FLWO Tillinghast 60-inch Observing Schedule
May-August 2011

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of May 2011 (as of 24 May 2011)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
May  1 Sun   0.01  FAST    MC          FAST Combo       ___
May  2 Mon   0.00  "       "           "                ___
May  3 Tue   0.01  "       "           "                ___
May  4 Wed   0.04  "       PB          "                ___
May  5 Thu   0.08  "       "           "                ___
May  6 Fri   0.15  "       "           "                ___
May  7 Sat   0.23  "       MC          "                ___
May  8 Sun   0.33  "       "           "                ___
May  9 Mon   0.43  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ___
May 10 Tue   0.54  "       PB          "                ___    
May 11 Wed   0.66  "       "           "                ___ 
May 12 Thu   0.76  "       "           "                ___
May 13 Fri   0.86  "       Tang        "                ___
May 14 Sat   0.93  "       "           "                ___
May 15 Sun   0.98  "       "           "                ___
May 16 Mon   1.00  "       PB          "                ___
May 17 Tue   0.99  "       "           "                ___
May 18 Wed   0.95  "       "           "                ___
May 19 Thu   0.90  "       Esquerdo    "                ___
May 20 Fri   0.82  "       "           "                MC/HS
May 21 Sat   0.73  "       "           "                "
May 22 Sun   0.64  "       "           "                "
May 23 Mon   0.54  "       "           "                "
May 24 Tue   0.45  "       "           "                PB/HC
May 25 Wed   0.35  FAST    Vaz         FAST Combo       "
May 26 Thu   0.27  "       "           "                "
May 27 Fri   0.19  "       "           "                "
May 28 Sat   0.12  "       "           "                MC/HC
May 29 Sun   0.07  "       "           "                "
May 30 Mon   0.03  "       Peters      "                "      MEMORIAL DAY
May 31 Tue   0.00  "       Brown       "                MC/HS

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

May FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (15 nights)
Brown 178 (lo-mass WDs) 2 nights, Irwin 204 (M-dwarfs) 1 night, Kirshner 201 (CfA3 galaxies) 2 nights, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 1 night, Wright 157 (IPHAS H-alpha) 2 nights, Barnard 149 (XRN TOO) 1 night, Tang 192 (DASCH variables) 1 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 0.5 night, Zezas 199 (nuclear spectra) 2 nights.
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) 10 nights, Guenther 150 (tau Bootis) 1 night, Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 15 nights, Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 4 nights, Latham 158 (Substellar companions) 5 nights, Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 4 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 6 nights, Tang 148 (DASCH) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of June 2011 (as of 24 May 2011)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jun  1 Wed   0.00  FAST    Brown       FAST Combo       PB/HS
Jun  2 Thu   0.02  "       "           "                "
Jun  3 Fri   0.06  "       Curtis      "                "
Jun  4 Sat   0.12  "       "           "                "
Jun  5 Sun   0.20  "       Wright      "                MC/HS
Jun  6 Mon   0.30  "       "           "                "
Jun  7 Tue   0.40  "       "           "                "
Jun  8 Wed   0.52  "       "           "                "
Jun  9 Thu   0.63  TRES    Esquerdo    TRES Combo       PB/HS
Jun 10 Fri   0.74  "       "           "                "
Jun 11 Sat   0.84  "       "           "                "
Jun 12 Sun   0.91  "       "           "                "
Jun 13 Mon   0.97  "       "           "                MC/HS
Jun 14 Tue   1.00  "       MC          "                ___
Jun 15 Wed   1.00  "       "           "                ___
Jun 16 Thu   0.97  "       "           "                ___
Jun 17 Fri   0.93  "       Beky        "                ___
Jun 18 Sat   0.86  "       "           "                ___
Jun 19 Sun   0.79  "       "           "                ___
Jun 20 Mon   0.70  "       "           "                ___
Jun 21 Tue   0.61  "       Esquerdo    "                ___
Jun 22 Wed   0.52  "       Beky        "                ___
Jun 23 Thu   0.42  FAST    PB          FAST Combo       ___
Jun 24 Fri   0.33  "       "           "                ___
Jun 25 Sat   0.24  "       "           "                ___
Jun 26 Sun   0.16  "       MC          "                ___
Jun 27 Mon   0.10  "       "           "                ___
Jun 28 Tue   0.05  "       "           "                ___
Jun 29 Wed   0.01  "       "           "                ___
Jun 30 Thu   0.00  "       PB          "                ___

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

June FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (16 nights) Brown 178 (lo-mass WDs) 2 nights, Irwin 204 (M-dwarfs) 1 night, Kirshner 201 (CfA3 galaxies) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Saar 207 (R147) 2 nights, Wright 157 (IPHAS H-alpha) 1 night, Barnard 149 (XRN TOO) 2 nights, Tang 192 (DASCH variables) 1 night, Zezas 199 (nuclear spectra) 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) 10 nights, Guenther 150 (tau Bootis) 1 night, Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 15 nights, Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 4 nights, Latham 158 (Substellar companions) 5 nights, Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 4 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 6 nights, Tang 148 (DASCH) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of July 2011 (as of 24 May 2011)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jul  1 Fri   0.01  FAST    PB          FAST Combo       ___       
Jul  2 Sat   0.04  "       "           "                ___
Jul  3 Sun   0.10  "       MC          "                ___
Jul  4 Mon   0.18  "       "           "                ___     INDEPENDENCE DAY
Jul  5 Tue   0.28  "       "           "                ___
Jul  6 Wed   0.38  "       "           "                ___
Jul  7 Thu   0.50  TRES    Furesz      TRES Combo       PB/HS
Jul  8 Fri   0.61  "       "           "                "
Jul  9 Sat   0.72  "       "           "                "
Jul 10 Sun   0.82  "       "           "                PB/HC
Jul 11 Mon   0.90  "       "           "                MC/HC
Jul 12 Tue   0.95  "       Esquerdo    "                "
Jul 13 Wed   0.99  "       "           "                "
Jul 14 Thu   1.00  "       "           "                "
Jul 15 Fri   0.99  "       "           "                ___
Jul 16 Sat   0.95  "       "           "                ___
Jul 17 Sun   0.90  "       "           "                ___
Jul 18 Mon   0.84  "       "           "                ___
Jul 19 Tue   0.76  "       "           "                ___
Jul 20 Wed   0.67  "       PB          "                ___
Jul 21 Thu   0.58  "       "           "                ___
Jul 22 Fri   0.49  "       "           "                ___
Jul 23 Sat   0.39  "       MC          "                ___
Jul 24 Sun   0.30  "       "           "                ___
Jul 25 Mon   0.21  "       "           "                ___
Jul 26 Tue   0.14  FAST    PB          FAST Combo       ___
Jul 27 Wed   0.07  "       "           "                ___
Jul 28 Thu   0.03  "       "           "                ___
Jul 29 Fri   0.00  "       MC          "                ___
Jul 30 Sat   0.01  "       "           "                ___
Jul 31 Sun   0.03  "       "           "                ___

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

July FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (12 nights) Brown 178 (lo-mass WDs) 1 night, Kirshner 201 (CfA3 galaxies) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Saar 207 (R147) 1 night, Wright 157 (IPHAS H-alpha) 1 night, Barnard 149 (XRN TOO) 1 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 0.5 night, Zezas 199 (nuclear spectra) 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) 10 nights, Guenther 150 (tau Bootis) 1 night, Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 15 nights, Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 4 nights, Latham 158 (Substellar companions) 5 nights, Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 4 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 6 nights, Tang 148 (DASCH) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of August 2011 (as of 24 May 2011)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Aug  1 Mon   0.09  N/A     "           SHUTDOWN         ___
Aug  2 Tue   0.16  "       "           "                ___
Aug  3 Wed   0.26  "       "           "                ___
Aug  4 Thu   0.36  "       "           "                ___
Aug  5 Fri   0.47  "       "           "                ___
Aug  6 Sat   0.59  "       "           "                ___
Aug  7 Sun   0.69  "       "           "                ___
Aug  8 Mon   0.79  "       "           "                ___
Aug  9 Tue   0.87  "       "           "                ___
Aug 10 Wed   0.93  "       "           "                ___
Aug 11 Thu   0.97  "       "           "                ___
Aug 12 Fri   1.00  "       "           "                ___
Aug 13 Sat   1.00  "       "           "                ___
Aug 14 Sun   0.98  "       "           "                ___
Aug 15 Mon   0.94  "       "           "                ___
Aug 16 Tue   0.88  "       "           "                ___
Aug 17 Wed   0.81  "       "           "                ___
Aug 18 Thu   0.74  "       "           "                ___
Aug 19 Fri   0.65  "       "           "                ___
Aug 20 Sat   0.55  "       "           "                ___
Aug 21 Sun   0.46  "       "           "                ___
Aug 22 Mon   0.36  "       "           "                ___
Aug 23 Tue   0.27  "       "           "                ___
Aug 24 Wed   0.18  "       "           "                ___
Aug 25 Thu   0.10  "       "           "                ___
Aug 26 Fri   0.05  "       "           "                ___
Aug 27 Sat   0.01  "       "           "                ___
Aug 28 Sun   0.00  "       "           "                ___
Aug 29 Mon   0.02  "       "           "                ___
Aug 30 Tue   0.07  "       "           "                ___
Aug 31 Wed   0.14  "       "           "                ___

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

FAST Combo
No FAST observing.

TRES Combo for trimester: Latham 123 (Kepler candidates) 10 nights, Guenther 150 (tau Bootis) 1 night, Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 15 nights, Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 4 nights, Latham 158 (Substellar companions) 5 nights, Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 4 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 6 nights, Tang 148 (DASCH) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Proposal Summary May-August 2011

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
Inst  Program                             PI           Nights
FAST   2 Supernovae                       Kirshner     12
FAST  12 Symbiotic Stars                  Kenyon       2
FAST 149 Black Hole X-Ray Novae           Barnard      4
FAST 157 Bright IPHAS Emission Sources    Wright       4
FAST 176 Be/X-ray Binaries Disks          Zezas        2
FAST 178 Low Mass White Dwarves           Brown        5
FAST 192 DASCH Variables                  Tang         2
FAST 199 Nearby Galaxies                  Zezas        4
FAST 204 M-Dwarf Rotation                 Irwin        2
FAST 207 Open Cluster Ruprecht 147        Saar         3
 
TRES   5 Accurate masses sel.ecl.binaries Torres       4
TRES   8 Accurate masses evolved          Torres       2
TRES  13 Transit follow-ups               Latham      15
TRES  15 Low-Mass eclipsing Binaries      Torres       6
TRES  16 Spin-orbit alignment             Fabrycky     2
TRES 123 Kepler candidates                Latham      10
TRES 145 MEarth candidates                Berta        4
TRES 148 DASCH Long-Term Variables        Tang         2
TRES 150 Tau Bootis                       Guenther     1
TRES 158 Substellar Companions            Latham       5