FLWO Tillinghast 60-inch Observing Schedule
May-August 2016

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of May 2016 (as of 01 June 2016)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
May  1 Sun   0.27  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       MC/HS
May  2 Mon   0.17  "       "           "                "
May  3 Tue   0.09  "       Zhou        "                "
May  4 Wed   0.04  "       "           "                PB/HS
May  5 Thu   0.01  "       "           "                "
May  6 Fri   0.01  FAST    O'Brien     FAST Combo       "
May  7 Sat   0.03  "       "           "                "
May  8 Sun   0.09  "       "           "                MC/HS
May  9 Mon   0.16  "       "           "                "
May 10 Tue   0.25  "       "           "                MC/HC
May 11 Wed   0.35  "       "           "                "
May 12 Thu   0.45  "       "           "                PB/HC
May 13 Fri   0.55  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       "
May 14 Sat   0.65  "       "           "                PB/HS
May 15 Sun   0.74  "       "           "                "
May 16 Mon   0.82  "       "           "                MC/HS
May 17 Tue   0.89  "       "           "                "
May 18 Wed   0.94  "       MC          "                ---
May 19 Thu   0.98  "       PB          "                ---
May 20 Fri   1.00  "       "           "                ---
May 21 Sat   1.00  "       "           "                ---
May 22 Sun   0.98  "       MC          "                ---
May 23 Mon   0.94  "       "           "                ---
May 24 Tue   0.89  "       "           "                ---
May 25 Wed   0.81  "       PB          "                ---
May 26 Thu   0.73  "       "           "                ---
May 27 Fri   0.63  "       "           "                ---
May 28 Sat   0.52  "       GE          "                ---
May 29 Sun   0.41  "       "           "                ---
May 30 Mon   0.30  "       "           "                ---    MEMORIAL DAY
May 31 Tue   0.20  FAST    MC          FAST Combo       ---

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

May FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (10 nights)
Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1.5 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Berger (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Elvis 223 (NEOWISE NEAs) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 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: Curtis (Kep binarity) 1 night, Zhou (spin-orbit alignment) 1 night, Latham (Giant planets) 3 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 10 nights, Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 4 nights, Curtis (Ruprecht 147) 8 nights, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 15 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Torres 15 (eclipsing binaries) 15 nights, Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights, Torres (Confirm runaway) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of June 2016 (as of 01 June 2016)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jun  1 Wed   0.11  FAST    MC          FAST Combo       ---
Jun  2 Thu   0.05  "       "           "                ---
Jun  3 Fri   0.01  "       PB          "                ---
Jun  4 Sat   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Jun  5 Sun   0.02  "       "           "                ---
Jun  6 Mon   0.06  "       Sliski      "                MC/HM
Jun  7 Tue   0.13  "       "           "                MC/HS
Jun  8 Wed   0.21  "       "           "                "
Jun  9 Thu   0.30  "       "           "                "
Jun 10 Fri   0.39  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       PB/HC
Jun 11 Sat   0.49  "       "           "                "
Jun 12 Sun   0.59  "       "           "                "
Jun 13 Mon   0.68  "       "           "                "
Jun 14 Tue   0.76  "       "           "                MC/MM
Jun 15 Wed   0.84  "       "           "                "
Jun 16 Thu   0.90  "       "           "                "
Jun 17 Fri   0.95  "       "           "                "
Jun 18 Sat   0.98  "       "           "                PB/MM
Jun 19 Sun   1.00  "       "           "                "
Jun 20 Mon   0.99  "       "           "                "
Jun 21 Tue   0.96  "       "           "                "
Jun 22 Wed   0.91  "       "           "                MC/MM
Jun 23 Thu   0.84  "       "           "                "
Jun 24 Fri   0.76  "       "           "                "
Jun 25 Sat   0.66  "       "           "                "
Jun 26 Sun   0.55  "       "           "                PB/MM
Jun 27 Mon   0.43  "       "           "                PB/HS
Jun 28 Tue   0.32  "       "           "                "
Jun 29 Wed   0.22  "       "           "                "
Jun 30 Thu   0.13  "       "           "                MC/HS

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 
June FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (9 nights) Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1.5 nights Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Berger (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Elvis 223 (NEOWISE NEAs) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 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: Curtis (Kep binarity) 1 night, Zhou (spin-orbit alignment) 1 night, Latham (Giant planets) 3 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 10 nights, Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 4 nights, Curtis (Ruprecht 147) 8 nights, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 15 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Torres 15 (eclipsing binaries) 15 nights, Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights, Torres (Confirm runaway) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of July 2016 (as of 01 June 2016)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jul  1 Fri   0.06  FAST    MC          FAST Combo       ---
Jul  2 Sat   0.02  "       "           "                ---
Jul  3 Sun   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Jul  4 Mon   0.01  "       PB          "                ---    INDEPENDENCE DAY
Jul  5 Tue   0.04  "       "           "                ---
Jul  6 Wed   0.09  "       "           "                ---
Jul  7 Thu   0.16  "       MC          "                ---
Jul  8 Fri   0.24  "       "           "                ---
Jul  9 Sat   0.33  "       "           "                ---
Jul 10 Sun   0.42  "       PB          "                ---
Jul 11 Mon   0.52  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ---
Jul 12 Tue   0.61  "       "           "                ---
Jul 13 Wed   0.70  "       GE          "                ---
Jul 14 Thu   0.79  "       "           "                ---
Jul 15 Fri   0.86  "       "           "                ---
Jul 16 Sat   0.92  "       "           "                ---
Jul 17 Sun   0.97  "       "           "                ---
Jul 18 Mon   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Jul 19 Tue   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Jul 20 Wed   0.98  "       PB          "                ---
Jul 21 Thu   0.94  "       "           "                ---
Jul 22 Fri   0.87  "       "           "                ---
Jul 23 Sat   0.78  "       MC          "                ---
Jul 24 Sun   0.68  "       "           "                ---
Jul 25 Mon   0.57  "       "           "                ---
Jul 26 Tue   0.46  "       PB          "                ---
Jul 27 Wed   0.34  "       "           "                ---
Jul 28 Thu   0.24  "       "           "                ---
Jul 29 Fri   0.15  "       MC          "                ---
Jul 30 Sat   0.08  "       "           "                ---
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): (11 nights) Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1.5 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Berger (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Elvis 223 (NEOWISE NEAs) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 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: Curtis (Kep binarity) 1 night, Zhou (spin-orbit alignment) 1 night, Latham (Giant planets) 3 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 10 nights, Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 4 nights, Curtis (Ruprecht 147) 8 nights, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 15 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Torres 15 (eclipsing binaries) 15 nights, Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights, Torres (Confirm runaway) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of August 2016 (as of 01 June 2016)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Aug  1 Mon   0.01  TRES    MC          TRES Combo       ---
Aug  2 Tue   0.00  N/A     N/A         SHUTDOWN
Aug  3 Wed   0.02  "       "           "                
Aug  4 Thu   0.06  "       "           "                
Aug  5 Fri   0.12  "       "           "                
Aug  6 Sat   0.19  "       "           "                
Aug  7 Sun   0.27  "       "           "                
Aug  8 Mon   0.36  "       "           "                
Aug  9 Tue   0.45  "       "           "                
Aug 10 Wed   0.55  "       "           "                
Aug 11 Thu   0.64  "       "           "                
Aug 12 Fri   0.73  "       "           "                
Aug 13 Sat   0.81  "       "           "                
Aug 14 Sun   0.89  "       "           "                
Aug 15 Mon   0.94  "       "           "                
Aug 16 Tue   0.98  "       "           "                
Aug 17 Wed   1.00  "       "           "                
Aug 18 Thu   0.99  "       "           "                
Aug 19 Fri   0.95  "       "           "                
Aug 20 Sat   0.89  "       "           "                
Aug 21 Sun   0.81  "       "           "                
Aug 22 Mon   0.70  "       "           "                
Aug 23 Tue   0.59  "       "           "                
Aug 24 Wed   0.48  "       "           "                
Aug 25 Thu   0.37  "       "           "                
Aug 26 Fri   0.26  "       "           "                
Aug 27 Sat   0.17  "       "           "                
Aug 28 Sun   0.10  "       "           "                
Aug 29 Mon   0.04  "       "           "                
Aug 30 Tue   0.01  "       "           "                
Aug 31 Wed   0.00  "       "           "

** 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 2016

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
FAST Programs
PI (FAST) Title Dark Gray Bright
Warren Brown 178 Merging White Dwarfs 4.5 0 0
Emilio Falco 220 Transients from the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae 2 0 0
Edo Berger 225 SLSNe and TDEs from PSST 3 0 0
Scott Kenyon 219 WISE Debris Disk Candidates 3 0 0
Scott Kenyon 12 Optical Spectra of Symbiotic Stars 1.5 0 0
Martin Elvis 223 NEOWISE near-Earth Asteroids 3 0 0
Emilio Falco 141 2MASS Redshift Survey 3 0 0
Robert Kirshner 2 Supernova Spectroscopy with FAST 8 0 0

TRES Programs
PI (TRES) Title Dark Gray Bright
Jason Curtis 194 Binarity of the Kepler Asteroseismic Sample 0 0 1
George Zhou 195 Spin-orbit Alignment of a 110-day Period System 0 0 1
David W. Latham 160 Giant Planets in Open Clusters 0 0 3
David W. Latham 186 K2 Planet Candidates 0 5 5
George Zhou 192 Planets Around Massive Stars 0 0 4
Jason Curtis 196 Bright Stars in Ruprecht 147 0 4 4
David W. Latham 13 Transiting Planet Candidates 0 8 7
Guillermo Torres 8 Accurate masses for evolved stars 0 0 1
Guillermo Torres 9 Eclipsing binaries 0 0 15
Jason Dittmann 183 MEarth Spectroscopic Follow-up 0 2 2
Guillermo Torres 171 Confirming runaway stars in the binary supernova scenario 0 0 2