FLWO Tillinghast 60-inch Observing Schedule
May-August 2008

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of May 2008 (as of 08 May 2008)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
May  1 Thu   0.14  FAST    Brown       FAST Combo       MC/HS
May  2 Fri   0.07  "       "           "                "
May  3 Sat   0.02  "       "           "                "
May  4 Sun   0.00  "       "           "                "
May  5 Mon   0.01  "       PB          "
May  6 Tue   0.05  "       "           "
May  7 Wed   0.11  "       MC          "
May  8 Thu   0.20  "       "           "
May  9 Fri   0.29  "       "           "
May 10 Sat   0.40  "       PB          "
May 11 Sun   0.51  "       "           "
May 12 Mon   0.61  "       "           "
May 13 Tue   0.71  "       "           "
May 14 Wed   0.80  ECH     Stefanik    ECH Combo
May 15 Thu   0.87  "       "           "
May 16 Fri   0.93  "       "           "   
May 17 Sat   0.97  "       "           "
May 18 Sun   0.99  "       Esquerdo    "
May 19 Mon   1.00  "       "           "
May 20 Tue   0.98  "       "           "
May 21 Wed   0.95  "       MC          "
May 22 Thu   0.91  "       "           "
May 23 Fri   0.84  TRES    "           TRES Combo
May 24 Sat   0.77  "       PB          "
May 25 Sun   0.68  "       "           "
May 26 Mon   0.58  "       "           "                        MEMORIAL DAY
May 27 Tue   0.48  FAST    Peters      FAST Combo       MC/HC
May 28 Wed   0.37  "       "           "                "
May 29 Thu   0.27  "       "           "                MC/HS
May 30 Fri   0.17  "       "           "                PB/HS
May 31 Sat   0.09  "       Groner      "                "

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

May Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (18 nights)
Rines 171 (MF) 1 night, Rines 172 (SDSS clusters) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 2 nights, Brown 182 (Run-away B) 2 nights, Zezas 177 (3CRR) 1 night, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 2 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 1 night, Roelofs 181 (AM Cvn bin) 1 night, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 3 nights, Green 129 (ChaMP) 1 night, Huchra 6 (AGNWATCH) 0.5 night, Zezas 176 (disk Be/X bin) 1 night, Green 165 (Broad abs. var. QSOs) 1 night, Spahr 173 (SSSBs) 1 night
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority, according to the TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

TRES/Echelle Combo for trimester: TRES: Sozzetti (TrES-3) 3 nights, Torres (Transits) 1 night, Latham (Transit follow-ups) 15 nights, Blake (RV M dwarfs) 4 nights, Torres 9 (Lo-Mass eclipsing) 6 nights, Latham (Halo candidates) 5 nights. ECH: Torres G. (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. (Accurate masses ecl. bin.) 3 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of June 2008 (as of 08 May 2008)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jun  1 Sun   0.04  FAST    Groner      FAST Combo       PB/HS
Jun  2 Mon   0.01  "       "           "                "
Jun  3 Tue   0.00  "       Falco       "                MC/HS
Jun  4 Wed   0.03  "       "           "                "
Jun  5 Thu   0.09  "       MC          "
Jun  6 Fri   0.17  "       "           "
Jun  7 Sat   0.26  "       PB          "
Jun  8 Sun   0.36  "       "           "
Jun  9 Mon   0.46  "       "           "
Jun 10 Tue   0.56  "       MC          "
Jun 11 Wed   0.66  "       "           "
Jun 12 Thu   0.75  ECH     "           ECH Combo
Jun 13 Fri   0.83  "       Stefanik    "
Jun 14 Sat   0.89  "       "           "
Jun 15 Sun   0.94  "       "           "
Jun 16 Mon   0.98  "       "           "
Jun 17 Tue   1.00  "       "           "
Jun 18 Wed   0.99  "       MC          "
Jun 19 Thu   0.98  "       "           "
Jun 20 Fri   0.94  TRES    "           TRES Combo
Jun 21 Sat   0.88  "       PB          "
Jun 22 Sun   0.81  "       "           "
Jun 23 Mon   0.72  "       "           "
Jun 24 Tue   0.62  "       "           "
Jun 25 Wed   0.52  FAST    MC          FAST Combo
Jun 26 Thu   0.41  "       "           "
Jun 27 Fri   0.30  "       "           "
Jun 28 Sat   0.20  "       PB          "
Jun 29 Sun   0.11  "       "           "
Jun 30 Mon   0.05  "       "           "

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

June Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (17 nights) Rines 171 (MF) 1 night, Rines 172 (SDSS clusters) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Brown 182 (Run-away B) 1 night, Zezas 177 (3CRR) 1 night, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 2 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Roelofs 181 (AM Cvn bin) 1 night, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 3 nights, Green 129 (ChaMP) 1 night, Huchra 6 (AGNWATCH) 0.5 night, Zezas 176 (disk Be/X bin) 0.5 night, Green 165 (Broad abs. var. QSOs) 0.5 night, Spahr 173 (SSSBs) 0.5 night.
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority, according to the TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

TRES/Echelle Combo for trimester: TRES: Sozzetti (TrES-3) 3 nights, Torres (Transits) 1 night, Latham (Transit follow-ups) 15 nights, Blake (RV M dwarfs) 4 nights, Torres 9 (Lo-Mass eclipsing) 6 nights, Latham (Halo candidates) 5 nights. ECH: Torres G. (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. (Accurate masses ecl. bin.) 3 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of July 2008 (as of 08 May 2008)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM  MMT
Jul  1 Tue   0.01  FAST    MC          FAST Combo
Jul  2 Wed   0.00  "       "           "
Jul  3 Thu   0.02  "       "           "                PB/HS
Jul  4 Fri   0.07  "       Huchra      "                "      INDEPENDENCE DAY
Jul  5 Sat   0.13  "       "           "                "
Jul  6 Sun   0.21  "       "           "                "
Jul  7 Mon   0.31  "       "           "                MC/HS
Jul  8 Tue   0.41  "       "           "                "
Jul  9 Wed   0.51  "       "           "                "
Jul 10 Thu   0.60  "       "           "                "
Jul 11 Fri   0.69  ECH     Esquerdo    ECH Combo        PB/HS
Jul 12 Sat   0.78  "       "           "                "
Jul 13 Sun   0.85  "       "           "                PB/HC
Jul 14 Mon   0.91  "       "           "                "
Jul 15 Tue   0.96  "       "           "                MC/HC
Jul 16 Wed   0.99  "       "           "                "
Jul 17 Thu   1.00  "       Latham      "                "
Jul 18 Fri   0.99  TRES    "           TRES Combo       "
Jul 19 Sat   0.96  "       "           "                "
Jul 20 Sun   0.91  "       "           "
Jul 21 Mon   0.84  "       "           "
Jul 22 Tue   0.76  "       "           "
Jul 23 Wed   0.66  FAST    PB          FAST Combo
Jul 24 Thu   0.55  "       "           "
Jul 25 Fri   0.44  "       "           "
Jul 26 Sat   0.32  "       MC          "
Jul 27 Sun   0.22  "       "           "
Jul 28 Mon   0.13  "       "           "
Jul 29 Tue   0.06  "       PB          "
Jul 30 Wed   0.02  "       "           "
Jul 31 Thu   0.00  "       "           "

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

July Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (19 nights) Rines 171 (MF) 2 nights, Rines 172 (SDSS clusters) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Brown 182 (Run-away B) 1 night, Zezas 177 (3CRR) 1 night, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 2 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Roelofs 181 (AM Cvn bin) 1 night, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 3 nights, Green 129 (ChaMP) 1.5 nights, Huchra 6 (AGNWATCH) 0.5 night, Zezas 176 (disk Be/X bin) 0.5 night, Green 165 (Broad abs. var. QSOs) 0.5 night, Spahr 173 (SSSBs) 0.5 night.
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority, according to the TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

TRES/Echelle Combo for trimester: TRES: Sozzetti (TrES-3) 3 nights, Torres (Transits) 1 night, Latham (Transit follow-ups) 15 nights, Blake (RV M dwarfs) 4 nights, Torres 9 (Lo-Mass eclipsing) 6 nights, Latham (Halo candidates) 5 nights. ECH: Torres G. (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. (Accurate masses ecl. bin.) 3 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of August 2008 (as of 08 May 2008)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   
Aug  1 Fri   0.01  N/A     N/A         SHUTDOWN
Aug  2 Sat   0.04  "       "           "
Aug  3 Sun   0.10  "       "           "
Aug  4 Mon   0.17  "       "           "
Aug  5 Tue   0.26  "       "           "
Aug  6 Wed   0.35  "       "           "
Aug  7 Thu   0.44  "       "           "
Aug  8 Fri   0.54  "       "           "
Aug  9 Sat   0.63  "       "           "
Aug 10 Sun   0.72  "       "           "
Aug 11 Mon   0.80  "       "           "
Aug 12 Tue   0.87  "       "           "
Aug 13 Wed   0.93  "       "           "
Aug 14 Thu   0.97  "       "           "
Aug 15 Fri   1.00  "       "           "
Aug 16 Sat   1.00  "       "           "
Aug 17 Sun   0.98  "       "           "
Aug 18 Mon   0.94  "       "           "
Aug 19 Tue   0.87  "       "           "
Aug 20 Wed   0.79  "       "           "
Aug 21 Thu   0.69  "       "           "
Aug 22 Fri   0.57  "       "           "
Aug 23 Sat   0.46  "       "           "
Aug 24 Sun   0.35  "       "           "
Aug 25 Mon   0.24  "       "           "
Aug 26 Tue   0.15  "       "           "
Aug 27 Wed   0.08  "       "           "
Aug 28 Thu   0.03  "       "           "
Aug 29 Fri   0.00  "       "           "
Aug 30 Sat   0.00  "       "           "
Aug 31 Sun   0.03  "       "           "

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

Fast Combo
August Fast Combo -- N/A
Echelle Combo
August Echelle Combo -- N/A

Tillinghast Proposal Summary May-August 2008

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
Inst  Program                            PI           Nights
FAST   2 Supernovae                      Kirshner     8
FAST   6 AGNWATCH                        Huchra       1.5
FAST  12 Symbiotic Stars                 Kenyon       2
FAST 129 Bright ChaMP Sources            Green        3.5
FAST 141 Nearby_Universe                 Huchra       9
FAST 149 Black Hole X-Ray Novae          M_Torres     6
FAST 165 Quasar Broad Abs. Variability   Green        2
FAST 171 Local Universe Mass Function    Rines        4
FAST 172 SDSS Clusters                   Rines        3
FAST 173 Small Solar System Bodies       Spahr        2
FAST 176 Be/X-ray Binaries Disks         Zezas        2
FAST 177 3CRR Radio Galaxies             Zezas        3
FAST 182 Runaway B Stars                 Brown        4
FAST 181 SDSS AM CVn binaries            Roelofs      3

TRES   9 Low-Mass eclipsing Binaries     Torres       6
TRES  10 TrES-3                          Sozzetti     3
TRES  11 Transits                        Torres       1
TRES  12 RV M dwarfs                     Blake        4
TRES  13 Transit follow-ups              Latham      15
TRES  14 Halo Candidates                 Latham       5

ECH  ??? Accurate masses evolved         Torres       2
ECH  ??? Accurate masses ecl. binaries   Torres       3