FLWO Tillinghast 60-inch Observing Schedule
May-August 2012

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of May 2012 (as of 02 May 2012)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
May  1 Tue   0.79  TRES    MC          TRES Combo       ---
May  2 Wed   0.88  "       "           "                ---
May  3 Thu   0.95  "       "           "                ---
May  4 Fri   0.99  "       Esquerdo    "                ---
May  5 Sat   1.00  "       "           "                ---
May  6 Sun   0.98  "       "           "                ---
May  7 Mon   0.93  "       "           "                HS/PB
May  8 Tue   0.86  "       "           "                ---
May  9 Wed   0.77  "       "           "                HS/MC
May 10 Thu   0.66  "       MC          "                HC/PB
May 11 Fri   0.56  FAST    "           FAST Combo       "
May 12 Sat   0.46  "       Irwin       "                "
May 13 Sun   0.36  "       "           "                "
May 14 Mon   0.27  "       "           "                HS/MC
May 15 Tue   0.18  "       "           "                "
May 16 Wed   0.12  "       "           "                "
May 17 Thu   0.06  "       "           "                "
May 18 Fri   0.03  "       Brown       "                HS/PB
May 19 Sat   0.01  "       "           "                "
May 20 Sun   0.00  "       "           "                "
May 21 Mon   0.01  "       "           "                ---
May 22 Tue   0.05  "       "           "                ---
May 23 Wed   0.10  "       MC          "                ---
May 24 Thu   0.16  "       "           "                ---
May 25 Fri   0.24  TRES    PB          TRES Combo       ---
May 26 Sat   0.33  "       "           "                ---
May 27 Sun   0.43  "       "           "                ---
May 28 Mon   0.54  "       "           "                ---    MEMORIAL DAY
May 29 Tue   0.65  "       MC          "                ---
May 30 Wed   0.76  "       "           "                ---
May 31 Thu   0.85  "       "           "                ---

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

May FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (14 nights)
Brown 178 (low-mass WDs) 2 nights, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 nights, Geller 210 (Role of BCGs) 2 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Irwin 204 (M-dwarfs) 1 night, Tang 192 (DASCH variables) 1 night, Spahr 173 (SSSOs) 1 night, Wright 157 (IPHAS H-alpha) 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: Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 4 nights, Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 16 nights, Latham 162 (Kepler Metallicity) 15 nights, Chomiuk 161 (Novas) 1 night, Dupuy 163 (H-alpha Eclipsing binaries) 2 nights, Latham 164 (Kepler Eclipsing Binaries) 3 nights, Latham 158 (Substellar companions) 2 nights, Tang 148 (DASCH with TRES) 3 nights, Guenther 150 (Tau Bootis Mag Field) 0.3 night, Torres G. 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 3 nights, Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses selected) 1.7 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of June 2012 (as of 02 May 2012)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jun  1 Fri   0.93  TRES    Stefanik    TRES Combo       HC/PB
Jun  2 Sat   0.98  "       "           "                "
Jun  3 Sun   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Jun  4 Mon   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Jun  5 Tue   0.95  "       "           "                HC/MC
Jun  6 Wed   0.89  "       "           "                "
Jun  7 Thu   0.81  "       Esquerdo    "                HS/MC
Jun  8 Fri   0.71  "       "           "                "
Jun  9 Sat   0.61  "       "           "                HS/PB
Jun 10 Sun   0.51  "       "           "                "
Jun 11 Mon   0.41  "       "           "                "
Jun 12 Tue   0.32  "       "           "                "
Jun 13 Wed   0.23  FAST    Rines       FAST Combo       HS/MC
Jun 14 Thu   0.16  "       "           "                "
Jun 15 Fri   0.10  "       "           "                "
Jun 16 Sat   0.05  "       "           "                "
Jun 17 Sun   0.02  "       Macri       "                "
Jun 18 Mon   0.00  "       "           "                HS/PB
Jun 19 Tue   0.01  "       "           "                "
Jun 20 Wed   0.03  "       "           "                "
Jun 21 Thu   0.07  "       PB          "                ---
Jun 22 Fri   0.13  "       MC          "                ---
Jun 23 Sat   0.21  "       "           "                ---
Jun 24 Sun   0.30  "       "           "                ---
Jun 25 Mon   0.40  TRES    PB          TRES Combo       ---
Jun 26 Tue   0.51  "       "           "                ---
Jun 27 Wed   0.62  "       Latham      "                ---
Jun 28 Thu   0.73  "       "           "                ---
Jun 29 Fri   0.83  "       "           "                ---
Jun 30 Sat   0.91  "       "           "                ---

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

June FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (12 nights) Brown 178 (low-mass WDs) 2 nights, Kirshner 2 (SN) 2 nights, Geller 210 (Role of BCGs) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Irwin 204 (M-dwarfs) 1 night, Tang 192 (DASCH variables) 1 night, Spahr 173 (SSSOs) 1 night, Wright 157 (IPHAS H-alpha) 0.5 night, Hora 183 (Cyg-X YSOs) 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: Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 4 nights, Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 16 nights, Latham (Kepler Metallicity) 15 nights, Chomiuk 161 (Novas) 1 night, Dupuy (H-alpha Eclipsing binaries) 2 nights, Latham (Kepler Eclipsing Binaries) 3 nights, Latham 158 (Substellar companions) 2 nights, Tang 148 (DASCH with TRES) 3 nights, Guenther 150 (Tau Bootis Mag Field) 0.3 night, Torres G. 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 3 nights, Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses selected) 1.7 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of July 2012 (as of 02 May 2012)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jul  1 Sun   0.97  TRES    Esquerdo    TRES Combo       ---
Jul  2 Mon   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Jul  3 Tue   1.00  "       "           "                HC/PB
Jul  4 Wed   0.97  "       "           "                "      INDEPENDENCE DAY
Jul  5 Thu   0.92  "       "           "                "
Jul  6 Fri   0.84  "       MC          "                ---
Jul  7 Sat   0.76  "       "           "                ---
Jul  8 Sun   0.67  "       "           "                ---
Jul  9 Mon   0.57  "       PB          "                ---
Jul 10 Tue   0.47  FAST    "           FAST Combo       ---
Jul 11 Wed   0.38  "       MC          "                ---
Jul 12 Thu   0.29  "       "           "                ---
Jul 13 Fri   0.21  "       "           "                ---
Jul 14 Sat   0.14  "       PB          "                ---
Jul 15 Sun   0.08  "       "           "                ---
Jul 16 Mon   0.04  "       "           "                ---
Jul 17 Tue   0.01  "       MC          "                ---
Jul 18 Wed   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Jul 19 Thu   0.01  "       PB          "                ---
Jul 20 Fri   0.05  "       "           "                ---
Jul 21 Sat   0.10  "       "           "                ---
Jul 22 Sun   0.18  "       "           "                ---
Jul 23 Mon   0.27  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ---
Jul 24 Tue   0.37  "       MC          "                ---
Jul 25 Wed   0.48  "       "           "                ---
Jul 26 Thu   0.60  "       "           "                ---
Jul 27 Fri   0.71  "       Esquerdo    "                ---
Jul 28 Sat   0.81  "       "           "                ---
Jul 29 Sun   0.89  "       "           "                ---
Jul 30 Mon   0.95  "       MC          "                ---
Jul 31 Tue   0.99  "       "           "                ---

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

July FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (13 nights) Brown 178 (low-mass WDs) 2 nights, Kirshner 2 (SN) 5 nights, Geller 210 (Role of BCGs) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 2 nights, Irwin 204 (M-dwarfs) 1 night, Spahr 173 (SSSOs) 1 night, Wright 157 (IPHAS H-alpha) 0.5 night, Hora 183 (Cyg-X YSOs) 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: Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 4 nights, Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 16 nights, Latham (Kepler Metallicity) 15 nights, Chomiuk 161 (Novas) 1 night, Dupuy (H-alpha Eclipsing binaries) 2 nights, Latham (Kepler Eclipsing Binaries) 3 nights, Latham 158 (Substellar companions) 2 nights, Tang 148 (DASCH with TRES) 3 nights, Guenther 150 (Tau Bootis Mag Field) 0.3 night, Torres G. 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 3 nights, Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses selected) 1.7 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of August 2012 (as of 02 May 2012)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Aug  1 Wed   1.00  N/A     N/A         SHUTDOWN         ---
Aug  2 Thu   0.98  "       "           "                ---
Aug  3 Fri   0.94  "       "           "                ---
Aug  4 Sat   0.88  "       "           "                ---
Aug  5 Sun   0.81  "       "           "                ---
Aug  6 Mon   0.73  "       "           "                ---
Aug  7 Tue   0.64  "       "           "                ---
Aug  8 Wed   0.54  "       "           "                ---
Aug  9 Thu   0.45  "       "           "                ---
Aug 10 Fri   0.35  "       "           "                ---
Aug 11 Sat   0.27  "       "           "                ---
Aug 12 Sun   0.19  "       "           "                ---
Aug 13 Mon   0.12  "       "           "                ---
Aug 14 Tue   0.06  "       "           "                ---
Aug 15 Wed   0.02  "       "           "                ---
Aug 16 Thu   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Aug 17 Fri   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Aug 18 Sat   0.03  "       "           "                ---
Aug 19 Sun   0.08  "       "           "                ---
Aug 20 Mon   0.16  "       "           "                ---
Aug 21 Tue   0.24  "       "           "                ---
Aug 22 Wed   0.35  "       "           "                ---
Aug 23 Thu   0.46  "       "           "                ---
Aug 24 Fri   0.57  "       "           "                ---
Aug 25 Sat   0.69  "       "           "                ---
Aug 26 Sun   0.79  "       "           "                ---
Aug 27 Mon   0.87  "       "           "                ---
Aug 28 Tue   0.94  "       "           "                ---
Aug 29 Wed   0.98  "       "           "                ---
Aug 30 Thu   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Aug 31 Fri   0.99  "       "           "                ---

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

FAST Combo
No FAST observing.

TRES Combo
No TRES Observing

Tillinghast Proposal Summary May-August 2012

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
Inst  Program                             PI           Nights
FAST   2 Supernovae                       Kirshner     11
FAST  12 Symbiotic Stars                  Kenyon       1.5
FAST 141 2MASS Redshift Survey            Falco        4
FAST 157 Bright IPHAS Emission Sources    Wright       1.5
FAST 178 Low Mass White Dwarves           Brown        6
FAST 192 DASCH Variables                  Tang         2
FAST 204 M-Dwarf Rotation                 Irwin        3
FAST 210 Role of Bright Cluster Galaxies  Geller       4
 
TRES   5 Accurate masses sel.ecl.binaries Torres       1.7
TRES   8 Accurate masses evolved          Torres       1
TRES  13 Transit follow-ups               Latham      16
TRES  15 Low-Mass eclipsing Binaries      Torres       3
TRES 145 MEarth candidates                Berta        4
TRES 148 DASCH Long-Term Variables        Tang         3
TRES 150 Tau Bootis                       Guenther     0.3
TRES 158 Substellar Companions            Latham       2
TRES 161 Novas                            Chomiuk      1
TRES 162 Kepler Metallicity               Latham       15
TRES 163 H-alpha Eclipsing binaries       Dupuy        2
TRES 164 Kepler Eclipsing Binaries        Latham       3