FLWO Tillinghast 60-inch Observing Schedule
January-April 2008

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of January 2008 (as of 10 March 2008)

December 2007 January February March April May Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM    MMT
Jan  1 Tue   0.31  FAST    MC          FAST Combo             NEW YEAR's DAY
Jan  2 Wed   0.23  "       "           "
Jan  3 Thu   0.16  "       "           "
Jan  4 Fri   0.10  "       PB          "
Jan  5 Sat   0.05  "       "           "
Jan  6 Sun   0.01  "       "           "
Jan  7 Mon   0.00  "       "           "
Jan  8 Tue   0.01  "       MC          "
Jan  9 Wed   0.03  "       "           "
Jan 10 Thu   0.08  "       "           "
Jan 11 Fri   0.14  "       PB          "
Jan 12 Sat   0.23  "       "           "
Jan 13 Sun   0.32  "       "           "
Jan 14 Mon   0.43  ECH     Latham      ECH Combo
Jan 15 Tue   0.55  "       "           "
Jan 16 Wed   0.66  "       "           "
Jan 17 Thu   0.76  "       "           "
Jan 18 Fri   0.86  "       "           "
Jan 19 Sat   0.93  "       "           "          
Jan 20 Sun   0.98  "       MC          "
Jan 21 Mon   1.00  "       "           "                       MLK DAY
Jan 22 Tue   0.99  "       "           "
Jan 23 Wed   0.96  TRES    PB          TRES Combo
Jan 24 Thu   0.91  "       "           "
Jan 25 Fri   0.84  "       "           "
Jan 26 Sat   0.76  "       MC          "
Jan 27 Sun   0.67  "       "           "
Jan 28 Mon   0.58  FAST    "           FAST Combo
Jan 29 Tue   0.48  "       PB          "
Jan 30 Wed   0.39  "       "           "
Jan 31 Thu   0.30  "       "           "

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

JAN Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (21 nights) Rines 171 (MF) 3 nights, Rines 172 (SDSS clusters) 1 night, Currie 170 (chi Per) 2 nights, Brown 178 (x-lo M WD) 2 nights, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Steeghs 157 (IPHAS sources) 1 night, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 2 nights, Briceno 112 (Ori B1) 2 nights, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Green 165 (Broad abs. var. QSOs) 1 night, Zezas 176 (disk Be/X bin) 1 night.

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

Echelle/TRES Combo for trimester: ECH: Latham (Transit follow-up) 19 nights TRES: Torres 6 (Pleiades) 10 nights, Torres 8 (Mass evolved) 2 nights, Torres 9 (Mass eclipsing) 10 nights, Torres 7 (ROSAT) 7 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of February 2008 (as of 10 March 2008)

December 2007 January February March April May Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Feb  1 Fri   0.22  FAST    MC          FAST Combo
Feb  2 Sat   0.15  "       "           "
Feb  3 Sun   0.09  "       "           "
Feb  4 Mon   0.04  "       PB          "
Feb  5 Tue   0.01  "       "           "
Feb  6 Wed   0.00  "       "           "
Feb  7 Thu   0.01  "       MC          "
Feb  8 Fri   0.05  "       "           "
Feb  9 Sat   0.11  "       "           "
Feb 10 Sun   0.19  "       PB          "
Feb 11 Mon   0.29  "       "           "
Feb 12 Tue   0.39  "       "           "
Feb 13 Wed   0.51  "       MC          "
Feb 14 Thu   0.62  "       "           "
Feb 15 Fri   0.73  ECH     Stefanik    ECH Combo
Feb 16 Sat   0.83  "       "           "
Feb 17 Sun   0.90  "       "           "
Feb 18 Mon   0.96  "       "           "                     PRESIDENT'S DAY
Feb 19 Tue   0.99  "       "           "
Feb 20 Wed   1.00  "       Esquerdo    "
Feb 21 Thu   0.98  "       "           "                PB/HS
Feb 22 Fri   0.95  "       "           "                "
Feb 23 Sat   0.89  "       "           "                PB/HC
Feb 24 Sun   0.83  "       "           "                MC/HC
Feb 25 Mon   0.75  FAST    Peters      FAST Combo       "
Feb 26 Tue   0.66  "       "           "                "
Feb 27 Wed   0.57  "       Narayan     "                "
Feb 28 Thu   0.47  "       "           "                PB/HC
Feb 29 Fri   0.38  "       "           "                "

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

FEB Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (18 nights) Rines 171 (MF) 3 nights, Rines 172 (SDSS clusters) 1 night, Brown 178 (x-lo M WD) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Roelofs 181 (AM Cvn bin) 2 nights, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 1 night, Briceno 112 (Ori B1) 1 night, Zezas 177 (3CRR) 1 night, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 2 nights, Green 129 (ChaMP) 1 night, Green 165 (Broad abs. var. QSOs) 1 night.

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

Echelle/TRES Combo for trimester: ECH: Latham (Transit follow-up) 19 nights TRES: Torres 6 (Pleiades) 10 nights, Torres 8 (Mass evolved) 2 nights, Torres 9 (Mass eclipsing) 10 nights, Torres 7 (ROSAT) 7 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of March 2008 (as of 10 March 2008)

December 2007 January February March April May Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM  MMT
Mar  1 Sat   0.29  FAST    Vaz         FAST Combo       PB/HC
Mar  2 Sun   0.21  "       "           "                "
Mar  3 Mon   0.13  "       "           "                MC/HS
Mar  4 Tue   0.07  "       "           "                "
Mar  5 Wed   0.03  "       "           "                "
Mar  6 Thu   0.00  "       "           "                "
Mar  7 Fri   0.00  "       "           "                PB/HS
Mar  8 Sat   0.03  "       Hernandez   "                "
Mar  9 Sun   0.09  "       "           "                "
Mar 10 Mon   0.16  "       "           "                "
Mar 11 Tue   0.25  "       "           "                MC/HS
Mar 12 Wed   0.36  "       Brown       "                "
Mar 13 Thu   0.47  "       "           "                "
Mar 14 Fri   0.59  "       "           "                "
Mar 15 Sat   0.70  "       "           "                PB/HS
Mar 16 Sun   0.79  "       "           "                "
Mar 17 Mon   0.87  ECH     Stefanik    ECH Combo
Mar 18 Tue   0.94  "       "           "
Mar 19 Wed   0.98  "       "           "
Mar 20 Thu   1.00  "       "           "
Mar 21 Fri   1.00  TRES    "           "
Mar 22 Sat   0.97  "       "           "
Mar 23 Sun   0.94  "       PB          "
Mar 24 Mon   0.88  "       "           "
Mar 25 Tue   0.81  "       "           TRES Combo
Mar 26 Wed   0.73  "       MC          "
Mar 27 Thu   0.65  "       "           "
Mar 28 Fri   0.55  FAST    "           FAST Combo
Mar 29 Sat   0.46  "       "           "
Mar 30 Sun   0.36  "       PB          "
Mar 31 Mon   0.27  "       "           "

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

MAR Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (19 nights) Rines 171 (MF) 2 nights, Rines 172 (SDSS clusters) 2 nights, Brown 178 (x-lo M WD) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Steeghs 157 (IPHAS sources) 1 night, O'Sullivan 180 (NGC 4555) 1 night, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 1 night, Briceno 112 (Ori B1) 1 night, Zezas 177 (3CRR) 1 night, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 3 nights, Green 129 (ChaMP) 1 night, Zezas 176 (disk Be/X bin) 1 night.

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

Echelle/TRES Combo for trimester: ECH: Latham (Transit follow-up) 19 nights TRES: Torres 6 (Pleiades) 10 nights, Torres 8 (Mass evolved) 2 nights, Torres 9 (Mass eclipsing) 10 nights, Torres 7 (ROSAT) 7 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of April 2008 (as of 10 March 2008)

December 2007 January February March April May Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM  MMT
Apr  1 Tue   0.18  FAST    MC          FAST Combo
Apr  2 Wed   0.11  "       "           "
Apr  3 Thu   0.05  "       "           "
Apr  4 Fri   0.01  "       PB          "
Apr  5 Sat   0.00  "       "           "
Apr  6 Sun   0.02  "       "           "
Apr  7 Mon   0.06  "       MC          "
Apr  8 Tue   0.14  "       Rines       "                MC/HS
Apr  9 Wed   0.23  "       "           "                "
Apr 10 Thu   0.33  "       "           "                "
Apr 11 Fri   0.44  "       "           "                PB/HS
Apr 12 Sat   0.55  "       "           "                "
Apr 13 Sun   0.66  "       "           "                "
Apr 14 Mon   0.75  "       MC          "                "
Apr 15 Tue   0.84  "       "           "
Apr 16 Wed   0.91  ECH     Latham      ECH Combo
Apr 17 Thu   0.96  "       "           "
Apr 18 Fri   0.99  "       "           "
Apr 19 Sat   1.00  "       "           "
Apr 20 Sun   0.99  "       "           "
Apr 21 Mon   0.96  TRES    "           TRES Combo
Apr 22 Tue   0.92  "       PB          "
Apr 23 Wed   0.86  "       "           "
Apr 24 Thu   0.79  "       "           "
Apr 25 Fri   0.71  "       MC          "
Apr 26 Sat   0.62  "       "           "
Apr 27 Sun   0.52  "       "           "
Apr 28 Mon   0.42  FAST    PB          FAST Combo
Apr 29 Tue   0.32  "       "           "
Apr 30 Wed   0.23  "       "           "

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

APR Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (18 nights) Rines 171 (MF) 2 nights, Rines 172 (SDSS clusters) 1 night, Brown 178 (x-lo M WD) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 2 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Steeghs 157 (IPHAS sources) 1 night, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 1 night, Briceno 112 (Ori B1) 1 night, Zezas 177 (3CRR) 1 night, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 3 nights, Green 129 (ChaMP) 1 night, Green 165 (Broad abs. var. QSOs) 1 night.

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

Echelle/TRES Combo for trimester: ECH: Latham (Transit follow-up) 19 nights TRES: Torres 6 (Pleiades) 10 nights, Torres 8 (Mass evolved) 2 nights, Torres 9 (Mass eclipsing) 10 nights, Torres 7 (ROSAT) 7 nights.

Tillinghast Proposal Summary January-April 2008

December January February March April May Programs PDF Schedules TDC
Inst Prog                                 P.I.      Nights
FAST   2 Supernovae                       Kirshner    11
FAST  12 Symbiotic Stars                  Kenyon       2
FAST 112 PMS Orion OB1                    Briceno      5
FAST 129 Bright ChaMP Sources             Green        3
FAST 141 Nearby_Universe                  Huchra       9
FAST 149 Black Hole X-Ray Novae           Torres       5
FAST 157 Bright IPHAS Emission Sources    Steeghs      3
FAST 165 Quasar Broad Abs. Variability    Green        3
FAST 170 h&chi Persei Cluster Membership  Currie       2
FAST 171 Local Universe Mass Function     Rines       10
FAST 172 SDSS Clusters                    Rines        5
FAST 176 Be/X-ray Binaries Disks          Zezas        2
FAST 177 3CRR Radio Galaxies              Zezas        3
FAST 178 Extremely Low Mass White Dwarfs  Brown        5
FAST 180 NGC 4555 Stellar and Dark Mass   O'Sullivan   1
FAST 181 SDSS AM CVn binaries             Roelofs      2

ECH  103 Transiting Planets               Latham      19
TRES   6 Pleiades Binary Survey           Torres      10
TRES   7 ROSAT PMS Candidates             Torres       7
TRES   8 Evolved Star Masses              Torres       2
TRES   9 Eclipsing Binary Masses          Torres       10