MMT Observing Schedule
May-August 1996
MMT Observing Schedule for the Month of May 1996
May June July
August Programs
Postscript
Schedules
Date* Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
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1 (8.7) W 13.4 Hooper et al. FASTTRAC Heller S47
2 (8.6) Th -13.6 " " " "
3 ( " ) F -12.7 " " " "
4 ( " ) S -11.7 Angel et al. " " S43
5 (8.5) S -10.8 Groesbeck et al. " " E2
6 ( " ) M -9.8 McLeod " " SAO14
7 ( " ) T -8.9 " " McAfee "
8 (8.4) W -7.9 Callanan/Green,P.(REMOTE) Blue Ch " SAO11/SAO13
9 ( " ) Th -7.0 "/" (Green Remote) " " "/"
10 ( " ) F -6.0 "/" (Green Remote) " " "/"
11 ( ) S -5.1 "/" (Green Remote) " " "/"
12 (8.3) S -4.1 Rix " " L7
13 ( " ) M -3.2 " " " "
14 ( ) T -2.2 Turner et al. " Heller L4
15 (8.2) W -1.3 " " " "
16 ( " ) Th -0.3 Kennicutt, Skillman " " S6
17 ( " ) F 0.6 Shields,Hamann Red Channel " S31
18 ( " ) S 1.5 Lipovetsky (REMOTE) Blue/Red Ch " Director
19 (8.1) S 2.5 " (REMOTE) Red Channel " "
20 ( " ) M 3.4 Foltz/Hewett " " "
21 ( " ) T 4.4 " " McAfee "
22 ( " ) W 5.3 Impey Blue Channel " S48
23 ( " ) Th 6.3 Pickering et al. Red Channel " S20
24 (8.0) F 7.2 " " " "
25 ( " ) S 8.2 Schmidt et al. Red Ch. (Special) " S14
26 ( " ) S 9.1 " " " "
27 (7.9) M 10.1 " " " "
28 ( " ) T 11.0 Rieke,Garnavich et al. F-Spec Miller S2,8,13,23
29 ( " ) W 12.0 " " " S25,SAO16
30 ( " ) Th 12.9 " " " "
31 ( " ) F 13.9 " " " "
* Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is
greater than 12 degrees below the horizon.
MMT Observing Schedule for the Month of June 1996
May June July
August Programs
Schedules
Date* Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
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1 (7.9) S -13.2 Rieke,Garnavich F-Spec Miller S2,3,13,23,25,SAO16
2 ( " ) S -12.2 " " " "
3 (7.8) M -11.3 " " " "
4 ( " ) T -10.3 " " Heller "
5 ( " ) W -9.4 " " " "
6 ( " ) Th -8.4 " " " "
7 ( " ) F -7.5 " " " "
8 ( " ) S -6.5 Green, B. Blue Channel " S46
9 ( " ) S -5.6 Aldcroft (REMOTE) " " SAO6
10 ( " ) M -4.6 " (REMOTE) " " "
11 ( " ) T -3.7 Green, B. Blue Channel McAfee S46
12 (7.7) W -2.7 Aldcroft (REMOTE) Red Channel on Blue " S35
13 ( " ) Th -1.8 Hughes Red Channel+AP " SAO4
14 ( " ) F -0.8 " " " "
15 ( " ) S 0.1 " " " "
16 ( " ) S 1.0 Pascarelle et al. " " L16
17 ( " ) M 2.0 " " " "
18 ( " ) T 2.9 Kirshner Blue Channel Miller SAO1
19 ( " ) W 3.9 " " " "
20 ( " ) Th 4.8 Kennicutt,Skillman " " S48
21 ( " ) F 5.8 Schachter " " SAO9
22 ( " ) S 6.7 " " " "
23 ( " ) S 7.7 Impey " " S48
24 ( " ) M 8.6 Green et al. " " S45
25 ( " ) T 9.6 " " " "
26 ( " ) W 10.5 Holberg,Barstow " " S41
27 ( " ) Th 11.5 Milone Echelle " SAO19,20
28 ( " ) F 12.4 " " " "
29 ( " ) S 13.4 " " " "
30 ( " ) S -13.7 " " " "
* Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is
greater than 12 degrees below the horizon.
MMT Observing Schedule for the Month of July 1996
May June July
August Programs
Schedules
Date* Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
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1 (7.8) M -12.7 Engineering TBD Miller M&E
2 ( " ) T -11.8 " " McAfee "
3 ( " ) W -10.8 Eikenberry SSPM " SAO15
4 ( " ) Th -9.9 " " " "
5 ( " ) F -8.9 " " " "
6 ( " ) S -8.0 " " " "
7 ( " ) S -7.0 " " " "
8 ( " ) M -6.1 Odewahn Red Channel + Ap Plates " L17
9 (7.9) T -5.1 " " Heller "
10 ( " ) W -4.2 " " " "
11 ( " ) Th -3.2 " " " "
12 ( " ) F -2.3 Falco Blue Channel " SAO7
13 ( " ) S -1.4 " " " "
14 (8.0) S -0.4 " " " "
15 ( " ) M 0.5 " " " SAO8
16 ( " ) T 1.5 " " Miller "
17 ( " ) W 2.4 " " " "
18 ( " ) Th 3.4 McNamara " " SAO5
19 (8.1) F 4.3 Garcia " " SAO10
20 ( " ) S 5.3 " " " "
21 ( " ) S 6.2 " " " "
22 ( " ) M 7.2 Green, B. et al. " " S45
23 (8.2) T 8.1 " " McAfee "
24 ( " ) W 9.1 Milone Echelle " SAO18,20
25 ( " ) Th 10.0 " " " "
26 ( " ) F 11.0 " " " "
27 (8.3) S 11.9 " " " "
28 ( " ) S 12.9 " " " "
29 ( " ) M 13.8 " " " "
30 (8.4) T -13.2 " " Heller "
31 ( " ) W -12.3 Director (REMOTE) Blue Channel " Director
* Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is
greater than 12 degrees below the horizon.
MMT Observing Schedule for the Month of August 1996
May June July
August Programs
Schedules
Date* Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
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1 (8.4) Th -11.3 Engineering Blue Channel Heller M&E
2 ( " ) F -10.4 " " " "
3 ( " ) S -9.4 Schmidt,Wagner (REMOTE) " " UAO
4 ( " ) S -8.5 Macri " " SAO3
5 ( " ) M -7.5 " " " "
6 ( " ) T -6.6 Massey,de Gioia-Eastwood " Miller S18
7 ( " ) W -5.6 " " " "
8 ( " ) Th -4.7 " " " "
9 ( " ) F -3.8 Callanan " " SAO12
10 ( " ) S -2.8 " " " "
11 ( " ) S -1.9 " " " "
12 ( " ) M -0.9 Kirshner " " SAO1
13 ( " ) T 0.0 " " " "
14 ( " ) W 1.0 Stocke " " V2
15 ( " ) Th 1.9 " " " "
16 ( " ) F 2.9 Director " " Director
17 ( " ) S 3.8 " " " "
18 ( " ) S 4.8 Bechtold et al. " " S5
19 ( " ) M 5.7 " " " "
20 ( " ) T 6.7 " " " "
21 ( " ) W 7.6 Shutdown
22 ( " ) Th 8.6 "
23 ( " ) F 9.5 "
24 ( " ) S 10.5 "
25 ( " ) S 11.4 "
26 (9.2) M 12.4 "
27 ( " ) T 13.3 "
28 (9.3) W -13.7 "
29 ( " ) Th -12.8 "
30 (9.4) F -11.8 Engineering Blue Channel Heller M&E
31 ( " ) S -10.9 Garcia/Callanan " " SAO/SAO
* Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is
greater than 12 degrees below the horizon.
MMT Proposal Summary May-August 1996
May June July
August Programs
Schedules
Prop. PI Title Inst Request Award Grade
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1 Kirshner Supernova Spectroscopy SpecB 4D 4D 1.18
2 Schlegel Bright ROSAT IDs SpecR 0.7G -- -1.11
3 Macri ASCA IDs SpecR 1D 1G -0.47
4 Hughes Galaxy Dynamics SpecR 3D 3D 0.87
5 McNamara Distant ROSAT Clusters SpecB 3D 1D 0.04
6 Aldcroft Radio Loud Quasars SpecB 1.5D 1D+1G 0.05
7 Falco Lensed Quasar Survey SpecB 4D 3D 1.07
8 Falco Faint Radio Sources SpecB 5D 3D 0.42
9 Schacter BL Lac's SpecB 2D 2G -0.50
10 Garcia Aql X-1 Mass Function SpecB 3D 3D 0.72
11 Callanan J1012+5307 Mass Function SpecB 3G 0.5D+3x0.5G 0.45
12 Callanan AC211 Doppler Imaging SpecB 3G 3G -0.37
13 Green EUVE White Dwarfs SpecB 3G 0.5D+3x0.5G -0.05
14 McLeod IR Counterpart of 1830-211 Fasttrac II 2L 3L 1.06
15 Eikenberry Neutron Star Binaries SSPM 5L 5L 0.47
16 Garnavich IR Spectra of Supernovae F-SPEC 4L 4L 0.59
17 Torres PMS Stars in CrA Ech 2L -- -1.26
18 Latham G Dwarf Binaries Ech 2L 2L -0.87
19 Latham Halo Binaries Ech 2L 2L -1.15
20 Latham Thick Disk Origins Ech 5L 5L -0.72
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Total Requested: 26.5 D + 9.7 G + 22 L
Total Available: 19 D + 10 G + 21 L