<FLWO 1.5 m Observing Schedule September-December 2019

60" Schedule for September 2019 (as of 05 Dec 2019)

September October November December Programs PDF Schedules
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Sep  1 Sun   0.12  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       ---
Sep  2 Mon   0.20  "       "           "                ---    LABOR DAY
Sep  3 Tue   0.30  "       "           "                ---
Sep  4 Wed   0.41  "       "           "                ---
Sep  5 Thu   0.51  "       Latham      "                ---
Sep  6 Fri   0.61  "       "           "                ---
Sep  7 Sat   0.71  "       "           "                MC/HC
Sep  8 Sun   0.79  "       "           "                "  
Sep  9 Mon   0.86  "       PB          "                "
Sep 10 Tue   0.92  "       "           "                "
Sep 11 Wed   0.97  "       "           "                ---
Sep 12 Thu   0.99  "       GE          "                ---
Sep 13 Fri   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Sep 14 Sat   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Sep 15 Sun   0.96  "       "           "                ---
Sep 16 Mon   0.91  "       PB          "                ---
Sep 17 Tue   0.85  "       "           "                ---
Sep 18 Wed   0.77  "       "           "                ---
Sep 19 Thu   0.68  "       GE          "                ---
Sep 20 Fri   0.58  "       "           "                ---
Sep 21 Sat   0.47  "       "           "                ---
Sep 22 Sun   0.37  "       "           "                ---
Sep 23 Mon   0.26  "       "           "                ---
Sep 24 Tue   0.17  "       PB          "                MC/BS
Sep 25 Wed   0.09  "       "           "                "
Sep 26 Thu   0.03  FAST    Brown       FAST Combo       "
Sep 27 Fri   0.01  "       "           "                "
Sep 28 Sat   0.01  "       "           "                "
Sep 29 Sun   0.04  "       "           "                "
Sep 30 Mon   0.09  "       "           "                ---

Remote Observers: MC: Mike Calkins, GE: Gil Esquerdo, PB: Perry Berlind

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


SEP FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (5 nights) MacLeod (BLR Mkn110) 1 night, Brown 230 (GW binaries) 1 night, Gomez 233 (FLEET) 0.5 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Falco 231 (BH/NS binaries) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 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: Latham 218 (Spec TESS) 28 nights, Zhou 212 (Nep & Jup) 13 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Dupree 219 (Betelgeuse) 1.5 nights, Winters 198 (mid-M Dwarfs) 10 nights, Carmichael 213 (Brown dwarfs TESS) 5 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 8.5 nights, Rodriguez 220 (Confirmation young Jupiters) 4 nights, Dupree 216 (Common envelope) 1 night, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 12 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 9 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades survey) 10 nights.

60" Schedule for October 2019 (as of 05 Dec 2019)

September October November December Programs PDF Schedules
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Oct  1 Tue   0.17  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       ---
Oct  2 Wed   0.25  "       "           "                ---
Oct  3 Thu   0.35  "       "           "                ---
Oct  4 Fri   0.45  "       "           "                ---
Oct  5 Sat   0.55  "       Latham      "                ---
Oct  6 Sun   0.65  "       "           "                ---
Oct  7 Mon   0.74  "       "           "                ---
Oct  8 Tue   0.81  "       "           "                ---
Oct  9 Wed   0.88  "       "           "                ---
Oct 10 Thu   0.94  "       PB          "                ---
Oct 11 Fri   0.97  "       "           "                ---
Oct 12 Sat   0.99  "       GE          "                MC/HC
Oct 13 Sun   1.00  "       "           "                "
Oct 14 Mon   0.98  "       "           "                "      COLUMBUS DAY
Oct 15 Tue   0.94  "       "           "                "
Oct 16 Wed   0.89  "       PB          "                "
Oct 17 Thu   0.81  "       "           "                "
Oct 18 Fri   0.73  "       "           "                ---
Oct 19 Sat   0.63  "       GE          "                ---
Oct 20 Sun   0.52  "       "           "                ---
Oct 21 Mon   0.41  "       "           "                ---
Oct 22 Tue   0.30  "       PB          "                ---
Oct 23 Wed   0.20  "       "           "                ---
Oct 24 Thu   0.11  FAST    --          FAST inoperable  ---
Oct 25 Fri   0.05  TRES    PB          TRES Combo       MC/HS
Oct 26 Sat   0.01  "       "           "                "
Oct 27 Sun   0.00  "       "           "                "
Oct 28 Mon   0.02  "       GE          "                "
Oct 29 Tue   0.06  "       "           "                "
Oct 30 Wed   0.12  "       "           "                "
Oct 31 Thu   0.20  "       PB          "                "

Remote Observers: MC: Mike Calkins, GE: Gil Esquerdo, PB: Perry Berlind

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


OCT FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (5 nights) MacLeod (BLR Mkn110) 1 night, Brown 230 (GW binaries) 2 nights, Gomez 233 (FLEET) 0.5 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Falco 231 (BH/NS binaries) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 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: Latham 218 (Spec TESS) 28 nights, Zhou 212 (Nep & Jup) 13 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Dupree 219 (Betelgeuse) 1.5 nights, Winters 198 (mid-M Dwarfs) 10 nights, Carmichael 213 (Brown dwarfs TESS) 5 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 8.5 nights, Rodriguez 220 (Confirmation young Jupiters) 4 nights, Dupree 216 (Common envelope) 1 night, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 12 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 9 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades survey) 10 nights.

60" Schedule for November 2019 (as of 05 Dec 2019)

September October November December Programs PDF Schedules
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Nov  1 Fri   0.29  TRES    PB          TRES Combo       ---
Nov  2 Sat   0.38  "       GE          "                ---
Nov  3 Sun   0.48  "       "           "                ---
Nov  4 Mon   0.57  "       "           "                ---
Nov  5 Tue   0.67  "       "           "                ---
Nov  6 Wed   0.75  "       PB          "                ---
Nov  7 Thu   0.83  "       "           "                ---
Nov  8 Fri   0.90  "       GE          "                MC/HC
Nov  9 Sat   0.95  "       "           "                "
Nov 10 Sun   0.98  "       "           "                "
Nov 11 Mon   1.00  "       Yahalomi    "                "       VETERANS DAY
Nov 12 Tue   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Nov 13 Wed   0.97  "       "           "                ---
Nov 14 Thu   0.92  "       "           "                ---
Nov 15 Fri   0.85  "       "           "                MC/HC
Nov 16 Sat   0.77  "       GE          "                "
Nov 17 Sun   0.67  "       "           "                "
Nov 18 Mon   0.56  "       "           "                ---
Nov 19 Tue   0.45  "       "           "                ---
Nov 20 Wed   0.33  "       PB          "                ---
Nov 21 Thu   0.23  "       "           "                ---     
Nov 22 Fri   0.14  FAST    Davis       FAST Combo       MC/HS
Nov 23 Sat   0.07  "       "           "                "
Nov 24 Sun   0.02  "       "           "                "
Nov 25 Mon   0.00  "       "           "                "
Nov 26 Tue   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Nov 27 Wed   0.03  TRES    PB          TRES Combo       ---
Nov 28 Thu   0.08  "       "           "                ---     THANKSGIVING
Nov 29 Fri   0.14  "       GE          "                ---
Nov 30 Sat   0.22  "       "           "                ---

Remote Observers: MC: Mike Calkins, GE: Gil Esquerdo, PB: Perry Berlind

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


NOV FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (5 nights) MacLeod (BLR Mkn110) 1 night, Brown 230 (GW binaries) 1 night, Gomez 233 (FLEET) 0.5 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Falco 231 (BH/NS binaries) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 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: Latham 218 (Spec TESS) 28 nights, Zhou 212 (Nep & Jup) 13 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Dupree 219 (Betelgeuse) 1.5 nights, Winters 198 (mid-M Dwarfs) 10 nights, Carmichael 213 (Brown dwarfs TESS) 5 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 8.5 nights, Rodriguez 220 (Confirmation young Jupiters) 4 nights, Dupree 216 (Common envelope) 1 night, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 12 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 9 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades survey) 10 nights.

60" Schedule for December 2019 (as of 05 Dec 2019)

September October November December Programs PDF Schedules

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Dec  1 Sun   0.31  TRES    Zhou        TRES Combo       MC/HS
Dec  2 Mon   0.40  "       "           "                "
Dec  3 Tue   0.49  "       "           "                "
Dec  4 Wed   0.59  "       "           "                "
Dec  5 Thu   0.68  "       PB          "                ---
Dec  6 Fri   0.76  "       "           "                ---
Dec  7 Sat   0.84  "       GE          "                ---
Dec  8 Sun   0.91  "       "           "                ---
Dec  9 Mon   0.96  "       "           "                ---
Dec 10 Tue   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Dec 11 Wed   1.00  "       PB          "                ---
Dec 12 Thu   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Dec 13 Fri   0.95  "       GE          "                ---
Dec 14 Sat   0.89  "       "           "                ---
Dec 15 Sun   0.80  "       "           "                ---
Dec 16 Mon   0.70  "       "           "                ---
Dec 17 Tue   0.60  "       PB          "                ---
Dec 18 Wed   0.48  "       "           "                ---
Dec 19 Thu   0.37  "       "           "                ---
Dec 20 Fri   0.26  FAST    Davis       FAST Combo       ---
Dec 21 Sat   0.17  "       "           "                ---
Dec 22 Sun   0.10  "       "           "                ---
Dec 23 Mon   0.04  "       MC          "                ---
Dec 24 Tue   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Dec 25 Wed   0.00  "       --          CLOSED           ---      CHRISTMAS DAY
Dec 26 Thu   0.01  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       ---       
Dec 27 Fri   0.04  "       "           "                ---
Dec 28 Sat   0.09  "       "           "                ---
Dec 29 Sun   0.16  "       "           "                ---
Dec 30 Mon   0.23  "       PB          "                ---
Dec 31 Tue   0.32  "       "           "                ---

Remote Observers: MC: Mike Calkins, GE: Gil Esquerdo, PB: Perry Berlind

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


DEC FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (5 nights) MacLeod (BLR Mkn110) 1 night, Brown 230 (GW binaries) 2 nights, Gomez 233 (FLEET) 0.5 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Falco 231 (BH/NS binaries) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 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: Latham 218 (Spec TESS) 28 nights, Zhou 212 (Nep & Jup) 13 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Dupree 219 (Betelgeuse) 1.5 nights, Winters 198 (mid-M Dwarfs) 10 nights, Carmichael 213 (Brown dwarfs TESS) 5 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 8.5 nights, Rodriguez 220 (Confirmation young Jupiters) 4 nights, Dupree 216 (Common envelope) 1 night, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 12 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 9 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades survey) 10 nights.
September October November December PDF

60" Allocations September-December 2019

FAST proposals
TRES proposals
PI Title Dark Gray Bright





Chelsea MacLeod Decoding the structure and dynamics of the Broad Line Region in MKN 110 3 0 0
Warren Brown Gravitational Wave Binaries 5 0 0
Sebastian Gomez FLEET: Finding Luminous and Exotic Extragalactic Transients 2 0 0
Emilio Falco Spectroscopy of Transients from the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae 2 0 0
Emilio Falco A First Search for Non-Interacting BH/NS Binaries 3 0 0
Scott Kenyon Optical Spectra of Symbiotic Stars 2 0 0



PI

Title

Dark

Gray

Bright






David W. Latham

Spectroscopic follow-up of TESS planet candidates

20

8

0

George Zhou

Neptunes and Jupiters around early-type stars

10

3

0

Samuel Quinn

Giant Planets in Open Clusters

0

0

4

Jonathan Irwin

MEarth Spectroscopic Follow-up

0

3

0

Andrea Dupree

Focus on Betelgeuse

0

0

1.5

Jennifer Winters

Determining the Occurrence Rate of Hot Jupiters Orbiting the Nearby Mid-to-Late M Dwarfs with TRES

0

0

10

Theron Carmichael

TESS follow up to characterize brown dwarfs and their host stars

1

2

5.5

Joseph Rodriguez

Confirmation and Characterization of Dynamically Young Jupiters

0

0

4

Andrea Dupree

Seeking Common-Envelope Binaries

0

0

1

Guillermo Torres

Eclipsing binaries

0

0

12

Stephanie T. Douglas

The impact of companions on stellar rotational evolution (TRES)

0

9

0

Guillermo Torres

Pleiades binary survey

0

0

10