DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Jan 1 Sat 0.05 FAST PB FAST Combo --- NEW YEAR's DAY Jan 2 Sun 0.01 " " " --- Jan 3 Mon 0.00 " " " --- Jan 4 Tue 0.01 " MC " --- Jan 5 Wed 0.04 " " " --- Jan 6 Thu 0.08 " " " --- Jan 7 Fri 0.14 " PB " --- Jan 8 Sat 0.21 " " " --- Jan 9 Sun 0.29 " " " --- Jan 10 Mon 0.38 " MC " --- Jan 11 Tue 0.47 TRES " TRES Combo --- Jan 12 Wed 0.57 " " " --- Jan 13 Thu 0.67 " PB " --- Jan 14 Fri 0.76 " " " --- Jan 15 Sat 0.84 " " " --- Jan 16 Sun 0.91 " Stefanik " --- Jan 17 Mon 0.97 " " " --- MLK DAY Jan 18 Tue 0.99 " " " --- Jan 19 Wed 1.00 " " " MC/HC Jan 20 Thu 0.97 " " " " Jan 21 Fri 0.92 " Esquerdo " " Jan 22 Sat 0.84 " " " MC/HS Jan 23 Sun 0.74 " " " PB/HS Jan 24 Mon 0.63 " " " " Jan 25 Tue 0.52 " " " " Jan 26 Wed 0.41 " " " " Jan 27 Thu 0.31 FAST MC FAST Combo Lacasse/HS Jan 28 Fri 0.21 " Groner " MC/HC Jan 29 Sat 0.14 " " " " Jan 30 Sun 0.07 " Wright " " Jan 31 Mon 0.03 " " " PB/HC ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTJAN Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (15 nights) Irwin (M-dwarfs) 1 night, Brown 205 (merging WDs) 1 night, Wright 157 (IPHAS H-alpha) 2 nights, Kirshner 201 (CfA3 galaxies) 2 nights, Kilic 200 (metal-poor stars) 2 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Hora 194 (Warm Spitzer NEOs) 0.5 night, Tang 192 (DASCH variables) 1 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 1 night, Zezas 199 (nuclear spectra) 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 (66 nights):
Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 5 nights,
Irwin (M-dwarf radius) 3 nights,
Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 28 nights
Latham 123 (Kepler candidates) 5 nights,
Guenther (tau Bootis) 1 night,
Latham (Substellar companions) 6 nights,
Torres G. 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 8 nights,
Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 4 nights,
Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights,
Torres G. 6 (Pleiades Binary Survey) 4 nights.
Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of February 2011
(as of 23 March 2011)
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI and Program MMT Feb 1 Tue 0.01 FAST Wright FAST Combo PB/HC Feb 2 Wed 0.00 " " " " Feb 3 Thu 0.01 " Hora " " Feb 4 Fri 0.04 " " " MC/HC Feb 5 Sat 0.09 " " " " Feb 6 Sun 0.15 " " " " Feb 7 Mon 0.22 TRES Beky TRES Combo MC/HS Feb 8 Tue 0.30 " " " PB/HS Feb 9 Wed 0.39 " " " " Feb 10 Thu 0.49 " " " " Feb 11 Fri 0.59 " " " " Feb 12 Sat 0.69 " Esquerdo " MC/HS Feb 13 Sun 0.79 " " " " Feb 14 Mon 0.87 " " " --- Feb 15 Tue 0.94 " " " --- Feb 16 Wed 0.98 " " " --- Feb 17 Thu 1.00 " MC " --- Feb 18 Fri 0.98 " " " --- Feb 19 Sat 0.94 " " " --- Feb 20 Sun 0.87 " PB " --- Feb 21 Mon 0.78 " " " --- PRESIDENT'S DAY Feb 22 Tue 0.68 " " " --- Feb 23 Wed 0.57 " MC " --- Feb 24 Thu 0.46 " " " --- Feb 25 Fri 0.36 FAST " FAST Combo --- Feb 26 Sat 0.26 " Stubbs Stubbs Class --- Feb 27 Sun 0.18 " PB FAST Combo --- Feb 28 Mon 0.11 " " " ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTFEB Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (9 nights) Irwin (M-dwarfs) 1 night, Brown 205 (Merging WDs) 1 night, Wright 157 (IPHAS H-alpha) 1.5 nights, Kirshner 201 (CfA3 galaxies) 1 night, Kilic 200 (metal-poor stars) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 2 nights, Hora 194 (Warm Spitzer NEOs) 0.5 night, Tang 192 (DASCH variables) 0.5 night, Zezas 199 (nuclear spectra) 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 (66 nights):
Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 5 nights,
Irwin (M-dwarf radius) 3 nights,
Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 28 nights
Latham 123 (Kepler candidates) 5 nights,
Guenther (tau Bootis) 1 night,
Latham (Substellar companions) 6 nights,
Torres G. 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 8 nights,
Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 4 nights,
Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights,
Torres G. 6 (Pleiades Binary Survey) 4 nights.
Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of March 2011
(as of 23 March 2011)
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Mar 1 Tue 0.06 FAST PB FAST Combo --- Mar 2 Wed 0.02 " " " --- Mar 3 Thu 0.01 " MC " --- Mar 4 Fri 0.00 " " " --- Mar 5 Sat 0.02 " " " --- Mar 6 Sun 0.05 " PB " --- Mar 7 Mon 0.10 " " " --- Mar 8 Tue 0.16 " " " --- Mar 9 Wed 0.24 " MC " --- Mar 10 Thu 0.33 " " " --- Mar 11 Fri 0.42 " " " --- Mar 12 Sat 0.52 " PB " --- Mar 13 Sun 0.63 " " " --- Mar 14 Mon 0.73 " " " --- Mar 15 Tue 0.83 " Berger Berger Astro 100 --- Mar 16 Wed 0.91 " " " --- Mar 17 Thu 0.96 " " " --- Mar 18 Fri 0.99 TRES MC TRES Combo --- Mar 19 Sat 0.99 " " " --- Mar 20 Sun 0.96 " " " --- Mar 21 Mon 0.90 " Esquerdo " --- Mar 22 Tue 0.82 " " " --- Mar 23 Wed 0.72 " " " --- Mar 24 Thu 0.62 " Brown " MC/HS Mar 25 Fri 0.52 " " " " Mar 26 Sat 0.41 " " " " Mar 27 Sun 0.32 " " " " Mar 28 Mon 0.23 " " " PB/HS Mar 29 Tue 0.16 " Esquerdo " " Mar 30 Wed 0.10 " " " " Mar 31 Thu 0.05 " " " " ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTMAR Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (14 nights) Irwin (M-dwarfs) 1 night, Brown 205 (Merging WDs) 0.5 night, Kirshner 201 (CfA3 galaxies) 1 night, Kilic 200 (metal-poor stars) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 6 nights, Hora 194 (Warm Spitzer NEOs) 0.5 night, Tang 192 (DASCH variables) 1 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 1 night, Zezas 199 (nuclear spectra) 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 (66 nights):
Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 5 nights,
Irwin (M-dwarf radius) 3 nights,
Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 28 nights
Latham 123 (Kepler candidates) 5 nights,
Guenther (tau Bootis) 1 night,
Latham (Substellar companions) 6 nights,
Torres G. 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 8 nights,
Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 4 nights,
Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights,
Torres G. 6 (Pleiades Binary Survey) 4 nights.
Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of April 2011
(as of 23 March 2011)
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DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Apr 1 Fri 0.02 FAST Marion FAST Combo MC/HS Apr 2 Sat 0.00 " " " " Apr 3 Sun 0.01 " " " " Apr 4 Mon 0.03 TRES Stefanik TRES Combo " Apr 5 Tue 0.06 " " " PB/HS Apr 6 Wed 0.12 " " " " Apr 7 Thu 0.19 " " " PB/HC Apr 8 Fri 0.27 " Esquerdo " " Apr 9 Sat 0.37 " " " MC/HC Apr 10 Sun 0.47 " " " " Apr 11 Mon 0.58 " " " --- Apr 12 Tue 0.69 " " " --- Apr 13 Wed 0.79 " PB " --- Apr 14 Thu 0.88 " " " --- Apr 15 Fri 0.95 " " " --- Apr 16 Sat 0.99 " MC " --- Apr 17 Sun 1.00 " " " --- Apr 18 Mon 0.98 " " " --- Apr 19 Tue 0.93 " PB " --- Apr 20 Wed 0.86 " " " --- Apr 21 Thu 0.77 " " " --- Apr 22 Fri 0.68 FAST Cramer Stubbs Precision --- Apr 23 Sat 0.58 " " " --- Apr 24 Sun 0.48 " " " --- Apr 25 Mon 0.38 " MC FAST Combo --- Apr 26 Tue 0.29 " " " --- Apr 27 Wed 0.21 " " " --- Apr 28 Thu 0.14 " PB " --- Apr 29 Fri 0.08 " " " --- Apr 30 Sat 0.04 " " " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTAPR Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (9 nights) Irwin (M-dwarfs) 1 night, Brown 205 (Merging WDs) 0.5 night, Kirshner 201 (CfA3 galaxies) 1 night, Kilic 200 (metal-poor stars) 1 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Hora 194 (Warm Spitzer NEOs) 0.5 night, Tang 192 (DASCH variables) 0.5 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 0.5 night, Zezas 199 (nuclear spectra) 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 (66 nights):
Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 5 nights,
Irwin (M-dwarf radius) 3 nights,
Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 28 nights
Latham 123 (Kepler candidates) 5 nights,
Guenther (tau Bootis) 1 night,
Latham (Substellar companions) 6 nights,
Torres G. 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 8 nights,
Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 4 nights,
Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights,
Torres G. 6 (Pleiades Binary Survey) 4 nights.
Tillinghast Proposal Summary January-April 2011
(as of 23 March 2011)
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Inst Prog P.I. Nights FAST 2 Supernovae Kirshner 14 FAST 12 Symbiotic Stars Kenyon 2 FAST 157 Bright IPHAS Emission Sources Wright 3.5 FAST 176 Be/X-ray Binaries Disks Zezas 2.5 FAST 192 DASH Variables Tang 3 FAST 194 Warm Spitzer NEOs Hora 2 FAST 196 Astronomy 100 Berger 3 FAST 199 Nuclear spectra Zezas 3 FAST 200 Extremely Metal Poor Stars Kilic 5 FAST 201 CfA3 SN Host Galaxies Kirshner 5 FAST 204 M-Dwarf Rotation/Activity Irwin 4 FAST 205 Merging White Dwarfs Brown 3 FAST 206 Harvard Undergraduate Physics Stubbs 1 TRES 6 Pleiades Binary Survey G.Torres 4 TRES 8 Accurate masses evolved G.Torres 2 TRES 9 Eclipsing Binary Masses G.Torres 4 TRES 13 Transit follow-up Latham 28 TRES 15 Low-mass eclipsing binaries G.Torres 8 TRES 123 Kepler candidates Latham 5 TRES 145 MEarth Candidates Berta 5 TRES 149 M-dwarf radius Irwin 3 TRES 150 Tau Bootis Guenther 1 TRES 151 Substellar companions Latham 6