MMT Observing Schedule
January-April 1996
MMT Schedule for the Month of January 1996
January February
March April
Programs
Postscript
Schedules
Date* Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
1 (12.0) M 10.7 Prosser Echelle McAfee SAO18
2 ( " ) T 11.7 " " Miller "
3 ( " ) W 12.6 Latham " " SAO20 (1995)
4 (11.9) Th 13.5 Stefanik " " SAO19
5 ( " ) F -13.5 " " " "
6 ( " ) S -12.6 Torres " " SAO20
7 ( " ) S -11.6 " " " "
8 ( " ) M -10.7 Engineering " " M&E
9 ( " ) T -9.7 Eikenberry SSPM Heller SAO15
10 ( " ) W -8.8 " " " "
11 ( " ) Th -7.8 " " " "
12 (11.8) F -6.9 " " " "
13 ( " ) S -5.9 B. Green Blue Channel " S51
14 ( " ) S -5.0 McClintock " " SAO4
15 ( " ) M -4.0 " " " "
16 ( " ) T -3.1 Foltz, Chaffee Red Channel McAfee Director
17 ( " ) W -2.1 " " " "
18 (11.7) Th -1.2 " " " "
19 ( " ) F -0.2 Odewahn " " L17
20 ( " ) S 0.7 Hughes Red Channel + Ap Plates " SAO7
21 ( " ) S 1.7 " " " "
22 ( " ) M 2.6 " " " "
23 (11.6) T 3.6 Chaffee,Foltz Red Channel Miller Remote Demo
24 ( " ) W 4.5 Bechtold, Aldcroft " " L1
25 ( " ) Th 5.5 Aldcroft Blue Channel " SAO9
26 ( " ) F 6.4 Bechtold/Aldcroft " " UAO/SAO9
27 ( " ) S 7.4 Stauffer Red Channel " SAO2
28 (11.5) S 8.3 " " " "
29 ( " ) M 9.3 Engineering TBD " M&E
30 ( " ) T 10.2 Latham Echelle Heller SAO17
31 ( " ) W 11.1 " " " "
***Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is greater
than 12 degrees below the horizon.
MMT Schedule for the Month of February 1996
January February
March April
Programs Schedules
Date* Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
1 (11.5) Th 12.1 Latham Echelle Heller SAO17
2 (11.4) F 13.0 " " " "
3 ( " ) S 14.0 " " " "
4 ( " ) S -13.1 " " " "
5 ( " ) M -12.1 Luhman F-Spec " S45
6 (11.3) T -11.2 Luhman/Campins " McAfee S45/S2
7 ( " ) W -10.2 Young, J. Liu " " S49
8 ( " ) Th -9.3 " " " "
9 ( " ) F -8.3 Garnavich " " SAO14
10 ( " ) S -7.4 " " " "
11 (11.2) S -6.4 Bechtold Red Channel " L2
12 ( " ) M -5.5 " " " "
13 ( " ) T -4.5 Rix " Miller S8
14 ( " ) W -3.6 " " " "
15 (11.1) Th -2.6 " Blue Channel " L7
16 ( " ) F 1.7 " " " "
17 ( " ) S -0.7 " " " "
18 (11.0) S 0.2 Director " " Director
19 ( " ) M 1.2 Luu " " SAO1
20 ( " ) T 2.1 " " Heller "
21 (10.9) W 3.1 " " " "
22 ( " ) Th 4.0 Kirshner " " SAO5
23 ( " ) F 5.0 " " " "
24 ( " ) S 5.9 B. Green " " S51
25 (10.8) S 6.9 Odewahn Red Channel " L17
26 ( " ) M 7.8 " " " "
27 ( " ) T 8.7 Latham Echelle McAfee SAO17
28 (10.7) W 9.7 " " " "
29 ( " ) Th 10.6 Engineering TBD Kindred M&E
***Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is greater
than 12 degrees below the horizon.
MMT Schedule for the Month of March 1996
January February
March April
Programs Schedules
Date* Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
1 (10.7) F 11.6 Lloyd-Hart et al. AO Kindred E2
2 ( " ) S 12.5 " " " "
3 ( " ) S 13.5 " " " "
4 (10.6) M -13.6 " " " "
5 ( " ) T -12.6 " " Miller "
6 ( " ) W -11.7 Engineering Red Channel, Special " RC Eng
7 ( " ) Th -10.7 " " " "
8 ( " ) F -9.8 Wagner " " V2
9 ( " ) S -8.8 " " " "
10 (10.4) S -7.9 B. Green Blue Channel " S51
11 ( " ) M -6.9 Impey Red Channel " S39
12 ( " ) T -6.0 McNamara Blue Channel Heller SAO8
13 (10.3) W -5.0 " " " "
14 ( " ) Th -4.1 UAO TBS/Turner " " L4
15 ( " ) F -3.1 Shields, Hamann Red Channel " S11
16 (10.2) S -2.2 Kirshner Blue Channel " SAO5
17 ( " ) S -1.2. " " " "
18 ( " ) M -0.3 Pascarelli et al. Red Channel + AP " L16
19 (10.1) T 0.7 " " McAfee "
20 ( " ) W 1.6 Director Blue Channel X-Disp " Director
21 ( " ) Th 2.6 " " " "
22 (10.0) F 3.5 Bechtold, Siemiginowska " " S31
23 ( " ) S 4.5 Dinshaw " " S28
24 ( " ) S 5.4 " " " "
25 ( 9.9) M 6.3 " " " "
26 ( " ) T 7.3 Siemiginowska, Bechtold " Miller SAO11
27 ( " ) W 8.2 Riekes F-Spec " S5
28 ( 9.8) Th 9.2 " " " "
29 ( " ) F 10.1 " " " "
30 ( " ) S 11.1 Riekes et al. " " S4
31 ( 9.7) S 12.0 " " " "
***Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is greater
than 12 degrees below the horizon.
MMT Schedule for the Month of April 1996
January February
March April
Programs Schedules
Date* Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
1 (9.7) M 13.0 Bechtold et al. F-Spec Miller S33
2 ( " ) T 13.9 Kulesa, Riekes " Heller S41
3 (9.6) W -13.1 Garnavich " " SAO14
4 ( " ) Th -12.2 " " " "
5 (9.5) F -11.2 " " " "
6 ( " ) S -10.3 McIntosh " " S37
7 ( " ) S -9.3 UAO TBS " " UAO TBS
8 (9.4) M -8.4 Zhao Blue Channel " SAO3
9 ( " ) T -7.4 " " McAfee "
10 ( " ) W -6.5 Vestergaard " " SAO10
11 (9.3) Th -5.5 " " " "
12 ( " ) F -4.6 Kennicutt, Skillman " " L9
13 ( " ) S -3.6 " " " "
14 (9.2) S -2.7 Turner " " L4
15 ( " ) M -1.7 Bechtold " " S35
16 ( " ) T -0.8 Shields, Hamann Red Channel Miller S11
17 (9.1) W 0.2 " " " "
18 ( " ) Th 1.1 Caldwell Blue Channel " SAO6
19 ( " ) F 2.1 " " " "
20 (9.0) S 3.0 Falco " " SAO12
21 ( " ) S 3.9 " " " "
22 ( " ) M 4.9 " " " "
23 (8.9) T 5.8 " " Heller "
24 ( " ) W 6.8 " " " "
25 ( " ) Th 7.7 Engineering Engineering Kindred M&E
26 (8.8) F 8.7 Impey, Close AO " S43
27 ( " ) S 9.6 Angel et al. " " S54
28 ( " ) S 10.6 " " " "
29 (8.7) M 11.5 McLeod, Lloyd-Hart " " S53
30 ( " ) T 12.5 " " McAfee "
***Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is greater
than 12 degrees below the horizon.
MMT Proposal Summary January-April 1996
January February
March April
Programs Schedules
Prop. P.I. Title Inst. Request Award Grade
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1 Luu Distant Comets SpecB 3D 3D 1.11
2 Stauffer Praesepe Low Mass Stars SpecR 2D 2G -0.14
3 Zhao Nova Vir 1929 SpecB 2D/G 1D+1G 0.70
4 McClintock A0620-00: Spotted Secondary SpecB 3D 2D 0.10
5 Kirshner Supernova Spectroscopy SpecB 4D 3D+1G 1.08
6 Caldwell Stellar Populations SpecB 2D 2D -0.01
7 Hughes Galaxy Dynamics SpecR 4D 3D 0.91
8 McNamara Distant ROSAT Clusters SpecR 2D 1D+1G -0.18
9 Aldcroft Radio Loud Quasars SpecB 2D 1.5G -0.35
10 Vestergaard Emission Lines in Quasars SpecB 1G 2G -0.51
11 Siemiginowska Q1208+1011 SpecB 1D 1G -0.27
12 Falco Lensed Quasar Survey SpecB 3D 2D+1G 0.88
13 Falco Faint Radio Sources SpecB 3D 2D 0.14
14 Garnavich IR Spectra of Supernovae F-SPEC 4L 5L 0.50
15 Eikenberry IR Neutron Star Studies USER 4L 4L 0.87
16 Latham M67 Binaries Ech 2G ---- -1.48
17 Latham Halo Binaries Ech 6L 8L -0.45
18 Prosser Xray Open Cluster Stars Ech 2L 3L -0.34
19 Stefanik Hyades Binaries Ech 2L 2L -1.26
20 Torres ROSAT PMS Stars Ech 3L 2L -0.73
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Total Requested: 31 D + 4 G + 21 L
Total Available: 19.5 D + 10 G + 19.5 L