DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Jan 1 Mon 1.00 TRES MC TRES Combo --- NEW YEAR's DAY Jan 2 Tue 0.98 " GE " --- Jan 3 Wed 0.93 " " " --- Jan 4 Thu 0.85 " " " --- Jan 5 Fri 0.76 " " " --- Jan 6 Sat 0.66 " " " --- Jan 7 Sun 0.56 " PB " --- Jan 8 Mon 0.46 " " " --- Jan 9 Tue 0.36 FAST MC FAST Combo --- Jan 10 Wed 0.27 " " " --- Jan 11 Thu 0.19 " " " --- Jan 12 Fri 0.12 " PB " --- Jan 13 Sat 0.07 " " " --- Jan 14 Sun 0.03 " MC " --- Jan 15 Mon 0.01 " " " --- MLK DAY Jan 16 Tue 0.00 TRES " TRES Combo --- Jan 17 Wed 0.01 " GE " --- Jan 18 Thu 0.04 " " " --- Jan 19 Fri 0.09 " " " --- Jan 20 Sat 0.15 " " " --- Jan 21 Sun 0.23 " " " --- Jan 22 Mon 0.32 " PB " --- Jan 23 Tue 0.42 " " " --- Jan 24 Wed 0.53 " MC " --- Jan 25 Thu 0.64 " " " --- Jan 26 Fri 0.75 " " " --- Jan 27 Sat 0.84 " PB " --- Jan 28 Sun 0.92 " " " --- Jan 29 Mon 0.97 " MC " --- Jan 30 Tue 1.00 " " " --- Jan 31 Wed 0.99 " " " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
JAN FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (7 nights) Brown 178 (HVS/ELM) 2 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights.
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) 5 nights, Latham 204 (Self-lensing) 4 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 24 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 12 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 3 nights, Rodriguez 208 (Tropical Jupiters) 3 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 2 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 5 nights, Winters 198 (Late M Dwarfs) 6 nights, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 18 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 5 nights.
60" Schedule for February 2018 (as of 17 Apr 2018)
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Feb 1 Thu 0.95 TRES GE TRES Combo --- Feb 2 Fri 0.90 " " " --- Feb 3 Sat 0.82 " " " --- Feb 4 Sun 0.72 " " " --- Feb 5 Mon 0.63 " " " --- Feb 6 Tue 0.53 " PB " --- Feb 7 Wed 0.43 " " " --- Feb 8 Thu 0.34 FAST MC FAST Combo --- Feb 9 Fri 0.25 " " " --- Feb 10 Sat 0.18 " " " --- Feb 11 Sun 0.11 " PB " --- Feb 12 Mon 0.06 " " " --- Feb 13 Tue 0.02 " MC " --- Feb 14 Wed 0.00 " " " --- Feb 15 Thu 0.00 TRES " TRES Combo --- Feb 16 Fri 0.02 " PB " --- Feb 17 Sat 0.06 " " " --- Feb 18 Sun 0.11 " GE " --- Feb 19 Mon 0.18 " " " MC/HC PRESIDENT'S DAY Feb 20 Tue 0.28 " " " " Feb 21 Wed 0.38 " " " " Feb 22 Thu 0.49 " " " " Feb 23 Fri 0.60 " PB " --- Feb 24 Sat 0.71 " " " --- Feb 25 Sun 0.81 " MC " --- Feb 26 Mon 0.90 " " " --- Feb 27 Tue 0.96 " " " --- Feb 28 Wed 0.99 " GE " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
FEB FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (7 nights) Brown 178 (HVS/ELM) 2 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights.
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) 5 nights, Latham 204 (Self-lensing) 4 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 24 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 12 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 3 nights, Rodriguez 208 (Tropical Jupiters) 3 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 2 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 5 nights, Winters 198 (Late M Dwarfs) 6 nights, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 18 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 5 nights.
60" Schedule for March 2018 (as of 17 Apr 2018)
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Mar 1 Thu 1.00 TRES GE TRES Combo --- Mar 2 Fri 0.98 " " " --- Mar 3 Sat 0.93 " PB " --- Mar 4 Sun 0.87 " " " --- Mar 5 Mon 0.79 " MC " --- Mar 6 Tue 0.70 " " " --- Mar 7 Wed 0.61 " " " --- Mar 8 Thu 0.51 " GE " --- Mar 9 Fri 0.42 " " " --- Mar 10 Sat 0.33 " " " --- Mar 11 Sun 0.24 " PB " --- Mar 12 Mon 0.17 FAST " FAST Combo --- Mar 13 Tue 0.10 " Berger ASTRO100 --- Mar 14 Wed 0.05 " " " --- Mar 15 Thu 0.02 " " " --- Mar 16 Fri 0.00 " PB FAST Combo --- Mar 17 Sat 0.01 " " " --- Mar 18 Sun 0.03 " Challis " MC/HC Mar 19 Mon 0.08 " " " " Mar 20 Tue 0.15 " " " " Mar 21 Wed 0.24 TRES GE TRES Combo MC/MM Mar 22 Thu 0.34 " " " MC/HC Mar 23 Fri 0.45 " " " --- Mar 24 Sat 0.57 " " " --- Mar 25 Sun 0.68 " " " --- Mar 26 Mon 0.78 " MC " --- Mar 27 Tue 0.87 " " " --- Mar 28 Wed 0.94 " " " --- Mar 29 Thu 0.98 " " " --- Mar 30 Fri 1.00 " PB " --- Mar 31 Sat 0.99 " " " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
MAR FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (6 nights) Brown 178 (HVS/ELM) 2 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights.
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) 5 nights, Latham 204 (Self-lensing) 4 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 24 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 12 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 3 nights, Rodriguez 208 (Tropical Jupiters) 3 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 2 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 5 nights, Winters 198 (Late M Dwarfs) 6 nights, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 18 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 5 nights.
60" Schedule for April 2018 (as of 17 Apr 2018)
January February
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Apr 1 Sun 0.96 TRES GE TRES Combo --- Apr 2 Mon 0.91 " " " --- Apr 3 Tue 0.84 " " " --- Apr 4 Wed 0.77 " MC " --- Apr 5 Thu 0.68 " " " --- Apr 6 Fri 0.59 " " " --- Apr 7 Sat 0.49 " PB " --- Apr 8 Sun 0.40 " " " --- Apr 9 Mon 0.31 " MC " --- Apr 10 Tue 0.23 FAST " FAST Combo --- Apr 11 Wed 0.15 " " " --- Apr 12 Thu 0.09 " PB " --- Apr 13 Fri 0.04 " " " --- Apr 14 Sat 0.01 " MC " --- Apr 15 Sun 0.00 " " " --- Apr 16 Mon 0.02 TRES " TRES Combo --- Apr 17 Tue 0.06 " PB " --- Apr 18 Wed 0.13 " " " --- Apr 19 Thu 0.21 " " " --- Apr 20 Fri 0.31 " GE " --- Apr 21 Sat 0.42 " " " --- Apr 22 Sun 0.54 " " " --- Apr 23 Mon 0.65 " " " --- Apr 24 Tue 0.75 " " " --- Apr 25 Wed 0.84 " " " --- Apr 26 Thu 0.92 " PB " --- Apr 27 Fri 0.96 " " " --- Apr 28 Sat 0.99 " MC " --- Apr 29 Sun 1.00 " " " --- Apr 30 Mon 0.98 " " " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTJanuary February March April PDF
APR FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (6 nights) Brown 178 (HVS/ELM) 2 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights.
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) 5 nights, Latham 204 (Self-lensing) 4 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 24 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 12 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 3 nights, Rodriguez 208 (Tropical Jupiters) 3 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 2 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 5 nights, Winters 198 (Late M Dwarfs) 6 nights, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 18 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 5 nights.
| Warren Brown | HVS/ELM Survey South | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Edo Berger | Astro100: Using the FLWO 1.5 m Telescope for Undergraduate Education | 3 | 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 | Optical Spectra of Symbiotic Stars | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Blanchard | Spectroscopic and Photometric Follow-up of SLSNe and TDEs | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Kirshner | Supernova Spectroscopy with FAST | 12 | 0 | 0 |
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George Zhou |
Confirming and characterising planets around massive stars |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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David W. Latham |
Self-Lensing Binary Candidates |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
Jonathan Irwin |
MEarth Spectroscopic Follow-up |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
David W. Latham |
Transiting Planet Candidate Follow-Up - 60 inch |
6 |
13 |
5 |
|
David W. Latham |
Spectroscopic follow-up of K2 Planet Candidates |
0 |
6 |
6 |
|
Samuel Quinn |
Giant Planets in Open Clusters |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Joseph Rodriguez |
Confirmation and Characterization of Tropical Jupiters to Understand High Eccentricity Migration |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Sam Quinn |
Hot Jupiters, Formed In Situ |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Stephanie T. Douglas |
The impact of companions on stellar rotational evolution |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
Jennifer Winters |
Characterizing the Nearby Mid-to-Late M Dwarfs with TRES |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
Guillermo Torres |
Eclipsing binaries |
0 |
0 |
18 |
|
Guillermo Torres |
Pleiades binary survey |
0 |
0 |
5 |