DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Sep 1 Sat 0.58 TRES PB TRES Combo --- Sep 2 Sun 0.47 " " " --- Sep 3 Mon 0.36 " MC " --- LABOR DAY Sep 4 Tue 0.26 FAST " FAST Combo --- Sep 5 Wed 0.16 " " " --- Sep 6 Thu 0.08 " PB " --- Sep 7 Fri 0.03 " " " --- Sep 8 Sat 0.00 " MC " --- Sep 9 Sun 0.01 " " " --- Sep 10 Mon 0.03 " " " --- Sep 11 Tue 0.09 " " " --- Sep 12 Wed 0.16 " " " --- Sep 13 Thu 0.24 TRES GE TRES Combo --- Sep 14 Fri 0.33 " " " --- Sep 15 Sat 0.43 " " " --- Sep 16 Sun 0.53 " " " --- Sep 17 Mon 0.62 " " " --- Sep 18 Tue 0.71 " " " --- Sep 19 Wed 0.79 " PB " --- Sep 20 Thu 0.86 " " " --- Sep 21 Fri 0.92 " MC " --- Sep 22 Sat 0.96 " " " --- Sep 23 Sun 0.99 " " " --- Sep 24 Mon 1.00 " PB " --- Sep 25 Tue 0.98 " " " --- Sep 26 Wed 0.95 " MC " --- Sep 27 Thu 0.89 " " " --- Sep 28 Fri 0.81 " " " --- Sep 29 Sat 0.72 " GE " --- Sep 30 Sun 0.62 " " " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
SEP FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (8 nights) Brown 178 (merging WDs) 2 nights, MacLeod 229 (Mkn 110) 0.5 night, Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Falco (2MASS) 141 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 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: Medina 211 (Halpha var.) 6 nights, Winters 198 (mid-M Dwarfs) 7 nights, Zhou 212 (Nep & Jup) 6 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 5 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Carmichael 213 (Brown desert) 4 nights, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 15 nights, Dupree 214 (Betelgeuse) 1 night, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 7 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 5 nights, Dupree 207 (Binaries) 1 night, Latham 204 (Self-lensing) 2 nights, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 18 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades survey) 6 nights.
60" Schedule for October 2018 (as of 03 Dec 2018)
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Oct 1 Mon 0.51 TRES GE TRES Combo --- Oct 2 Tue 0.39 " " " --- Oct 3 Wed 0.28 " " " --- Oct 4 Thu 0.19 " " " PB/HS Oct 5 Fri 0.10 " " " " Oct 6 Sat 0.04 " " " MC/HS Oct 7 Sun 0.01 " " " " Oct 8 Mon 0.00 " " " --- COLUMBUS DAY Oct 9 Tue 0.02 FAST PB FAST Combo --- Oct 10 Wed 0.06 " " " --- Oct 11 Thu 0.11 " MC " --- Oct 12 Fri 0.18 " " " --- Oct 13 Sat 0.27 " " " --- Oct 14 Sun 0.36 " " " --- Oct 15 Mon 0.45 " " " --- Oct 16 Tue 0.54 TRES GE TRES Combo --- Oct 17 Wed 0.64 " " " --- Oct 18 Thu 0.72 " " " PB/HC Oct 19 Fri 0.81 " " " " Oct 20 Sat 0.88 " " " MC/HC Oct 21 Sun 0.94 " " " " Oct 22 Mon 0.97 " " " " Oct 23 Tue 1.00 " " " " Oct 24 Wed 0.99 " " " --- Oct 25 Thu 0.97 " " " --- Oct 26 Fri 0.92 " MC " --- Oct 27 Sat 0.84 " " " --- Oct 28 Sun 0.75 " " " --- Oct 29 Mon 0.65 " PB " --- Oct 30 Tue 0.54 " " " --- Oct 31 Wed 0.42 " MC " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
OCT FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (7 nights) Brown 178 (merging WDs) 2 nights, MacLeod 229 (Mkn 110) 0.5 night, Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Falco (2MASS) 141 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 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: Medina 211 (Halpha var.) 6 nights, Winters 198 (mid-M Dwarfs) 7 nights, Zhou 212 (Nep & Jup) 6 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 5 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Carmichael 213 (Brown desert) 4 nights, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 15 nights, Dupree 214 (Betelgeuse) 1 night, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 7 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 5 nights, Dupree 207 (Binaries) 1 night, Latham 204 (Self-lensing) 2 nights, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 18 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades survey) 6 nights.
60" Schedule for November 2018 (as of 03 Dec 2018)
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Nov 1 Thu 0.31 TRES MC TRES Combo --- Nov 2 Fri 0.21 " " " --- Nov 3 Sat 0.13 " PB " --- Nov 4 Sun 0.07 " " " --- Nov 5 Mon 0.02 " MC " --- Nov 6 Tue 0.00 " " " --- Nov 7 Wed 0.01 " " " --- Nov 8 Thu 0.03 FAST Macri FAST Combo --- Nov 9 Fri 0.07 " " " --- Nov 10 Sat 0.13 " " " --- Nov 11 Sun 0.20 " " " --- Nov 12 Mon 0.28 " MC " --- VETERANS DAY Nov 13 Tue 0.37 " " " --- Nov 14 Wed 0.46 " " " --- Nov 15 Thu 0.56 TRES GE TRES Combo --- Nov 16 Fri 0.65 " " " --- Nov 17 Sat 0.74 " " " --- Nov 18 Sun 0.82 " " " --- Nov 19 Mon 0.89 " " " --- Nov 20 Tue 0.95 " " " --- Nov 21 Wed 0.99 " MC " --- Nov 22 Thu 1.00 " " " --- THANKSGIVING Nov 23 Fri 0.98 " " " --- Nov 24 Sat 0.94 " PB " --- Nov 25 Sun 0.88 " " " --- Nov 26 Mon 0.79 " MC " --- Nov 27 Tue 0.69 " " " --- Nov 28 Wed 0.57 " " " --- Nov 29 Thu 0.46 " PB " --- Nov 30 Fri 0.35 " " " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
NOV FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (7 nights) Brown 178 (merging WDs) 2 nights, MacLeod 229 (Mkn 110) 0.5 night, Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Falco (2MASS) 141 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 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: Medina 211 (Halpha var.) 6 nights, Winters 198 (mid-M Dwarfs) 7 nights, Zhou 212 (Nep & Jup) 6 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 5 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Carmichael 213 (Brown desert) 4 nights, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 15 nights, Dupree 214 (Betelgeuse) 1 night, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 7 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 5 nights, Dupree 207 (Binaries) 1 night, Latham 204 (Self-lensing) 2 nights, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 18 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades survey) 6 nights.
60" Schedule for December 2018 (as of 03 Dec 2018)
September October
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Dec 1 Sat 0.25 TRES MC " --- Dec 2 Sun 0.16 " " " --- Dec 3 Mon 0.09 " " " --- Dec 4 Tue 0.04 FAST Brown FAST Combo --- Dec 5 Wed 0.01 " " " --- Dec 6 Thu 0.00 " " " --- Dec 7 Fri 0.01 " " " --- Dec 8 Sat 0.04 " XX " --- Dec 9 Sun 0.08 " " " --- Dec 10 Mon 0.14 " Brown " MC/BINO Dec 11 Tue 0.21 " EF " " Dec 12 Wed 0.29 TRES GE TRES Combo " Dec 13 Thu 0.38 " " " " Dec 14 Fri 0.47 " " " " Dec 15 Sat 0.57 " " " " Dec 16 Sun 0.67 " " " --- Dec 17 Mon 0.76 " " " --- Dec 18 Tue 0.84 " MC " --- Dec 19 Wed 0.92 " " " --- Dec 20 Thu 0.97 " " " --- Dec 21 Fri 1.00 " GE " --- Dec 22 Sat 0.99 " " " --- Dec 23 Sun 0.96 " " " --- Dec 24 Mon 0.91 " " " --- Dec 25 Tue 0.82 " -- CLOSED --- CHRISTMAS DAY Dec 26 Wed 0.72 " GE TRES Combo --- Dec 27 Thu 0.61 " " " --- Dec 28 Fri 0.50 " " " --- Dec 29 Sat 0.40 " MC " --- Dec 30 Sun 0.29 " " " --- Dec 31 Mon 0.20 " " " --- ** 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): (8 nights) Brown 178 (merging WDs) 2 nights, MacLeod 229 (Mkn 110) 0.5 night, Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Falco (2MASS) 141 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 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: Medina 221 (Halpha var.) 6 nights, Winters 198 (mid-M Dwarfs) 7 nights, Zhou 212 (Nep & Jup) 6 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 5 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Carmichael 213 (Brown desert) 4 nights, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 15 nights, Dupree 214 (Betelgeuse) 1 night, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 7 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 5 nights, Dupree 207 (Binaries) 1 night, Latham 204 (Self-lensing) 2 nights, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 18 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades survey) 6 nights.
| PI | Title | Dark | Gray | Bright |
| Warren Brown | Merging White Dwarfs | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Chelsea MacLeod | Decoding the structure and dynamics of the Broad Line Region in MKN 110 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Peter Blanchard | Spectroscopic and Photometric Follow-up of SLSNe and TDEs | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Kenyon | Optical Spectra of Symbiotic Stars | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Emilio Falco | Cosmography of the innermost Zone of Avoidance with the 2MASS Redshift Su rvey | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Robert Kirshner | Supernova Spectroscopy with FAST | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| PI | Title | Dark | Gray | Bright |
| Amber Medina | Characterizing H$\alpha$ Variability as a Function of Rotation Period and Mass for Mid-to-Late M Dwarfs | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jennifer Winters | Characterizing the Nearby Mid-M Dwarfs with TRES | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| George Zhou | Neptunes and Jupiters around early-type stars | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Quinn | Hot Jupiters, Formed In Situ | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Jonathan Irwin | MEarth Spectroscopic Follow-up | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Theron W Carmichael | New candidate members of the brown dwarf desert | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| David W. Latham | Transiting Planet Candidate Follow-Up - 60 inch | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| Andrea Dupree | Betelgeuse: the Enigma | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| David W. Latham | Spectroscopic follow-up of K2 Planet Candidates | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Samuel Quinn | Giant Planets in Open Clusters | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Stephanie T. Douglas | The impact of companions on stellar rotational evolution (FLWO-1.5m) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Andrea Dupree | Seeking Common-Envelope Binaries | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| David W. Latham | Self-Lensing Binary Candidates | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Guillermo Torres | Eclipsing binaries | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Guillermo Torres | Pleiades binary survey | 0 | 0 | 6 |