DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Jan 1 Sun 0.15 FAST MC FAST Combo --- NEW YEAR's DAY Jan 2 Mon 0.23 " PB " --- Jan 3 Tue 0.33 " " " --- Jan 4 Wed 0.43 " MC " --- Jan 5 Thu 0.54 TRES " TRES Combo --- Jan 6 Fri 0.66 " " " --- Jan 7 Sat 0.76 " GE " --- Jan 8 Sun 0.86 " " " --- Jan 9 Mon 0.93 " " " PB/MM Jan 10 Tue 0.98 " " " " Jan 11 Wed 1.00 " " " " Jan 12 Thu 0.99 " " " " Jan 13 Fri 0.95 " " " MC/MM Jan 14 Sat 0.90 " Winters " " Jan 15 Sun 0.82 " " " " Jan 16 Mon 0.74 " " " " MLK DAY Jan 17 Tue 0.65 " " " " Jan 18 Wed 0.55 " GE " --- Jan 19 Thu 0.46 " " " --- Jan 20 Fri 0.36 " " " --- Jan 21 Sat 0.28 " " " --- Jan 22 Sun 0.20 " " " --- Jan 23 Mon 0.13 " " " --- Jan 24 Tue 0.07 FAST PB FAST Combo --- Jan 25 Wed 0.03 " " " --- Jan 26 Thu 0.01 " " " --- Jan 27 Fri 0.00 " Macri " MC/HC Jan 28 Sat 0.02 " " " " Jan 29 Sun 0.06 " " " " Jan 30 Mon 0.11 TRES GE TRES Combo " Jan 31 Tue 0.19 " " " PB/HS ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTJAN Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (10 nights) Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 2 nights, Mondrik 228 (M Dwarfs) 1 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 2 nights, Falco 141 (2MASS) 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 Combo for trimester (83 nights):
Quinn (Giant planets) 6 nights,
Latham 186 (Spec K2) 13 nights,
Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights,
Zhou (Confirm K2 warm Jupiters) 3 nights,
Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 25 nights,
Winters 198 (late M Dwarfs) 4 nights,
Falco (Map Novae MW) 1 night,
Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night,
Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 15 nights,
Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 7 nights,
Winston (Star-star interactions) 1 night,
Torres 171 (Confirm runaway) 2 nights,
Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 2 nights.
Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of February 2017
(as of 16 December 2017)
December 2016
January February
March April
May
Mt. Hopkins
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI and Program MMT Feb 1 Wed 0.28 TRES GE TRES Combo PB/HS Feb 2 Thu 0.39 " " " PB/MC Feb 3 Fri 0.51 " " " --- Feb 4 Sat 0.62 " " " --- Feb 5 Sun 0.73 " MC " --- Feb 6 Mon 0.82 " " " --- Feb 7 Tue 0.90 " " " --- Feb 8 Wed 0.96 " PB " --- Feb 9 Thu 0.99 " " " --- Feb 10 Fri 1.00 " " " --- Feb 11 Sat 0.98 " MC " --- Feb 12 Sun 0.94 " " " --- Feb 13 Mon 0.88 " " " --- Feb 14 Tue 0.81 " GE " --- Feb 15 Wed 0.72 " " " --- Feb 16 Thu 0.64 " " " --- Feb 17 Fri 0.54 " " " PB/HS Feb 18 Sat 0.45 " " " " Feb 19 Sun 0.36 " " " " Feb 20 Mon 0.27 " " " PB/MC PRESIDENT'S DAY Feb 21 Tue 0.19 " " " MC/MC Feb 22 Wed 0.12 " " " " Feb 23 Thu 0.06 " " " MC/HS Feb 24 Fri 0.02 FAST XX FAST Combo " Feb 25 Sat 0.00 " " " PB/HS Feb 26 Sun 0.01 " " " PB/HC Feb 27 Mon 0.03 " MC " " Feb 28 Tue 0.09 " " " " ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTFEB Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (5 nights) Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 2 nights, Mondrik 228 (M Dwarfs) 1 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 2 nights, Falco 141 (2MASS) 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 Combo for trimester (83 nights):
Quinn (Giant planets) 6 nights,
Latham 186 (Spec K2) 13 nights,
Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights,
Zhou (Confirm K2 warm Jupiters) 3 nights,
Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 25 nights,
Winters 198 (late M Dwarfs) 4 nights,
Falco (Map Novae MW) 1 night,
Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night,
Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 15 nights,
Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 7 nights,
Winston (Star-star interactions) 1 night,
Torres 171 (Confirm runaway) 2 nights,
Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 2 nights.
Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of March 2017
(as of 16 December 2017)
December 2016
January February
March April
May 2017
Mt. Hopkins
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PDF
Schedules
TDC
Telescope log
DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Mar 1 Wed 0.16 FAST XX FAST Combo MC/HC Mar 2 Thu 0.25 " " " " Mar 3 Fri 0.36 TRES GE TRES Combo " Mar 4 Sat 0.47 " " " " Mar 5 Sun 0.58 " " " PB/HC Mar 6 Mon 0.69 " " " " Mar 7 Tue 0.79 " " " " Mar 8 Wed 0.88 " " " " Mar 9 Thu 0.94 " MC " --- Mar 10 Fri 0.98 " " " --- Mar 11 Sat 1.00 " " " --- Mar 12 Sun 0.99 " PB " --- Mar 13 Mon 0.97 " " " --- Mar 14 Tue 0.93 FAST Berger ASTRO100 --- Mar 15 Wed 0.86 " " " --- Mar 16 Thu 0.79 " " " --- Mar 17 Fri 0.71 TRES GE TRES Combo --- Mar 18 Sat 0.62 " " " --- Mar 19 Sun 0.53 " " " --- Mar 20 Mon 0.43 " " " --- Mar 21 Tue 0.34 " PB " --- Mar 22 Wed 0.25 " " " --- Mar 23 Thu 0.17 " MC " --- Mar 24 Fri 0.10 FAST " FAST Combo --- Mar 25 Sat 0.04 " " " --- Mar 26 Sun 0.01 " PB " --- Mar 27 Mon 0.00 " " " --- Mar 28 Tue 0.02 " " " --- Mar 29 Wed 0.06 " MC " --- Mar 30 Thu 0.13 " " " --- Mar 31 Fri 0.22 " " " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTMAR Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (11 nights) Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1 night, Mondrik 228 (M Dwarfs) 1 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 2 nights, Falco 141 (2MASS) 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 Combo for trimester (83 nights):
Quinn (Giant planets) 6 nights,
Latham 186 (Spec K2) 13 nights,
Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights,
Zhou (Confirm K2 warm Jupiters) 3 nights,
Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 25 nights,
Winters 198 (late M Dwarfs) 4 nights,
Falco (Map Novae MW) 1 night,
Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night,
Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 15 nights,
Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 7 nights,
Winston (Star-star interactions) 1 night,
Torres 171 (Confirm runaway) 2 nights,
Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 2 nights.
Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of April 2017
(as of 16 December 2017)
December 2016
January February
March April
May 2017
Mt. Hopkins
Programs
PDF
Schedules
TDC
Telescope log
DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Apr 1 Sat 0.33 FAST PB FAST Combo --- Apr 2 Sun 0.44 " " " --- Apr 3 Mon 0.55 TRES GE TRES Combo --- Apr 4 Tue 0.66 " " " MC/MM Apr 5 Wed 0.76 " " " " Apr 6 Thu 0.84 " " " --- Apr 7 Fri 0.91 " " " PB/MM Apr 8 Sat 0.96 " " " " Apr 9 Sun 0.99 " PB " --- Apr 10 Mon 1.00 " " " --- Apr 11 Tue 0.99 " GE " --- Apr 12 Wed 0.96 " " " MC/MM Apr 13 Thu 0.91 " " " " Apr 14 Fri 0.85 " MC " --- Apr 15 Sat 0.78 " " " --- Apr 16 Sun 0.69 " GE " --- Apr 17 Mon 0.60 " " " PB/HS Apr 18 Tue 0.51 " " " " Apr 19 Wed 0.41 " " " " Apr 20 Thu 0.31 " " " " Apr 21 Fri 0.22 " " " MC/HS Apr 22 Sat 0.14 " " " " Apr 23 Sun 0.07 " " " " Apr 24 Mon 0.02 FAST XX FAST Combo " Apr 25 Tue 0.00 " " " PB/HS Apr 26 Wed 0.01 " " " " Apr 27 Thu 0.05 " " " " Apr 28 Fri 0.11 " " " MC/HS Apr 29 Sat 0.20 " " " " Apr 30 Sun 0.29 " " " " ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTAPR Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (9 nights) Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1 night, Mondrik 228 (M Dwarfs) 1 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 2 nights, Falco 141 (2MASS) 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 Combo for trimester (83 nights):
Quinn (Giant planets) 6 nights,
Latham 186 (Spec K2) 13 nights,
Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights,
Zhou (Confirm K2 warm Jupiters) 3 nights,
Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 25 nights,
Winters 198 (late M Dwarfs) 4 nights,
Falco (Map Novae MW) 1 night,
Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night,
Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 15 nights,
Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 7 nights,
Winston (Star-star interactions) 1 night,
Torres 171 (Confirm runaway) 2 nights,
Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 2 nights.
Tillinghast Proposal Summary January-April 2017
(as of 06 January 2016)
December 2016
January February
March April
May 2017
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| PI | Num | Title | Dark | Gray | Bright |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edo Berger | 196 | Astro 100: Undergraduate Education on the FLWO 1.5m Telescope | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Blanchard | 225 | Spectroscopic and Photometric Follow-up of SLSNe and TDEs from PSST | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Kenyon | 12 | Optical Spectra of Symbiotic Stars | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Brown | 178 | Merging White Dwarfs | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicholas P. Mondrik | 228 | Flares, Rotation, and Magnetic Activity in Mid-to-Late M Dwarfs | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Kenyon | 219 | Debris Disk Candidates from the WISE Disk Detective Program | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Emilio Falco | 220 | Spectroscopy of Transients from the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae: Big Science with Small Telescopes | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Kirshner | 2 | Supernova Spectroscopy with FAST | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Emilio Falco | 141 | Mapping the nearby Universe at low Galactic latitudes with the 2MASS Redshift Survey | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| PI | Num | Title | Dark | Gray | Bright |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Quinn | 200 | Giant Planets in Open Clusters | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| David W. Latham | 186 | Spectroscopic follow-up of K2 Planet Candidates | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| Jonathan Irwin | 183 | MEarth Spectroscopic Follow-up | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| George Zhou | 200 | Confirming K2 Warm Jupiters with TRES | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| David W. Latham | 13 | Transiting Planet Candidate Follow-Up - 60 inch | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| Jennifer Winters | 198 | Characterizing the Nearby Northern Mid-to-Late M Dwarfs with TRES | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Emilio Falco | 201 | The first complete map of classical novae in the Milky Way | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Guillermo Torres | 8 | Accurate masses for evolved stars | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guillermo Torres | 15 | Eclipsing binaries | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| George Zhou | 192 | Confirming and characterising planets around massive stars | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Elaine Winston | 202 | Searching for Star-Star Interactions in Nearby Eclisping Binaries | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guillermo Torres | 171 | Confirming runaway stars in the binary supernova scenario | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Guillermo Torres | 6 | Pleiades binary survey | 0 | 0 | 2 |