MMT Observing Schedule
May-August 2001
(as of July 2, 2001)
MMT schedule for the Month of May 2001
April
May June
July August
September
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Schedules
Date Hours Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
1 (8.7) T 8.7 M&E Red Channel? Milone M&E
2 (8.6) W 9.6 " " " "
3 " Th 10.6 Corbin/Holberg F-Spec " S4/S15
4 " F 11.5 Corbin/Meyer " " S4/S7
5 (8.5) S 12.5 " / " " " " / "
6 " S 13.4 Meyer " " S7
7 " M -13.6 Stansberry et al. " " S9
8 (8.4) T -12.7 " " McAfee "
9 " W -11.7 " " " "
10 " Th -10.8 M&E TBD " M&E
11 " F -9.8 " " " "
12 (8.3) S -8.9 Minicam Engineering Minicam " SAO6
13 " S -7.9 " " " "
14 " M -7.0 Director Red & Blue Channel " Director
15 (8.2) T -6.0 " " Heller "
16 " W -5.1 de Jong et al. Blue Channel " S10
17 " Th -4.2 " " " "
18 " F -3.2 " " " "
19 (8.1) S -2.3 " " " "
20 " S -1.3 Kannappan " " SAO8
21 " M -0.4 " " " "
22 " T 0.6 Zabludoff et al. " Milone S12
23 " W 1.5 Kirshner " " SAO19
24 (8.0) Th 2.5 " " " "
25 " F 3.4 Director Red Channel " Director
26 " S 4.4 Silverman " " SAO3
27 (7.9) S 5.3 " " " "
28 " M 6.3 Eisenstein et al. Blue Channel " S8
29 " T 7.2 M&E TBD Mcafee M&E
30 " W 8.2 " " " "
31 " Th 9.1 Flamingos Eng. Flamingos " "
* Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is
greater than 12 degrees below the horizon.
Preliminary: Because of continued telescope work & instrument commissioning,
the MMT schedule may be subject to further changes.
MMT schedule for the Month of June 2001
April
May June
July August
September
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Schedules
Date Hours Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
1 (7.9) F 10.1 Flamingos Eng. Flamingos McAfee M&E
2 " S 11.0 McLeod " " SAO
3 (7.8) S 12.0 " " " "
4 " M 12.9 Florida(Elston) " " "
5 " T 13.9 " " Heller "
6 " W -13.2 " " " "
7 " Th -12.2 " " " "
8 " F -11.3 " " " "
9 " S -10.3 Adelberger " " "
10 " S -9.4 " " " "
11 " M -8.4 Pahre/Balogg " " "
12 (7.7) T -7.5 Pahre/Sicilia " Milone "
13 " W -6.5 "/" " " "
14 " Th -5.6 Allen/Megeath " " "
15 " F -4.7 "/" " " "
16 " S -3.7 Kirshner Blue Channel " SAO19
17 " S -2.8 " " " "
18 " M -1.8 " " " "
19 " T -0.9 Minicam Eng. Minicam McAfee SAO6
20 " W 0.1 Holman " " SAO4
21 " Th 1.0 " " " "
22 " F 2.0 Keeton " " S14
23 " S 2.9 Yan et al. " " S1
24 " S 3.9 " " " "
25 " M 4.8 " " " "
26 " T 5.7 Windhorst/Yan " Milone S2/S1
27 " W 6.7 " / " " " "/"
28 " Th 7.7 Windhorst/UAO " " S2/UAO-TBS
29 " F 8.6 McLeod " " SAO7
30 " S 9.6 " " " "
* Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is
greater than 12 degrees below the horizon.
Preliminary: Because of continued telescope work & instrument commissioning,
the MMT schedule may be subject to further changes.
MMT schedule for the Month of July 2001
April
May June
July August
September
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Schedules
Date Hours Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
1 (7.8) S 10.5 Caldwell Minicam Milone SAO
2 " M 11.5 M&E TBD " M&E
3 " T 12.4 " " Heller "
4 " W 13.4 " " " "
5 " Th -13.7 " " " "
6 " F -12.7 " " " "
7 " S -11.8 " " " "
8 " S -10.8 " " " "
9 (7.9) M -9.9 " " " "
10 " T -8.9 " " McAfee "
11 " W -8.0 Green Blue Channel " S13
12 " Th -7.1 SAO TBS " " SAO TBS
13 " F -6.1 " " " "
14 (8.0) S -5.2 Kirshner " " SAO19
15 " S -4.2 Simard Red Channel " S3
16 " M -3.3 " " " "
17 " T -2.3 Green Blue Channel Heller S13
18 " W -1.4 " " " "
19 (8.1) Th -0.4 " " " "
20 " F 0.5 M. Wagner " " UAO
21 " S 1.4 SAO TBS/Huchra Blue Channel " SAO TBS/SAO1
22 " S 2.4 "/" " " "/"
23 (8.2) M 3.4 " TBD " "
24 " T 4.3 " " Milone "
25 " W 5.3 M&E " " M&E
26 " Th 6.2 " " " "
27 (8.3) F 7.2 " " " "
28 " S 8.1 " " " "
29 " S 9.1 " " " "
30 (8.4) M 10.0 " " " "
31 " T 11.0 " " McAfee "
* Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is
greater than 12 degrees below the horizon.
Preliminary: Because of continued telescope work & instrument commissioning,
the MMT schedule may be subject to further changes.
MMT schedule for the Month of August 2001
April
May June
July August
September
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Schedules
Date Hours Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
1 (8.4) W 11.9 Shutdown
2 " Th 12.9 "
3 " F 13.8 "
4 " S -13.2 "
5 " S -12.3 "
6 " M -11.3 "
7 " T -10.4 "
8 " W -9.5 "
9 " Th -8.5 "
10 " F -7.6 "
11 " S -6.6 "
12 " S -5.7 "
13 " M -4.7 "
14 " T -3.8 "
15 " W -2.8 "
16 " Th -1.9 "
17 " F -0.9 "
18 " S 0.0 "
19 " S 1.0 "
20 " M 1.9 "
21 " T 2.9 "
22 " W 3.8 "
23 " Th 4.8 "
24 " F 5.7 "
25 " S 6.7 "
26 (9.2) S 7.6 "
27 " M 8.6 "
28 (9.3) T 9.5 "
29 " W 10.5 "
30 (9.4) Th 11.4 "
31 " F 12.4 "
* Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is
greater than 12 degrees below the horizon.
Preliminary: Because of continued telescope work & instrument commissioning,
the MMT schedule may be subject to further changes.