MMT Observing Schedule
September-December 1997
MMT Schedule for the Month of September 1997
September October
November December
Programs
Postscript
Schedules
Date* Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
1 ( 9.4) M -0.1 Shutdown
2 ( 9.5) T 0.8 Shakedown Heller
3 ( " ) W 1.8 Kulkarni et al. Red Channel " S45
4 ( " ) Th 2.7 " " " "
5 ( 9.6) F 3.7 Ge, Bechtold Blue Channel " S41
6 ( " ) S 4.6 Kirshner " " SAO16
7 ( " ) S 5.6 Caldwell " " SAO14
8 ( 9.7) M 6.5 Green et al. " " S22
9 ( " ) T 7.5 " " McAfee "
10 ( " ) W 8.4 Impey, Sealey " " S10
11 ( 9.8) Th 9.4 Ge et al. Co-Focal Box " S11
12 ( " ) F 10.3 " " " "
13 ( " ) S 11.2 " " " "
14 ( 9.9) S 12.2 Jacobsen et al. " " S43
15 ( " ) M 13.1 " " " "
16 ( " ) T -13.9 " " Milone "
17 (10.0) W -13.0 Stefanik Echelle " SAO20
18 ( " ) Th -12.0 " " " "
19 ( " ) F -11.1 Latham " " SAO22
20 (10.1) S -10.1 " " " "
21 ( " ) S -9.2 " " " "
22 ( " ) M -8.2 Zhao Blue Channel " SAO15
23 (10.2) T -7.3 " " Heller "
24 ( " ) W -6.3 " " " "
25 ( " ) Th -5.4 Ge, Bechtold (REMOTE) " " S41
26 (10.3) F -4.4 " " " "
27 ( " ) S -3.5 Fabricant " " SAO9
28 ( " ) S -2.5 " " " "
29 (10.4) M -1.6 Luu " " SAO11
30 ( " ) T -0.6 " " McAfee "
* 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 October 1997
September October
November December
Programs Schedules
Date* Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
1 (10.4) W 0.3 Luu Blue Channel McAfee SAO11
2 (10.5) Th 1.3 Rix " " L9
3 ( " ) F 2.2 " " " "
4 ( " ) S 3.2 " " " "
5 (10.6) S 4.1 Director Red Channel " Director
6 ( " ) M 5.1 " " " "
7 ( " ) T 6.0 " " Milone "
8 (10.7) W 7.0 Impey, Sealey Blue Channel " S10
9 ( " ) Th 7.9 " " " "
10 ( " ) F 8.8 Luhman, G. Rieke F-Spec " S23
11 ( " ) S 9.8 " " " "
12 (10.8) S 10.7 " " " "
13 ( " ) M 11.7 Hanson,Watson,G.Rieke " " S14
14 ( " ) T 12.6 Hanson,Fender,G.Rieke " Heller S12
15 (10.9) W 13.6 Hanson,Luhman,Burkholder " " S3
16 ( " ) Th -13.5 " " " "
17 ( " ) F -12.5 Meyer, Chen " " S27
18 ( " ) S -11.6 " " " "
19 (11.0) S -10.6 UAO TBS/Chen et al. " " TBS/S29
20 ( " ) M -9.7 Engineering Blue Channel " M&E
21 ( " ) T -8.7 " " McAfee "
22 (11.1) W -7.8 Massey,DeGioia-Eastwood " " S16
23 ( " ) Th -6.8 " " " "
24 ( " ) F -5.9 " " " "
25 ( " ) S -4.9 Impey, Sealey " " S10
26 (11.2) S -4.0 " " " "
27 ( " ) M -3.0 Kulkarni,Bechtold,Ge " " S34
28 ( " ) T -2.1 " " Milone "
29 ( " ) W -1.1 " " " "
30 (11.3) Th -0.2 " " " "
31 ( " ) F 0.8 UAO TBS/Falco " " TBS/SAO10
* 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 November 1997
September October
November December
Programs Schedules
Date* Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
1 (11.3) S 1.7 Falco Blue Channel Milone SAO10
2 (11.4) S 2.7 " " " "
3 ( " ) M 3.6 Kirshner " " SAO16
4 ( " ) T 4.6 " " Heller "
5 ( " ) W 5.5 Falco " " SAO10
6 ( " ) Th 6.4 " " " "
7 (11.5) F 7.4 Liebert et al. " " S40
8 ( " ) S 8.3 UAO TBS TBS " TBS
9 ( " ) S 9.3 Torres Echelle " SAO23
10 ( " ) M 10.2 " " " "
11 (11.6) T 11.2 " " McAfee "
12 ( " ) W 12.1 " " " "
13 ( " ) Th 13.1 " " " "
14 ( " ) F -14.0 " " " "
15 ( " ) S -13.0 " " " "
16 (11.7) S -12.1 " " " "
17 ( " ) M -11.1 " " " "
18 ( " ) T -10.2 " " Milone "
19 ( " ) W -9.2 Engineering TBD " M&E
20 (11.8) Th -8.3 UAO TBS Blue Channel " TBS
21 ( " ) F -7.3 Barton/Aldcroft " " SAO13/SAO6
22 ( " ) S -6.4 Barton " " SAO13
23 ( " ) S -5.4 " " " "
24 ( " ) M -4.5 " " " "
25 ( " ) T -3.5 " " Heller "
26 ( " ) W -2.6 Luhman, G.Rieke Red Channel " S23
27 ( " ) T -1.6 " " " "
28 (11.9) F -0.7 " " " "
29 ( " ) S 0.3 Director " " Director
30 ( " ) S 1.2 UAO TBS " " TBS
* 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 December 1997
September October
November December
Programs Schedules
Date* Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
1 (11.9) M 2.2 McClintock PI Photometer Heller SAO3
2 ( " ) T 3.1 " " McAfee "
3 ( " ) W 4.0 " " " "
4 ( " ) Th 5.0 Kirshner Blue Channel " SAO16
5 ( " ) F 5.9 Briceno " " SAO18
6 ( " ) S 6.9 " " " "
7 (12.0) S 7.8 " " " "
8 ( " ) M 8.8 Engineering MIRAC II " M&E
9 ( " ) T 9.7 Hinz et al. " Milone S35
10 ( " ) W 10.7 " " " "
11 ( " ) Th 11.6 " " " "
12 ( " ) F 12.6 " " " "
13 ( " ) S 13.5 Latham Echelle " SAO21
14 ( " ) S -13.5 " " " "
15 ( " ) M -12.6 " " " "
16 ( " ) T -11.6 " " Heller "
17 ( " ) W -10.7 " " " "
18 ( " ) Th -9.7 Engineering TBD " M&E
19 ( " ) F -8.8 " Blue Channel " "
20 ( " ) S -7.8 Massey/Impey " " UAO/UAO
21 ( " ) S -6.9 Massey/Pickering " " UAO/UAO
22 ( " ) M -5.9 Green/Pickering " " UAO/UAO
23 ( " ) T -5.0 Gomez " McAfee SAO2
24 ( " ) W -4.0 Sleet -- " --
25 ( " ) Th -3.1 Gomez " " SAO2
26 ( " ) F -2.1 " " " "
27 ( " ) S -1.2 " " " "
28 ( " ) S -0.2 Bechtold,Aldcroft REMOTE " " S33
29 ( " ) M 0.7 " REMOTE " " "
30 ( " ) T 1.6 Macri/Falco " Milone SAO/SAO
31 ( " ) W 2.6 "/" " " SAO/SAO
* Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is
greater than 12 degrees below the horizon.
SAO MMT Proposal Summary September-December 1997
September October
November December
Programs Schedules
Prop P.I. Title Inst. Request Award Grade
1 Garcia TOADs SpecR 2G -- -0.28
2 Gomez HH Ejections SpecR 4D 1D+3G 0.50
3 McClintock A0620-00 Photom 3D 3D 0.79
4 Garnavich SN Spectra Fspec 4L 7L+ 0.72
5 Szentgyorgyi Beppo-Sax Bursters SpecB opp $$ 0.77
6 Aldcroft Radio Loud QSO's SpecB 1D 0.5G -0.20
7 Munoz BAL QSO's SpecB 3D -- -0.79
8 Fiore Beppo-Sax Hard Sources SpecB 1D -- -0.20
9 Fabricant Galaxy Kinematics SpecB 2D 2D 1.06
10 Falco Flat Spectrum Sources SpecB 5D 4D+0.5G 0.55
11 Luu Kuiper Belt Objects SpecB 3D 3D 0.62
12 Kim X-ray Peculiar Objects SpecB 3D -- -1.50
13 Barton Close Pairs of Galaxies SpecB 5D 3D+1.5G 0.53
14 Caldwell PN in Dwarf Spheroidals SpecB 2D 1D -0.07
15 Zhao Nova BC Cas SpecB 3D+3G 3G -0.01
16 Kirshner SN Spectroscopy SpecB 4D 4D 1.22
17 Dobrzycki MgII in Hamburg QSO's SpecB 5D -- -0.38
18 Briceno Very Low mass PMS Stars SpecB 3G 3G 0.27
19 McNamara ROSAT Clusters SpecB 5D -- -0.47
20 Stefanik Hyades Survey Ech 1G 2L -0.44
21 Latham Thick Disk Origins Ech 5L 5L -1.12
22 Latham G Dwarf Binaries Ech 2L 2L -0.75
23 Torres Rosat PMS Candidates Ech 3L 4L -0.28
Nights Requested: 49D + 9G + 14L
Nights Available: 21D + 11.5G + 20L ****
$$ Participation by the scheduled observer is voluntary.