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)
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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)
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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)
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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 NIGHTMay June July August PDF
PI (FAST) |
Title |
Dark |
Gray |
Bright |
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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) |
Title |
Dark |
Gray |
Bright |
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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 |