DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Sep 1 Fri 0.84 TRES MC TRES Combo --- Sep 2 Sat 0.91 " " " --- Sep 3 Sun 0.96 " " " --- Sep 4 Mon 0.99 " PB " --- LABOR DAY Sep 5 Tue 1.00 " " " --- Sep 6 Wed 0.99 " GE " --- Sep 7 Thu 0.95 " " " --- Sep 8 Fri 0.89 " " " --- Sep 9 Sat 0.81 " " " MC/HC Sep 10 Sun 0.71 " " " " Sep 11 Mon 0.60 " " " " Sep 12 Tue 0.49 " " " " Sep 13 Wed 0.38 FAST PB FAST Combo --- Sep 14 Thu 0.27 " " " --- Sep 15 Fri 0.17 " MC " --- Sep 16 Sat 0.10 " " " --- Sep 17 Sun 0.04 " " " --- Sep 18 Mon 0.01 " PB " --- Sep 19 Tue 0.00 " " " --- Sep 20 Wed 0.01 " MC " --- Sep 21 Thu 0.05 " " " --- Sep 22 Fri 0.10 TRES " TRES Combo --- Sep 23 Sat 0.16 " PB " --- Sep 24 Sun 0.24 " " " --- Sep 26 Tue 0.41 " GE " --- Sep 27 Wed 0.51 " " " --- Sep 28 Thu 0.60 " " " --- Sep 29 Fri 0.70 " " " --- Sep 30 Sat 0.78 " " " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTSEP Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (9 nights)
TRES IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please check with Dave Latham before the start of the trimester to coordinate your observations.
TRES for trimester
Latham (Self-Lensing) 3 nights,
Quinn (Giant planets) 3 nights,
Quinn (Hot Jupiters) 4 nights,
Zhou 192 (Planets around massive stars) 11 nights,
Latham 186 (Spec K2) 12 nights,
Dupree (Binaries) 3 nights,
Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 2 nights,
Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 24 nights,
Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night,
Latham (In situ Jupiters) 5 nights,
Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 16 nights,
Winters 198 (late M Dwarfs) 6 nights,
Falco (Map Novae MW) 1 night,
Torres (Eclipsing binaries) 3 nights.
Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of October 2017
(as of 01 November 2017)
August
September October
November December
January 2018
Programs
Mt. Hopkins
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Telescope log
DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Oct 1 Sun 0.86 TRES GE TRES Combo --- Oct 2 Mon 0.92 " " " --- Oct 3 Tue 0.97 " " " --- Oct 4 Wed 1.00 " MC " --- Oct 5 Thu 0.99 " " " --- Oct 6 Fri 0.97 " " " --- Oct 7 Sat 0.91 " PB " --- Oct 8 Sun 0.84 " " " --- Oct 9 Mon 0.74 " MC " --- Oct 10 Tue 0.63 " " " --- Oct 11 Wed 0.52 " " " --- Oct 12 Thu 0.41 " GE " --- Oct 13 Fri 0.30 " " " --- Oct 14 Sat 0.20 " " " --- Oct 15 Sun 0.12 " PB " --- Oct 16 Mon 0.07 FAST " FAST Combo MC/HC Oct 17 Tue 0.02 " Brown " MC/HS Oct 18 Wed 0.00 " " " " Oct 19 Thu 0.00 " " " " Oct 20 Fri 0.02 " " " --- Oct 21 Sat 0.06 " " " --- Oct 22 Sun 0.11 " PB " --- Oct 23 Mon 0.18 TRES " TRES Combo --- Oct 24 Tue 0.26 " GE " --- Oct 25 Wed 0.34 " " " --- Oct 26 Thu 0.43 " " " --- Oct 27 Fri 0.53 " " " --- Oct 28 Sat 0.62 " PB " --- Oct 29 Sun 0.72 " " " --- Oct 30 Mon 0.81 " MC " --- Oct 31 Tue 0.89 " " " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTOCT Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (7 nights)
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 2017
(as of 01 November 2017)
August
September October
November December
January 2018
Programs
Mt. Hopkins
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Schedules
TDC
Telescope log
DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Nov 1 Wed 0.95 TRES MC TRES Combo --- Nov 2 Thu 0.98 " PB " --- Nov 3 Fri 1.00 " " " --- Nov 4 Sat 0.98 " " " --- Nov 5 Sun 0.94 " GE " --- Nov 6 Mon 0.86 " " " --- Nov 7 Tue 0.77 " " " --- Nov 8 Wed 0.67 " " " --- Nov 9 Thu 0.56 " " " --- Nov 10 Fri 0.44 " PB " --- Nov 11 Sat 0.34 " " " --- VETERANS DAY Nov 12 Sun 0.24 " GE " --- Nov 13 Mon 0.16 " " " --- Nov 14 Tue 0.10 FAST MC FAST Combo --- Nov 15 Wed 0.05 " " " --- Nov 16 Thu 0.01 " " " --- Nov 17 Fri 0.00 " " " --- Nov 18 Sat 0.01 " " " --- Nov 19 Sun 0.03 " PB " --- Nov 20 Mon 0.07 " " " --- Nov 21 Tue 0.12 TRES GE " --- Nov 22 Wed 0.19 " " TRES Combo --- Nov 23 Thu 0.27 " " " --- THANKSGIVING Nov 24 Fri 0.36 " " " --- Nov 25 Sat 0.45 " " " --- Nov 26 Sun 0.55 " PB " --- Nov 27 Mon 0.65 " " " --- Nov 28 Tue 0.75 " MC " --- Nov 29 Wed 0.84 " " " --- Nov 30 Thu 0.92 " " " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTNOV Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (7 nights)
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.
DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Dec 1 Fri 0.97 TRES PB TRES Combo --- Dec 2 Sat 1.00 " " " --- Dec 3 Sun 0.99 " MC " --- Dec 4 Mon 0.96 " " " --- Dec 5 Tue 0.89 " " " --- Dec 6 Wed 0.81 " PB " --- Dec 7 Thu 0.71 " " " --- Dec 8 Fri 0.60 " GE " --- Dec 9 Sat 0.50 " " " --- Dec 10 Sun 0.39 " " " --- Dec 11 Mon 0.29 " " " --- Dec 12 Tue 0.21 FAST MC FAST Combo --- Dec 13 Wed 0.14 " " " PB/BINO Dec 14 Thu 0.08 " " " " Dec 15 Fri 0.04 " PB " --- Dec 16 Sat 0.01 " " " --- Dec 17 Sun 0.00 " MC " --- Dec 18 Mon 0.01 TRES " TRES Combo --- Dec 19 Tue 0.04 " " " --- Dec 20 Wed 0.08 " GE " --- Dec 21 Thu 0.13 " " " --- Dec 22 Fri 0.20 " " " --- Dec 23 Sat 0.29 " " " --- Dec 24 Sun 0.38 " " " --- Dec 25 Mon 0.48 " " " --- CHRISTMAS DAY Dec 26 Tue 0.59 " " " --- Dec 27 Wed 0.69 " PB " --- Dec 28 Thu 0.79 " " " --- Dec 29 Fri 0.88 " MC " --- Dec 30 Sat 0.95 " " " --- Dec 31 Sun 0.99 " " " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTFast Combo (program & effective nights): (6 nights)
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.
| PI | Program | Title | Dark | Gray | Bright |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Brown | 178 | Merging White Dwarfs | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Emilio Falco | 220 | Spectroscopy of Transients from the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae: Big Science with Small Telescopes | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Emilio Falco | 141 | Mapping the nearby Universe at low Galactic latitudes with the 2MASS Redshift Survey | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Blanchard | 225 | Spectroscopic and Photometric Follow-up of SLSNe and TDEs from PSST | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Kenyon | 12 | Optical Spectra of Symbiotic Stars | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Kirshner | 2 | Supernova Spectroscopy with FAST | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| PI | Program | Title | Dark | Gray | Bright |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Latham | 204 | Self-Lensing Binary Candidates | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Quinn | 199 | Giant Planets in Open Clusters | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Quinn | 206 | Hot Jupiters, Formed In Situ | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| George Zhou | 192 | Confirming and characterising planets around massive stars | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Dave Latham | 186 | Spectroscopic follow-up of K2 Planet Candidates | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Andrea Dupree | 207 | Seeking Common-Envelope Binaries | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonathan Irwin | 183 | MEarth Spectroscopic Follow-up | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Latham | 013 | Transiting Planet Candidate Follow-Up - 60 inch | 0 | 10 | 14 |
| Guillermo Torres | 008 | Accurate masses for evolved stars | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Latham | 205 | Testing In Situ Formation of Hot Jupiters | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Guillermo Torres | 192 | Eclipsing binaries | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Jennifer Winters | 198 | Characterizing the Nearby Mid-to-Late M Dwarfs with TRES | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Emilio Falco | 201 | The first complete map of classical novae in the Milky Way | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Guillermo Torres | 006 | Pleiades binary survey | 0 | 0 | 3 |