FLWO Tillinghast 60-inch Observing Schedule
May-August 2019

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of May 2019 (as of 07 June 2019)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC Telescope log
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
May  1 Wed   0.07  TRES    MC          TRES Combo       ---
May  2 Thu   0.03  "       GE          "                ---
May  3 Fri   0.01  "       "           "                ---
May  4 Sat   0.00  "       "           "                ---
May  5 Sun   0.02  "       "           "                ---
May  6 Mon   0.06  FAST    MC          FAST Combo       ---
May  7 Tue   0.12  "       "           "                ---
May  8 Wed   0.20  "       "           "                ---
May  9 Thu   0.30  "       "           "                ---
May 10 Fri   0.41  "       XX          "                ---
May 11 Sat   0.52  "       "           "                ---
May 12 Sun   0.64  "       "           "                ---
May 13 Mon   0.74  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       MC/HS
May 14 Tue   0.84  "       "           "                "
May 15 Wed   0.91  "       "           "                "
May 16 Thu   0.97  "       "           "                "
May 17 Fri   0.99  "       PB          "                ---
May 18 Sat   1.00  "       "           "                ---
May 19 Sun   0.97  "       "           "                ---
May 20 Mon   0.93  "       MC          "                ---
May 21 Tue   0.87  "       "           "                ---
May 22 Wed   0.80  "       "           "                ---
May 23 Thu   0.72  "       "           "                ---
May 24 Fri   0.63  "       GE          "                ---
May 25 Sat   0.53  "       "           "                ---
May 26 Sun   0.44  "       "           "                ---
May 27 Mon   0.35  "       "           "                ---    MEMORIAL DAY
May 28 Tue   0.26  "       "           "                ---
May 29 Wed   0.18  "       MC          "                ---
May 30 Thu   0.11  "       "           "                ---
May 31 Fri   0.05  "       "           "                ---

* MOON is fractional moon illumination at middle of night
* DATE is Mountain Standard Time at start of night
May FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (7 nights)
Brown 230 (GW binaries) 2 nights, Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Sohn 232 (Missing SDSS galaxies) 3 nights, Falco 231 (BH/NS binaries) 1 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, 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 218 (TESS Spectral Follow-up) 25 nights, Zhou 212 (Neptunes and Jupiters) 6 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 2 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 4 nights, Dupree 219 (Betelgeuse) 0.5 night, Rodriguez 220 (Confirmation Young Jupiters) 4 nights, Carmichael 213 (TESS Brown Dwarfs Follow-up) 5 nights, Winters 198 (Mid-M Dwarfs) 6 nights, Dupree 216 (Common envelope) 0.5 night, Douglas 209 (Companions) 4 nights, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 9 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of June 2019 (as of 07 June 2019)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC Telescope log
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jun  1 Sat   0.02  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       ---
Jun  2 Sun   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Jun  3 Mon   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Jun  4 Tue   0.04  FAST    MC          FAST Combo       ---
Jun  5 Wed   0.10  "       "           "                ---
Jun  6 Thu   0.18  "       "           "                ---
Jun  7 Fri   0.28  "       "           "                ---
Jun  8 Sat   0.39  "       XX          "                ---
Jun  9 Sun   0.50  "       "           "                ---
Jun 10 Mon   0.61  "       "           "                ---
Jun 11 Tue   0.72  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       ---
Jun 12 Wed   0.82  "       "           "                ---
Jun 13 Thu   0.89  "       "           "                MC/MM
Jun 14 Fri   0.95  "       "           "                "
Jun 15 Sat   0.99  "       "           "                "
Jun 16 Sun   1.00  "       "           "                "
Jun 17 Mon   0.99  "       MC          "                ---
Jun 18 Tue   0.96  "       "           "                ---
Jun 19 Wed   0.91  "       GE          "                ---
Jun 20 Thu   0.85  "       "           "                ---
Jun 21 Fri   0.78  "       "           "                ---
Jun 22 Sat   0.69  "       "           "                MC/HC
Jun 23 Sun   0.60  "       PB          "                "
Jun 24 Mon   0.51  "       "           "                "
Jun 25 Tue   0.41  "       Latham      "                "
Jun 26 Wed   0.32  "       "           "                ---
Jun 27 Thu   0.23  "       "           "                ---
Jun 28 Fri   0.15  "       "           "                ---
Jun 29 Sat   0.08  "       PB          "                ---
Jun 30 Sun   0.03  "       "           "                ---

* 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 230 (GW binaries) 1 night, Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Sohn 232 (Missing SDSS galaxies) 3 nights, Falco 231 (BH/NS binaries) 1 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, 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 218 (TESS Spectral Follow-up) 25 nights, Zhou 212 (Neptunes and Jupiters) 6 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 2 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 4 nights, Dupree 219 (Betelgeuse) 0.5 night, Rodriguez 220 (Confirmation Young Jupiters) 4 nights, Carmichael 213 (TESS Brown Dwarfs Follow-up) 5 nights, Winters 198 (Mid-M Dwarfs) 6 nights, Dupree 216 (Common envelope) 0.5 night, Douglas 209 (Companions) 4 nights, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 9 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of July 2019 (as of 07 June 2019)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC Telescope log
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jul  1 Mon   0.00  TRES    PB          TRES Combo       ---
Jul  2 Tue   0.00  FAST    MC          FAST Combo       ---
Jul  3 Wed   0.03  "       "           "                ---
Jul  4 Thu   0.08  "       "           "                ---    INDEPENDENCE DAY
Jul  5 Fri   0.16  "       "           "                ---
Jul  6 Sat   0.26  "       XX          "                ---
Jul  7 Sun   0.36  "       "           "                ---
Jul  8 Mon   0.48  "       "           "                ---
Jul  9 Tue   0.59  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       ---
Jul 10 Wed   0.69  "       "           "                ---
Jul 11 Thu   0.79  "       "           "                MC/HS
Jul 12 Fri   0.87  "       "           "                "
Jul 13 Sat   0.93  "       "           "                "
Jul 14 Sun   0.97  "       "           "                "
Jul 15 Mon   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Jul 16 Tue   1.00  "       "           "                MMT SHUTDOWN
Jul 17 Wed   0.98  "       "           "                ---
Jul 18 Thu   0.94  "       "           "                ---
Jul 19 Fri   0.89  "       MC          "                ---
Jul 20 Sat   0.83  "       "           "                ---
Jul 21 Sun   0.75  "       "           "                ---
Jul 22 Mon   0.66  "       "           "                ---
Jul 23 Tue   0.57  "       GE          "                ---
Jul 24 Wed   0.47  "       "           "                ---
Jul 25 Thu   0.37  "       "           "                ---
Jul 26 Fri   0.28  "       "           "                ---
Jul 27 Sat   0.18  "       "           "                ---
Jul 28 Sun   0.11  "       "           "                ---
Jul 29 Mon   0.05  "       MC          "                ---
Jul 30 Tue   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Jul 31 Wed   0.00  "       "           "                ---

* MOON is fractional moon illumination at middle of night
* DATE is Mountain Standard Time at start of night
July FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (7 nights) Brown 230 (GW binaries) 1 night, Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Sohn 232 (Missing SDSS galaxies) 2 nights, Falco 231 (BH/NS binaries) 1 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 1 night, 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 218 (TESS Spectral Follow-up) 25 nights, Zhou 212 (Neptunes and Jupiters) 6 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 2 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 4 nights, Dupree 219 (Betelgeuse) 0.5 night, Rodriguez 220 (Confirmation Young Jupiters) 4 nights, Carmichael 213 (TESS Brown Dwarfs Follow-up) 5 nights, Winters 198 (Mid-M Dwarfs) 6 nights, Dupree 216 (Common envelope) 0.5 night, Douglas 209 (Companions) 4 nights, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 9 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of August 2019 (as of 07 June 2019)

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

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Aug  1 Thu   0.02  N/A     "           SHUTDOWN         ---
Aug  2 Fri   0.07  "       "           "                ---
Aug  3 Sat   0.14  "       "           "                ---
Aug  4 Sun   0.23  "       "           "                ---
Aug  5 Mon   0.34  "       "           "                ---
Aug  6 Tue   0.45  "       "           "                ---
Aug  7 Wed   0.56  "       "           "                ---
Aug  8 Thu   0.66  "       "           "                ---
Aug  9 Fri   0.75  "       "           "                ---
Aug 10 Sat   0.84  "       "           "                ---
Aug 11 Sun   0.90  "       "           "                ---
Aug 12 Mon   0.95  "       "           "                ---
Aug 13 Tue   0.98  "       "           "                ---
Aug 14 Wed   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Aug 15 Thu   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Aug 16 Fri   0.97  "       "           "                ---
Aug 17 Sat   0.93  "       "           "                ---
Aug 18 Sun   0.87  "       "           "                ---
Aug 19 Mon   0.80  "       "           "                ---
Aug 20 Tue   0.72  "       "           "                ---
Aug 21 Wed   0.63  "       "           "                ---
Aug 22 Thu   0.53  "       "           "                ---
Aug 23 Fri   0.42  "       "           "                ---
Aug 24 Sat   0.32  "       "           "                ---
Aug 25 Sun   0.22  "       "           "                ---
Aug 26 Mon   0.14  "       "           "                ---
Aug 27 Tue   0.07  "       "           "                ---
Aug 28 Wed   0.02  "       "           "                ---
Aug 29 Thu   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Aug 30 Fri   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Aug 31 Sat   0.05  "       "           "                ---

* 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 2019

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

FAST Programs

PINumTitleDarkGrayBright
Warren Brown178Merging White Dwarfs400
Peter Blanchard225Spectroscopic and Photometric Follow-up of SLSNe and TDEs300
Jubee Sohn232A Complete Redshift Survey for Missing SDSS Interacting Galaxies800
Emilio Falco231A First Search for Non-Interacting BH/NS Binaries300
Emilio Falco220Spectroscopy of Transients from the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae200
Scott Kenyon 12Optical Spectra of Symbiotic Stars200

TRES Programs

PITitleNumDarkGrayBright
David W. Latham218Spectroscopic follow-up of TESS planet candidates10510
George Zhou212Neptunes and Jupiters around early-type stars303
Samuel Quinn199Giant Planets in Open Clusters202
Jonathan Irwin183MEarth Spectroscopic Follow-up020
Sam Quinn206Hot Jupiters, Formed In Situ004
Andrea Dupree219Focus on Betelgeuse000.5
Joseph Rodriguez220Confirmation and Characterization of Dynamically Young Jupiters004
Theron Carmichael213Search for brown dwarfs with TESS follow up014
Jennifer Winters198Determining the Occurrence Rate of Hot Jupiters Orbiting the Nearby Mid-to-Late M Dwarfs with TRES060
Andrea Dupree216Seeking Common-Envelope Binaries000.5
Stephanie T. Douglas209The impact of companions on stellar rotational evolution (TRES)040
Guillermo Torres15Eclipsing binaries009

[Telescope Data Center] [Schedules]