IOTA 1999 TRIMESTER NO. 1 FINAL -- OBSERVING SCHEDULE Dates Nights Observers (PI & CoIs) Inst. Project ----- ------ ----------------------- ------- ----------------------- Jan 1 1 Open Jan 11 Carleton,Lacasse, 3rd telescope work 2-12 Pras,Morel Jan 9 Corporon, et al. Nicmos HAeBe binaries 13-21 (tbd) & lens Jan 22 19 Morel Nicmos Fringe packet tracker -Feb 9 & lens Feb 5 Bregman,Witteborn, Nicmos Fringe packet tracker 10-14 Morel & lens & star tracker Feb 10 Porro,Schuller, Nicmos MIDI calibrator stars 15-24 Ligori,Leinert & lens & YSO disks Feb 2 Morel Nicmos Fringe packet tracker 25-26 & lens Feb 27 7 Millan-Gabet,Traub, Nicmos AeBe, symbiotics, CI Cam, -Mar 5 Schloerb,Kanbur, & lens & Mira diameters Karovska Mar 15 Foresto,Ruilier, Nicmos Fast-scan, binaries, 6-20 Ridgway,Mennesson, & Fluor & Miras Perrin Mar 7 Schoeller,Tokovinin, Nicmos Multiple star systems 21-26 Kervella,Foresto & Fluor Mar 27 15 Mennesson,Chagnon, Tisis Supergiants -Apr 10 Foresto,Ridgway, M-band & Miras Ruilier,Perrin Apr 14 Segransan,Forveille, Nicmos Low mass binaries 11-24 Perrier,Traub, & lens Milan-Gabet Apr 2 Morel,Bregman, Nicmos Fringe packet tracker 25-26 Witteborn & lens Apr 27 18 Millan-Gabet,Traub, Nicmos AeBe, symbiotics, -May 14 Schloerb,Kanbur, & lens & Mira diameters Karovska Notes: 1. People may wish to come a few days early to familiarize themselves with the detector system to be used; observers should cooperate by passing on their acquired wisdom about the current state of the instruments. 2. The Nicmos detector may in fact be a Picnic detector, which should be a somewhat better detector, but this switch is not settled as of this writing. 3. The 4mm lens inside the Nicmos dewar reduces the plate scale nicely for the classical beamsplitter setup, but is too strong for the 2x2 fiber-end image, and will need to be removed for fiber (Fluor) work, or else the standard InSb Fluor detectors should be used. The lens removal/insertion is not difficult for dexterous people, but it should be approached with caution. -----------------------------------------------------------------------