FLWO Tillinghast 60-inch Observing Schedule
May-August 2018

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of May 2018 (as of 08 May 2018)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC Telescope log
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
May  1 Tue   0.94  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       ---
May  2 Wed   0.89  "       "           "                ---
May  3 Thu   0.83  "       "           "                ---
May  4 Fri   0.75  "       "           "                ---
May  5 Sat   0.66  "       "           "                ---
May  6 Sun   0.57  "       MC          "                ---
May  7 Mon   0.48  "       "           "                ---
May  8 Tue   0.38  FAST    "           FAST Combo       ---
May  9 Wed   0.29  "       "           "                ---
May 10 Thu   0.20  "       PB          "                ---
May 11 Fri   0.13  "       "           "                ---
May 12 Sat   0.06  "       MC          "                ---
May 13 Sun   0.02  "       "           "                ---
May 14 Mon   0.00  "       PB          "                ---
May 15 Tue   0.01  "       "           "                ---
May 16 Wed   0.04  TRES    MC          TRES Combo       ---
May 17 Thu   0.10  "       "           "                ---
May 18 Fri   0.19  "       "           "                ---
May 19 Sat   0.29  "       PB          "                ---
May 20 Sun   0.40  "       "           "                ---
May 21 Mon   0.51  "       MC          "                ---
May 22 Tue   0.62  "       "           "                ---
May 23 Wed   0.72  "       "           "                ---
May 24 Thu   0.81  "       PB          "                --- 
May 25 Fri   0.89  "       "           "                --- 
May 26 Sat   0.94  "       GE          "                --- 
May 27 Sun   0.98  "       "           "                --- 
May 28 Mon   1.00  "       "           "                ---    MEMORIAL DAY
May 29 Tue   0.99  "       "           "                MC/HC
May 30 Wed   0.97  "       "           "                "
May 31 Thu   0.93  "       MC          "                PB/HC

* MOON is fractional moon illumination at middle of night
* DATE is Mountain Standard Time at start of night
May FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (8 nights)
Brown 178 (merging WDs) 2 nights. Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 1 night, Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 1 night.
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: Latham 186 (Spec K2) 9 nights, Latham 204 (Self-lensing) 3 nights, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 15 nights, Dupree 207 (Binaries) 2 nights, Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 2 nights, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 18 nights, Winters 198 (mid-M Dwarfs) 6 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 5 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 7 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of June 2018 (as of 08 May 2018)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC Telescope log
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jun  1 Fri   0.88  TRES    MC          TRES Combo       PB/HC
Jun  2 Sat   0.81  "       GE          "                MC/HC
Jun  3 Sun   0.73  "       "           "                ---
Jun  4 Mon   0.64  "       "           "                ---
Jun  5 Tue   0.54  "       "           "                ---
Jun  6 Wed   0.44  "       "           "                --- 
Jun  7 Thu   0.34  "       PB          "                ---  
Jun  8 Fri   0.25  "       "           "                ---  
Jun  9 Sat   0.16  "       GE          "                ---  
Jun 10 Sun   0.09  "       "           "                ---  
Jun 11 Mon   0.04  "       "           "                --- 
Jun 12 Tue   0.01  FAST    MC          FAST Combo       ---  
Jun 13 Wed   0.00  "       "           "                --- 
Jun 14 Thu   0.03  "       "           "                ---
Jun 15 Fri   0.09  "       PB          "                ---
Jun 16 Sat   0.17  "       "           "                ---
Jun 17 Sun   0.26  "       MC          "                ---
Jun 18 Mon   0.37  "       "           "                ---
Jun 19 Tue   0.48  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ---
Jun 20 Wed   0.59  "       GE          "                ---
Jun 21 Thu   0.69  "       "           "                ---
Jun 22 Fri   0.78  "       "           "                ---
Jun 23 Sat   0.86  "       "           "                ---
Jun 24 Sun   0.92  "       "           "                ---
Jun 25 Mon   0.96  "       PB          "                ---
Jun 26 Tue   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Jun 27 Wed   1.00  "       MC          "                ---
Jun 28 Thu   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Jun 29 Fri   0.96  "       "           "                ---
Jun 30 Sat   0.92  "       PB          "                ---

* MOON is fractional moon illumination at middle of night
* DATE is Mountain Standard Time at start of night
June FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (7 nights) Brown 178 (merging WDs) 2 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night.
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: Latham 186 (Spec K2) 9 nights, Latham 204 (Self-lensing) 3 nights, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 15 nights, Dupree 207 (Binaries) 2 nights, Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 2 nights, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 18 nights, Winters 198 (mid-M Dwarfs) 6 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 5 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 7 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of July 2018 (as of 08 May 2018)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC Telescope log
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jul  1 Sun   0.85  TRES    PB          TRES Combo       ---
Jul  2 Mon   0.78  "       MC          "                ---
Jul  3 Tue   0.69  "       "           "                ---
Jul  4 Wed   0.60  "       "           "                ---    INDEPENDENCE DAY
Jul  5 Thu   0.50  "       GE          "                ---
Jul  6 Fri   0.40  "       "           "                ---  
Jul  7 Sat   0.29  "       "           "                ---  
Jul  8 Sun   0.20  "       "           "                ---  
Jul  9 Mon   0.11  "       "           "                ---  
Jul 10 Tue   0.05  FAST    MC          FAST Combo       ---  
Jul 11 Wed   0.01  "       "           "                ---  
Jul 12 Thu   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Jul 13 Fri   0.02  "       PB          "                ---
Jul 14 Sat   0.07  "       "           "                ---
Jul 15 Sun   0.14  "       MC          "                ---
Jul 16 Mon   0.23  "       "           "                ---
Jul 17 Tue   0.33  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       MC/HC
Jul 18 Wed   0.44  "       "           "                PB/HC
Jul 19 Thu   0.54  "       "           "                "
Jul 20 Fri   0.64  "       "           "                ---
Jul 21 Sat   0.74  "       "           "                ---
Jul 22 Sun   0.82  "       "           "                ---
Jul 23 Mon   0.89  "       MC          "                ---
Jul 24 Tue   0.94  "       "           "                ---
Jul 25 Wed   0.98  "       "           "                ---
Jul 26 Thu   1.00  "       PB          "                ---
Jul 27 Fri   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Jul 28 Sat   0.98  "       MC          "                ---
Jul 29 Sun   0.94  "       "           "                ---
Jul 30 Mon   0.89  "       "           "                ---
Jul 31 Tue   0.82  "       "           "                ---

* MOON is fractional moon illumination at middle of night
* DATE is Mountain Standard Time at start of night
July FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (8 nights) Brown 178 (merging WDs) 2 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night.
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: Latham 186 (Spec K2) 9 nights, Latham 204 (Self-lensing) 3 nights, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 15 nights, Dupree 207 (Binaries) 2 nights, Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 2 nights, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 18 nights, Winters 198 (mid-M Dwarfs) 6 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 5 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 7 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of August 2018 (as of 08 May 2018)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC Telescope log

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Aug  1 Wed   0.74  N/A     N/A         SHUTDOWN         N/A
Aug  2 Thu   0.65  "       "           "                ---
Aug  3 Fri   0.55  "       "           "                ---
Aug  4 Sat   0.44  "       "           "                ---
Aug  5 Sun   0.33  "       "           "                ---
Aug  6 Mon   0.23  "       "           "                ---
Aug  7 Tue   0.14  "       "           "                ---
Aug  8 Wed   0.07  "       "           "                ---
Aug  9 Thu   0.02  "       "           "                ---
Aug 10 Fri   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Aug 11 Sat   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Aug 12 Sun   0.05  "       "           "                ---
Aug 13 Mon   0.12  "       "           "                ---
Aug 14 Tue   0.20  "       "           "                ---
Aug 15 Wed   0.29  "       "           "                ---
Aug 16 Thu   0.39  "       "           "                ---
Aug 17 Fri   0.49  "       "           "                ---
Aug 18 Sat   0.59  "       "           "                ---
Aug 19 Sun   0.68  "       "           "                ---
Aug 20 Mon   0.77  "       "           "                ---
Aug 21 Tue   0.84  "       "           "                ---
Aug 22 Wed   0.91  "       "           "                ---
Aug 23 Thu   0.95  "       "           "                ---
Aug 24 Fri   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Aug 25 Sat   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Aug 26 Sun   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Aug 27 Mon   0.97  "       "           "                ---
Aug 28 Tue   0.92  "       "           "                ---
Aug 29 Wed   0.86  "       "           "                ---
Aug 30 Thu   0.78  "       "           "                ---
Aug 31 Fri   0.69  TRES    TBD         TRES combo       ---

* MOON is fractional moon illumination at middle of night
* DATE is Mountain Standard Time at start of night
FAST Combo
No FAST observing.

TRES Combo
No TRES observing.

Tillinghast Proposal Summary May-August 2018

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC Telescope log

FAST Programs

PINumTitleDarkGrayBright
Warren Brown178Merging White Dwarfs600
Peter Blanchard225Spectroscopic and Photometric Follow-up of SLSNe and TDEs300
Emilio FalcoSpectroscopy of Transients from the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae: Big Science with Small Telescopes200
Scott Kenyon 12Optical Spectra of Symbiotic Stars200
Robert Kirshner 2Supernova Spectroscopy with FAST700

TRES Programs

PITitleNumDarkGrayBright
George Zhou210Mapping accretion disks via spectroscopic eclipses300
Andrea Dupree207Seeking Common-Envelope Binaries200
Samuel Quinn199Giant Planets in Open Clusters400
David W. Latham186Spectroscopic follow-up of K2 Planet Candidates540
Jennifer Winters198Characterizing the Nearby Northern Mid-to-Late M Dwarfs with TRES006 Jonathan Irwin183MEarth follow-up)02>/td>1
Samuel Quinn206Hot Jupiters, Formed In Situ005
David W. Latham 13Transiting Planet Candidate Follow-Up - 60 inch0510
Guillermo Torres 9Eclipsing binaries0017
Stephanie T. Douglas209The impact of companions on stellar rotational evolution06.50
David W. Latham204Self-Lensing Binary Candidates02.50