FLWO Tillinghast 60-inch Observing Schedule
January-April 2011

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of January 2011 (as of 23 March 2011)

December 2010 January February March April May Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC
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 NIGHT 

JAN 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)

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

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

MAR 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)

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

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 NIGHT 

APR 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)

December January February March April May Programs PDF Schedules TDC
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