FLWO Tillinghast 60-inch Observing Schedule
January-April 2010

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of January 2010 (as of 07 March 2010)

December 2009 January February March April May Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM  MMT
Jan  1 Fri   0.96  TRES    PB          TRES Combo      ---     NEW YEAR's DAY
Jan  2 Sat   0.91  "       "           "               ---
Jan  3 Sun   0.82  "       "           "               ---
Jan  4 Mon   0.72  "       Esquerdo    "               ---
Jan  5 Tue   0.62  FAST    "           FAST Combo      ---
Jan  6 Wed   0.51  "       "           "               ---
Jan  7 Thu   0.40  "       MC          "               ---
Jan  8 Fri   0.30  "       "           "               ---
Jan  9 Sat   0.21  "       "           "               ---
Jan 10 Sun   0.14  "       PB          "               ---
Jan 11 Mon   0.08  "       "           "               ---
Jan 12 Tue   0.04  "       "           "               ---
Jan 13 Wed   0.01  "       MC          "               ---
Jan 14 Thu   0.00  "       "           "               ---
Jan 15 Fri   0.01  "       "           "               ---
Jan 16 Sat   0.03  "       PB          "               ---
Jan 17 Sun   0.07  "       "           "               ---
Jan 18 Mon   0.13  "       "           "               ---     MLK DAY
Jan 19 Tue   0.20  "       MC          "               ---
Jan 20 Wed   0.28  "       "           "               ---
Jan 21 Thu   0.38  "       "           "               ---
Jan 22 Fri   0.47  "       PB          "               ---
Jan 23 Sat   0.58  "       "           "               ---
Jan 24 Sun   0.68  "       "           "               ---
Jan 25 Mon   0.78  TRES    Esq/Quinn   TRES Combo      ---
Jan 26 Tue   0.87  "       Esq/Quinn   "               ---
Jan 27 Wed   0.94  "       Quinn       "               ---
Jan 28 Thu   0.98  "       "           "               ---
Jan 29 Fri   1.00  "       "           "               MC/HC
Jan 30 Sat   0.98  "       "           "               "
Jan 31 Sun   0.93  "       "           "               "

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

JAN Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (20 nights) Kilic 178 (low-mass WDs) 2 nights, Brown 182 (Run-away B) 2 nights, Wright 157 (IPHAS H-alpha) 1 night, Torres (HESS) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Green 189 (S dwarfs) 0.5 night, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 2 nights, Briceno 112 (Ori B1) 2 nights, Green 188 (Oxymoron) 1 night, Green 129 (ChaMP) 1 night, Tang (DASCH variables) 1 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 0.5 night, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 2 nights, Huchra 6 (AGNWATCH) 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: Berta (MEarth Candidates) 5 nights, Latham (Kepler candidates) 10 nights, Fabrycky (Spin-orbit alignment) 2 nights, Latham (Transit follow-up) 20 nights, Torres M. (HESS) 1 night, Torres G. (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. (low-mass eclipsing) 4 nights, Torres G. (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 3 nights, Torres G. (Pleiades Binary Survey) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of February 2010 (as of 07 March 2010)

December 2009 January February March April May Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    MMT
Feb  1 Mon   0.86  TRES    Esquerdo    TRES Combo       MC/HC
Feb  2 Tue   0.77  "       "           "                PB/HC
Feb  3 Wed   0.67  "       "           "                "
Feb  4 Thu   0.57  "       "           "                "
Feb  5 Fri   0.46  TRES    Brown       TRES Combo       "
Feb  6 Sat   0.36  "       "           (FAST failure)   MC/HC
Feb  7 Sun   0.27  "       "           "                "
Feb  8 Mon   0.19  "       "           "                MC/HS
Feb  9 Tue   0.12  "       Quinn       "                "
Feb 10 Wed   0.07  "       "           "                PB/HS
Feb 11 Thu   0.03  "       "           "                "
Feb 12 Fri   0.01  "       "           "                "
Feb 13 Sat   0.00  "       "           "                "
Feb 14 Sun   0.01  "       "           "                MC/HS
Feb 15 Mon   0.04  "       "           "     PRESIDENT'S DAY
Feb 16 Tue   0.09  FAST    Falco       FAST Combo       "
Feb 17 Wed   0.15  "       Peters      "                "
Feb 18 Thu   0.23  "       "           "                PB/HS
Feb 19 Fri   0.32  "       Cramer      SPcal/FAST Combo "
Feb 20 Sat   0.41  "       "           "                "
Feb 21 Sun   0.52  "       "           "                "
Feb 22 Mon   0.63  TRES    Stefanik    TRES Combo       MC/HS
Feb 23 Tue   0.74  "       "           "                "
Feb 24 Wed   0.83  "       "           "
Feb 25 Thu   0.91  "       "           "
Feb 26 Fri   0.97  "       "           "
Feb 27 Sat   1.00  "       MC          "
Feb 28 Sun   0.99  "       "           "

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

FEB Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (13 nights) Kilic 178 (low-mass WDs) 2 nights, Brown 182 (Run-away B) 2 nights, Wright 157 (IPHAS H-alpha) 1 night, Torres (HESS) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Hora (Warm Spitzer NEOs) 0.5 night, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 1 night, Briceno 112 (Ori B1) 2 nights, Green 188 (Oxymoron) 1 night, Green 129 (ChaMP) 1 night, Tang (DASCH variables) 1 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 0.5 night, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Huchra 6 (AGNWATCH) 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: Berta (MEarth Candidates) 5 nights, Latham (Kepler candidates) 10 nights, Fabrycky (Spin-orbit alignment) 2 nights, Latham (Transit follow-up) 20 nights, Torres M. (HESS) 1 night, Torres G. (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. (low-mass eclipsing) 4 nights, Torres G. (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 3 nights, Torres G. (Pleiades Binary Survey) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of March 2010 (as of 07 March 2010)

December 2009 January February March April May Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM  MMT
Mar  1 Mon   0.96  TRES    Korzennik   TRES+Laser Comb  PB/HC
Mar  2 Tue   0.90  "       "           "                "
Mar  3 Wed   0.82  "       "           "                "
Mar  4 Thu   0.73  "       "           "                "
Mar  5 Fri   0.63  "       "           "                MC/HC
Mar  6 Sat   0.53  "       Phillips    "                MC/HS
Mar  7 Sun   0.43  "       Quinn       TRES Combo       "
Mar  8 Mon   0.34  "       "           "                "
Mar  9 Tue   0.25  "       "           "                PB/HS
Mar 10 Wed   0.18  FAST    PB          FAST Combo
Mar 11 Thu   0.11  "       "           "
Mar 12 Fri   0.06  "       "           "
Mar 13 Sat   0.02  "       MC          "
Mar 14 Sun   0.01  "       "           "
Mar 15 Mon   0.00  "       "           "
Mar 16 Tue   0.02  "       "           "
Mar 17 Wed   0.06  "       Berger      Astro 100
Mar 18 Thu   0.11  "       "           "
Mar 19 Fri   0.18  "       PB          FAST Combo
Mar 20 Sat   0.27  "       "           "
Mar 21 Sun   0.37  "       MC          "
Mar 22 Mon   0.47  "       "           "
Mar 23 Tue   0.59  "       "           "
Mar 24 Wed   0.70  TRES    Esquerdo    TRES Combo
Mar 25 Thu   0.80  "       "           "
Mar 26 Fri   0.89  "       "           "
Mar 27 Sat   0.95  "       MC          "
Mar 28 Sun   0.99  "       "           "
Mar 29 Mon   1.00  "       Quinn       "                PB/HC
Mar 30 Tue   0.98  "       "           "                "
Mar 31 Wed   0.93  "       "           "                "

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

MAR Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (18 nights) Kilic 178 (low-mass WDs) 2 nights, Brown 182 (Run-away B) 2 nights, Torres (HESS) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Green 189 (S dwarfs) 0.5 night, Hora (Warm Spitzer NEOs) 0.5 night, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 1 night, Briceno 112 (Ori B1) 0.5 night, Green 188 (Oxymoron) 0.5 night, Green 129 (ChaMP) 1 night, Tang (DASCH variables) 1 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 0.5 night, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 1 night, Huchra 6 (AGNWATCH) 1 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: Berta (MEarth Candidates) 5 nights, Latham (Kepler candidates) 10 nights, Fabrycky (Spin-orbit alignment) 2 nights, Latham (Transit follow-up) 20 nights, Torres M. (HESS) 1 night, Torres G. (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. (low-mass eclipsing) 4 nights, Torres G. (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 3 nights, Torres G. (Pleiades Binary Survey) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of April 2010 (as of 07 March 2010)

December 2009 January February March April May Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM  MMT
Apr  1 Thu   0.87  TRES    Quinn       TRES Combo       PB/HC
Apr  2 Fri   0.79  "       "           "                MC/HC
Apr  3 Sat   0.69  "       "           "                MC/HS
Apr  4 Sun   0.60  "       "           "                "
Apr  5 Mon   0.50  "       "           "                "
Apr  6 Tue   0.41  FAST    Tang        FAST Combo       PB/HS
Apr  7 Wed   0.32  "       "           "                "
Apr  8 Thu   0.24  "       "           "                "
Apr  9 Fri   0.16  "       Cambridge   "                "
Apr 10 Sat   0.10  "       "           "                MC/HS
Apr 11 Sun   0.05  "       "           "                "
Apr 12 Mon   0.02  "       MC          "
Apr 13 Tue   0.00  "       PB          "
Apr 14 Wed   0.01  "       "           "
Apr 15 Thu   0.03  "       "           "
Apr 16 Fri   0.08  "       MC          "
Apr 17 Sat   0.15  "       "           "
Apr 18 Sun   0.23  "       "           "
Apr 19 Mon   0.33  "       PB          "
Apr 20 Tue   0.44  "       "           "
Apr 21 Wed   0.55  TRES    "           TRES Combo
Apr 22 Thu   0.67  "       "           "
Apr 23 Fri   0.77  "       MC          "
Apr 24 Sat   0.86  "       "           "
Apr 25 Sun   0.93  "       "           "
Apr 26 Mon   0.98  "       Esquerdo    "
Apr 27 Tue   1.00  "       "           "
Apr 28 Wed   0.99  "       "           "
Apr 29 Thu   0.96  "       Quinn       "
Apr 30 Fri   0.91  "       "           "

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

APR Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (14 nights) Kilic 178 (low-mass WDs) 1 night, Brown 182 (Run-away B) 1 night, Torres (HESS) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 1 night, Green 188 (Oxymoron) 0.5 night, Green 129 (ChaMP) 1 night, Tang (DASCH variables) 1 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 0.5 night, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 2 nights, Huchra 6 (AGNWATCH) 0.5 night.

NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

Echelle/TRES Combo for trimester: Berta (MEarth Candidates) 5 nights, Latham (Kepler candidates) 10 nights, Fabrycky (Spin-orbit alignment) 2 nights, Latham (Transit follow-up) 20 nights, Torres M. (HESS) 1 night, Torres G. (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. (low-mass eclipsing) 4 nights, Torres G. (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 3 nights, Torres G. (Pleiades Binary Survey) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Proposal Summary January-April 2010

December January February March April May Programs PDF Schedules TDC
Inst Prog                                 P.I.      Nights
FAST   2 Supernovae                       Kirshner    12
FAST   6 AGNWATCH                         Huchra       2.5
FAST  12 Symbiotic Stars                  Kenyon       2
FAST 112 PMS Orion OB1                    Briceno      2.5
FAST 129 Bright ChaMP Sources             Green        4
FAST 141 Nearby_Universe                  Huchra       6
FAST 149 Black Hole X-Ray Novae           M.Torres     5
FAST 157 Bright IPHAS Emission Sources    Wright       2
FAST 176 Be/X-ray Binaries Disks          Zezas        2
FAST 178 Extremely Low Mass White Dwarfs  Kilic        7
FAST 182 Runaway B Stars                  Brown        7
FAST 188 Oxymoron: SDSS Dwarf C Stars     Green        3
FAST 189 Elusive S Dwarf Stars            Green        2
FAST 192 DASH Variables                   Tang         4
FAST 194 Warm Spitzer NEOs                Hora         1
FAST 195 TeV Binary HESS J0632+057        M.Torres     2
FAST 196 Astronomy 100                    Berger       2
FAST 198 Improving Spectral Precision     Cramer       3

TRES 145 MEarth Candidates                Berta        5
TRES 123 Kepler candidates                Latham      10
TRES  16 Binary Spin-orbit alignment      Fabrycky     2
TRES  13 Transit follow-up                Latham      20
TRES  17 HESS                             M.Torres     1
TRES   8 Accurate masses evolved          G.Torres     2
TRES  15 Low-mass eclipsing binaries      G.Torres     4
TRES   9 Eclipsing Binary Masses          G.Torres     3
TRES   6 Pleiades Binary Survey           G.Torres     2