MMT Observing Schedule
September-December 1997

MMT Schedule for the Month of September 1997

September October November December Programs Postscript Schedules
Date*    Day  Moon    Observer           Instrument    Operator   Program

 1 ( 9.4) M   -0.1    Shutdown
 2 ( 9.5) T    0.8    Shakedown                         Heller     
 3 ( "  ) W    1.8  Kulkarni et al.     Red Channel       "         S45
 4 ( "  ) Th   2.7       "                   "            "          " 
 5 ( 9.6) F    3.7  Ge, Bechtold        Blue Channel      "         S41 
 6 ( "  ) S    4.6    Kirshner               "            "        SAO16 
 7 ( "  ) S    5.6    Caldwell               "            "        SAO14 
 8 ( 9.7) M    6.5  Green et al.             "            "         S22 
 9 ( "  ) T    7.5       "                   "          McAfee       " 
10 ( "  ) W    8.4  Impey, Sealey            "            "         S10 
11 ( 9.8) Th   9.4   Ge et al.         Co-Focal Box       "         S11 
12 ( "  ) F   10.3       "                   "            "          " 
13 ( "  ) S   11.2       "                   "            "          " 
14 ( 9.9) S   12.2  Jacobsen et al.          "            "         S43 
15 ( "  ) M   13.1       "                   "            "          " 
16 ( "  ) T  -13.9       "                   "          Milone       " 
17 (10.0) W  -13.0    Stefanik            Echelle         "        SAO20 
18 ( "  ) Th -12.0       "                   "            "          " 
19 ( "  ) F  -11.1     Latham                "            "        SAO22 
20 (10.1) S  -10.1       "                   "            "          " 
21 ( "  ) S   -9.2       "                   "            "          "
22 ( "  ) M   -8.2      Zhao            Blue Channel      "        SAO15 
23 (10.2) T   -7.3       "                   "          Heller       "
24 ( "  ) W   -6.3       "                   "            "          " 
25 ( "  ) Th  -5.4  Ge, Bechtold (REMOTE)    "            "         S41
26 (10.3) F   -4.4       "                   "            "          "
27 ( "  ) S   -3.5   Fabricant               "            "        SAO9
28 ( "  ) S   -2.5       "                   "            "          "
29 (10.4) M   -1.6      Luu                  "            "        SAO11
30 ( "  ) T   -0.6       "                   "          McAfee       "

 * 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 October 1997

September October November December Programs Schedules
Date*    Day  Moon    Observer           Instrument    Operator   Program

 1 (10.4) W    0.3      Luu              Blue Channel   McAfee     SAO11     
 2 (10.5) Th   1.3      Rix                   "           "         L9     
 3 ( "  ) F    2.2       "                    "           "          "     
 4 ( "  ) S    3.2       "                    "           "          "     
 5 (10.6) S    4.1    Director           Red Channel      "      Director     
 6 ( "  ) M    5.1       "                    "           "          "     
 7 ( "  ) T    6.0       "                    "         Milone       "     
 8 (10.7) W    7.0  Impey, Sealey        Blue Channel     "         S10     
 9 ( "  ) Th   7.9       "                    "           "          "     
10 ( "  ) F    8.8  Luhman, G. Rieke       F-Spec         "         S23     
11 ( "  ) S    9.8       "                    "           "          "     
12 (10.8) S   10.7       "                    "           "          "     
13 ( "  ) M   11.7  Hanson,Watson,G.Rieke     "           "         S14     
14 ( "  ) T   12.6  Hanson,Fender,G.Rieke     "         Heller      S12     
15 (10.9) W   13.6  Hanson,Luhman,Burkholder  "           "         S3     
16 ( "  ) Th -13.5       "                    "           "          "     
17 ( "  ) F  -12.5  Meyer, Chen               "           "         S27     
18 ( "  ) S  -11.6       "                    "           "          "     
19 (11.0) S  -10.6  UAO TBS/Chen et al.       "           "       TBS/S29     
20 ( "  ) M   -9.7  Engineering          Blue Channel     "         M&E     
21 ( "  ) T   -8.7       "                    "         McAfee       "     
22 (11.1) W   -7.8  Massey,DeGioia-Eastwood   "           "         S16     
23 ( "  ) Th  -6.8       "                    "           "          "     
24 ( "  ) F   -5.9       "                    "           "          "     
25 ( "  ) S   -4.9  Impey, Sealey             "           "         S10     
26 (11.2) S   -4.0       "                    "           "          "     
27 ( "  ) M   -3.0  Kulkarni,Bechtold,Ge      "           "         S34     
28 ( "  ) T   -2.1       "                    "         Milone       "     
29 ( "  ) W   -1.1       "                    "           "          "     
30 (11.3) Th  -0.2       "                    "           "          "     
31 ( "  ) F    0.8  UAO TBS/Falco             "           "     TBS/SAO10     

 * 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 November 1997

September October November December Programs Schedules
Date*    Day  Moon    Observer           Instrument    Operator   Program

 1 (11.3) S    1.7     Falco            Blue Channel    Milone     SAO10     
 2 (11.4) S    2.7       "                   "            "          "     
 3 ( "  ) M    3.6    Kirshner               "            "        SAO16     
 4 ( "  ) T    4.6       "                   "          Heller       "     
 5 ( "  ) W    5.5     Falco                 "            "        SAO10     
 6 ( "  ) Th   6.4       "                   "            "          "     
 7 (11.5) F    7.4  Liebert et al.           "            "         S40     
 8 ( "  ) S    8.3    UAO TBS               TBS           "         TBS     
 9 ( "  ) S    9.3    Torres              Echelle         "        SAO23     
10 ( "  ) M   10.2       "                   "            "          "     
11 (11.6) T   11.2       "                   "          McAfee       "     
12 ( "  ) W   12.1       "                   "            "          "     
13 ( "  ) Th  13.1       "                   "            "          "     
14 ( "  ) F  -14.0       "                   "            "          "     
15 ( "  ) S  -13.0       "                   "            "          "     
16 (11.7) S  -12.1       "                   "            "          "     
17 ( "  ) M  -11.1       "                   "            "          "     
18 ( "  ) T  -10.2       "                   "          Milone       "     
19 ( "  ) W   -9.2  Engineering             TBD           "         M&E     
20 (11.8) Th  -8.3    UAO TBS           Blue Channel      "         TBS     
21 ( "  ) F   -7.3  Barton/Aldcroft          "            "    SAO13/SAO6     
22 ( "  ) S   -6.4     Barton                "            "        SAO13     
23 ( "  ) S   -5.4       "                   "            "          "     
24 ( "  ) M   -4.5       "                   "            "          "     
25 ( "  ) T   -3.5       "                   "          Heller       "     
26 ( "  ) W   -2.6  Luhman, G.Rieke     Red Channel       "         S23     
27 ( "  ) T   -1.6       "                   "            "          "     
28 (11.9) F   -0.7       "                   "            "          "     
29 ( "  ) S    0.3    Director               "            "      Director     
30 ( "  ) S    1.2    UAO TBS                "            "         TBS     

 * 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 December 1997

September October November December Programs Schedules
Date*    Day  Moon    Observer           Instrument    Operator   Program

 1 (11.9) M    2.2   McClintock         PI Photometer  Heller      SAO3
 2 ( "  ) T    3.1       "                   "         McAfee       "  
 3 ( "  ) W    4.0       "                   "           "          "  
 4 ( "  ) Th   5.0    Kirshner          Blue Channel     "        SAO16
 5 ( "  ) F    5.9    Briceno                "           "        SAO18
 6 ( "  ) S    6.9       "                   "           "          "  
 7 (12.0) S    7.8       "                   "           "          "  
 8 ( "  ) M    8.8  Engineering           MIRAC II       "         M&E 
 9 ( "  ) T    9.7  Hinz et al.              "         Milone      S35 
10 ( "  ) W   10.7       "                   "           "          "  
11 ( "  ) Th  11.6       "                   "           "          "  
12 ( "  ) F   12.6       "                   "           "          "  
13 ( "  ) S   13.5     Latham             Echelle        "        SAO21
14 ( "  ) S  -13.5       "                   "           "          "  
15 ( "  ) M  -12.6       "                   "           "          "  
16 ( "  ) T  -11.6       "                   "         Heller       "  
17 ( "  ) W  -10.7       "                   "           "          "  
18 ( "  ) Th  -9.7  Engineering             TBD          "         M&E 
19 ( "  ) F   -8.8       "              Blue Channel     "          "  
20 ( "  ) S   -7.8  Massey/Impey             "           "       UAO/UAO
21 ( "  ) S   -6.9  Massey/Pickering         "           "       UAO/UAO
22 ( "  ) M   -5.9  Green/Pickering          "           "       UAO/UAO
23 ( "  ) T   -5.0     Gomez                 "         McAfee      SAO2 
24 ( "  ) W   -4.0     Sleet                 --          "          --  
25 ( "  ) Th  -3.1     Gomez                 "           "         SAO2 
26 ( "  ) F   -2.1       "                   "           "          "   
27 ( "  ) S   -1.2       "                   "           "          "   
28 ( "  ) S   -0.2 Bechtold,Aldcroft REMOTE  "           "         S33  
29 ( "  ) M    0.7       " REMOTE            "           "          "   
30 ( "  ) T    1.6  Macri/Falco              "         Milone    SAO/SAO
31 ( "  ) W    2.6      "/"                  "           "       SAO/SAO

 * Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is 
   greater than 12 degrees below the horizon.

SAO MMT Proposal Summary September-December 1997

September October November December Programs Schedules
Prop    P.I.           Title                 Inst.  Request  Award   Grade

1 Garcia TOADs SpecR 2G -- -0.28 2 Gomez HH Ejections SpecR 4D 1D+3G 0.50 3 McClintock A0620-00 Photom 3D 3D 0.79 4 Garnavich SN Spectra Fspec 4L 7L+ 0.72 5 Szentgyorgyi Beppo-Sax Bursters SpecB opp $$ 0.77 6 Aldcroft Radio Loud QSO's SpecB 1D 0.5G -0.20 7 Munoz BAL QSO's SpecB 3D -- -0.79 8 Fiore Beppo-Sax Hard Sources SpecB 1D -- -0.20 9 Fabricant Galaxy Kinematics SpecB 2D 2D 1.06 10 Falco Flat Spectrum Sources SpecB 5D 4D+0.5G 0.55 11 Luu Kuiper Belt Objects SpecB 3D 3D 0.62 12 Kim X-ray Peculiar Objects SpecB 3D -- -1.50 13 Barton Close Pairs of Galaxies SpecB 5D 3D+1.5G 0.53 14 Caldwell PN in Dwarf Spheroidals SpecB 2D 1D -0.07 15 Zhao Nova BC Cas SpecB 3D+3G 3G -0.01 16 Kirshner SN Spectroscopy SpecB 4D 4D 1.22 17 Dobrzycki MgII in Hamburg QSO's SpecB 5D -- -0.38 18 Briceno Very Low mass PMS Stars SpecB 3G 3G 0.27 19 McNamara ROSAT Clusters SpecB 5D -- -0.47 20 Stefanik Hyades Survey Ech 1G 2L -0.44 21 Latham Thick Disk Origins Ech 5L 5L -1.12 22 Latham G Dwarf Binaries Ech 2L 2L -0.75 23 Torres Rosat PMS Candidates Ech 3L 4L -0.28
Nights Requested: 49D + 9G + 14L Nights Available: 21D + 11.5G + 20L **** $$ Participation by the scheduled observer is voluntary.