DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Jan 1 Thu 0.27 FAST MC FAST Combo NEW YEAR's DAY Jan 2 Fri 0.37 " " " Jan 3 Sat 0.47 " " " Jan 4 Sun 0.58 " PB " Jan 5 Mon 0.69 ECH " ECH Combo Jan 6 Tue 0.79 " " " Jan 7 Wed 0.88 " MC " Jan 8 Thu 0.95 " " " Jan 9 Fri 0.99 " " " Jan 10 Sat 1.00 " PB " Jan 11 Sun 0.98 " " " Jan 12 Mon 0.93 " " " Jan 13 Tue 0.86 " " " Jan 14 Wed 0.77 " Esquerdo " Jan 15 Thu 0.68 " " " Jan 16 Fri 0.57 " " " Jan 17 Sat 0.47 " " " Jan 18 Sun 0.38 " " " Jan 19 Mon 0.29 " " " MLK DAY Jan 20 Tue 0.21 FAST MC FAST Combo Jan 21 Wed 0.14 " " " Jan 22 Thu 0.08 " " " Jan 23 Fri 0.04 " PB " Jan 24 Sat 0.01 " " " Jan 25 Sun 0.00 " " " Jan 26 Mon 0.01 " " " Jan 27 Tue 0.04 " Falco " MC/HS Jan 28 Wed 0.08 " Peters " " Jan 29 Thu 0.14 " " " " Jan 30 Fri 0.22 " Groner " " Jan 31 Sat 0.31 " " " PB/HS ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTJAN Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (16 nights) Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Wright 157 (IPHAS H-alpha) 4 nights, Roelofs 181 (AM CVn) 1 night, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 1 night, Green 165 (Broad abs. var. QSOs) 1 night, Green 129 (ChaMP) 1 night, Briceno 112 (Ori B1) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 1 night, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 2 nights
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:
TRES: Blake (M dwarfs, astrocomb) 8 nights,
Latham (Trans follow-up) 14 nights,
Tang (M44 variables) 3 nights,
Torres G. (low-mass eclipsing) 5 nights
ECH: Torres G. (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 6 nights,
Latham (Transit follow-up) 14 nights,
Torres G. (Pleiades bin search) 8 nights,
Torres G. (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights
Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of February 2009
(as of 06 February 2009)
December 2008
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Feb 1 Sun 0.42 FAST Falco FAST Combo PB/HS Feb 2 Mon 0.53 " Wright " " Feb 3 Tue 0.64 " " " " Feb 4 Wed 0.75 " " " MC/HS Feb 5 Thu 0.84 ECH Stefanik ECH Combo " Feb 6 Fri 0.92 " " " PB/HS Feb 7 Sat 0.97 " " " " Feb 8 Sun 1.00 " " " PB/HC Feb 9 Mon 0.99 " " " " Feb 10 Tue 0.96 " " " " Feb 11 Wed 0.90 " " " MC/HC Feb 12 Thu 0.83 " Esquerdo " " Feb 13 Fri 0.74 " " " " Feb 14 Sat 0.65 " " " " Feb 15 Sun 0.55 " " " MC/HS Feb 16 Mon 0.46 " " " PB/HS PRESIDENT'S DAY Feb 17 Tue 0.36 " " " " Feb 18 Wed 0.28 " " " " Feb 19 Thu 0.20 FAST Vaz FAST Combo " Feb 20 Fri 0.13 " " " MC/HS Feb 21 Sat 0.07 " " " " Feb 22 Sun 0.03 " " " " Feb 23 Mon 0.01 " " " " Feb 24 Tue 0.00 " " " PB/HS Feb 25 Wed 0.02 " Huchra " " Feb 26 Thu 0.05 " " " " Feb 27 Fri 0.11 " " " " Feb 28 Sat 0.18 " " " MC/HS ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTFEB Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (13 nights) Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Roelofs 181 (AM CVn) 1 night, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 1 night, Wright 187 (Stellar X) 1 night, Green 165 (Broad abs. var. QSOs) 1 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 1 night, Green 129 (ChaMP) 1 night, Briceno 112 (Ori B1) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 1 night, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 2 nights
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:
TRES: Blake (M dwarfs, astrocomb) 8 nights,
Latham (Trans follow-up) 14 nights,
Tang (M44 variables) 3 nights,
Torres G. (low-mass eclipsing) 5 nights
ECH: Torres G. (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 6 nights,
Latham (Transit follow-up) 14 nights,
Torres G. (Pleiades bin search) 8 nights,
Torres G. (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights
Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of March 2009
(as of 06 February 2009)
December 2008
January February
March April
May
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Mar 1 Sun 0.27 FAST Cambridge FAST Combo MC/HS Mar 2 Mon 0.38 " MC " Mar 3 Tue 0.49 " PB " Mar 4 Wed 0.60 " " " Mar 5 Thu 0.71 " " " Mar 6 Fri 0.81 ECH MC ECH Combo Mar 7 Sat 0.90 " " " Mar 8 Sun 0.96 " " " Mar 9 Mon 0.99 " PB " Mar 10 Tue 1.00 " " " Mar 11 Wed 0.98 " " " Mar 12 Thu 0.94 TRES Blake M dwarfs MC/HC Mar 13 Fri 0.88 " " " " Mar 14 Sat 0.80 " " " " Mar 15 Sun 0.72 " " " MC/HS Mar 16 Mon 0.63 " " " PB/HS Mar 17 Tue 0.54 " " " " Mar 18 Wed 0.44 " " " " Mar 19 Thu 0.35 FAST Brown FAST Combo PB/HC Mar 20 Fri 0.26 " " " MC/HC Mar 21 Sat 0.18 " " " " Mar 22 Sun 0.12 " " " " Mar 23 Mon 0.06 " Falco Engineering " Mar 24 Tue 0.02 " Brown FAST Combo PB/HC Mar 25 Wed 0.00 " PB " Mar 26 Thu 0.01 " " " Mar 27 Fri 0.03 " MC " Mar 28 Sat 0.08 " " " Mar 29 Sun 0.15 " " " Mar 30 Mon 0.24 " PB " Mar 31 Tue 0.34 " " " ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTMAR Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (18 nights) Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kilic 178 (low-mass white dwarfs) 3 nights, Roelofs 181 (AM CVn) 1 night, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 1 night, Wright 187 (Stellar X) 1 night, Green 165 (Broad abs. var. QSOs) 1 night, Huchra 6 (AGNWATCH) 0.5 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 1 night, Green 129 (ChaMP) 1 night, Briceno 112 (Ori B1) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 1 night, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 3 nights
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:
TRES: Blake (M dwarfs, astrocomb) 8 nights,
Latham (Trans follow-up) 14 nights,
Tang (M44 variables) 3 nights,
Torres G. (low-mass eclipsing) 5 nights
ECH: Torres G. (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 6 nights,
Latham (Transit follow-up) 14 nights,
Torres G. (Pleiades bin search) 8 nights,
Torres G. (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights
Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of April 2009
(as of 06 February 2009)
December 2008
January February
March April
May
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Apr 1 Wed 0.46 ECH PB ECH Combo Apr 2 Thu 0.57 " MC " Apr 3 Fri 0.68 " " " Apr 4 Sat 0.78 " " " Apr 5 Sun 0.87 " PB " Apr 6 Mon 0.94 " " " Apr 7 Tue 0.98 " " " MC/HC Apr 8 Wed 1.00 " Latham " " Apr 9 Thu 0.99 " " " " Apr 10 Fri 0.97 TRES " TRES Combo " Apr 11 Sat 0.92 " " " PB/HC Apr 12 Sun 0.86 " " " " Apr 13 Mon 0.79 " PB " Apr 14 Tue 0.70 " " " Apr 15 Wed 0.61 " MC " Apr 16 Thu 0.52 " " " Apr 17 Fri 0.43 FAST " FAST Combo Apr 18 Sat 0.33 " Cambridge " Apr 19 Sun 0.24 " " " Apr 20 Mon 0.17 " " " Apr 21 Tue 0.10 " Vaz " MC/HC Apr 22 Wed 0.04 " " " " Apr 23 Thu 0.01 " " " " Apr 24 Fri 0.00 " " " " Apr 25 Sat 0.02 " " " PB/HC Apr 26 Sun 0.06 " Falco " " Apr 27 Mon 0.13 " PB " Apr 28 Tue 0.21 " MC " Apr 29 Wed 0.32 " " " Apr 30 Thu 0.43 " " " ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTAPR Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (14 nights) Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kilic 178 (low-mass white dwarfs) 3 nights, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 1 night, Huchra 6 (AGNWATCH) 0.5 night, Green 129 (ChaMP) 1 night, Briceno 112 (Ori B1) 2 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 1 night, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 3 nights
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:
TRES: Blake (M dwarfs, astrocomb) 8 nights,
Latham (Trans follow-up) 14 nights,
Tang (M44 variables) 3 nights,
Torres G. (low-mass eclipsing) 5 nights
ECH: Torres G. (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 6 nights,
Latham (Transit follow-up) 14 nights,
Torres G. (Pleiades bin search) 8 nights,
Torres G. (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights
Tillinghast Proposal Summary January-April 2009
December
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Inst Prog P.I. Nights FAST 2 Supernovae Kirshner 12 FAST 6 AGNWATCH Huchra 1 FAST 12 Symbiotic Stars Kenyon 4 FAST 112 PMS Orion OB1 Briceno 5 FAST 129 Bright ChaMP Sources Green 4 FAST 141 Nearby_Universe Huchra 10 FAST 149 Black Hole X-Ray Novae Torres 4 FAST 157 Bright IPHAS Emission Sources Wright 4 FAST 165 Quasar Broad Abs. Variability Green 3 FAST 176 Be/X-ray Binaries Disks Zezas 2 FAST 178 Extremely Low Mass White Dwarfs Kilic 6 FAST 181 SDSS AM CVn binaries Roelofs 3 FAST 187 Chandra Survey Stellar Sources Wright 2 TRES 10 M dwarfs, astrocomb Blake 8 TRES 103 Transiting Planets Latham 14 TRES 11 M44 Variables Tang 3 TRES 9 Eclipsing Binary Masses Torres G. 5 ECH Eclipsing Binary Masses Torres G. 6 ECH Transit follow-up Latham 14 ECH Pleiades Binary Survey Torres G. 8 ECH Evolved Star masses Torres G. 2