FLWO Tillinghast 60-inch Observing Schedule
September-December 2019 (as of 5 December 2019)

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of September 2019 (as of 5 December 2019)

August September October November December January 2020 Programs Mt. Hopkins PDF Schedules TDC Telescope log
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Sep  1 Sun   0.12  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       ---
Sep  2 Mon   0.20  "       "           "                ---    LABOR DAY
Sep  3 Tue   0.30  "       "           "                ---
Sep  4 Wed   0.41  "       "           "                ---
Sep  5 Thu   0.51  "       Latham      "                ---
Sep  6 Fri   0.61  "       "           "                ---
Sep  7 Sat   0.71  "       "           "                MC/HC
Sep  8 Sun   0.79  "       "           "                "  
Sep  9 Mon   0.86  "       PB          "                "
Sep 10 Tue   0.92  "       "           "                "
Sep 11 Wed   0.97  "       "           "                ---
Sep 12 Thu   0.99  "       GE          "                ---
Sep 13 Fri   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Sep 14 Sat   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Sep 15 Sun   0.96  "       "           "                ---
Sep 16 Mon   0.91  "       PB          "                ---
Sep 17 Tue   0.85  "       "           "                ---
Sep 18 Wed   0.77  "       "           "                ---
Sep 19 Thu   0.68  "       GE          "                ---
Sep 20 Fri   0.58  "       "           "                ---
Sep 21 Sat   0.47  "       "           "                ---
Sep 22 Sun   0.37  "       "           "                ---
Sep 23 Mon   0.26  "       "           "                ---
Sep 24 Tue   0.17  "       PB          "                MC/PS
Sep 25 Wed   0.09  "       "           "                "
Sep 26 Thu   0.03  FAST    Brown       FAST Combo       "
Sep 27 Fri   0.01  "       "           "                "
Sep 28 Sat   0.01  "       "           "                "
Sep 29 Sun   0.04  "       "           "                "
Sep 30 Mon   0.09  "       "           "                ---

Remote Observers: MC: Mike Calkins, GE: Gil Esquerdo, PB: Perry Berlind

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 
SEP Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (5 nights)
MacLeod (BLR Mkn110) 1 night, Brown 230 (GW binaries) 1 night, Gomez (FLEET) 0.5 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Falco 231 (BH/NS binaries) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 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 IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please check with Dave Latham before the start of the trimester to coordinate your observations.

TRES for trimester
Latham 218 (Spec TESS) 28 nights, Zhou 212 (Nep & Jup) 13 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Dupree 219 (Betelgeuse) 1.5 nights, Winters 198 (mid-M Dwarfs) 10 nights, Carmichael 213 (Brown dwarfs TESS) 5 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 8.5 nights, Rodriguez 220 (Confirmation young Jupiters) 4 nights, Dupree 216 (Common envelope) 1 night, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 12 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 9 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades survey) 10 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of October 2019 (as of 5 December 2019)

August September October November December January 2020 Programs Mt. Hopkins PDF Schedules TDC Telescope log
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Oct  1 Tue   0.17  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       ---
Oct  2 Wed   0.25  "       "           "                ---
Oct  3 Thu   0.35  "       "           "                ---
Oct  4 Fri   0.45  "       "           "                ---
Oct  5 Sat   0.55  "       Latham      "                ---
Oct  6 Sun   0.65  "       "           "                ---
Oct  7 Mon   0.74  "       "           "                ---
Oct  8 Tue   0.81  "       "           "                ---
Oct  9 Wed   0.88  "       "           "                ---
Oct 10 Thu   0.94  "       PB          "                ---
Oct 11 Fri   0.97  "       "           "                ---
Oct 12 Sat   0.99  "       GE          "                MC/HC
Oct 13 Sun   1.00  "       "           "                "
Oct 14 Mon   0.98  "       "           "                "      COLUMBUS DAY
Oct 15 Tue   0.94  "       "           "                "
Oct 16 Wed   0.89  "       PB          "                "
Oct 17 Thu   0.81  "       "           "                "
Oct 18 Fri   0.73  "       "           "                ---
Oct 19 Sat   0.63  "       GE          "                ---
Oct 20 Sun   0.52  "       "           "                ---
Oct 21 Mon   0.41  "       "           "                ---
Oct 22 Tue   0.30  "       PB          "                ---
Oct 23 Wed   0.20  "       "           "                ---
Oct 24 Thu   0.11  FAST    Jonathan    FAST Combo       ---
Oct 25 Fri   0.05  TRES    PB          TRES Combo       MC/HSS
Oct 26 Sat   0.01  "       "           "                "
Oct 27 Sun   0.00  "       "           "                "
Oct 28 Mon   0.02  "       "           "                "
Oct 29 Tue   0.06  "       GE          "                "
Oct 30 Wed   0.12  "       "           "                "
Oct 31 Thu   0.20  "       "           "                "

Remote Observers: MC: Mike Calkins, GE: Gil Esquerdo, PB: Perry Berlind

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 
OCT Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (5 nights)
MacLeod (BLR Mkn110) 1 night, Brown 230 (GW binaries) 2 nights, Gomez (FLEET) 0.5 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Falco 231 (BH/NS binaries) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 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 IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please check with Dave Latham before the start of the trimester to coordinate your observations.

TRES for trimester
Latham 218 (Spec TESS) 28 nights, Zhou 212 (Nep & Jup) 13 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Dupree 219 (Betelgeuse) 1.5 nights, Winters 198 (mid-M Dwarfs) 10 nights, Carmichael 213 (Brown dwarfs TESS) 5 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 8.5 nights, Rodriguez 220 (Confirmation young Jupiters) 4 nights, Dupree 216 (Common envelope) 1 night, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 12 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 9 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades survey) 10 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of November 2019 (as of 5 December 2019)

August September October November December January 2020 Programs Mt. Hopkins PDF Schedules TDC Telescope log
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Nov  1 Fri   0.29  TRES    PB          TRES Combo       ---
Nov  2 Sat   0.38  "       GE          "                ---
Nov  3 Sun   0.48  "       "           "                ---
Nov  4 Mon   0.57  "       "           "                ---
Nov  5 Tue   0.67  "       "           "                ---
Nov  6 Wed   0.75  "       PB          "                ---
Nov  7 Thu   0.83  "       "           "                ---
Nov  8 Fri   0.90  "       GE          "                MC/HC
Nov  9 Sat   0.95  "       "           "                "
Nov 10 Sun   0.98  "       "           "                "
Nov 11 Mon   1.00  "       Yahalomi    "                "       VETERANS DAY
Nov 12 Tue   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Nov 13 Wed   0.97  "       "           "                ---
Nov 14 Thu   0.92  "       "           "                ---
Nov 15 Fri   0.85  "       "           "                MC/HC
Nov 16 Sat   0.77  "       GE          "                "
Nov 17 Sun   0.67  "       "           "                "
Nov 18 Mon   0.56  "       "           "                ---
Nov 19 Tue   0.45  "       "           "                ---
Nov 20 Wed   0.33  "       PB          "                ---
Nov 21 Thu   0.23  "       "           "                ---     
Nov 22 Fri   0.14  FAST    Davis       FAST Combo       MC/HS
Nov 23 Sat   0.07  "       "           "                "
Nov 24 Sun   0.02  "       "           "                "
Nov 25 Mon   0.00  "       "           "                "
Nov 26 Tue   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Nov 27 Wed   0.03  TRES    PB          TRES Combo       ---
Nov 28 Thu   0.08  "       "           "                ---     THANKSGIVING
Nov 29 Fri   0.14  "       GE          "                ---
Nov 30 Sat   0.22  "       "           "                ---

Remote Observers: MC: Mike Calkins, GE: Gil Esquerdo, PB: Perry Berlind

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 
NOV Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (5 nights)
MacLeod (BLR Mkn110) 1 night, Brown 230 (GW binaries) 1 night, Gomez (FLEET) 0.5 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Falco 231 (BH/NS binaries) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 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 IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please check with Dave Latham before the start of the trimester to coordinate your observations.

TRES for trimester
Latham 218 (Spec TESS) 28 nights, Zhou 212 (Nep & Jup) 13 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Dupree 219 (Betelgeuse) 1.5 nights, Winters 198 (mid-M Dwarfs) 10 nights, Carmichael 213 (Brown dwarfs TESS) 5 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 8.5 nights, Rodriguez 220 (Confirmation young Jupiters) 4 nights, Dupree 216 (Common envelope) 1 night, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 12 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 9 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades survey) 10 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of December 2019 (as of 5 December 2019)

August September October November December January 2020 Programs Mt. Hopkins PDF Schedules TDC Telescope log

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT  
Dec  1 Sun   0.31  TRES    Zhou        TRES Combo       MC/HS
Dec  2 Mon   0.40  "       "           "                "
Dec  3 Tue   0.49  "       "           "                "
Dec  4 Wed   0.59  "       "           "                "
Dec  5 Thu   0.68  "       PB          "                ---
Dec  6 Fri   0.76  "       "           "                ---
Dec  7 Sat   0.84  "       GE          "                ---
Dec  8 Sun   0.91  "       "           "                ---
Dec  9 Mon   0.96  "       "           "                ---
Dec 10 Tue   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Dec 11 Wed   1.00  "       PB          "                ---
Dec 12 Thu   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Dec 13 Fri   0.95  "       GE          "                ---
Dec 14 Sat   0.89  "       "           "                ---
Dec 15 Sun   0.80  "       "           "                ---
Dec 16 Mon   0.70  "       "           "                ---
Dec 17 Tue   0.60  "       PB          "                ---
Dec 18 Wed   0.48  "       "           "                ---
Dec 19 Thu   0.37  "       "           "                ---
Dec 20 Fri   0.26  FAST    Davis       FAST Combo       ---
Dec 21 Sat   0.17  "       "           "                ---
Dec 22 Sun   0.10  "       "           "                ---
Dec 23 Mon   0.04  "       MC          "                ---
Dec 24 Tue   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Dec 25 Wed   0.00  "       --          CLOSED           ---      CHRISTMAS DAY
Dec 26 Thu   0.01  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       ---       
Dec 27 Fri   0.04  "       "           "                ---
Dec 28 Sat   0.09  "       "           "                ---
Dec 29 Sun   0.16  "       "           "                ---
Dec 30 Mon   0.23  "       PB          "                ---
Dec 31 Tue   0.32  "       "           "                ---

Remote Observers: MC: Mike Calkins, GE: Gil Esquerdo, PB: Perry Berlind

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 
Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (5 nights)
MacLeod (BLR Mkn110) 1 night, Brown 230 (GW binaries) 2 nights, Gomez (FLEET) 0.5 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Falco 231 (BH/NS binaries) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 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 IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please check with Dave Latham before the start of the trimester to coordinate your observations.

TRES for trimester
Latham 218 (Spec TESS) 28 nights, Zhou 212 (Nep & Jup) 13 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Dupree 219 (Betelgeuse) 1.5 nights, Winters 198 (mid-M Dwarfs) 10 nights, Carmichael 213 (Brown dwarfs TESS) 5 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 8.5 nights, Rodriguez 220 (Confirmation young Jupiters) 4 nights, Dupree 216 (Common envelope) 1 night, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 12 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 9 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades survey) 10 nights.

Tillinghast Proposal Summary September-December 2019 (as of 5 December 2019)

August September October November December January 2020 Programs PDF Schedules TDC Telescope log

FAST Programs

PIProgramTitleDarkGrayBright
Scott Kenyon12Optical Spectra of Symbiotic Stars200
Warren Brown178Gravitational Wave Binaries500
Emilio Falco220Spectroscopy of Transients from the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae200
Belinda Wilkes229Decoding the Structure and Dynamics of MKN 110's Broad Line Region300
Emilio Falco231A First Search for Non-Interacting BH/NS Binaries300
Sebastian Gomez 233FLEET: Finding Luminous and Exotic Extragalactic Transients200

TRES Programs

PIProgramTitleDarkGrayBright
Guillermo Torres006Pleiades binary survey0010
Jonathan Irwin183MEarth Spectroscopic Follow-up030
Guillermo Torres192Eclipsing binaries0012
Sam Quinn199Giant Planets in Open Clusters004
Andrea Dupree207Seeking Common-Envelope Binaries001
Stephanie Douglas209The impact of companions on stellar rotational evolution090
George Zhou212Neptunes and Jupiters around early-type stars1030
Theron Carmichael213TESS follow up to characterize brown dwarfs and their host stars125.5
Andrea Dupree214Focus on Betelgeuse001.5
Dave Latham218Spectroscopic follow-up of TESS planet candidates2080
Joseph Rodriguez220Confirmation and Characterization of Dynamically Young Jupiters004