DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Sep 1 Sun 0.12 TRES GE TRES Combo --- Sep 2 Mon 0.20 " " " --- LABOR DAY Sep 3 Tue 0.30 " " " --- Sep 4 Wed 0.41 " " " --- Sep 5 Thu 0.51 " Latham " --- Sep 6 Fri 0.61 " " " --- Sep 7 Sat 0.71 " " " MC/HC Sep 8 Sun 0.79 " " " " Sep 9 Mon 0.86 " PB " " Sep 10 Tue 0.92 " " " " Sep 11 Wed 0.97 " " " --- Sep 12 Thu 0.99 " GE " --- Sep 13 Fri 1.00 " " " --- Sep 14 Sat 0.99 " " " --- Sep 15 Sun 0.96 " " " --- Sep 16 Mon 0.91 " PB " --- Sep 17 Tue 0.85 " " " --- Sep 18 Wed 0.77 " " " --- Sep 19 Thu 0.68 " GE " --- Sep 20 Fri 0.58 " " " --- Sep 21 Sat 0.47 " " " --- Sep 22 Sun 0.37 " " " --- Sep 23 Mon 0.26 " " " --- Sep 24 Tue 0.17 " PB " MC/BS Sep 25 Wed 0.09 " " " " Sep 26 Thu 0.03 FAST Brown FAST Combo " Sep 27 Fri 0.01 " " " " Sep 28 Sat 0.01 " " " " Sep 29 Sun 0.04 " " " " Sep 30 Mon 0.09 " " " --- Remote Observers: MC: Mike Calkins, GE: Gil Esquerdo, PB: Perry Berlind ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
SEP FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (5 nights) MacLeod (BLR Mkn110) 1 night, Brown 230 (GW binaries) 1 night, Gomez 233 (FLEET) 0.5 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Falco 231 (BH/NS binaries) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night.
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: Latham 218 (Spec TESS) 28 nights, Zhou 212 (Nep & Jup) 13 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Dupree 219 (Betelgeuse) 1.5 nights, Winters 198 (mid-M Dwarfs) 10 nights, Carmichael 213 (Brown dwarfs TESS) 5 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 8.5 nights, Rodriguez 220 (Confirmation young Jupiters) 4 nights, Dupree 216 (Common envelope) 1 night, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 12 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 9 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades survey) 10 nights.
60" Schedule for October 2019 (as of 05 Dec 2019)
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Oct 1 Tue 0.17 TRES GE TRES Combo --- Oct 2 Wed 0.25 " " " --- Oct 3 Thu 0.35 " " " --- Oct 4 Fri 0.45 " " " --- Oct 5 Sat 0.55 " Latham " --- Oct 6 Sun 0.65 " " " --- Oct 7 Mon 0.74 " " " --- Oct 8 Tue 0.81 " " " --- Oct 9 Wed 0.88 " " " --- Oct 10 Thu 0.94 " PB " --- Oct 11 Fri 0.97 " " " --- Oct 12 Sat 0.99 " GE " MC/HC Oct 13 Sun 1.00 " " " " Oct 14 Mon 0.98 " " " " COLUMBUS DAY Oct 15 Tue 0.94 " " " " Oct 16 Wed 0.89 " PB " " Oct 17 Thu 0.81 " " " " Oct 18 Fri 0.73 " " " --- Oct 19 Sat 0.63 " GE " --- Oct 20 Sun 0.52 " " " --- Oct 21 Mon 0.41 " " " --- Oct 22 Tue 0.30 " PB " --- Oct 23 Wed 0.20 " " " --- Oct 24 Thu 0.11 FAST -- FAST inoperable --- Oct 25 Fri 0.05 TRES PB TRES Combo MC/HS Oct 26 Sat 0.01 " " " " Oct 27 Sun 0.00 " " " " Oct 28 Mon 0.02 " GE " " Oct 29 Tue 0.06 " " " " Oct 30 Wed 0.12 " " " " Oct 31 Thu 0.20 " PB " " Remote Observers: MC: Mike Calkins, GE: Gil Esquerdo, PB: Perry Berlind ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
OCT FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (5 nights) MacLeod (BLR Mkn110) 1 night, Brown 230 (GW binaries) 2 nights, Gomez 233 (FLEET) 0.5 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Falco 231 (BH/NS binaries) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night.
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: Latham 218 (Spec TESS) 28 nights, Zhou 212 (Nep & Jup) 13 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Dupree 219 (Betelgeuse) 1.5 nights, Winters 198 (mid-M Dwarfs) 10 nights, Carmichael 213 (Brown dwarfs TESS) 5 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 8.5 nights, Rodriguez 220 (Confirmation young Jupiters) 4 nights, Dupree 216 (Common envelope) 1 night, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 12 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 9 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades survey) 10 nights.
60" Schedule for November 2019 (as of 05 Dec 2019)
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Nov 1 Fri 0.29 TRES PB TRES Combo --- Nov 2 Sat 0.38 " GE " --- Nov 3 Sun 0.48 " " " --- Nov 4 Mon 0.57 " " " --- Nov 5 Tue 0.67 " " " --- Nov 6 Wed 0.75 " PB " --- Nov 7 Thu 0.83 " " " --- Nov 8 Fri 0.90 " GE " MC/HC Nov 9 Sat 0.95 " " " " Nov 10 Sun 0.98 " " " " Nov 11 Mon 1.00 " Yahalomi " " VETERANS DAY Nov 12 Tue 0.99 " " " --- Nov 13 Wed 0.97 " " " --- Nov 14 Thu 0.92 " " " --- Nov 15 Fri 0.85 " " " MC/HC Nov 16 Sat 0.77 " GE " " Nov 17 Sun 0.67 " " " " Nov 18 Mon 0.56 " " " --- Nov 19 Tue 0.45 " " " --- Nov 20 Wed 0.33 " PB " --- Nov 21 Thu 0.23 " " " --- Nov 22 Fri 0.14 FAST Davis FAST Combo MC/HS Nov 23 Sat 0.07 " " " " Nov 24 Sun 0.02 " " " " Nov 25 Mon 0.00 " " " " Nov 26 Tue 0.01 " " " --- Nov 27 Wed 0.03 TRES PB TRES Combo --- Nov 28 Thu 0.08 " " " --- THANKSGIVING Nov 29 Fri 0.14 " GE " --- Nov 30 Sat 0.22 " " " --- Remote Observers: MC: Mike Calkins, GE: Gil Esquerdo, PB: Perry Berlind ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT
NOV FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (5 nights) MacLeod (BLR Mkn110) 1 night, Brown 230 (GW binaries) 1 night, Gomez 233 (FLEET) 0.5 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Falco 231 (BH/NS binaries) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night.
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: Latham 218 (Spec TESS) 28 nights, Zhou 212 (Nep & Jup) 13 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Dupree 219 (Betelgeuse) 1.5 nights, Winters 198 (mid-M Dwarfs) 10 nights, Carmichael 213 (Brown dwarfs TESS) 5 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 8.5 nights, Rodriguez 220 (Confirmation young Jupiters) 4 nights, Dupree 216 (Common envelope) 1 night, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 12 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 9 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades survey) 10 nights.
60" Schedule for December 2019 (as of 05 Dec 2019)
September October
November December
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Dec 1 Sun 0.31 TRES Zhou TRES Combo MC/HS Dec 2 Mon 0.40 " " " " Dec 3 Tue 0.49 " " " " Dec 4 Wed 0.59 " " " " Dec 5 Thu 0.68 " PB " --- Dec 6 Fri 0.76 " " " --- Dec 7 Sat 0.84 " GE " --- Dec 8 Sun 0.91 " " " --- Dec 9 Mon 0.96 " " " --- Dec 10 Tue 0.99 " " " --- Dec 11 Wed 1.00 " PB " --- Dec 12 Thu 0.99 " " " --- Dec 13 Fri 0.95 " GE " --- Dec 14 Sat 0.89 " " " --- Dec 15 Sun 0.80 " " " --- Dec 16 Mon 0.70 " " " --- Dec 17 Tue 0.60 " PB " --- Dec 18 Wed 0.48 " " " --- Dec 19 Thu 0.37 " " " --- Dec 20 Fri 0.26 FAST Davis FAST Combo --- Dec 21 Sat 0.17 " " " --- Dec 22 Sun 0.10 " " " --- Dec 23 Mon 0.04 " MC " --- Dec 24 Tue 0.01 " " " --- Dec 25 Wed 0.00 " -- CLOSED --- CHRISTMAS DAY Dec 26 Thu 0.01 TRES GE TRES Combo --- Dec 27 Fri 0.04 " " " --- Dec 28 Sat 0.09 " " " --- Dec 29 Sun 0.16 " " " --- Dec 30 Mon 0.23 " PB " --- Dec 31 Tue 0.32 " " " --- Remote Observers: MC: Mike Calkins, GE: Gil Esquerdo, PB: Perry Berlind ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTSeptember October November December PDF
DEC FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (5 nights) MacLeod (BLR Mkn110) 1 night, Brown 230 (GW binaries) 2 nights, Gomez 233 (FLEET) 0.5 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Falco 231 (BH/NS binaries) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night.
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: Latham 218 (Spec TESS) 28 nights, Zhou 212 (Nep & Jup) 13 nights, Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 4 nights, Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights, Dupree 219 (Betelgeuse) 1.5 nights, Winters 198 (mid-M Dwarfs) 10 nights, Carmichael 213 (Brown dwarfs TESS) 5 nights, Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 8.5 nights, Rodriguez 220 (Confirmation young Jupiters) 4 nights, Dupree 216 (Common envelope) 1 night, Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 12 nights, Douglas 209 (Companions) 9 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades survey) 10 nights.
| PI | Title | Dark | Gray | Bright |
| Chelsea MacLeod | Decoding the structure and dynamics of the Broad Line Region in MKN 110 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Brown | Gravitational Wave Binaries | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sebastian Gomez | FLEET: Finding Luminous and Exotic Extragalactic Transients | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Emilio Falco | Spectroscopy of Transients from the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Emilio Falco | A First Search for Non-Interacting BH/NS Binaries | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Kenyon | Optical Spectra of Symbiotic Stars | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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PI |
Title |
Dark |
Gray |
Bright |
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David W. Latham |
Spectroscopic follow-up of TESS planet candidates |
20 |
8 |
0 |
|
George Zhou |
Neptunes and Jupiters around early-type stars |
10 |
3 |
0 |
|
Samuel Quinn |
Giant Planets in Open Clusters |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
Jonathan Irwin |
MEarth Spectroscopic Follow-up |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
Andrea Dupree |
Focus on Betelgeuse |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
|
Jennifer Winters |
Determining the Occurrence Rate of Hot Jupiters Orbiting the Nearby Mid-to-Late M Dwarfs with TRES |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
Theron Carmichael |
TESS follow up to characterize brown dwarfs and their host stars |
1 |
2 |
5.5 |
|
Joseph Rodriguez |
Confirmation and Characterization of Dynamically Young Jupiters |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
Andrea Dupree |
Seeking Common-Envelope Binaries |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Guillermo Torres |
Eclipsing binaries |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Stephanie T. Douglas |
The impact of companions on stellar rotational evolution (TRES) |
0 |
9 |
0 |
|
Guillermo Torres |
Pleiades binary survey |
0 |
0 |
10 |