FLWO Tillinghast 60-inch Observing Schedule
May-August 2010

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of May 2010 (as of 15 June 2010)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
May  1 Sat   0.84  TRES    Cambridge   TRES Combo
May  2 Sun   0.76  "       "           "
May  3 Mon   0.67  "       "           "
May  4 Tue   0.58  "       "           "                PB/HS
May  5 Wed   0.48  FAST    Cambridge   FAST Combo       "
May  6 Thu   0.39  "       "           "                "
May  7 Fri   0.30  "       "           "                "
May  8 Sat   0.22  "       "           "                MC/HS
May  9 Sun   0.14  "       "           "                "
May 10 Mon   0.08  "       Stubbs      Stubbs Precision "
May 11 Tue   0.04  "       "           "                "
May 12 Wed   0.01  "       "           "                PB/HS
May 13 Thu   0.00  "       Cambridge   FAST Combo       "
May 14 Fri   0.02  "       "           "                PB/HC
May 15 Sat   0.06  "       "           "                "
May 16 Sun   0.12  "       "           "                MC/HS
May 17 Mon   0.20  "       "           "                "
May 18 Tue   0.30  "       "           "                "
May 19 Wed   0.41  "       "           "                "
May 20 Thu   0.53  "       "           "                PB/HS
May 21 Fri   0.64  TRES    PB          TRES Combo
May 22 Sat   0.75  "       "           "
May 23 Sun   0.84  "       "           "
May 24 Mon   0.91  "       MC          "
May 25 Tue   0.96  "       "           "
May 26 Wed   0.99  "       "           "
May 27 Thu   1.00  "       PB          "
May 28 Fri   0.98  "       "           "
May 29 Sat   0.94  "       MC          "
May 30 Sun   0.89  "       "           "
May 31 Mon   0.82  "       "           "                 MEMORIAL DAY

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

May Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (16 nights)
Brown 182 (Run-away B) 1 night, Kilic 178 (low-mass WDs) 2 nights, Latham 197 (Eclipsing WDs) 1 night, Wright 157 (IPHAS H-alpha) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Wright 187 (Deep Chandra) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 1 night, Green 188 (Oxymoron) 0.5 night, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 2 nights, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 2 nights, Tang 192 (DASCH variables) 2 nights, Zezas 199 (Nearby galaxies) 1 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 1 night, Huchra 6 (AGNWATCH) 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 Combo for trimester: Latham 123 (Kepler candidates) 14 nights, Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 4 nights, Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 17 nights, Fabrycky 16 (Spin-orbit alignment) 2 nights, Torres G. 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 6 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 3 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of June 2010 (as of 15 June 2010)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jun  1 Tue   0.74  TRES    PB          TRES Combo
Jun  2 Wed   0.65  "       "           "
Jun  3 Thu   0.56  FAST    "           FAST Combo
Jun  4 Fri   0.46  "       MC          "
Jun  5 Sat   0.37  "       "           "
Jun  6 Sun   0.28  "       "           "
Jun  7 Mon   0.19  "       PB          "
Jun  8 Tue   0.12  "       "           "
Jun  9 Wed   0.06  "       "           "
Jun 10 Thu   0.02  "       MC          "
Jun 11 Fri   0.00  "       "           "
Jun 12 Sat   0.01  "       "           "
Jun 13 Sun   0.04  "       PB          "
Jun 14 Mon   0.10  "       "           "
Jun 15 Tue   0.18  "       "           "
Jun 16 Wed   0.28  "       MC          "
Jun 17 Thu   0.39  "       "           "
Jun 18 Fri   0.51  TRES    "           TRES Combo
Jun 19 Sat   0.62  "       Esquerdo    "
Jun 20 Sun   0.72  "       "           "
Jun 21 Mon   0.82  "       "           "
Jun 22 Tue   0.89  "       "           "
Jun 23 Wed   0.95  "       Quinn       "                PB/HS
Jun 24 Thu   0.98  "       "           "                PB/HC
Jun 25 Fri   1.00  "       "           "                "
Jun 26 Sat   0.99  "       "           "                "
Jun 27 Sun   0.97  "       "           "                MC/HC
Jun 28 Mon   0.92  "       MC          "
Jun 29 Tue   0.86  "       "           "
Jun 30 Wed   0.79  "       "           "

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

June Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (15 nights) Brown 182 (Run-away B) 1 night, Kilic 178 (low-mass WDs) 2 nights, Latham 197 (Eclipsing WDs) 1 night, Wright 157 (IPHAS H-alpha) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Wright 187 (Deep Chandra) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 1 night, Green 188 (Oxymoron) 0.5 night, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 2 nights, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 2 nights, Tang 192 (DASCH variables) 1 night, Zezas 199 (Nearby galaxies) 1 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 1 night, Huchra 6 (AGNWATCH) 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 Combo for trimester: Latham 123 (Kepler candidates) 14 nights, Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 4 nights, Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 17 nights, Fabrycky 16 (Spin-orbit alignment) 2 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 3 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of July 2010 (as of 15 June 2010)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM  MMT
Jul  1 Thu   0.71  TRES    Stefanik    TRES Combo
Jul  2 Fri   0.62  "       "           "                PB/HS
Jul  3 Sat   0.53  "       "           "                "
Jul  4 Sun   0.43  "       "           "                PB/HC  INDEPENDENCE DAY
Jul  5 Mon   0.33  "       "           "                "
Jul  6 Tue   0.24  FAST    MC          FAST Combo
Jul  7 Wed   0.15  "       "           "
Jul  8 Thu   0.08  "       "           "
Jul  9 Fri   0.03  "       Huchra      "
Jul 10 Sat   0.00  "       "           "
Jul 11 Sun   0.00  "       "           "
Jul 12 Mon   0.03  "       "           "
Jul 13 Tue   0.09  "       "           "
Jul 14 Wed   0.17  "       PB          "
Jul 15 Thu   0.26  "       "           "
Jul 16 Fri   0.37  "       "           "
Jul 17 Sat   0.48  "       MC          "
Jul 18 Sun   0.59  "       "           "
Jul 19 Mon   0.69  TRES    "           TRES Combo
Jul 20 Tue   0.79  "       PB          "
Jul 21 Wed   0.86  "       "           "
Jul 22 Thu   0.93  "       "           "
Jul 23 Fri   0.97  "       MC          "
Jul 24 Sat   0.99  "       "           "
Jul 25 Sun   1.00  "       "           "
Jul 26 Mon   0.99  "       PB          "
Jul 27 Tue   0.95  "       "           "
Jul 28 Wed   0.91  "       "           "
Jul 29 Thu   0.84  "       MC          "
Jul 30 Fri   0.77  "       "           "
Jul 31 Sat   0.68  "       "           "

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

July Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (15 nights) Brown 182 (Run-away B) 1 night, Kilic 178 (low-mass WDs) 1 night, Latham 197 (Eclipsing WDs) 1 night, Wright 157 (IPHAS H-alpha) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 2 nights, Wright 187 (Deep Chandra) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 1 night, Green 188 (Oxymoron) 0.5 night, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 2 nights, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 2 nights, Tang 192 (DASCH variables) 1 night, Zezas 199 (Nearby galaxies) 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 Combo for trimester: Latham 123 (Kepler candidates) 14 nights, Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 4 nights, Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 17 nights, Fabrycky 16 (Spin-orbit alignment) 2 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 3 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of August 2010 (as of 15 June 2010)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   
Aug  1 Sun   0.59  TRES    MC          TRES Combo
Aug  2 Mon   0.49  N/A     N/A         SHUTDOWN
Aug  3 Tue   0.38  "       "           "
Aug  4 Wed   0.28  "       "           "
Aug  5 Thu   0.19  "       "           "
Aug  6 Fri   0.11  "       "           "
Aug  7 Sat   0.05  "       "           "
Aug  8 Sun   0.01  "       "           "
Aug  9 Mon   0.00  "       "           "
Aug 10 Tue   0.02  "       "           "
Aug 11 Wed   0.07  "       "           "
Aug 12 Thu   0.14  "       "           "
Aug 13 Fri   0.23  "       "           "
Aug 14 Sat   0.34  "       "           "
Aug 15 Sun   0.44  "       "           "
Aug 16 Mon   0.55  "       "           "
Aug 17 Tue   0.65  "       "           "
Aug 18 Wed   0.74  "       "           "
Aug 19 Thu   0.83  "       "           "
Aug 20 Fri   0.89  "       "           "
Aug 21 Sat   0.95  "       "           "
Aug 22 Sun   0.98  "       "           "
Aug 23 Mon   1.00  "       "           "
Aug 24 Tue   1.00  "       "           "
Aug 25 Wed   0.98  "       "           "
Aug 26 Thu   0.94  "       "           "
Aug 27 Fri   0.89  "       "           "
Aug 28 Sat   0.81  "       "           "
Aug 29 Sun   0.73  "       "           "
Aug 30 Mon   0.64  "       "           "
Aug 31 Tue   0.54  "       "           "

** 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 2010

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
FAST  12 Symbiotic Stars                  Kenyon       3
FAST 141 Nearby_Universe                  Huchra       6
FAST 149 Black Hole X-Ray Novae           M_Torres     6
FAST 157 Bright IPHAS Emission Sources    Wright       3
FAST 176 Be/X-ray Binaries Disks          Zezas        2
FAST 178 Low Mass White Dwarves           Kilic        5
FAST 182 Runaway B Stars                  Brown        3
FAST 187 Stars in Deep Chandra Surveys    Wright       1.5
FAST 188 Oxymoron: SDSS Dwarf C Stars     Green        1.5
FAST 192 DASCH Variables                  Tang         4
FAST 197 Eclipsing White Dwarfs           Latham       3
FAST 198 Improving Spectral Precision     Stubbs       3
FAST 199 Nearby Galaxies                  Zezas        3
 
TRES   5 Accurate masses sel.ecl.binaries Torres       3
TRES   8 Accurate masses evolved          Torres       2
TRES  13 Transit follow-ups               Latham      17
TRES  15 Low-Mass eclipsing Binaries      Torres       6
TRES  16 Spin-orbit alignment             Fabrycky     2
TRES 123 Kepler candidates                Latham      14
TRES 145 MEarth candidates                Berta        4