MMT Observing Schedule
January-April 1997
MMT Schedule for the Month of January 1997
January February
March April
Programs
Postscript
Schedules
Date* Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
1 (12.0) W -6.5 Olszewski/B. Green-REMOTE Blue Ch. Heller S17/UAO
2 ( " ) Th -5.6 "/" (REMOTE) " " "/"
3 ( " ) F -4.6 "/C. Liu " " "/"
4 (11.9) S -3.7 Bechtold " " L13
5 ( " ) S -2.7 Caldwell/Boroson " " SAO3/SAO5
6 ( " ) M -1.8 Sobczak/Boroson " " SAO12/SAO5
7 ( " ) T -0.8 Sobczak " McAfee SAO12
8 ( " ) W 0.1 " " " "
9 ( " ) Th 1.0 " " " "
10 ( " ) F 2.0 " " " "
11 ( " ) S 2.9 Statler Red Channel + FPA " V2
12 (11.8) S 3.9 " " " "
13 ( " ) M 4.8 Pascarelle et al. Red Channel + AP " L2
14 ( " ) T 5.8 " " Milone "
15 ( " ) W 6.7 " " " "
16 ( " ) Th 7.7 Impey " " L12
17 ( " ) F 8.6 " " " "
18 (11.7) S 9.6 " " " "
19 ( " ) S 10.5 " " " "
20 ( " ) M 11.5 UAO TBS Red Channel " UAO TBS
21 ( " ) T 12.4 " TBS Heller "
22 ( " ) W 13.4 " " " "
23 (11.6) Th -13.7 Torres Echelle " SAO16
24 ( " ) F -12.7 " " " "
25 ( " ) S -11.8 " " " "
26 ( " ) S -10.8 " " " "
27 ( " ) M -9.9 Holberg,Green Blue Channel " L14
28 (11.5) T -8.9 " " McAfee "
29 ( " ) W -8.0 Green et al. " " L7
30 ( " ) Th -7.0 Pickering et al. Red Channel " S47
31 ( " ) F -6.1 " " " "
* Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is greater
than 12 degrees below the horizon.
MMT Schedule for the Month of February 1997
January February
March April
Programs Schedules
Date* Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
1 (11.5) S -5.1 Kulkarni et al. Blue Channel McAfee S36
2 (11.4) S -4.2 " " " "
3 ( " ) M -3.2 " " " "
4 ( " ) T -2.3 " " Milone "
5 ( " ) W -1.3 Falco " " SAO3
6 (11.3) Th -0.4 " " " "
7 ( " ) F 0.5 " " " "
8 ( " ) S 1.5 " " " "
9 ( " ) S 2.4 " " " "
10 ( " ) M 3.4 Nicastro " " SAO6
11 (11.2) T 4.3 Rix et al. " Heller L9
12 ( " ) W 5.3 " " " "
13 ( " ) Th 6.2 Kirshner " " SAO7
14 ( " ) F 7.2 Aldcroft " " SAO9
15 (11.1) S 8.1 Aldcroft/Bechtold " " SAO9/S7
16 ( " ) S 9.1 Latham Echelle " SAO15
17 ( " ) M 10.0 " " " "
18 (11.0) T 11.0 Stefanik " McAfee SAO17
19 ( " ) W 11.9 " " " "
20 ( " ) Th 12.9 Engineering TBS " M&E
21 (10.9) F 13.8 McGuire et al. Fasttrac II " E3
22 ( " ) S -13.2 " " " "
23 ( " ) S -12.3 " " " "
24 ( " ) M -11.3 " " " "
25 (10.8) T -10.4 Lloyd-Hart et al. " Milone S45
26 ( " ) W -9.4 " " " "
27 ( " ) Th -8.5 Lloyd-Hart " " E4
28 (10.7) F -7.5 Green et al. Blue Channel " S27
* Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is greater
than 12 degrees below the horizon.
MMT Schedule for the Month of March 1997
January February
March April
Programs Schedules
Date* Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
1 (10.7) S -6.6 Green et al. Blue Channel Milone S27
2 ( " ) S -5.6 " " " "
3 ( " ) M -4.7 Barton " " SAO11
4 (10.6) T -3.7 " " Heller "
5 ( " ) W -2.8 " " " "
6 ( " ) Th -1.9 " " " "
7 ( " ) F -0.9 Director Red Channel " Director
8 ( " ) S 0.0 " " " "
9 ( " ) S 1.0 " " " "
10 (10.4) M 1.9 Kirshner Blue Channel " SAO7
11 ( " ) T 2.9 " " McAfee "
12 ( " ) W 3.8 Rix " " L9
13 (10.3) Th 4.8 Kim " " SAO1
14 ( " ) F 5.7 " " " "
15 ( " ) S 6.7 " " " "
16 (10.2) S 7.6 Liebert,Fisher Red Channel " L5
17 ( " ) M 8.6 " " " "
18 ( " ) T 9.5 Engineering Fasttrac II Milone M&E
19 (10.1) W 10.5 Ge et al. " " S3
20 ( " ) Th 11.4 " " " "
21 ( " ) F 12.4 " " " "
22 (10.0) S 13.3 " " " "
23 ( " ) S -13.7 McLeod " " SAO19
24 ( " ) M -12.8 " " " "
25 ( 9.9) T -11.8 " " Heller "
26 ( " ) W -10.9 " " " "
27 ( " ) Th -9.9 Engineering Blue Channel " M&E
28 ( 9.8) F -9.0 " " " "
29 ( " ) S -8.0 McNamara " " SAO20
30 ( " ) S -7.1 " " " "
31 ( 9.7) M -6.1 " " " "
* Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is greater
than 12 degrees below the horizon.
MMT Schedule for the Month of April 1997
January February
March April
Programs Schedules
Date* Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
1 (9.7) T -5.2 McNamara Blue Channel McAfee SAO20
2 ( " ) W -4.3 Corbin et al. " " S11
3 (9.6) Th -3.3 " " " "
4 ( " ) F -2.4 Kennicutt,Shields " " S9
5 (9.5) S -1.4 " " " "
6 ( " ) S -0.5 Kirshner " " SAO7
7 ( " ) M 0.5 " " " "
8 (9.4) T 1.4 SAO TBS Red or Blue Ch Milone SAO TBS
9 ( " ) W 2.4 Impey et al. Red Channel " S8
10 ( " ) Th 3.3 " " " "
11 (9.3) F 4.3 Kennicutt,Shields " " S9
12 ( " ) S 5.2 Turneveld/Elvis Blue Channel " S19/SAO8
13 ( " ) S 6.2 Elvis " " SAO8
14 (9.2) M 7.1 Quillen " " S18
15 ( " ) T 8.1 " " Heller "
16 ( " ) W 9.0 M. Rieke et al. F-Spec " S13
17 (9.1) Th 10.0 " " " "
18 ( " ) F 10.9 G. Rieke,Biscaya " " S15
19 ( " ) S 11.9 Garnavich " " SAO18
20 (9.0) S 12.8 " " " "
21 ( " ) M 13.8 " " " "
22 ( " ) T -13.3 " " McAfee "
23 (8.9) W -12.3 Latham Echelle " SAO14
24 ( " ) Th -11.4 " " " "
25 ( " ) F -10.4 " " " "
26 (8.8) S -9.5 " " " "
27 ( " ) S -8.5 " " " "
28 ( " ) M -7.6 " " " "
29 (8.7) T -6.7 Izotov Blue Channel Milone V3
30 ( " ) W -5.7 " " " "
* Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is greater
than 12 degrees below the horizon.
MMT Proposal Summary January-April 1997
January February
March April
Programs Schedules
7 Kirshner SN Spectroscopy MMTB 5D 5D 1.51
2 Falco Flat Spectrum Radio MMTB 5D 5D 1.10
18 Garnavich IR SN Spectra F-Spec 4L 4L 0.85
19 McLeod AO Lens Search FasttracII 3L 3L 0.76
11 Barton Close Pairs of Galaxies MMTB 4D 4D 0.75
12 Sobczak Classical Novae Dynamics MMTB 4D 4D 0.68
20 McNamara ROSAT Clusters MMTB 4D 1.5D+2.5G 0.55
9 Alcroft Outflows in RL QSOs MMTB 1.5D 1.5G 0.31
5 Boroson WR Ring Nebulae MMTB 1G 1G 0.22
6 Nicastro Seyfert X-ray Companions MMTB 1D 1G 0.16
1 Kim X-ray Peculiar Objects MMTB 3D 3G -0.30
3 Caldwell PN in Dwarf Spheroidals MMTB 0.5D 0.5G -0.11
16 Torres ROSAT Candidates Ech 3L 4L -0.15
8 Elvis Absorption in X-ray C QSOs MMTB 2D 1.5 -0.31
4 Nicastro X-ray Color Selected MMTB 1D --- -0.49
15 Latham G Dwarf Binaries Ech 1L 2L -0.80
10 Jayawardhana Seyfert Host Rotation MMTB 6D --- -0.85
14 Latham Thick Disk Ech 5L 5L -0.95
17 Stefanik Hyades Binaries Ech 2L 2L -1.23