60" Schedule for May 2016 (as of 02 Jun 2016)

May June July August Programs PDF Schedules
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
May  1 Sun   0.27  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       MC/HS
May  2 Mon   0.17  "       "           "                "
May  3 Tue   0.09  "       Zhou        "                "
May  4 Wed   0.04  "       "           "                PB/HS
May  5 Thu   0.01  "       "           "                "
May  6 Fri   0.01  FAST    O'Brien     FAST Combo       "
May  7 Sat   0.03  "       "           "                "
May  8 Sun   0.09  "       "           "                MC/HS
May  9 Mon   0.16  "       "           "                "
May 10 Tue   0.25  "       "           "                MC/HC
May 11 Wed   0.35  "       "           "                "
May 12 Thu   0.45  "       "           "                PB/HC
May 13 Fri   0.55  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       "
May 14 Sat   0.65  "       "           "                PB/HS
May 15 Sun   0.74  "       "           "                "
May 16 Mon   0.82  "       "           "                MC/HS
May 17 Tue   0.89  "       "           "                "
May 18 Wed   0.94  "       MC          "                ---
May 19 Thu   0.98  "       PB          "                ---
May 20 Fri   1.00  "       "           "                ---
May 21 Sat   1.00  "       "           "                ---
May 22 Sun   0.98  "       MC          "                ---
May 23 Mon   0.94  "       "           "                ---
May 24 Tue   0.89  "       "           "                ---
May 25 Wed   0.81  "       PB          "                ---
May 26 Thu   0.73  "       "           "                ---
May 27 Fri   0.63  "       "           "                ---
May 28 Sat   0.52  "       GE          "                ---
May 29 Sun   0.41  "       "           "                ---
May 30 Mon   0.30  "       "           "                ---    MEMORIAL DAY
May 31 Tue   0.20  FAST    MC          FAST Combo       ---

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 


MAY FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (10 nights) Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1.5 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Berger 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Elvis 223 (NEOWISE NEAs) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights.
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.
TRES Combo for trimester: Curtis 194 (Kep binarity) 1 night, Zhou 195 (spin-orbit alignment) 1 night, Latham (Giant planets) 3 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 10 nights, Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 4 nights, Curtis 196 (Ruprecht 147) 8 nights, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 15 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Torres 15 (eclipsing binaries) 15 nights, Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights, Torres (Confirm runaway) 2 nights.

60" Schedule for June 2016 (as of 02 Jun 2016)

May June July August Programs PDF Schedules
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jun  1 Wed   0.11  FAST    MC          FAST Combo       ---
Jun  2 Thu   0.05  "       "           "                ---
Jun  3 Fri   0.01  "       PB          "                ---
Jun  4 Sat   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Jun  5 Sun   0.02  "       "           "                ---
Jun  6 Mon   0.06  "       Sliski      "                MC/HM
Jun  7 Tue   0.13  "       "           "                MC/HS
Jun  8 Wed   0.21  "       "           "                "
Jun  9 Thu   0.30  "       "           "                "
Jun 10 Fri   0.39  TRES    Latham      TRES Combo       PB/HC
Jun 11 Sat   0.49  "       "           "                "
Jun 12 Sun   0.59  "       "           "                "
Jun 13 Mon   0.68  "       "           "                "
Jun 14 Tue   0.76  "       GE          "                MC/MM
Jun 15 Wed   0.84  "       "           "                "
Jun 16 Thu   0.90  "       "           "                "
Jun 17 Fri   0.95  "       "           "                "
Jun 18 Sat   0.98  "       "           "                PB/MM
Jun 19 Sun   1.00  "       "           "                "
Jun 20 Mon   0.99  "       "           "                "
Jun 21 Tue   0.96  "       Zhou        "                "
Jun 22 Wed   0.91  "       "           "                MC/MM
Jun 23 Thu   0.84  "       "           "                "
Jun 24 Fri   0.76  "       GE          "                "
Jun 25 Sat   0.66  "       "           "                "
Jun 26 Sun   0.55  "       "           "                PB/MM
Jun 27 Mon   0.43  "       "           "                PB/HS
Jun 28 Tue   0.32  "       "           "                "
Jun 29 Wed   0.22  "       "           "                "
Jun 30 Thu   0.13  "       "           "                MC/HS

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 


JUN FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (9 nights) Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1.5 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Berger 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Elvis 223 (NEOWISE NEAs) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights.
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.
TRES Combo for trimester: Curtis 194 (Kep binarity) 1 night, Zhou 195 (spin-orbit alignment) 1 night, Latham (Giant planets) 3 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 10 nights, Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 4 nights, Curtis 196 (Ruprecht 147) 8 nights, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 15 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Torres 15 (eclipsing binaries) 15 nights, Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights, Torres (Confirm runaway) 2 nights.

60" Schedule for July 2016 (as of 02 Jun 2016)

May June July August Programs PDF Schedules
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jul  1 Fri   0.06  FAST    MC          FAST Combo       ---
Jul  2 Sat   0.02  "       "           "                ---
Jul  3 Sun   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Jul  4 Mon   0.01  "       PB          "                ---    INDEPENDENCE DAY
Jul  5 Tue   0.04  "       "           "                ---
Jul  6 Wed   0.09  "       "           "                ---
Jul  7 Thu   0.16  "       MC          "                ---
Jul  8 Fri   0.24  "       "           "                ---
Jul  9 Sat   0.33  "       "           "                ---
Jul 10 Sun   0.42  "       PB          "                ---
Jul 11 Mon   0.52  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ---
Jul 12 Tue   0.61  "       "           "                ---
Jul 13 Wed   0.70  "       GE          "                ---
Jul 14 Thu   0.79  "       "           "                ---
Jul 15 Fri   0.86  "       "           "                ---
Jul 16 Sat   0.92  "       "           "                ---
Jul 17 Sun   0.97  "       "           "                ---
Jul 18 Mon   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Jul 19 Tue   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Jul 20 Wed   0.98  "       PB          "                ---
Jul 21 Thu   0.94  "       "           "                ---
Jul 22 Fri   0.87  "       "           "                ---
Jul 23 Sat   0.78  "       MC          "                ---
Jul 24 Sun   0.68  "       "           "                ---
Jul 25 Mon   0.57  "       "           "                ---
Jul 26 Tue   0.46  "       PB          "                ---
Jul 27 Wed   0.34  "       "           "                ---
Jul 28 Thu   0.24  "       "           "                ---
Jul 29 Fri   0.15  "       MC          "                ---
Jul 30 Sat   0.08  "       "           "                ---
Jul 31 Sun   0.03  "       "           "                ---

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 


JUL FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (10 nights) Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1.5 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Berger 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Elvis 223 (NEOWISE NEAs) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights.
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.
TRES Combo for trimester: Curtis 194 (Kep binarity) 1 night, Zhou 195 (spin-orbit alignment) 1 night, Latham (Giant planets) 3 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 10 nights, Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 4 nights, Curtis 196 (Ruprecht 147) 8 nights, Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 15 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Torres 15 (eclipsing binaries) 15 nights, Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights, Torres (Confirm runaway) 2 nights.

60" Schedule for August 2016 (as of 02 Jun 2016)

May June July August Programs PDF Schedules

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Aug  1 Mon   0.01  TRES    MC          TRES Combo       ---
Aug  2 Tue   0.00  N/A     N/A         SHUTDOWN
Aug  3 Wed   0.02  "       "           "                
Aug  4 Thu   0.06  "       "           "                
Aug  5 Fri   0.12  "       "           "                
Aug  6 Sat   0.19  "       "           "                
Aug  7 Sun   0.27  "       "           "                
Aug  8 Mon   0.36  "       "           "                
Aug  9 Tue   0.45  "       "           "                
Aug 10 Wed   0.55  "       "           "                
Aug 11 Thu   0.64  "       "           "                
Aug 12 Fri   0.73  "       "           "                
Aug 13 Sat   0.81  "       "           "                
Aug 14 Sun   0.89  "       "           "                
Aug 15 Mon   0.94  "       "           "                
Aug 16 Tue   0.98  "       "           "                
Aug 17 Wed   1.00  "       "           "                
Aug 18 Thu   0.99  "       "           "                
Aug 19 Fri   0.95  "       "           "                
Aug 20 Sat   0.89  "       "           "                
Aug 21 Sun   0.81  "       "           "                
Aug 22 Mon   0.70  "       "           "                
Aug 23 Tue   0.59  "       "           "                
Aug 24 Wed   0.48  "       "           "                
Aug 25 Thu   0.37  "       "           "                
Aug 26 Fri   0.26  "       "           "                
Aug 27 Sat   0.17  "       "           "                
Aug 28 Sun   0.10  "       "           "                
Aug 29 Mon   0.04  "       "           "                
Aug 30 Tue   0.01  "       "           "                
Aug 31 Wed   0.00  "       "           "                

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 

May June July August PDF

60" Allocations May-August 2016

FAST proposals
TRES proposals

PI (FAST)

Title

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Warren Brown

Merging White Dwarfs

4.5

0

0

Emilio Falco

Spectroscopy of Transients from the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae: Big Science with Small Telescopes

2

0

0

Edo Berger

Spectroscopic and Photometric Follow-up of SLSNe and TDEs from PSST

3

0

0

Scott Kenyon

Debris Disk Candidates from the WISE Disk Detective Program

3

0

0

Scott Kenyon

Optical Spectra of Symbiotic Stars

1.5

0

0

Martin Elvis

Albedo, Size and Composition of NEOWISE near-Earth Asteroids

3

0

0

Emilio Falco

Mapping the nearby Universe at low Galactic latitudes with the 2MASS Redshift Survey

3

0

0

Robert Kirshner

Supernova Spectroscopy with FAST

8

0

0



PI (TRES)

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Jason Curtis

Assessing the binarity of the Kepler asteroseismic sample

0

0

1

George Zhou

Measuring the spin-orbit alignment of a 110-day period system

0

0

1

David W. Latham

Giant Planets in Open Clusters

0

0

3

David W. Latham

Spectroscopic follow-up of K2 Planet Candidates

0

5

5

George Zhou

Confirming and characterising planets around massive stars

0

0

4

Jason Curtis

Spectroscopic binary survey of bright stars in Ruprecht 147

0

4

4

David W. Latham

Transiting Planet Candidate Follow-Up - 60 inch

0

8

7

Guillermo Torres

Accurate masses for evolved stars

0

0

1

Guillermo Torres

Eclipsing binaries

0

0

15

Jason Dittmann

MEarth Spectroscopic Follow-up

0

2

2

Guillermo Torres

Confirming runaway stars in the binary supernova scenario

0

0

2