FLWO Tillinghast 60-inch Observing Schedule
September-December 2016 (as of 17 November 2016)

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of September 2016 (as of 17 November 2016)

August September October November December January 2017 Programs Mt. Hopkins PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Sep  1 Thu   0.01  FAST    MC          FAST Combo       ---
Sep  2 Fri   0.04  "       "           "                ---
Sep  3 Sat   0.08  "       "           "                ---
Sep  4 Sun   0.14  "       PB          "                ---
Sep  5 Mon   0.21  "       "           "                ---    LABOR DAY
Sep  6 Tue   0.29  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       ---
Sep  7 Wed   0.38  "       "           "                ---
Sep  8 Thu   0.47  "       "           "                ---
Sep  9 Fri   0.57  "       "           "                ---
Sep 10 Sat   0.67  "       "           "                ---
Sep 11 Sun   0.76  "       MC          "                ---
Sep 12 Mon   0.84  "       "           "                ---
Sep 13 Tue   0.92  "       "           "                ---
Sep 14 Wed   0.97  "       PB          "                ---
Sep 15 Thu   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Sep 16 Fri   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Sep 17 Sat   0.97  "       MC          "                ---
Sep 18 Sun   0.91  "       "           "                ---
Sep 19 Mon   0.83  "       "           "                ---
Sep 20 Tue   0.73  "       GE          "                ---
Sep 21 Wed   0.62  "       "           "                ---
Sep 22 Thu   0.51  "       "           "                ---
Sep 23 Fri   0.40  "       "           "                ---
Sep 24 Sat   0.29  "       "           "                ---
Sep 25 Sun   0.20  "       "           "                ---
Sep 26 Mon   0.13  "       "           "                MC/HS
Sep 27 Tue   0.07  FAST    Winters     FAST Combo       "
Sep 28 Wed   0.03  "       "           "                PB/HS
Sep 29 Thu   0.01  "       "           "                "
Sep 30 Fri   0.00  "       "           "                "

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 
SEP Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (9 nights)
Brown 178 (merging WDs) 2 nights, Conroy 226 (Gaia) 0.5 night, McLeod 227 (CLQs) 0.5 night, Berger 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Mondrik 228 (M Dwarfs) 0.5 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
Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 9 nights, Latham (Giant planets) 3 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 8 nights, Winters 198 (late M Dwarfs) 6 nights, Dupree 197 (Disk winds) 3 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 21 nights, Meibom 196 (Ruprecht 147) 6 nights, Torres 15 (eclipsing binaries) 15 nights, Torres (Confirm runaway) 2 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 6 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of October 2016 (as of 17 November 2016)

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DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Oct  1 Sat   0.02  FAST    Winters     FAST Combo       PB/HS
Oct  2 Sun   0.05  "       "           "                MC/HS
Oct  3 Mon   0.10  "       "           "                "
Oct  4 Tue   0.16  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       "
Oct  5 Wed   0.23  "       "           "                "
Oct  6 Thu   0.31  "       "           "                PB/HS
Oct  7 Fri   0.41  "       "           "                "
Oct  8 Sat   0.50  "       "           "                "
Oct  9 Sun   0.60  "       "           "                "
Oct 10 Mon   0.70  "       "           "                ---   COLUMBUS DAY
Oct 11 Tue   0.80  "       "           "                ---
Oct 12 Wed   0.88  "       "           "                ---
Oct 13 Thu   0.95  "       "           "                ---
Oct 14 Fri   0.99  "       MC          "                ---
Oct 15 Sat   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Oct 16 Sun   0.98  "       "           "                ---
Oct 17 Mon   0.93  "       PB          "                ---
Oct 18 Tue   0.85  "       "           "                ---
Oct 19 Wed   0.76  "       GE          "                ---
Oct 20 Thu   0.66  "       "           "                ---
Oct 21 Fri   0.55  "       "           "                PB/HC
Oct 22 Sat   0.44  "       "           "                PB/HC/MC
Oct 23 Sun   0.34  "       "           "                PB/HC
Oct 24 Mon   0.25  "       "           "                MC/HC
Oct 25 Tue   0.17  FAST    Falco       FAST Combo       "
Oct 26 Wed   0.10  "       Groner      "                "
Oct 27 Thu   0.05  "       PB          "                ---
Oct 28 Fri   0.02  "       "           "                ---
Oct 29 Sat   0.00  "       MC          "                ---
Oct 30 Sun   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Oct 31 Mon   0.02  "       "           "                ---

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 
OCT Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (10 nights)
Brown 178 (merging WDs) 2 nights, Conroy 226 (Gaia) 0.5 night, McLeod 227 (CLQs) 0.5 night, Berger 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Mondrik 228 (M Dwarfs) 0.5 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
Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 9 nights, Latham (Giant planets) 3 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 8 nights, Winters 198 (late M Dwarfs) 6 nights, Dupree 197 (Disk winds) 3 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 21 nights, Meibom 196 (Ruprecht 147) 6 nights, Torres 15 (eclipsing binaries) 15 nights, Torres (Confirm runaway) 2 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 6 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of November 2016 (as of 17 November 2016)

August September October November December January 2017 Programs Mt. Hopkins PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Nov  1 Tue   0.06  FAST    PB          FAST Combo       ---
Nov  2 Wed   0.11  "       "           "                ---
Nov  3 Thu   0.17  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ---
Nov  4 Fri   0.25  "       GE          "                ---
Nov  5 Sat   0.34  "       "           "                ---
Nov  6 Sun   0.44  "       "           "                ---
Nov  7 Mon   0.54  "       "           "                ---
Nov  8 Tue   0.65  "       "           "                ---
Nov  9 Wed   0.75  "       MC          "                PB/MM
Nov 10 Thu   0.84  "       "           "                ---
Nov 11 Fri   0.92  "       PB          "                MC/MM     VETERANS DAY
Nov 12 Sat   0.97  "       "           "                "
Nov 13 Sun   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Nov 14 Mon   0.99  "       MC          "                PB/HC
Nov 15 Tue   0.95  "       GE          "                MC/HC
Nov 16 Wed   0.89  "       "           "                "
Nov 17 Thu   0.80  "       "           "                "
Nov 18 Fri   0.71  "       "           "                "
Nov 19 Sat   0.60  "       "           "                MC/HS/MC
Nov 20 Sun   0.50  "       "           "                MC/HS
Nov 21 Mon   0.40  "       "           "                PB/HS
Nov 22 Tue   0.30  "       "           "                "
Nov 23 Wed   0.22  FAST    Vaz         FAST Combo       "
Nov 24 Thu   0.15  "       "           "                "        THANKSGIVING
Nov 25 Fri   0.09  "       "           "                MC/HS
Nov 26 Sat   0.04  "       Brown       "                "
Nov 27 Sun   0.01  "       "           "                "
Nov 28 Mon   0.00  "       "           "                "
Nov 29 Tue   0.01  "       "           "                PB/MC
Nov 30 Wed   0.03  "       PB          "                ---

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 
NOV Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (10 nights)
Brown 178 (merging WDs) 2 nights, Conroy 226 (Gaia) 0.5 night, McLeod 227 (CLQs) 0.5 night, Berger 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Mondrik 228 (M Dwarfs) 0.5 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
Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 9 nights, Latham (Giant planets) 3 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 8 nights, Winters 198 (late M Dwarfs) 6 nights, Dupree 197 (Disk winds) 3 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 21 nights, Meibom 196 (Ruprecht 147) 6 nights, Torres 15 (eclipsing binaries) 15 nights, Torres (Confirm runaway) 2 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 6 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of December 2016 (as of 17 November 2016)

August September October November December January 2017 Programs Mt. Hopkins PDF Schedules TDC

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT  
Dec  1 Thu   0.07  FAST    PB          FAST Combo       ---
Dec  2 Fri   0.12  "       MC          "                ---
Dec  3 Sat   0.20  "       "           "                ---
Dec  4 Sun   0.28  "       "           "                ---
Dec  5 Mon   0.38  TRES    PB          TRES Combo       ---
Dec  6 Tue   0.48  "       "           "                ---
Dec  7 Wed   0.59  "       GE          "                ---
Dec  8 Thu   0.70  "       "           "                ---
Dec  9 Fri   0.80  "       "           "                PB/MM
Dec 10 Sat   0.89  "       "           "                "
Dec 11 Sun   0.95  "       "           "                "
Dec 12 Mon   0.99  "       CLOSED      "                MC/MM
Dec 13 Tue   1.00  "       "           "                "
Dec 14 Wed   0.97  "       MC          "                ---
Dec 15 Thu   0.92  "       "           "                ---
Dec 16 Fri   0.85  "       GE          "                ---
Dec 17 Sat   0.77  "       "           "                ---
Dec 18 Sun   0.67  "       "           "                PB/MM
Dec 19 Mon   0.57  "       "           "                "
Dec 20 Tue   0.47  "       "           "                "
Dec 21 Wed   0.38  "       "           "                ---
Dec 22 Thu   0.29  "       "           "                ---
Dec 23 Fri   0.21  "       "           "                ---
Dec 24 Sat   0.14  "       MC          "                ---
Dec 25 Sun   0.08  "       "           "                ---     CHRISTMAS DAY
Dec 26 Mon   0.04  FAST    "           FAST Combo       ---
Dec 27 Tue   0.01  "       PB          "                ---
Dec 28 Wed   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Dec 29 Thu   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Dec 30 Fri   0.04  "       MC          "                ---
Dec 31 Sat   0.09  "       "           "                ---

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 
Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (10 nights)
Brown 178 (merging WDs) 2 nights, Conroy 226 (Gaia) 0.5 night, Berger 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Mondrik 228 (M Dwarfs) 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
Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 9 nights, Latham (Giant planets) 3 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 8 nights, Winters 198 (late M Dwarfs) 6 nights, Dupree 197 (Disk winds) 3 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 21 nights, Meibom 196 (Ruprecht 147) 6 nights, Torres 15 (eclipsing binaries) 15 nights, Torres (Confirm runaway) 2 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 6 nights.

Tillinghast Proposal Summary September-December 2016 (as of 17 November 2016)

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FAST Programs

PIProgramTitleDarkGrayBright
Warren Brown178Merging White Dwarfs6.500
Charlie Conroy226Low Resolution Spectra of Gaia-ESO Benchmark Stars0.500
Chelsea MacLeod227Spectroscopic Followup of Bright Changing-Look Quasar Candidates200
Edo Berger225Spectroscopic and Photometric Follow-up of SLSNe and TDEs from PSST300
Scott Kenyon012Optical Spectra of Symbiotic Stars200
Emilio Falco220Transients from the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae200
Scott Kenyon219Debris Disk Candidates from the WISE Disk Detective Program400
Emilio Falco141Mapping the nearby Universe at low Galactic latitudes with the 2MASS Redshift Survey400
Robert Kirshner002Supernova Spectroscopy with FAST1200
Nicholas P. Mondrik228Flares, Rotation, and Magnetic Activity in Mid-to-Late M Dwarfs300

TRES Programs

PIProgramTitleDarkGrayBright
George Zhou192Confirming and characterising planets around massive stars504
David W. Latham 160Giant Planets in Open Clusters111
David W. Latham186Spectroscopic follow-up of K2 Planet Candidates242
Jennifer Winters198Characterizing the Nearby Northern Mid-to-Late M Dwarfs with TRES033
Andrea Dupree197Probing Disk Winds Around Young Stars003
Jonathan Irwin183MEarth Spectroscopic Follow-up021
Guillermo Torres008Accurate masses for evolved stars001
David W. Latham013Transiting Planet Candidate Follow-Up - 60 inch0138
Soren Meibom196Spectroscopic binary survey of bright stars in Ruprecht 147006
Guillermo Torres192Eclipsing binaries0015
Guillermo Torres171Confirming runaway stars in the binary supernova scenario002
Guillermo Torres006Pleiades binary survey006