FLWO Tillinghast 60-inch Observing Schedule
January-April 2012

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of January 2012 (as of 31 January 2012)

December 2011 January February March April May Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jan  1 Sun   0.59  FAST    MC          FAST Combo       ---
Jan  2 Mon   0.68  "       "           "                ---    NEW YEAR's DAY
Jan  3 Tue   0.77  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ---
Jan  4 Wed   0.84  "       PB          "                ---
Jan  5 Thu   0.91  "       "           "                ---
Jan  6 Fri   0.96  "       "           "                ---
Jan  7 Sat   0.99  "       Esquerdo    "                ---
Jan  8 Sun   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Jan  9 Mon   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Jan 10 Tue   0.95  "       "           "                ---
Jan 11 Wed   0.89  "       MC          "                ---
Jan 12 Thu   0.82  "       "           "                ---
Jan 13 Fri   0.72  "       "           "                ---
Jan 14 Sat   0.61  "       PB          "                ---
Jan 15 Sun   0.50  "       "           "                ---
Jan 16 Mon   0.39  "       "           "                ---    MLK DAY
Jan 17 Tue   0.28  FAST    MC          FAST Combo       ---
Jan 18 Wed   0.19  "       "           "                ---
Jan 19 Thu   0.11  "       "           "                ---
Jan 20 Fri   0.05  "       Irwin       "                HS/PB
Jan 21 Sat   0.01  "       "           "                "
Jan 22 Sun   0.00  "       "           "                "
Jan 23 Mon   0.01  "       "           "                "
Jan 24 Tue   0.04  "       "           "                HS/MC
Jan 25 Wed   0.09  "       "           "                "
Jan 26 Thu   0.16  "       "           "                "
Jan 27 Fri   0.23  "       MC          "                ---
Jan 28 Sat   0.32  "       PB          "                ---
Jan 29 Sun   0.41  "       "           "                ---
Jan 30 Mon   0.50  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ---
Jan 31 Tue   0.60  "       MC          "                ---

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

JAN Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (13 nights) Brown 178 (low-mass WDs) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Irwin 204 (M-dwarfs) 1 night, Zezas 199 (nuclear spectra) 2 nights, Liu 208 (Binary MBH) 1 night, Green 209 (BAL QSOs) 1 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 0.5 night, Tang 192 (DASCH variables) 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 (69 nights): Chomiuk (Novas) 1 night, Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 4 nights, Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 18 nights, Latham (Substellar companions) 4 nights, Latham 123 (Kepler candidates) 11 nights, Torres G. 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 8 nights, Peretz (Planets in WD systems) 3 nights, Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses selected) 5 nights, Quinn (Hot Jupiters) 7 nights, Torres G. 6 (Pleiades Binary Survey) 5 nights, Tang (DASCH with TRES) 3 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of February 2012 (as of 31 January 2012)

December 2009 January February March April May Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI and Program   MMT
Feb  1 Wed   0.69  TRES    MC          TRES Combo       ---
Feb  2 Thu   0.78  "       "           "                ---
Feb  3 Fri   0.85  "       "           "                HC/PB
Feb  4 Sat   0.92  "       Esquerdo    "                "
Feb  5 Sun   0.97  "       "           "                "
Feb  6 Mon   0.99  "       "           "                "
Feb  7 Tue   1.00  "       "           "                HC/MC
Feb  8 Wed   0.97  "       "           "                "
Feb  9 Thu   0.92  "       Stefanik    "                HS/MC
Feb 10 Fri   0.85  "       "           "                "
Feb 11 Sat   0.76  "       "           "                HS/PB
Feb 12 Sun   0.65  "       "           "                "
Feb 13 Mon   0.54  "       "           "                "
Feb 14 Tue   0.43  "       Esquerdo    "                "
Feb 15 Wed   0.32  FAST    Irwin       FAST Combo       HS/MC
Feb 16 Thu   0.22  "       "           "                "
Feb 17 Fri   0.14  "       "           "                "
Feb 18 Sat   0.07  "       "           "                "
Feb 19 Sun   0.03  "       "           "                HS/PB
Feb 20 Mon   0.01  "       "           "                "     PRESIDENT'S DAY
Feb 21 Tue   0.00  "       "           "                "
Feb 22 Wed   0.02  "       MC          "                ---
Feb 23 Thu   0.05  "       "           "                ---
Feb 24 Fri   0.10  "       PB          "                ---
Feb 25 Sat   0.17  "       "           "                ---
Feb 26 Sun   0.24  "       "           "                ---
Feb 27 Mon   0.33  "       "           "                ---
Feb 28 Tue   0.42  TRES    MC          TRES Combo       ---
Feb 29 Wed   0.52  "       "           "                ---

** 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) Brown 178 (low-mass WDs) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Irwin 204 (M-dwarfs) 1 night, Zezas 199 (nuclear spectra) 2 nights, Green 209 (BAL QSOs) 0.5 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 0.5 night, Tang 192 (DASCH variables) 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): Chomiuk (Novas) 1 night, Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 4 nights, Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 18 nights, Latham (Substellar companions) 4 nights, Latham 123 (Kepler candidates) 11 nights, Torres G. 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 8 nights, Peretz (Planets in WD systems) 3 nights, Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses selected) 5 nights, Quinn (Hot Jupiters) 7 nights, Torres G. 6 (Pleiades Binary Survey) 5 nights, , Tang (DASCH with TRES) 3 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of March 2012 (as of 31 January 2012)

December 2011 January February March April May Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Mar  1 Thu   0.61  TRES    MC          TRES Combo       ---
Mar  2 Fri   0.71  "       Tang        "                HS/PB
Mar  3 Sat   0.80  "       "           "                "
Mar  4 Sun   0.88  "       "           "                HC/PB
Mar  5 Mon   0.94  "       Esquerdo    "                "
Mar  6 Tue   0.98  "       "           "                HC/MC
Mar  7 Wed   1.00  "       "           "                "
Mar  8 Thu   0.99  "       "           "                "
Mar  9 Fri   0.94  "       MC          "                ---
Mar 10 Sat   0.88  "       PB          "                ---
Mar 11 Sun   0.79  "       "           "                ---
Mar 12 Mon   0.69  FAST    "           FAST Combo       ---
Mar 13 Tue   0.58  "       Soderberg   Astro100         HS/MC
Mar 14 Wed   0.47  "       "           "                "
Mar 15 Thu   0.36  "       "           "                "
Mar 16 Fri   0.26  "       Willner     FAST Combo       "
Mar 17 Sat   0.18  "       "           "                HS/PB
Mar 18 Sun   0.11  "       "           "                "
Mar 19 Mon   0.05  "       "           "                "
Mar 20 Tue   0.02  "       MC          "                ---
Mar 21 Wed   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Mar 22 Thu   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Mar 23 Fri   0.03  "       PB          "                ---
Mar 24 Sat   0.06  "       "           "                ---
Mar 25 Sun   0.12  "       "           "                ---
Mar 26 Mon   0.18  TRES    Esquerdo    TRES Combo       ---
Mar 27 Tue   0.26  "       "           "                ---
Mar 28 Wed   0.35  "       "           "                ---
Mar 29 Thu   0.44  "       "           "                ---
Mar 30 Fri   0.54  "       "           "                ---
Mar 31 Sat   0.64  "       "           "                ---

** 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) Brown 178 (low-mass WDs) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Irwin 204 (M-dwarfs) 1 night, Zezas 199 (nuclear spectra) 2 nights, Liu 208 (Binary MBH) 2 nights, Green 209 (BAL QSOs) 1 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 0.5 night, Tang 192 (DASCH variables) 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): Chomiuk (Novas) 1 night, Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 4 nights, Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 18 nights, Latham (Substellar companions) 4 nights, Latham 123 (Kepler candidates) 11 nights, Torres G. 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 8 nights, Peretz (Planets in WD systems) 3 nights, Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses selected) 5 nights, Quinn (Hot Jupiters) 7 nights, Torres G. 6 (Pleiades Binary Survey) 5 nights, , Tang (DASCH with TRES) 3 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of April 2012 (as of 31 January 2012)

December 2011 January February March April May Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Apr  1 Sun   0.74  TRES    Latham      TRES Combo       ---
Apr  2 Mon   0.83  "       "           "                ---
Apr  3 Tue   0.91  "       "           "                ---
Apr  4 Wed   0.96  "       "           "                HC/MC
Apr  5 Thu   0.99  "       "           "                "
Apr  6 Fri   0.99  "       "           "                "
Apr  7 Sat   0.96  "       Esquerdo    "                "
Apr  8 Sun   0.91  "       "           "                HC/PB
Apr  9 Mon   0.82  "       "           "                "
Apr 10 Tue   0.73  "       "           "                "
Apr 11 Wed   0.62  "       "           "                ---
Apr 12 Thu   0.51  "       "           "                ---
Apr 13 Fri   0.41  "       MC          "                ---
Apr 14 Sat   0.31  "       "           "                ---
Apr 15 Sun   0.22  "       "           "                ---
Apr 16 Mon   0.14  FAST    PB          FAST Combo       ---
Apr 17 Tue   0.08  "       "           "                ---
Apr 18 Wed   0.04  "       "           "                ---
Apr 19 Thu   0.01  "       MC          "                ---
Apr 20 Fri   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Apr 21 Sat   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Apr 22 Sun   0.03  "       PB          "                ---
Apr 23 Mon   0.07  "       "           "                ---
Apr 24 Tue   0.13  "       "           "                ---
Apr 25 Wed   0.20  "       MC          "                ---
Apr 26 Thu   0.29  "       "           "                ---
Apr 27 Fri   0.38  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ---
Apr 28 Sat   0.48  "       PB          "                ---
Apr 29 Sun   0.59  "       "           "                ---

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

APR Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (11 nights) Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Irwin 204 (M-dwarfs) 1 night, Zezas 199 (nuclear spectra) 3 nights, Liu 208 (Binary MBH) 2 nights, Green 209 (BAL QSOs) 1 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 0.5 night, Tang 192 (DASCH variables) 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): Chomiuk (Novas) 1 night, Berta 145 (MEarth Candidates) 4 nights, Latham 13 (Transit follow-up) 18 nights, Latham (Substellar companions) 4 nights, Latham 123 (Kepler candidates) 11 nights, Torres G. 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 8 nights, Peretz (Planets in WD systems) 3 nights, Torres G. 5 (Accurate masses selected) 5 nights, Quinn (Hot Jupiters) 7 nights, Torres G. 6 (Pleiades Binary Survey) 5 nights, Tang (DASCH with TRES) 3 nights, Torres G. 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night.

Tillinghast Proposal Summary January-April 2012 (as of 31 January 2012)

December January February March April May Programs PDF Schedules TDC
Inst Prog                                 P.I.      Nights
FAST   2 Supernovae                       Kirshner    12
FAST  12 Symbiotic Stars                  Kenyon       2
FAST 176 Be/X-ray Binaries Disks          Zezas        2
FAST 178 Low mass White Dwarfs            Brown        3
FAST 192 DASH Variables                   Tang         2
FAST 196 Astro 100                        Soderberg    3
FAST 199 Nuclear spectra                  Zezas        9
FAST 204 M-Dwarf Rotation/Activity        Irwin        4
FAST 208 Binary Massive Black Holes       Liu          5
FAST 209 Broad Absorption Line Quasars    Green        1

TRES   5 Accurate masses selected         G.Torres     5
TRES   6 Pleiades Binary Survey           G.Torres     5
TRES   8 Accurate masses evolved          G.Torres     1
TRES   9 Eclipsing Binary Masses          G.Torres     4
TRES  13 Transit follow-up                Latham      18
TRES  15 Low-mass eclipsing binaries      G.Torres     8
TRES 123 Kepler candidates                Latham      11
TRES 145 MEarth Candidates                Berta        4
TRES 148 DASCH Long-Term Variables        Tang         3
TRES 149 M-dwarf radius                   Irwin        3
TRES 150 Tau Bootis                       Guenther     1
TRES 151 Substellar companions            Latham       4
TRES 159 Planets in White Dwarf systems   Paretz       3
TRES 160 Hot Jupiters                     Quinn        7
TRES 161 Novas                            Chomiuk      1