DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM FILT Jan 1 Mon 1.00 KEPcam Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET KEP NEW YEAR'S DAY Jan 1 Mon 1.00 " " " " Jan 2 Tue 0.98 " " " " Jan 3 Wed 0.93 " Latham R Latham Transits " Jan 4 Thu 0.85 " Holman R Holman WASP-12 " Jan 5 Fri 0.76 " " " " Jan 6 Sat 0.66 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " Jan 7 Sun 0.56 " Latham R Latham Transits " Jan 8 Mon 0.46 " " " " Jan 9 Tue 0.36 " " " " Jan 10 Wed 0.27 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " Jan 11 Thu 0.19 " " " " Jan 12 Fri 0.12 " " " " Jan 13 Sat 0.07 " Challis R Kirshner SN " Jan 14 Sun 0.03 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " Jan 15 Mon 0.01 " Holman R Holman WASP-12 " MLK DAY Jan 16 Tue 0.00 " " " " Jan 17 Wed 0.01 " " " " Jan 18 Thu 0.04 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " Jan 19 Fri 0.09 " Latham R Latham Transits " Jan 20 Sat 0.15 " " " " Jan 21 Sun 0.23 " " " " Jan 22 Mon 0.32 " " " " Jan 23 Tue 0.42 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " Jan 24 Wed 0.53 " Falco R Falco Eng. " Jan 25 Thu 0.64 " Latham R Latham Transits " Jan 26 Fri 0.75 " " " " Jan 27 Sat 0.84 " " " " Jan 28 Sun 0.92 " " " " Jan 29 Mon 0.97 " " " " 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
Observers are required to spend no more than 10% of their time doing the following service observing: MacLeod (CLQ monitoring), Blanchard (SLSNe, TDE TOO), Kirshner (SN TOO), Benbow (Blazars).
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC
grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.
48" Schedule for the Month of February 2018
(as of 05 December 2018)
December 2017
January February
March April
May 2018
Mt. Hopkins
Programs
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Schedules
DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM FILT Feb 1 Thu 0.95 KEPcam " " KEP Feb 2 Fri 0.90 " " " " Feb 3 Sat 0.82 " " " " Feb 4 Sun 0.72 " " " " Feb 5 Mon 0.63 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " Feb 6 Tue 0.53 " Latham R Latham Transits " Feb 7 Wed 0.43 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " Feb 8 Thu 0.34 " Holman R Holman WASP-12 " Feb 9 Fri 0.25 " " " " Feb 10 Sat 0.18 " Latham R Latham Transits " Feb 11 Sun 0.11 " " " " Feb 12 Mon 0.06 " " " " Feb 13 Tue 0.02 " Falco R Falco Eng. " Feb 14 Wed 0.00 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " Feb 15 Thu 0.00 " Challis R Kirshner SN " Feb 16 Fri 0.02 " Latham R Latham Transits " Feb 17 Sat 0.06 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " Feb 18 Sun 0.11 " Latham R Latham Transits " Feb 19 Mon 0.18 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " PRESIDENT'S DAY Feb 20 Tue 0.28 " Holman R Holman WASP-12 " Feb 21 Wed 0.38 " Latham R Latham Transits " Feb 22 Thu 0.49 " " " " Feb 23 Fri 0.60 " " " " Feb 24 Sat 0.71 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " Feb 25 Sun 0.81 " Latham R Latham Transits " Feb 26 Mon 0.90 " " " " Feb 27 Tue 0.96 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " Feb 28 Wed 0.99 " " " " ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
Observers are required to spend no more than 10% of their time doing the following service observing: MacLeod (CLQ monitoring), Blanchard (SLSNe, TDE TOO), Kirshner (SN TOO), Benbow (Blazars).
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC
grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.
48" Schedule for the Month of March 2018
(as of 05 December 2018)
December 2017
January February
March April
May 2018
Mt. Hopkins
Programs
PDF
Schedules
DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM FILT Mar 1 Thu 1.00 KEPcam Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET KEP Mar 2 Fri 0.98 " Latham R Latham Transits " Mar 3 Sat 0.93 " " " " Mar 4 Sun 0.87 " Holman R Holman WASP-12 " Mar 5 Mon 0.79 " Latham R Latham Transits " Mar 6 Tue 0.70 " " " " Mar 7 Wed 0.61 " " " " Mar 8 Thu 0.51 " " " " Mar 9 Fri 0.42 " " " " Mar 10 Sat 0.33 " " " " Mar 11 Sun 0.24 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " Mar 12 Mon 0.17 " Challis R Kirshner SN " Mar 13 Tue 0.10 " Berger Astro 100 " Mar 14 Wed 0.05 " " " " Mar 15 Thu 0.02 " " " " Mar 16 Fri 0.00 " Holman R Holman WASP-12 " Mar 17 Sat 0.01 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " Mar 18 Sun 0.03 " " " " Mar 19 Mon 0.08 " " " " Mar 20 Tue 0.15 " " " " Mar 21 Wed 0.24 " Falco R Falco Eng. " Mar 22 Thu 0.34 " Latham R Latham Transits " Mar 23 Fri 0.45 " " " " Mar 24 Sat 0.57 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " Mar 25 Sun 0.68 " " " " Mar 26 Mon 0.78 " Latham R Latham Transits " Mar 27 Tue 0.87 " Gomez R Grindlay DASCH " Mar 28 Wed 0.94 " Latham R Latham Transits " Mar 29 Thu 0.98 " " " " Mar 30 Fri 1.00 " " " " Mar 31 Sat 0.99 " " " " ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
Observers are required to spend no more than 10% of their time doing the following service observing: MacLeod (CLQ monitoring), Blanchard (SLSNe, TDE TOO), Kirshner (SN TOO), Benbow (Blazars).
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC
grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.
48" Schedule for the Month of April 2018
(as of 05 December 2018)
December 2017
January February
March April
May 2018
Mt. Hopkins
Programs
PDF
Schedules
DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM FILT Apr 1 Sun 0.96 KEPcam Latham R Latham Transits KEP Apr 2 Mon 0.91 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " Apr 3 Tue 0.84 " " " " Apr 4 Wed 0.77 " Gomez R Grindlay DASCH " Apr 5 Thu 0.68 " Latham R Latham Transits " Apr 6 Fri 0.59 " " " " Apr 7 Sat 0.49 " " " " Apr 8 Sun 0.40 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " Apr 9 Mon 0.31 " Latham R Latham Transits " Apr 10 Tue 0.23 " " " " Apr 11 Wed 0.15 " " " " Apr 12 Thu 0.09 " " " " Apr 13 Fri 0.04 " " " " Apr 14 Sat 0.01 " " " " Apr 15 Sun 0.00 " Challis R Kirshner SN " Apr 16 Mon 0.02 " Latham R Latham Transits " Apr 17 Tue 0.06 " Falco R Falco Eng. " Apr 18 Wed 0.13 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " Apr 19 Thu 0.21 " " " " Apr 20 Fri 0.31 " Gomez R Grindlay DASCH " Apr 21 Sat 0.42 " Latham R Latham Transits " Apr 22 Sun 0.54 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " Apr 23 Mon 0.65 " Latham R Latham Transits " Apr 24 Tue 0.75 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " Apr 25 Wed 0.84 " Latham R Latham Transits " Apr 26 Thu 0.92 " " " " Apr 27 Fri 0.96 " " " " Apr 28 Sat 0.99 " Bieryla R Bieryla HATNET " Apr 29 Sun 1.00 " " " " Apr 30 Mon 0.98 " Latham R Latham Transits " ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
Observers are required to spend no more than 10% of their time doing the following service observing: Blanchard (SLSNe, TDE TOO), Falco (lens monitoring), Kirshner (SN TOO), Benbow (Blazars).
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.
| PI | Title | Dark | Gray | Bright |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edo Berger | Astro 100: Undergraduate Education on the FLWO 1.2m Telescope | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew J. Holman | TLC Project: The Search for Orbital Decay of Close-in Giant Exoplanets | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Allyson Bieryla | Confirmation of HATNet Transiting Extrasolar Planets Orbiting Bright Stars | 12 | 9 | 12 |
| David W. Latham | Transiting Planet Candidate Follow-Up - 48 inch | 15 | 10 | 30 |
| Peter Blanchard | Spectroscopic and Photometric Follow-up of SLSNe and TDEs from PSST | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Josh Grindlay | Search for quiescent Black Hole X-ray Binaries from DASCH Transients | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Chelsea MacLeod | Monitoring of Changing-Look Quasars and Candidates | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Kirshner | Supernova Light Curves | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Wystan Benbow | Understanding Blazars using Broadband Spectra and Light Curves | 4 | 0 | 0 |