DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT May 1 Mon 0.40 TRES GE TRES Combo --- May 2 Tue 0.51 " " " MC/HS May 3 Wed 0.62 " " " MC/HC May 4 Thu 0.72 " " " " May 5 Fri 0.81 " " " " May 6 Sat 0.88 " " " PB/HC May 7 Sun 0.94 " " " " May 8 Mon 0.97 " MC " --- May 9 Tue 0.99 " " " --- May 10 Wed 1.00 " " " --- May 11 Thu 0.98 " PB " --- May 12 Fri 0.95 " " " --- May 13 Sat 0.90 " GE " --- May 14 Sun 0.83 " " " --- May 15 Mon 0.75 " " " --- May 16 Tue 0.67 " " " --- May 17 Wed 0.57 FAST PB FAST Combo --- May 18 Thu 0.47 " " " --- May 19 Fri 0.36 " MC " --- May 20 Sat 0.26 " " " --- May 21 Sun 0.17 " " " --- May 22 Mon 0.10 " MC " --- May 23 Tue 0.04 " EF " PB/HC May 24 Wed 0.01 " XX " " May 25 Thu 0.01 " " " MC/HS May 26 Fri 0.03 TRES Zhou TRES Combo " May 27 Sat 0.09 " " " " May 28 Sun 0.17 " " " " May 29 Mon 0.26 " " " PB/HS MEMORIAL DAY May 30 Tue 0.36 " " " " May 31 Wed 0.47 " " " " * MOON is fractional moon illumination at middle of night * DATE is Mountain Standard Time at start of nightMay FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (9 nights)
TRES Combo for trimester:
Vanderburg (WD Planet) 4 nights,
Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 8 nights,
Latham 186 (Spec K2) 6 nights,
Quinn (Giant planets) 3 nights,
Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights,
Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 18 nights,
Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night,
Falco (Map Novae MW) 1 night,
Winters 198 (late M Dwarfs) 6 nights,
Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 15 nights.
Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of June 2017
(as of 30 May 2017)
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Jun 1 Thu 0.57 TRES GE TRES Combo MC/HS Jun 2 Fri 0.67 " " " " Jun 3 Sat 0.76 " " " " Jun 4 Sun 0.84 " " " PB/HS Jun 5 Mon 0.90 " " " " Jun 6 Tue 0.95 " " " " Jun 7 Wed 0.98 " " " MC/HC Jun 8 Thu 1.00 " " " " Jun 9 Fri 0.99 " PB " --- Jun 10 Sat 0.97 " " " --- Jun 11 Sun 0.93 " MC " --- Jun 12 Mon 0.87 " " " --- Jun 13 Tue 0.80 " " " --- Jun 14 Wed 0.72 " PB " --- Jun 15 Thu 0.62 " " " --- Jun 16 Fri 0.52 FAST MC FAST Combo --- Jun 17 Sat 0.41 " " " --- Jun 18 Sun 0.30 " " " --- Jun 19 Mon 0.20 " Wilson " --- Jun 20 Tue 0.12 " " " --- Jun 21 Wed 0.05 " " " --- Jun 22 Thu 0.01 " " " --- Jun 23 Fri 0.00 " " " --- Jun 24 Sat 0.02 " " " --- Jun 25 Sun 0.07 " MC " --- Jun 26 Mon 0.14 TRES " TRES Combo --- Jun 27 Tue 0.22 " GE " --- Jun 28 Wed 0.32 " " " --- Jun 29 Thu 0.42 " " " --- Jun 30 Fri 0.52 " " " --- * MOON is fractional moon illumination at middle of night * DATE is Mountain Standard Time at start of nightJune FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (10 nights) Kenyon 219 (Debris) 0.5 night, Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 2 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, MacLeod (CLQs) 0.5 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 2 nights, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights.
TRES Combo for trimester:
Vanderburg (WD Planet) 4 nights,
Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 8 nights,
Latham 186 (Spec K2) 6 nights,
Quinn (Giant planets) 3 nights,
Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights,
Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 18 nights,
Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night,
Falco (Map Novae MW) 1 night,
Winters 198 (late M Dwarfs) 6 nights,
Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 15 nights.
Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of July 2017
(as of 30 May 2017)
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Jul 1 Sat 0.62 TRES MC TRES Combo --- Jul 2 Sun 0.71 " " " --- Jul 3 Mon 0.79 " " " --- Jul 4 Tue 0.86 " PB " --- INDEPENDENCE DAY Jul 5 Wed 0.92 " " " --- Jul 6 Thu 0.97 " MC " --- Jul 7 Fri 0.99 " " " --- Jul 8 Sat 1.00 " " " --- Jul 9 Sun 0.99 " GE " --- Jul 10 Mon 0.96 " " " --- Jul 11 Tue 0.91 " " " --- Jul 12 Wed 0.84 " " " --- Jul 13 Thu 0.76 " " " --- Jul 14 Fri 0.66 " PB " --- Jul 15 Sat 0.55 " " " --- Jul 16 Sun 0.44 " MC " --- Jul 17 Mon 0.33 FAST " FAST Combo --- Jul 18 Tue 0.23 " " " --- Jul 19 Wed 0.14 " PB " --- Jul 20 Thu 0.07 " " " --- Jul 21 Fri 0.02 " MC " --- Jul 22 Sat 0.00 " " " --- Jul 23 Sun 0.01 " " " --- Jul 24 Mon 0.05 TRES GE TRES Combo --- Jul 25 Tue 0.11 " " " --- Jul 26 Wed 0.18 " " " --- Jul 27 Thu 0.27 " " " --- Jul 28 Fri 0.36 " " " --- Jul 29 Sat 0.46 " " " --- Jul 30 Sun 0.56 " PB " --- Jul 31 Mon 0.65 " " " --- * MOON is fractional moon illumination at middle of night * DATE is Mountain Standard Time at start of nightJuly FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (7 nights) Kenyon 219 (Debris) 0.5 night, Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 2 nights.
TRES Combo for trimester:
Vanderburg (WD Planet) 4 nights,
Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 8 nights,
Latham 186 (Spec K2) 6 nights,
Quinn (Giant planets) 3 nights,
Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights,
Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 18 nights,
Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night,
Falco (Map Novae MW) 1 night,
Winters 198 (late M Dwarfs) 6 nights,
Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 15 nights.
Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of August 2017
(as of 30 May 2017)
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Aug 1 Tue 0.74 N/A N/A SHUTDOWN N/A Aug 2 Wed 0.82 " " " --- Aug 3 Thu 0.89 " " " --- Aug 4 Fri 0.94 " " " --- Aug 5 Sat 0.98 " " " --- Aug 6 Sun 1.00 " " " --- Aug 7 Mon 1.00 " " " --- Aug 8 Tue 0.97 " " " --- Aug 9 Wed 0.93 " " " --- Aug 10 Thu 0.87 " " " --- Aug 11 Fri 0.79 " " " --- Aug 12 Sat 0.69 " " " --- Aug 13 Sun 0.58 " " " --- Aug 14 Mon 0.47 " " " --- Aug 15 Tue 0.35 " " " --- Aug 16 Wed 0.25 " " " --- Aug 17 Thu 0.15 " " " --- Aug 18 Fri 0.08 " " " --- Aug 19 Sat 0.03 " " " --- Aug 20 Sun 0.00 " " " --- Aug 21 Mon 0.00 " " " --- Aug 22 Tue 0.03 " " " --- Aug 23 Wed 0.07 " " " --- Aug 24 Thu 0.14 " " " --- Aug 25 Fri 0.22 " " " --- Aug 26 Sat 0.30 " " " --- Aug 27 Sun 0.40 " " " --- Aug 28 Mon 0.49 " " " --- Aug 29 Tue 0.58 " " " --- Aug 30 Wed 0.68 " " " --- Aug 31 Thu 0.76 " " " --- * MOON is fractional moon illumination at middle of night * DATE is Mountain Standard Time at start of nightFAST Combo
TRES Combo
No TRES observing.
Tillinghast Proposal Summary May-August 2017
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| PI | Num | Title | Dark | Gray | Bright |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Kenyon | 219 | WISE Debris Disk Candidates | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Blanchard | 225 | SLSNe and TDEs from PSST | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Brown | 178 | Merging White Dwarfs | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Emilio Falco | 220 | Transients from the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Kenyon | 12 | Optical Spectra of Symbiotic Stars | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chelsea MacLeod | 227 | Follow-up of Changing-Look Quasar Candidates | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Emilio Falco | 141 | 2MASS Redshift Survey | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Robert Kirshner | 2 | Supernova Spectroscopy with FAST | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| PI | Title | Num | Dark | Gray | Bright |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Vandenburg | 203 | White Dwarf Planet/Metallicity Correlation | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| George Zhou | 192 | Planets Around Massive Stars | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| David W. Latham | 186 | K2 Planet Candidates | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Samuel Quinn | 199 | Giant Planets in Open Clusters | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jonathan Irwin | 183 | MEarth follow-up) | 0 | 2>/td> | 1 |
| David W. Latham | 13 | Transiting Planet Candidate Follow-Up - 60 inch | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| Guillermo Torres | 8 | Accurate masses for evolved stars | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Emilio Falco | 201 | The first complete map of classical novae in the Milky Way | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jennifer Winters | 198 | Characterizing the Nearby Northern Mid-to-Late M Dwarfs with TRES | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Guillermo Torres | 9 | Eclipsing binaries | 0 | 0 | 15 |