FLWO Tillinghast 60-inch Observing Schedule
September-December 2015 (as of 21 August 2015)

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of September 2015 (as of 21 August 2015)

August September October November December January 2016 Programs Mt. Hopkins PDF Schedules TDC 
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Sep  1 Tue   0.82  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       PB/HC
Sep  2 Wed   0.72  "       "           "                "
Sep  3 Thu   0.62  "       "           "                "
Sep  4 Fri   0.51  "       "           "                "
Sep  5 Sat   0.40  "       "           "                MC/HC
Sep  6 Sun   0.30  "       "           "                "
Sep  7 Mon   0.21  "       "           "                "      LABOR DAY
Sep  8 Tue   0.14  FAST    Cambridge   FAST Combo       MC/HS
Sep  9 Wed   0.08  "       "           "                PB/HS
Sep 10 Thu   0.04  "       Macri       "                "
Sep 11 Fri   0.01  "       "           "                "
Sep 12 Sat   0.00  "       "           "                "
Sep 13 Sun   0.01  "       "           "                MC/HS
Sep 14 Mon   0.04  "       Cambridge   "                "
Sep 15 Tue   0.08  "       "           "                "
Sep 16 Wed   0.14  "       "           "                "
Sep 17 Thu   0.21  "       "           "                PB/HS
Sep 18 Fri   0.29  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       "
Sep 19 Sat   0.38  "       "           "                "
Sep 20 Sun   0.48  "       "           "                "
Sep 21 Mon   0.59  "       "           "                MC/HS
Sep 22 Tue   0.69  "       MC          "                ---
Sep 23 Wed   0.79  "       "           "                ---
Sep 24 Thu   0.88  "       "           "                ---
Sep 25 Fri   0.95  "       GE          "                ---
Sep 26 Sat   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Sep 27 Sun   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Sep 28 Mon   0.98  "       "           "                ---
Sep 29 Tue   0.93  "       "           "                ---
Sep 30 Wed   0.85  "       "           "                ---

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
SEP Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (11 nights)
Newton 222 (mid-late WDs) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 nights, Elvis 223 (NEOWISE NEAs) 1 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Zezas 199 (Opt Nuc Spec) 1 night.
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

TRES IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please check with Dave Latham before the start of the trimester to coordinate your observations.

TRES for trimester
Latham 160 (Hot Jupiters) 10 nights, Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 5 nights, Torres 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 12 nights, Latham 13 (Transiting planets) 20 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Torres 7 (Accurate masses selected) 8 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 8 nights, Dupree 191 (Dwarf Chromospheres) 3 nights, Torres 171 (Confirm runaway) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of October 2015 (as of 21 August 2015)

August September October November December January 2016 Programs Mt. Hopkins PDF Schedules TDC 
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Oct  1 Thu   0.76  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       ---
Oct  2 Fri   0.66  "       "           "                ---
Oct  3 Sat   0.55  "       MC          "                ---
Oct  4 Sun   0.45  "       "           "                ---
Oct  5 Mon   0.35  "       "           "                ---
Oct  6 Tue   0.26  FAST    PB          FAST Combo       ---
Oct  7 Wed   0.18  "       "           "                ---
Oct  8 Thu   0.12  "       "           "                ---
Oct  9 Fri   0.06  "       MC          "                ---
Oct 10 Sat   0.03  "       "           "                ---
Oct 11 Sun   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Oct 12 Mon   0.00  "       PB          "                ---      COLUMBUS DAY
Oct 13 Tue   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Oct 14 Wed   0.05  "       "           "                ---
Oct 15 Thu   0.10  "       MC          "                ---
Oct 16 Fri   0.16  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ---
Oct 17 Sat   0.24  "       "           "                ---
Oct 18 Sun   0.33  "       PB          "                ---
Oct 19 Mon   0.43  "       "           "                ---
Oct 20 Tue   0.54  "       "           "                ---
Oct 21 Wed   0.65  "       GE          "                ---
Oct 22 Thu   0.75  "       "           "                ---
Oct 23 Fri   0.85  "       "           "                ---
Oct 24 Sat   0.93  "       "           "                ---
Oct 25 Sun   0.98  "       "           "                ---
Oct 26 Mon   1.00  "       PB          "                ---
Oct 27 Tue   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Oct 28 Wed   0.95  "       "           "                ---
Oct 29 Thu   0.89  "       MC          "                ---
Oct 30 Fri   0.81  "       "           "                ---
Oct 31 Sat   0.71  "       "           "                ---

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
OCT Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (11 nights)
Newton 222 (mid-late WDs) 2 nights, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 nights, Elvis 223 (NEOWISE NEAs) 2 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Zezas 199 (Opt Nuc Spec) 1 night.
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

TRES IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please check with Dave Latham before the start of the trimester to coordinate your observations.

TRES for trimester
Latham 160 (Hot Jupiters) 10 nights, Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 5 nights, Torres 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 12 nights, Latham 13 (Transiting planets) 20 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Torres 7 (Accurate masses selected) 8 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 8 nights, Dupree 191 (Dwarf Chromospheres) 3 nights, Torres 171 (Confirm runaway) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of November 2015 (as of 21 August 2015)

August September October November December January 2016 Programs Mt. Hopkins PDF Schedules TDC 
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Nov  1 Sun   0.61  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       ---
Nov  2 Mon   0.52  "       "           "                ---
Nov  3 Tue   0.42  "       "           "                ---
Nov  4 Wed   0.32  "       "           "                ---
Nov  5 Thu   0.24  "       "           "                ---
Nov  6 Fri   0.17  FAST    PB          FAST Combo       ---
Nov  7 Sat   0.10  "       "           "                ---
Nov  8 Sun   0.05  "       "           "                ---
Nov  9 Mon   0.02  "       MC          "                ---
Nov 10 Tue   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Nov 11 Wed   0.00  "       "           "                ---     VETERANS DAY
Nov 12 Thu   0.02  "       PB          "                ---
Nov 13 Fri   0.06  "       "           "                ---
Nov 14 Sat   0.12  "       "           "                ---
Nov 15 Sun   0.20  "       MC          "                ---
Nov 16 Mon   0.28  "       "           "                ---
Nov 17 Tue   0.39  "       "           "                ---
Nov 18 Wed   0.49  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       ---
Nov 19 Thu   0.61  "       "           "                PB/HS
Nov 20 Fri   0.72  "       "           "                "
Nov 21 Sat   0.82  "       "           "                "
Nov 22 Sun   0.90  "       "           "                PB/HC
Nov 23 Mon   0.96  "       "           "                MC/HC
Nov 24 Tue   0.99  "       "           "                "
Nov 25 Wed   1.00  "       "           "                "
Nov 26 Thu   0.97  "       "           "                MC/HM   THANKSGIVING
Nov 27 Fri   0.93  "       "           "                PB/HM
Nov 28 Sat   0.86  "       MC          "                PB/HC
Nov 29 Sun   0.78  "       "           "                "
Nov 30 Mon   0.69  "       "           "                "

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
NOV Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (12 nights)
Newton 222 (mid-late WDs) 2 nights, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 nights, Elvis 223 (NEOWISE NEAs) 1 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Zezas 199 (Opt Nuc Spec) 1 night.
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

TRES IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please check with Dave Latham before the start of the trimester to coordinate your observations.

TRES for trimester
Latham 160 (Hot Jupiters) 10 nights, Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 5 nights, Torres 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 12 nights, Latham 13 (Transiting planets) 20 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Torres 7 (Accurate masses selected) 8 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 8 nights, Dupree 191 (Dwarf Chromospheres) 3 nights, Torres 171 (Confirm runaway) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of December 2015 (as of 21 August 2015)

August September October November December January 2016 Programs Mt. Hopkins PDF Schedules TDC 
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT  
Dec  1 Tue   0.59  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       MC/HC
Dec  2 Wed   0.49  "       "           "                MC/HM
Dec  3 Thu   0.40  "       "           "                MC/HS
Dec  4 Fri   0.31  "       "           "                "
Dec  5 Sat   0.23  "       "           "                PB/HM
Dec  6 Sun   0.16  "       "           "                PB/HS
Dec  7 Mon   0.09  "       "           "                "
Dec  8 Tue   0.05  "       "           "                "
Dec  9 Wed   0.01  "       "           "                MC/HS
Dec 10 Thu   0.00  FAST    Challis     FAST Combo       "
Dec 11 Fri   0.01  "       "           "                "
Dec 12 Sat   0.04  "       "           "                "
Dec 13 Sun   0.09  "       "           "                PB/HS
Dec 14 Mon   0.16  "       PB          "                ---
Dec 15 Tue   0.24  "       "           "                ---
Dec 16 Wed   0.34  "       "           "                ---
Dec 17 Thu   0.45  "       MC          "                ---
Dec 18 Fri   0.57  "       "           "                ---
Dec 19 Sat   0.68  "       "           "                ---
Dec 20 Sun   0.78  "       PB          "                ---
Dec 21 Mon   0.87  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ---
Dec 22 Tue   0.94  "       "           "                ---
Dec 23 Wed   0.98  "       MC          "                ---
Dec 24 Thu   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Dec 25 Fri   0.99  "       "           "                ---      CHRISTMAS DAY
Dec 26 Sat   0.96  "       GE          "                ---
Dec 27 Sun   0.91  "       "           "                ---
Dec 28 Mon   0.84  "       "           "                ---
Dec 29 Tue   0.76  "       "           "                ---
Dec 30 Wed   0.67  "       "           "                ---
Dec 31 Thu   0.58  "       "           "                ---

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (12 nights)
Newton 222 (mid-late WDs) 2 nights, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 nights, Elvis 223 (NEOWISE NEAs) 2 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 2 nights, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Zezas 199 (Opt Nuc Spec) 1 night.
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

TRES IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please check with Dave Latham before the start of the trimester to coordinate your observations.

TRES for trimester
Latham 160 (Hot Jupiters) 10 nights, Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 5 nights, Torres 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 12 nights, Latham 13 (Transiting planets) 20 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Torres 7 (Accurate masses selected) 8 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 8 nights, Dupree 191 (Dwarf Chromospheres) 3 nights, Torres 171 (Confirm runaway) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Proposal Summary September-December 2015 (as of 21 August 2015)

August September October November December January 2016 Programs Postscript PDF Schedules TDC 
Inst  Program                            P.I.        Nights
FAST   2 Supernovae                      Kirshner      16
FAST  12 Symbiotic Stars                 Kenyon         2
FAST 141 2MASS Redshift Survey           Falco          2
FAST 178 Merging White Dwarfs            Brown          5
FAST 199 Optical Nucleus Spectra         Zezas          4
FAST 219 WISE Debris Disk Candidates     Kenyon         4
FAST 220 ASAS Transients                 Falco          2
FAST 222 Mid-Late White Dwarfs           Newton         7
FAST 223 NEOWISE NEAs                    Elvis          6

TRES   6 Pleiades Binary Survey           G.Torres      8
TRES   7 Accurate Masses selected binaries G.Torres     8
TRES   8 Accurate Masses evolved binaries G.Torres      1
TRES  13 Transit Follow-up                Latham       20
TRES  15 Low-mass eclipsing binaries      G.Torres      8
TRES 160 Hot Jupiters                     Latham       10
TRES 171 Runaway Stars                    G.Torres      2
TRES 183 MEarth follow-up                 Dittman       4
TRES 186 K2 Followup                      Latham        5
TRES 191 Dwarf Chromospheres              Dupree        3