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 NIGHTJAN 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)
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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 NIGHTFEB 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
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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 NIGHTMAR 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
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May
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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 NIGHTAPR 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)
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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