FLWO 48-inch Observing Schedule
May-August 2018 (as of 17 April 2018)

48" Schedule for the Month of May 2018 (as of 17 April 2018)

April May June July August September FLWO Programs PDF Schedules
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   FILT
May  1 Tue   0.94  KEPcam  Latham R    Latham Transits  KEP
May  2 Wed   0.89  "       "           "                "
May  3 Thu   0.83  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
May  4 Fri   0.75  "       "           "                "
May  5 Sat   0.66  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "
May  6 Sun   0.57  "       "           "                "
May  7 Mon   0.48  "       "           "                "
May  8 Tue   0.38  "       "           "                "
May  9 Wed   0.29  "       Falco R     Engineering      "
May 10 Thu   0.20  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
May 11 Fri   0.13  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "
May 12 Sat   0.06  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
May 13 Sun   0.02  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "
May 14 Mon   0.00  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
May 15 Tue   0.01  "       Challis R   Kirshner SN      "
May 16 Wed   0.04  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
May 17 Thu   0.10  "       Gomez R     Blanchard SLSNe  "
May 18 Fri   0.19  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "
May 19 Sat   0.29  "       "           "                "
May 20 Sun   0.40  "       "           "                "
May 21 Mon   0.51  "       "           "                "
May 22 Tue   0.62  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
May 23 Wed   0.72  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "
May 24 Thu   0.81  "       "           "                "
May 25 Fri   0.89  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
May 26 Sat   0.94  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "
May 27 Sun   0.98  "       "           "                "
May 28 Mon   1.00  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "  MEMORIAL DAY
May 29 Tue   0.99  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "
May 30 Wed   0.97  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
May 31 Thu   0.93  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "

* MOON is fractional moon illumination at middle of night 
* DATE is Mountain Standard Time at start of night 
Observers are required to spend no more than 20% of their time doing the following service observing: MacLeod (CLQ monitoring), Falco (lens monitoring), Blanchard (SLSNe, TDE TOO), Kirshner (SN TOO), Benbow (Blazars).

NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority, according to the TAC grades.
Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

48" Schedule for the Month of June 2018 (as of 17 April 2018)

April May June July August September FLWO Programs PDF Schedules
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   FILT
Jun  1 Fri   0.88  KEPcam  Latham R    Latham Transits  KEP
Jun  2 Sat   0.81  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
Jun  3 Sun   0.73  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "
Jun  4 Mon   0.64  "       "           "                "
Jun  5 Tue   0.54  "       "           "                "
Jun  6 Wed   0.44  "       "           "                "
Jun  7 Thu   0.34  "       "           "                "
Jun  8 Fri   0.25  "       "           "                "
Jun  9 Sat   0.16  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
Jun 10 Sun   0.09  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "
Jun 11 Mon   0.04  "       "           "                "
Jun 12 Tue   0.01  "       "           "                "
Jun 13 Wed   0.00  "       Challis R   Kirshner SN      "
Jun 14 Thu   0.03  "       Gomez R     Blanchard SLSNe  "
Jun 15 Fri   0.09  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
Jun 16 Sat   0.17  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "
Jun 17 Sun   0.26  "       "           "                "
Jun 18 Mon   0.37  "       Falco R     Engineering      "
Jun 19 Tue   0.48  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "
Jun 20 Wed   0.59  "       "           "                "
Jun 21 Thu   0.69  "       "           "                "
Jun 22 Fri   0.78  "       "           "                "
Jun 23 Sat   0.86  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
Jun 24 Sun   0.92  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "
Jun 25 Mon   0.96  "       "           "                "
Jun 26 Tue   0.99  "       "           "                "
Jun 27 Wed   1.00  "       "           "                "
Jun 28 Thu   0.99  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
Jun 29 Fri   0.96  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "
Jun 30 Sat   0.92  "       "           "                "

* MOON is fractional moon illumination at middle of night 
* DATE is Mountain Standard Time at start of night 
Observers are required to spend no more than 20% of their time doing the following service observing: MacLeod (CLQ monitoring), Falco (lens monitoring), Blanchard (SLSNe, TDE TOO), Kirshner (SN TOO), Benbow (Blazars).

NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority, according to the TAC grades.
Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

48" Schedule for the Month of July 2018 (as of 17 April 2018)

April May June July August September FLWO Programs PDF Schedules
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   FILT
Jul  1 Sun   0.85  KEPcam  Latham R    Latham Transits  KEP
Jul  2 Mon   0.78  "       "           "                "
Jul  3 Tue   0.69  "       "           "                "
Jul  4 Wed   0.60  "       "           "                "    INDEPENDENCE DAY
Jul  5 Thu   0.50  "       "           "                "
Jul  6 Fri   0.40  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
Jul  7 Sat   0.29  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "
Jul  8 Sun   0.20  "       "           "                "
Jul  9 Mon   0.11  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
Jul 10 Tue   0.05  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "
Jul 11 Wed   0.01  "       Falco R     Engineering      "
Jul 12 Thu   0.00  "       Challis R   Kirshner SN      "
Jul 13 Fri   0.02  "       Gomez R     Blanchard SLSNe  "
Jul 14 Sat   0.07  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
Jul 15 Sun   0.14  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "
Jul 16 Mon   0.23  "       "           "                "
Jul 17 Tue   0.33  "       "           "                "
Jul 18 Wed   0.44  "       "           "                "
Jul 19 Thu   0.54  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
Jul 20 Fri   0.64  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "
Jul 21 Sat   0.74  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
Jul 22 Sun   0.82  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "
Jul 23 Mon   0.89  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
Jul 24 Tue   0.94  "       "           "                "
Jul 25 Wed   0.98  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "
Jul 26 Thu   1.00  "       "           "                "
Jul 27 Fri   1.00  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
Jul 28 Sat   0.98  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "
Jul 29 Sun   0.94  "       Bieryla R   Bieryla HATNET   "
Jul 30 Mon   0.89  "       "           "                "
Jul 31 Tue   0.82  "       Latham R    Latham Transits  "

* MOON is fractional moon illumination at middle of night 
* DATE is Mountain Standard Time at start of night 
Observers are required to spend no more than 20% of their time doing the following service observing: MacLeod (CLQ monitoring), Falco (lens monitoring), Blanchard (SLSNe, TDE TOO), Kirshner (SN TOO), Benbow (Blazars).

NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority, according to the TAC grades.
Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

48" Schedule for the Month of August 2018 (As of 17 April 2018)

April May June July August September FLWO Programs PDF Schedules

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   FILT
Aug  1 Wed   0.74  KEPcam  N/A         N/A SHUTDOWN     KEP
Aug  2 Thu   0.65  "       "           "                "
Aug  3 Fri   0.55  "       "           "                "
Aug  4 Sat   0.44  "       "           "                "
Aug  5 Sun   0.33  "       "           "                "
Aug  6 Mon   0.23  "       "           "                "
Aug  7 Tue   0.14  "       "           "                "
Aug  8 Wed   0.07  "       "           "                "
Aug  9 Thu   0.02  "       "           "                "
Aug 10 Fri   0.00  "       "           "                "
Aug 11 Sat   0.01  "       "           "                "
Aug 12 Sun   0.05  "       "           "                "
Aug 13 Mon   0.12  "       "           "                "
Aug 14 Tue   0.20  "       "           "                "
Aug 15 Wed   0.29  "       "           "                "
Aug 16 Thu   0.39  "       "           "                "
Aug 17 Fri   0.49  "       "           "                "
Aug 18 Sat   0.59  "       "           "                "
Aug 19 Sun   0.68  "       "           "                "
Aug 20 Mon   0.77  "       "           "                "
Aug 21 Tue   0.84  "       "           "                "
Aug 22 Wed   0.91  "       "           "                "
Aug 23 Thu   0.95  "       "           "                "
Aug 24 Fri   0.99  "       "           "                "
Aug 25 Sat   1.00  "       "           "                "
Aug 26 Sun   0.99  "       "           "                "
Aug 27 Mon   0.97  "       "           "                "
Aug 28 Tue   0.92  "       "           "                "
Aug 29 Wed   0.86  "       "           "                "
Aug 30 Thu   0.78  "       "           "                "
Aug 31 Fri   0.69  KEPcam  TBD         TBD              KEP

* MOON is fractional moon illumination at middle of night 
* DATE is Mountain Standard Time at start of night 

48" August 2018 Time Allocations (As of 17 April 2018)

April May June July August September FLWO PDF Schedules

PIProposal TitleDarkGrayBright
Allyson Bieryla Confirmation of HATNet Transiting Extrasolar Planets Orbiting Bright Stars 8314 Chelsea MacLeod Monitoring of Changing-Look Quasars and Candidates 0.500
Peter Blanchard Spectroscopic and Photometric Follow-up of SLSNe and TDEs from PSST 411
David W. Latham Transiting Planet Candidate Follow-Up - 48 inch 91520
Emilio E. Falco Photometric monitoring of lensed quasars 211
Robert Kirshner Supernova Light Curves 8.500
Wystan Benbow Understanding Blazars using Broadband Spectra and Light Curves 400