DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Sep 1 Tue 1.00 TRES XX TRES Combo MC Sep 2 Wed 0.99 " GE** " MC Sep 3 Thu 0.96 " GE** " MC Sep 4 Fri 0.91 " GE** " MC Sep 5 Sat 0.85 " XX " --- Sep 6 Sun 0.78 " XX " --- Sep 7 Mon 0.69 " PB " --- LABOR DAY Sep 8 Tue 0.60 " PB " --- Sep 9 Wed 0.50 " XX " --- Sep 10 Thu 0.40 " GE " --- Sep 11 Fri 0.31 " GE " MC Sep 12 Sat 0.21 " GE " MC Sep 13 Sun 0.13 " XX " MC Sep 14 Mon 0.07 " PB " MC Sep 15 Tue 0.02 " PB " --- Sep 16 Wed 0.00 " GE " --- Sep 17 Thu 0.01 " GE " --- Sep 18 Fri 0.05 " GE " --- Sep 19 Sat 0.12 " GE " --- Sep 20 Sun 0.20 " GE " --- Sep 21 Mon 0.30 M&E PB WFS --- Sep 22 Tue 0.41 TRES PB TRES Combo --- Sep 23 Wed 0.52 " GE** " MC Sep 24 Thu 0.62 " GE** " MC Sep 25 Fri 0.72 " GE** " MC Sep 26 Sat 0.81 " XX " --- Sep 27 Sun 0.88 " XX " --- Sep 28 Mon 0.94 " XX " --- Sep 29 Tue 0.97 " XX " --- Sep 30 Wed 0.99 " XX " --- Remote Observers: MC: Mike Calkins, GE: Gil Esquerdo, PB: Perry Berlind, XX: No observer Notice that the observing nights for September 1-5 will be cancelled if weather is not clear and rescheduled at the end of the month. ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
SEP FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (0 nights)
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Oct 1 Thu 1.00 TRES XX TRES Combo --- Oct 2 Fri 0.98 " XX " --- Oct 3 Sat 0.95 " PB " --- Oct 4 Sun 0.90 " PB " MC Oct 5 Mon 0.83 " GE " MC Oct 6 Tue 0.75 " GE " MC Oct 7 Wed 0.66 " GE " MC Oct 8 Thu 0.57 " GE " MC Oct 9 Fri 0.47 " GE " --- Oct 10 Sat 0.36 " PB " --- Oct 11 Sun 0.26 " PB " --- Oct 12 Mon 0.17 " MC " --- COLUMBUS DAY Oct 13 Tue 0.09 FAST MC FAST Combo --- Oct 14 Wed 0.04 FAST MC " --- Oct 15 Thu 0.01 FAST MC & GE " --- Oct 16 Fri 0.00 FAST GE " --- Oct 17 Sat 0.03 FAST GE " --- Oct 18 Sun 0.09 FAST GE " --- Oct 19 Mon 0.17 M&E MC WFS --- Oct 20 Tue 0.26 TRES MC TRES Combo --- Oct 21 Wed 0.36 " MC " --- Oct 22 Thu 0.46 " GE " --- Oct 23 Fri 0.57 " GE " --- Oct 24 Sat 0.67 " GE " --- Oct 25 Sun 0.76 " GE " --- Oct 26 Mon 0.83 " XX " --- Oct 27 Tue 0.90 " XX " --- Oct 28 Wed 0.95 " XX " MC Oct 29 Thu 0.98 " XX " MC Oct 30 Fri 1.00 " XX " --- Oct 31 Sat 0.99 " XX " --- Remote Observers: MC: Mike Calkins, GE: Gil Esquerdo, PB: Perry Berlind, XX: No observer ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
OCT FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (6 nights) Brown (HVS/ELM Survey South) 3 nights Gomez (FLEET: Finding Luminous and Exotic Extragalactic Transients) 3 nights Kenyon (Optical Spectra of Symbiotic Stars) 1 nights
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.
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60" Schedule for November 2020 (as of 22 Nov 2020)
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Nov 1 Sun 0.97 TRES MC TRES Combo --- Nov 2 Mon 0.94 " MC " --- Nov 3 Tue 0.88 " GE & AM " --- Nov 4 Wed 0.81 " AM & GE " --- Nov 5 Thu 0.72 " AM & GE " --- Nov 6 Fri 0.63 " AM " --- Nov 7 Sat 0.52 " XX " --- Nov 8 Sun 0.41 " XX " --- Nov 9 Mon 0.31 " GE " --- Nov 10 Tue 0.21 " GE " --- Nov 11 Wed 0.12 " GE " --- VETERANS DAY Nov 12 Thu 0.06 FAST MC FAST Combo --- Nov 13 Fri 0.01 FAST MC " --- Nov 14 Sat 0.00 FAST MC " --- Nov 15 Sun 0.02 FAST MC " --- Nov 16 Mon 0.06 TRES GE TRES Combo --- Nov 17 Tue 0.13 " GE " --- Nov 18 Wed 0.21 " GE & DG " --- Nov 19 Thu 0.30 " DG & GE " --- Nov 20 Fri 0.40 " DG " --- Nov 21 Sat 0.50 " DG " --- Nov 22 Sun 0.60 " DG " --- Nov 23 Mon 0.69 " GE " MC Nov 24 Tue 0.78 " GE " MC Nov 25 Wed 0.85 " MC " --- Nov 26 Thu 0.91 " MC " --- THANKSGIVING Nov 27 Fri 0.96 " PB " --- Nov 28 Sat 0.99 " XX " --- Nov 29 Sun 1.00 " PB " --- Nov 30 Mon 0.99 " GE " MC Remote Observers: MC: Mike Calkins, GE: Gil Esquerdo, PB: Perry Berlind, AM: Amber Medina, DG: David Gonzalez, XX: No observer ** 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) Brown (HVS/ELM Survey South) 2 nights Gomez (FLEET: Finding Luminous and Exotic Extragalactic Transients) 2 nights Kenyon (Optical Spectra of Symbiotic Stars) 1 nights
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Dec 1 Tue 0.96 TRES GE TRES Combo MC Dec 2 Wed 0.92 " GE " --- Dec 3 Thu 0.85 " GE " --- Dec 4 Fri 0.77 " MC " --- Dec 5 Sat 0.68 " MC " --- Dec 6 Sun 0.57 " MC " --- Dec 7 Mon 0.46 " MC " --- Dec 8 Tue 0.35 " GE " --- Dec 9 Wed 0.25 " GE " --- Dec 10 Thu 0.15 " GE " --- Dec 11 Fri 0.08 " MC " --- Dec 12 Sat 0.03 " MC " --- Dec 13 Sun 0.00 " MC " --- Dec 14 Mon 0.01 " GE " --- Dec 15 Tue 0.03 " GE " --- Dec 16 Wed 0.09 " GE " --- Dec 17 Thu 0.16 " PB " --- Dec 18 Fri 0.24 " MC " --- Dec 19 Sat 0.33 " MC " --- Dec 20 Sun 0.42 " MC " --- Dec 21 Mon 0.52 " PB " --- Dec 22 Tue 0.62 " GE " --- Dec 23 Wed 0.71 " GE " --- Dec 24 Thu 0.79 " GE " --- Dec 25 Fri 0.86 CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED --- CHRISTMAS DAY Dec 26 Sat 0.92 TRES MC TRES Combo --- Dec 27 Sun 0.97 " MC " --- Dec 28 Mon 0.99 " XX " --- Dec 29 Tue 1.00 " XX " --- Dec 30 Wed 0.98 " XX " --- Dec 31 Thu 0.95 " XX " --- Remote Observers: MC: Mike Calkins, GE: Gil Esquerdo, PB: Perry Berlind, AM: Amber Medina, DG: David Gonzalez, XX: No observer ** 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): (0 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:
| PI | Proposal Title | Dark | Gray | Bright |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Brown | HVS/ELM Survey South | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sebastian Gomez | FLEET: Finding Luminous and Exotic Extragalactic Transients | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Kenyon | Optical Spectra of Symbiotic Stars | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| PI | Proposal Title | Dark | Gray | Bright |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Dupree | Focus on Betelgeuse | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jonathan Irwin | MEarth Spectroscopic Follow-up | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Theron W. Carmichael | Transiting brown dwarf follow up from the TESS mission | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jennifer Winters | Determining the Occurrence Rate of Jupiters Orbiting the Nearby Mid-to-Late M Dwarfs with TRES | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| George Zhou | Anchoring planet evolution through time | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Samuel Quinn (SAO) | Giant Planets in Open Clusters | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| David W. Latham | Spectroscopic follow-up of TESS planet candidates | 20 | 21 | 11 |
| Guillermo Torres | Eclipsing binaries | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Guillermo Torres | Pleiades binary survey | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Amber Medina | Simultaneous TRES and TESS Observations to Characterize the Effect of Stellar Flares on Spectroscopic Activity Indicators | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Joseph Rodriguez | Confirmation and Characterization of Dynamically Young Jupiters | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Samuel Quinn (SAO) | Measuring the mass of a young transiting Neptune | 0 | 0 | 2 |