 8 nights, Winters 198 (late M Dwarfs) 6 nights, Dupree 197 (Disk winds) 3 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 21 nights, Meibom 196 (Ruprecht 147) 6 nights, Torres 15 (eclipsing binaries) 15 nights, Torres (Confirm runaway) 2 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 6 nights.
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PI |
Title |
Dark |
Gray |
Bright |
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|
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Warren Brown |
Merging White Dwarfs |
6.5 |
0 |
0 |
|
Charlie Conroy |
Low Resolution Spectra of Gaia-ESO Benchmark Stars |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
|
Chelsea MacLeod |
Spectroscopic Followup of Bright Changing-Look Quasar Candidates |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Edo Berger |
Spectroscopic and Photometric Follow-up of SLSNe and TDEs from PSST |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
Scott Kenyon |
Optical Spectra of Symbiotic Stars |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Emilio Falco |
Spectroscopy of Transients from the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae: Big Science with Small Telescopes |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Scott Kenyon |
Debris Disk Candidates from the WISE Disk Detective Program |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
Emilio Falco |
Mapping the nearby Universe at low Galactic latitudes with the 2MASS Redshift Survey |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
Robert Kirshner |
Supernova Spectroscopy with FAST |
12 |
0 |
0 |
|
Nicholas P. Mondrik |
Flares, Rotation, and Magnetic Activity in Mid-to-Late M Dwarfs |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
PI |
Title |
Dark |
Gray |
Bright |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
George Zhou |
Confirming and characterising planets around massive stars |
5 |
0 |
4 |
|
David W. Latham |
Giant Planets in Open Clusters |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
David W. Latham |
Spectroscopic follow-up of K2 Planet Candidates |
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
Jennifer Winters |
Characterizing the Nearby Northern Mid-to-Late M Dwarfs with TRES |
0 |
3 |
3 |
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Andrea Dupree |
Probing Disk Winds Around Young Stars |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Jonathan Irwin |
MEarth Spectroscopic Follow-up |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
Guillermo Torres |
Accurate masses for evolved stars |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
David W. Latham |
Transiting Planet Candidate Follow-Up - 60 inch |
0 |
13 |
8 |
|
Soren Meibom |
Spectroscopic binary survey of bright stars in Ruprecht 147 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Guillermo Torres |
Eclipsing binaries |
0 |
0 |
15 |
|
Guillermo Torres |
Confirming runaway stars in the binary supernova scenario |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Guillermo Torres |
Pleiades binary survey |
0 |
0 |
6 |