DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Sep 1 Tue 1.00 TRES XX TRES Combo MC Sep 2 Wed 0.99 " GE** " MC Sep 3 Thu 0.96 " GE** " MC Sep 4 Fri 0.91 " GE** " MC Sep 5 Sat 0.85 " XX " --- Sep 6 Sun 0.78 " XX " --- Sep 7 Mon 0.69 " PB " --- LABOR DAY Sep 8 Tue 0.60 " PB " --- Sep 9 Wed 0.50 " XX " --- Sep 10 Thu 0.40 " GE " --- Sep 11 Fri 0.31 " GE " MC Sep 12 Sat 0.21 " GE " MC Sep 13 Sun 0.13 " XX " MC Sep 14 Mon 0.07 " PB " MC Sep 15 Tue 0.02 " PB " --- Sep 16 Wed 0.00 " GE " --- Sep 17 Thu 0.01 " GE " --- Sep 18 Fri 0.05 " GE " --- Sep 19 Sat 0.12 " GE " --- Sep 20 Sun 0.20 " GE " --- Sep 21 Mon 0.30 M&E PB WFS --- Sep 22 Tue 0.41 TRES PB TRES Combo --- Sep 23 Wed 0.52 " GE** " MC Sep 24 Thu 0.62 " GE** " MC Sep 25 Fri 0.72 " GE** " MC Sep 26 Sat 0.81 " XX " --- Sep 27 Sun 0.88 " XX " --- Sep 28 Mon 0.94 " XX " --- Sep 29 Tue 0.97 " XX " --- Sep 30 Wed 0.99 " XX " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTRemote Observers: MC: Mike Calkins, GE: Gil Esquerdo, PB: Perry Berlind, XX: No observer
DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT
Oct 1 Thu 1.00 TRES XX TRES Combo ---
Oct 2 Fri 0.98 " XX " ---
Oct 3 Sat 0.95 " PB " ---
Oct 4 Sun 0.90 " PB " MC
Oct 5 Mon 0.83 " GE " MC
Oct 6 Tue 0.75 " GE " MC
Oct 7 Wed 0.66 " GE " MC
Oct 8 Thu 0.57 " GE " MC
Oct 9 Fri 0.47 " GE " ---
Oct 10 Sat 0.36 " PB " ---
Oct 11 Sun 0.26 " PB " ---
Oct 12 Mon 0.17 " MC " --- COLUMBUS DAY
Oct 13 Tue 0.09 FAST MC FAST Combo ---
Oct 14 Wed 0.04 FAST MC " ---
Oct 15 Thu 0.01 FAST MC & GE " ---
Oct 16 Fri 0.00 FAST GE " ---
Oct 17 Sat 0.03 FAST GE " ---
Oct 18 Sun 0.09 FAST GE " ---
Oct 19 Mon 0.17 M&E MC WFS ---
Oct 20 Tue 0.26 TRES MC TRES Combo ---
Oct 21 Wed 0.36 " MC " ---
Oct 22 Thu 0.46 " GE " ---
Oct 23 Fri 0.57 " GE " ---
Oct 24 Sat 0.67 " GE " ---
Oct 25 Sun 0.76 " GE " ---
Oct 26 Mon 0.83 " MC " ---
Oct 27 Tue 0.90 " MC " ---
Oct 28 Wed 0.95 " XX " ---
Oct 29 Thu 0.98 " XX " ---
Oct 30 Fri 1.00 " XX " ---
Oct 31 Sat 0.99 " XX " ---
Remote Observers: MC: Mike Calkins, GE: Gil Esquerdo,
PB: Perry Berlind, XX: No observer
** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
OCT Fast 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
Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of November 2020
(as of 5 December 2020)
August
September October
November December
January 2021
Programs
Mt. Hopkins
PDF
Schedules
TDC
Telescope log
DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT
Nov 1 Sun 0.97 TRES XX TRES Combo ---
Nov 2 Mon 0.94 " XX " ---
Nov 3 Tue 0.88 " GE " ---
Nov 4 Wed 0.81 " GE " ---
Nov 5 Thu 0.72 " GE " ---
Nov 6 Fri 0.63 " MC " ---
Nov 7 Sat 0.52 " MC " ---
Nov 8 Sun 0.41 " MC " ---
Nov 9 Mon 0.31 " GE " ---
Nov 10 Tue 0.21 " GE " ---
Nov 11 Wed 0.12 " GE " --- VETERANS DAY
Nov 12 Thu 0.06 FAST MC FAST Combo ---
Nov 13 Fri 0.01 FAST MC " ---
Nov 14 Sat 0.00 FAST MC " ---
Nov 15 Sun 0.02 FAST MC " ---
Nov 16 Mon 0.06 FAST GE " ---
Nov 17 Tue 0.13 M&E GE WFS ---
Nov 18 Wed 0.21 TRES GE TRES Combo ---
Nov 19 Thu 0.30 " GE " ---
Nov 20 Fri 0.40 " MC " ---
Nov 21 Sat 0.50 " MC " ---
Nov 22 Sun 0.60 " MC " ---
Nov 23 Mon 0.69 " GE " MC
Nov 24 Tue 0.78 " GE " MC
Nov 25 Wed 0.85 " GE " ---
Nov 26 Thu 0.91 " GE " --- THANKSGIVING
Nov 27 Fri 0.96 " XX " ---
Nov 28 Sat 0.99 " XX " ---
Nov 29 Sun 1.00 " XX " ---
Nov 30 Mon 0.99 " XX " MC
Remote Observers: MC: Mike Calkins, GE: Gil Esquerdo,
PB: Perry Berlind, XX: No observer
** 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)NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.
DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT
Dec 1 Tue 0.96 TRES XX TRES Combo MC
Dec 2 Wed 0.92 " XX " ---
Dec 3 Thu 0.85 " GE " ---
Dec 4 Fri 0.77 " GE " ---
Dec 5 Sat 0.68 " GE " ---
Dec 6 Sun 0.57 " GE " ---
Dec 7 Mon 0.46 " GE " ---
Dec 8 Tue 0.35 " MC " ---
Dec 9 Wed 0.25 " MC " ---
Dec 10 Thu 0.15 " MC " ---
Dec 11 Fri 0.08 " GE " ---
Dec 12 Sat 0.03 " GE " ---
Dec 13 Sun 0.00 " GE " ---
Dec 14 Mon 0.01 " GE " ---
Dec 15 Tue 0.03 " MC " ---
Dec 16 Wed 0.09 " MC " ---
Dec 17 Thu 0.16 " MC " ---
Dec 18 Fri 0.24 " GE " ---
Dec 19 Sat 0.33 " GE " ---
Dec 20 Sun 0.42 " GE " ---
Dec 21 Mon 0.52 " GE " ---
Dec 22 Tue 0.62 " MC " ---
Dec 23 Wed 0.71 " MC " ---
Dec 24 Thu 0.79 " MC " ---
Dec 25 Fri 0.86 CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED --- CHRISTMAS DAY
Dec 26 Sat 0.92 TRES XX TRES Combo ---
Dec 27 Sun 0.97 " XX " ---
Dec 28 Mon 0.99 " XX " MC
Dec 29 Tue 1.00 " XX " MC
Dec 30 Wed 0.98 " XX " MC
Dec 31 Thu 0.95 " XX " MC
Remote Observers: MC: Mike Calkins, GE: Gil Esquerdo,
PB: Perry Berlind, XX: No observer
** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (0 nights)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.
| PI | Program | Title | Dark | Gray | Bright |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Kenyon | 12 | Optical Spectra of Symbiotic Stars | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Brown | 230 | HVS/ELM Survey South | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sebastian Gomez | 233 | FLEET: Finding Luminous and Exotic Extragalactic Transients | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| PI | Program | Title | Dark | Gray | Bright |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guillermo Torres | 006 | Pleiades binary survey | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Jonathan Irwin | 183 | MEarth Spectroscopic Follow-up | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Guillermo Torres | 192 | Eclipsing binaries | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sam Quinn | 199 | Giant Planets in Open Clusters | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Theron Carmichael | 213 | Transiting brown dwarf follow-up from the TESS mission | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Andrea Dupree | 214 | Focus on Betelgeuse | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Latham | 218 | Spectroscopic follow-up of TESS planet candidates | 20 | 21 | 11 |
| Joseph Rodriguez | 220 | Confirmation and Characterization of Dynamically Young Jupiters | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Amber Medina | 221 | Simultaneous TRES and TESS Observations to Characterize the Effect of Stellar Flares on Spectroscopic Activity Indicators | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Samuel Quinn | 222 | Measuring the mass of a young transiting Neptune | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jennifer Winters | 223 | Determining the Occurrence Rate of Jupiters Orbiting the Nearby Mid-to-Late M Dwarfs | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| George Zhou | 224 | Anchoring planet evolution through time | 6 | 0 | 7 |