FLWO Tillinghast 60-inch Observing Schedule
January-April 2013

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of January 2013 (as of 26 March 2013)

December 2012 January February March April May Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jan  1 Tue   0.78  TRES    MC          TRES Combo       ---     NEW YEAR's DAY
Jan  2 Wed   0.69  "       "           "                ---
Jan  3 Thu   0.59  FAST    PB          FAST Combo       ---
Jan  4 Fri   0.48  "       "           "                ---
Jan  5 Sat   0.37  "       "           "                ---
Jan  6 Sun   0.26  "       MC          "                ---
Jan  7 Mon   0.17  "       "           "                ---
Jan  8 Tue   0.09  "       "           "                ---
Jan  9 Wed   0.03  "       PB          "                ---
Jan 10 Thu   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Jan 11 Fri   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Jan 12 Sat   0.03  "       MC          "                ---
Jan 13 Sun   0.08  "       "           "                ---
Jan 14 Mon   0.15  "       "           "                ---
Jan 15 Tue   0.23  TRES    PB          TRES Combo       ---
Jan 16 Wed   0.33  "       "           "                ---
Jan 17 Thu   0.42  "       "           "                ---
Jan 18 Fri   0.52  "       MC          "                ---
Jan 19 Sat   0.62  "       "           "                ---
Jan 20 Sun   0.71  "       "           "                ---
Jan 21 Mon   0.79  "       PB          "                ---     MLK DAY
Jan 22 Tue   0.86  "       "           "                ---
Jan 23 Wed   0.92  "       "           "                ---
Jan 24 Thu   0.96  "       Esquerdo    "                ---
Jan 25 Fri   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Jan 26 Sat   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Jan 27 Sun   0.98  "       "           "                ---
Jan 28 Mon   0.95  "       MC          "                ---
Jan 29 Tue   0.90  "       "           "                ---
Jan 30 Wed   0.82  "       "           "                ---
Jan 31 Thu   0.73  "       "           "                ---

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 
JAN Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (12 nights) Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Milisavljevic 211 (Dust in SNe) 0.5 night, Spahr 173 (SSSOs) 0.5 night, Brown 205 (merging WDs) 1.5 nights, Cauley 215 (T Tauri grid) 0.5 night, Espaillat 112 (PMS Orion) 2.5 nights, Zezas 176 (BE/Xray disks) 1 night, Zezas 199 (Nuclear spec gal) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night.

NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

TRES Combo for trimester (72 nights): Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 15 nights, Latham 123 (Kepler candidates) 20 nights, Quinn 160 (Hot Jupiters) 3 nights, Dupree 167 (M Dwarf Winds) 3 nights, Latham 158 (M67 and Hyades) 9 nights, Torres G. 6 (Pleiades) 7 nights, Torres G. 15 (Low-Mass Eclipsing) 6 nights, Perets 159 (Planets in WD) 3 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. 146 (Double line eclipsing) 4 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of February 2013 (as of 26 March 2013)

December 2009 January February March April May Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI and Program   MMT
Feb  1 Fri   0.63  TRES    Esquerdo    TRES Combo       --- 
Feb  2 Sat   0.52  "       "           "                --- 
Feb  3 Sun   0.41  "       "           "                --- 
Feb  4 Mon   0.30  FAST    PB          FAST Combo       --- 
Feb  5 Tue   0.20  "       "           "                --- 
Feb  6 Wed   0.12  "       "           "                --- 
Feb  7 Thu   0.06  "       MC          "                --- 
Feb  8 Fri   0.02  "       "           "                --- 
Feb  9 Sat   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Feb 10 Sun   0.01  "       Irwin       "                --- 
Feb 11 Mon   0.05  "       "           "                --- 
Feb 12 Tue   0.10  "       "           "                --- 
Feb 13 Wed   0.17  "       "           "                --- 
Feb 14 Thu   0.26  "       "           "                --- 
Feb 15 Fri   0.34  TRES    Esquerdo    TRES Combo       HS/MC
Feb 16 Sat   0.44  "       "           "                "
Feb 17 Sun   0.53  "       "           "                HC/MC
Feb 18 Mon   0.63  "       "           "                "    PRESIDENT'S DAY
Feb 19 Tue   0.72  "       "           "                "
Feb 20 Wed   0.80  "       "           "                "
Feb 21 Thu   0.87  "       "           "                HC/PB
Feb 22 Fri   0.93  "       "           "                "
Feb 23 Sat   0.97  "       "           "                "
Feb 24 Sun   0.99  "       "           "                "
Feb 25 Mon   1.00  "       "           "                HC/MC
Feb 26 Tue   0.97  "       PB          "                ---
Feb 27 Wed   0.93  "       "           "                ---
Feb 28 Thu   0.86  "       "           "                ---

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 
FEB Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (12 nights) Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Milisavljevic 211 (Dust in SNe) 0.5 night, Spahr 173 (SSSOs) 0.5 night, Brown 205 (merging WDs) 1.5 nights, Cauley 215 (T Tauri grid) 0.5 night, Espaillat 112 (PMS Orion) 2.5 nights, Zezas 176 (BE/Xray disks) 1 night, Zezas 199 (Nuclear spec gal) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night.

NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

TRES Combo for trimester (72 nights): Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 15 nights, Latham 123 (Kepler candidates) 20 nights, Quinn 160 (Hot Jupiters) 3 nights, Dupree 167 (M Dwarf Winds) 3 nights, Latham 158 (M67 and Hyades) 9 nights, Torres G. 6 (Pleiades) 7 nights, Torres G. 15 (Low-Mass Eclipsing) 6 nights, Perets 159 (Planets in WD) 3 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. 146 (Double line eclipsing) 4 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of March 2013 (as of 26 March 2013)

December 2012 January February March April May Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Mar  1 Fri   0.77  TRES    Esquerdo    TRES Combo       HS/MC
Mar  2 Sat   0.67  "       "           "                "
Mar  3 Sun   0.56  "       "           "                "
Mar  4 Mon   0.45  "       "           "                HS/PB
Mar  5 Tue   0.34  "       "           "                "
Mar  6 Wed   0.24  "       "           "                "
Mar  7 Thu   0.15  "       "           "                "
Mar  8 Fri   0.08  "       "           "                HS/MC
Mar  9 Sat   0.03  "       "           "                "
Mar 10 Sun   0.01  "       "           "                "
Mar 11 Mon   0.00  FAST    Brown       FAST Combo       HS/PB
Mar 12 Tue   0.02  "       "           "                "
Mar 13 Wed   0.06  "       "           "                "
Mar 14 Thu   0.12  "       "           "                "
Mar 15 Fri   0.19  "       "           "                ---
Mar 16 Sat   0.27  "       MC          "                ---
Mar 17 Sun   0.36  "       "           "                ---
Mar 18 Mon   0.45  "       "           "                ---
Mar 19 Tue   0.55  "       Berger      Astro 100        ---
Mar 20 Wed   0.64  "       "           "                ---
Mar 21 Thu   0.73  "       "           "                ---
Mar 22 Fri   0.81  TRES    Esquerdo    TRES Combo       ---
Mar 23 Sat   0.89  "       "           "                ---
Mar 24 Sun   0.94  "       "           "                ---
Mar 25 Mon   0.98  "       "           "                HS/PB
Mar 26 Tue   1.00  "       "           "                "
Mar 27 Wed   0.99  "       "           "                "
Mar 28 Thu   0.95  "       MC          "                "
Mar 29 Fri   0.89  "       PB          "                HS/MC
Mar 30 Sat   0.81  "       Esquerdo    "                "
Mar 31 Sun   0.70  "       "           "                "

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

MAR Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (11 nights) Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Spahr 173 (SSSOs) 2 nights, Brown 205 (merging WDs) 1.5 nights, Cauley 215 (T Tauri grid) 0.5 night, Zezas 176 (BE/Xray disks) 1 night, Zezas 199 (Nuclear spec gal) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night.

NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

TRES Combo for trimester (72 nights): Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 15 nights, Latham 123 (Kepler candidates) 20 nights, Quinn 160 (Hot Jupiters) 3 nights, Dupree 167 (M Dwarf Winds) 3 nights, Latham 158 (M67 and Hyades) 9 nights, Torres G. 6 (Pleiades) 7 nights, Torres G. 15 (Low-Mass Eclipsing) 6 nights, Perets 159 (Planets in WD) 3 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. 146 (Double line eclipsing) 4 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of April 2013 (as of 26 March 2013)

December 2012 January February March April May Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Apr  1 Mon   0.60  TRES    Esquerdo    TRES Combo       HS/MC
Apr  2 Tue   0.48  "       "           "                HS/PB
Apr  3 Wed   0.37  "       "           "                "
Apr  4 Thu   0.27  "       "           "                "
Apr  5 Fri   0.18  "       "           "                "
Apr  6 Sat   0.10  "       "           "                HS/MC
Apr  7 Sun   0.05  "       "           "                "
Apr  8 Mon   0.01  FAST    MC          FAST Combo       ---
Apr  9 Tue   0.00  "       PB          "                ---
Apr 10 Wed   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Apr 11 Thu   0.03  "       "           "                ---
Apr 12 Fri   0.08  "       MC          "                ---
Apr 13 Sat   0.14  "       "           "                ---
Apr 14 Sun   0.21  "       "           "                ---
Apr 15 Mon   0.29  "       PB          "                ---
Apr 16 Tue   0.38  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ---
Apr 17 Wed   0.47  "       "           "                ---
Apr 18 Thu   0.57  "       MC          "                ---
Apr 19 Fri   0.67  "       "           "                ---
Apr 20 Sat   0.76  "       "           "                ---
Apr 21 Sun   0.84  "       Esquerdo    "                ---
Apr 22 Mon   0.92  "       "           "                HC/PB
Apr 23 Tue   0.97  "       "           "                "
Apr 24 Wed   1.00  "       "           "                "
Apr 25 Thu   1.00  "       "           "                "
Apr 26 Fri   0.97  "       "           "                HC/MC
Apr 27 Sat   0.91  "       "           "                HS/MC
Apr 28 Sun   0.83  "       "           "                "
Apr 29 Mon   0.73  "       "           "                "
Apr 30 Tue   0.63  "       "           "                HS/PB

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

APR Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (8 nights) Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Spahr 173 (SSSOs) 0.5 night, Brown 205 (merging WDs) 1.5 nights, Cauley 215 (T Tauri grid) 0.5 night, Zezas 199 (Nuclear spec gal) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night.

NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

TRES Combo for trimester (69 nights): Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 15 nights, Latham 123 (Kepler candidates) 20 nights, Quinn 160 (Hot Jupiters) 3 nights, Dupree 167 (M Dwarf Winds) 3 nights, Latham 158 (M67 and Hyades) 9 nights, Torres G. 6 (Pleiades) 7 nights, Torres G. 15 (Low-Mass Eclipsing) 6 nights, Perets 159 (Planets in WD) 3 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. 146 (Double line eclipsing) 4 nights.

Tillinghast Proposal Summary January-April 2013 (as of 26 March 2013)

December January February March April May Programs PDF Schedules TDC
Inst Prog                                 P.I.      Nights
FAST   2 Supernovae                       Kirshner    12
FAST  12 Symbiotic Stars                  Kenyon       2
FAST 112 PMS Orion                        Espaillat    5
FAST 141 2MASS Redshift Survey            Falco        4
FAST 173 Small Solar System Bodies        Spahr        3
FAST 176 Be/X-ray Binaries Disks          Zezas        3
FAST 196 Astro 100                        Berger       3
FAST 199 Nuclear spectra                  Zezas        9
FAST 205 Merging White Dwarfs             Brown        6
FAST 211 Dust in Supernovae               Milisavljevic 1
FAST 215 T Tauri Star Veiling Standards   Cauley       2

TRES   6 Pleiades Binary Survey           G.Torres     7
TRES   8 Accurate masses evolved          G.Torres     2
TRES  13 Transit follow-up                Latham      15
TRES  15 Low-mass eclipsing binaries      G.Torres     6
TRES 123 Kepler candidates                Latham      20
TRES 146 Double line eclipsing binaries   G.Torres     4
TRES 158 M67 and Hyades Binaries          Latham       9
TRES 159 Planets in White Dwarf systems   Paretz       3
TRES 160 Hot Jupiters                     Quinn        3
TRES 167 M Dwarf Winds                    Dupree       3