DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Jan 1 Fri 0.49 TRES GE TRES Combo MC/MMIRS NEW YEAR's DAY Jan 2 Sat 0.39 " " " " Jan 3 Sun 0.30 " " " " Jan 4 Mon 0.22 FAST PB FAST Combo --- Jan 5 Tue 0.15 " " " --- Jan 6 Wed 0.08 " " " --- Jan 7 Thu 0.04 " MC " --- Jan 8 Fri 0.01 " " " --- Jan 9 Sat 0.00 " " " --- Jan 10 Sun 0.02 " PB " --- Jan 11 Mon 0.06 " " " --- Jan 12 Tue 0.12 " " " --- Jan 13 Wed 0.21 " " " --- Jan 14 Thu 0.30 " MC " --- Jan 15 Fri 0.41 TRES " TRES Combo --- Jan 16 Sat 0.53 " " " --- Jan 17 Sun 0.64 " " " --- Jan 18 Mon 0.74 " PB " --- MLK DAY Jan 19 Tue 0.83 " " " --- Jan 20 Wed 0.91 " GE " --- Jan 21 Thu 0.96 " " " --- Jan 22 Fri 0.99 " " " --- Jan 23 Sat 1.00 " " " --- Jan 24 Sun 0.98 " " " --- Jan 25 Mon 0.95 " " " PB/HC Jan 26 Tue 0.90 " " " " Jan 27 Wed 0.83 " " " " Jan 28 Thu 0.75 " " " PB/HM Jan 29 Fri 0.66 " " " MC/HM Jan 30 Sat 0.57 " " " " Jan 31 Sun 0.48 " " " " ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTJAN Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (11 nights) Newton 222 (mid-late WDs) 1 night, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1.5 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 nights, Elvis 223 (NEOWISE NEAs) 1.5 nights.
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 (79 nights):
Latham 160 (Hot Jupiters) 5 nights,
Latham 186 (Spec K2) 12 nights,
Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights,
Latham 13 (Transiting planets) 22 nights,
Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night,
Torres 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 17 nights,
Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 1 night,
Zhou 193 (Confirm HATSouth planets bright stars) 7 nights,
Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 8 nights,
Torres 171 (Confirm runaway) 2 nights.
Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of February 2016
(as of 07 March 2016)
December 2015
January February
March April
May
Mt. Hopkins
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Schedules
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI and Program MMT Feb 1 Mon 0.38 FAST Macri FAST Combo MC/HS Feb 2 Tue 0.29 " " " PB/HS Feb 3 Wed 0.21 " " " " Feb 4 Thu 0.13 " Brown " " Feb 5 Fri 0.07 " " " " Feb 6 Sat 0.02 " " " MC/HS Feb 7 Sun 0.00 " " " " Feb 8 Mon 0.01 TRES MC TRES Combo --- Feb 9 Tue 0.04 FAST " FAST Combo --- Feb 10 Wed 0.09 " PB " --- Feb 11 Thu 0.17 " " " --- Feb 12 Fri 0.27 TRES " TRES Combo --- Feb 13 Sat 0.38 " GE " --- Feb 14 Sun 0.49 " " " --- Feb 15 Mon 0.60 " " " --- PRESIDENT'S DAY Feb 16 Tue 0.70 " " " --- Feb 17 Wed 0.80 " MC " --- Feb 18 Thu 0.88 " " " --- Feb 19 Fri 0.94 " " " --- Feb 20 Sat 0.98 " PB " --- Feb 21 Sun 1.00 " " " --- Feb 22 Mon 1.00 " " " --- Feb 23 Tue 0.98 " MC " --- Feb 24 Wed 0.94 " " " --- Feb 25 Thu 0.89 " " " --- Feb 26 Fri 0.82 " PB " --- Feb 27 Sat 0.74 " " " --- Feb 28 Sun 0.65 " " " --- Feb 29 Mon 0.56 " GE " MC/HS ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTFEB Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (11 nights) Newton 222 (mid-late WDs) 1 night, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1.5 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 nights, Elvis 223 (NEOWISE NEAs) 1.5 nights.
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 (79 nights):
Latham 160 (Hot Jupiters) 5 nights,
Latham 186 (Spec K2) 12 nights,
Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights,
Latham 13 (Transiting planets) 22 nights,
Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night,
Torres 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 17 nights,
Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 1 night,
Zhou 193 (Confirm HATSouth planets bright stars) 7 nights,
Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 8 nights,
Torres 171 (Confirm runaway) 2 nights.
Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of March 2016
(as of 07 March 2016)
December 2015
January 2016 February 2016
March 2016 April 2016
May 2016
Mt. Hopkins
Programs
PDF
Schedules
TDC
DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Mar 1 Tue 0.46 TRES GE TRES Combo MC/HS Mar 2 Wed 0.36 " " " " Mar 3 Thu 0.27 " " " " Mar 4 Fri 0.18 " " " PB/HS Mar 5 Sat 0.10 " " " " Mar 6 Sun 0.04 " " " " Mar 7 Mon 0.01 FAST Rhee FAST Combo " Mar 8 Tue 0.00 " " " MC/HM Mar 9 Wed 0.02 " " " MC/HS Mar 10 Thu 0.07 " Falco " " Mar 11 Fri 0.14 " PB " " Mar 12 Sat 0.23 " MC " PB/HS Mar 13 Sun 0.34 " " " " Mar 14 Mon 0.45 " Paegert " " Mar 15 Tue 0.56 " Berger+ ASTRO 100 " Mar 16 Wed 0.66 " " " MC/HS Mar 17 Thu 0.76 " " " MC/MMIRS Mar 18 Fri 0.84 TRES GE TRES Combo " Mar 19 Sat 0.91 " " " " Mar 20 Sun 0.95 " " " PB/MMIRS Mar 21 Mon 0.99 " " " " Mar 22 Tue 1.00 " " " " Mar 23 Wed 0.99 " " " " Mar 24 Thu 0.97 " " " MC/MMIRS Mar 25 Fri 0.93 " Zhou " " Mar 26 Sat 0.87 " " " " Mar 27 Sun 0.80 " " " " Mar 28 Mon 0.72 " " " PB/MMIRS Mar 29 Tue 0.63 " " " --- Mar 30 Wed 0.53 " " " --- Mar 31 Thu 0.43 " " " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTMAR Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (11 nights) Newton 222 (mid-late WDs) 1 night, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1.5 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 2 nights, Elvis 223 (NEOWISE NEAs) 1.5 nights.
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 (79 nights):
Latham 160 (Hot Jupiters) 5 nights,
Latham 186 (Spec K2) 12 nights,
Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights,
Latham 13 (Transiting planets) 22 nights,
Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night,
Torres 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 17 nights,
Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 1 night,
Zhou 193 (Confirm HATSouth planets bright stars) 7 nights,
Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 8 nights,
Torres 171 (Confirm runaway) 2 nights.
Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of April 2016
(as of 07 March 2016)
December 2015
January 2016 February 2016
March 2016 April 2016
May 2016
Mt. Hopkins
Programs
PDF
Schedules
TDC
DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Apr 1 Fri 0.32 FAST MC FAST Combo --- Apr 2 Sat 0.23 " " " --- Apr 3 Sun 0.14 " " " --- Apr 4 Mon 0.07 " PB " --- Apr 5 Tue 0.02 " " " --- Apr 6 Wed 0.00 " " " --- Apr 7 Thu 0.01 " MC " --- Apr 8 Fri 0.05 " " " --- Apr 9 Sat 0.11 " " " --- Apr 10 Sun 0.20 " PB " --- Apr 11 Mon 0.30 " " " --- Apr 12 Tue 0.40 TRES " TRES Combo --- Apr 13 Wed 0.51 " GE " --- Apr 14 Thu 0.61 " " " MC/HS Apr 15 Fri 0.71 " " " " Apr 16 Sat 0.79 " " " " Apr 17 Sun 0.87 " " " " Apr 18 Mon 0.92 " " " PB/HM Apr 19 Tue 0.97 " Latham " " Apr 20 Wed 0.99 " " " PB/HC Apr 21 Thu 1.00 " " " " Apr 22 Fri 0.99 " " " MC/HC Apr 23 Sat 0.96 " " " " Apr 24 Sun 0.91 " " " " Apr 25 Mon 0.85 " GE " " Apr 26 Tue 0.77 " " " PB/HC Apr 27 Wed 0.68 " " " " Apr 28 Thu 0.58 " " " " Apr 29 Fri 0.48 " " " " Apr 30 Sat 0.37 " " " MC/HM ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTAPR Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (11 nights) Newton 222 (mid-late WDs) 1 night, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1.5 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Elvis 223 (NEOWISE NEAs) 1.5 nights.
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 (79 nights):
Latham 160 (Hot Jupiters) 5 nights,
Latham 186 (Spec K2) 12 nights,
Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights,
Latham 13 (Transiting planets) 22 nights,
Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night,
Torres 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 17 nights,
Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 1 night,
Zhou 193 (Confirm HATSouth planets bright stars) 7 nights,
Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 8 nights,
Torres 171 (Confirm runaway) 2 nights.
Tillinghast Proposal Summary January-April 2016
(as of 07 March 2016)
December 2015
January 2016 February 2016
March 2016 April 2016
May 2016
Programs
PDF
Schedules
TDC
Inst Program P.I. Nights FAST 2 Supernovae Kirshner 13 FAST 12 Symbiotic Stars Kenyon 2 FAST 141 2MASS Redshift Survey Falco 2 FAST 178 Merging White Dwarfs Brown 6 FAST 219 Debris Disks Kenyon 4 FAST 220 ASAS-SN Falco 2 FAST 222 Mid-Late White Dwarfs Newton 4 FAST 223 NEOWISE NEAs Elvis 6 TRES 6 Pleiades Torres 8 TRES 8 Accurate masses evolved Torres 1 TRES 13 Transiting planets Latham 22 TRES 160 Hot Jupiters Latham 6 TRES 171 Confirm runaway Torres 2 TRES 183 MEarth follow-up Dittman 4 TRES 186 Spec K2 Latham 12 TRES 192 Massive Star Planets Zhou 7 TRES 193 HATSouth Bright Star Planets Zhou 7