FLWO Tillinghast 60-inch Observing Schedule
May-August 2009

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of May 2009 (as of 02 July 2009)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
May  1 Fri   0.54  FAST    PB          FAST Combo
May  2 Sat   0.65  "       "           "
May  3 Sun   0.75  "       "           "
May  4 Mon   0.84  "       MC          "
May  5 Tue   0.91  ECH     "           ECH Combo
May  6 Wed   0.96  "       "           "
May  7 Thu   0.99  "       Esquerdo    "
May  8 Fri   1.00  "       "           "
May  9 Sat   0.98  "       "           "
May 10 Sun   0.95  "       "           "
May 11 Mon   0.91  TRES    "           TRES Combo
May 12 Tue   0.84  "       "           "
May 13 Wed   0.77  "       PB          "
May 14 Thu   0.68  "       "           "
May 15 Fri   0.59  "       "           "
May 16 Sat   0.50  "       MC          "
May 17 Sun   0.40  "       "           "
May 18 Mon   0.30  FAST    "           FAST Combo
May 19 Tue   0.21  "       Challis     "               PB/HS
May 20 Wed   0.13  "       "           "               "
May 21 Thu   0.07  "       "           "               "
May 22 Fri   0.02  "       "           "               "
May 23 Sat   0.00  "       Tang        "               MC/HS
May 24 Sun   0.01  "       "           "               "
May 25 Mon   0.04  "       "           "               "       MEMORIAL DAY
May 26 Tue   0.11  "       "           "               "
May 27 Wed   0.19  "       Groner      "               PB/HS
May 28 Thu   0.29  "       "           "               "
May 29 Fri   0.40  "       Peters      "               "
May 30 Sat   0.51  "       "           "               PB/HC
May 31 Sun   0.62  "       "           "               MC/HC

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

May Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (18 nights)
Brown 182 (Run-away B) 3 nights, Kilic 178 (low-mass WDs) 4 nights, Wright 157 (IPHAS H-alpha) 1 night, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 2 nights, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 1 night, Green (Dwarf C stars) 1 night, Green (S dwarfs) 0.5 night, Green 165 (Broad abs. var. QSOs) 0.5 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 1 night, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 2 nights, Green 129 (ChaMP) 0.5 night, Huchra 6 (AGNWATCH) 0.5 night.
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority, according to the TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

TRES/Echelle Combo for trimester: TRES: Latham (Trans follow-up) 12 nights, Torres G. (low-mass eclipsing) 3 nights. ECH: Latham (Transit follow-up) 11 nights, Torres G. (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 3 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of June 2009 (as of 02 July 2009)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jun  1 Mon   0.72  FAST    Brown       FAST Combo       MC/HC
Jun  2 Tue   0.81  "       "           "                "
Jun  3 Wed   0.88  "       "           "                "
Jun  4 Thu   0.94  "       "           "
Jun  5 Fri   0.98  TRES    Stefanik    TRES Combo
Jun  6 Sat   1.00  "       "           "
Jun  7 Sun   1.00  "       "           "
Jun  8 Mon   0.98  "       "           "
Jun  9 Tue   0.94  "       "           "
Jun 10 Wed   0.89  "       PB/Stefanik "
Jun 11 Thu   0.82  "       PB          "
Jun 12 Fri   0.74  "       "           "
Jun 13 Sat   0.66  "       MC          "
Jun 14 Sun   0.56  "       "           "
Jun 15 Mon   0.46  "       "           "
Jun 16 Tue   0.36  FAST    PB          FAST Combo
Jun 17 Wed   0.26  "       "           "
Jun 18 Thu   0.17  "       "           "
Jun 19 Fri   0.09  "       MC          "
Jun 20 Sat   0.04  "       "           "
Jun 21 Sun   0.01  "       "           "
Jun 22 Mon   0.00  "       PB          "
Jun 23 Tue   0.03  "       "           "
Jun 24 Wed   0.09  "       "           "
Jun 25 Thu   0.17  "       MC          "
Jun 26 Fri   0.26  "       "           "
Jun 27 Sat   0.37  "       "           "
Jun 28 Sun   0.47  "       PB          "
Jun 29 Mon   0.58  "       "           "
Jun 30 Tue   0.68  "       "           "

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

June Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (19 nights) Brown 182 (Run-away B) 5 nights, Kilic 178 (low-mass WDs) 3 nights, Wright 157 (IPHAS H-alpha) 1 night, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 2 nights, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Green (Dwarf C stars) 1 night, Green (S dwarfs) 0.5 night, Green 165 (Broad abs. var. QSOs) 0.5 night, Zezas 176 (Be/X bin.) 1 night, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 2 nights, Green 129 (ChaMP) 0.5 night, Huchra 6 (AGNWATCH) 0.5 night.
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority, according to the TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

TRES/Echelle Combo for trimester: TRES: Latham (Trans follow-up) 12 nights, Torres G. (low-mass eclipsing) 3 nights. ECH: Latham (Transit follow-up) 11 nights, Torres G. (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 3 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of July 2009 (as of 02 July 2009)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM  MMT
Jul  1 Wed   0.77  TRES    MC          TRES Combo
Jul  2 Thu   0.85  "       "           "
Jul  3 Fri   0.91  "       "           "
Jul  4 Sat   0.96  "       PB          "                       INDEPENDENCE DAY
Jul  5 Sun   0.99  "       "           "
Jul  6 Mon   1.00  "       "           "
Jul  7 Tue   0.99  "       MC          "
Jul  8 Wed   0.97  "       "           "
Jul  9 Thu   0.93  TRES    Szentgyorg. M dwarfs
Jul 10 Fri   0.87  "       "           "                PB/HC
Jul 11 Sat   0.79  "       "           "                "
Jul 12 Sun   0.71  "       "           "                "
Jul 13 Mon   0.61  "       Cramer      "                PB/HS
Jul 14 Tue   0.51  "       "           "                MC/HS
Jul 15 Wed   0.40  "       "           "                "
Jul 16 Thu   0.30  "       "           "                "
Jul 17 Fri   0.20  FAST    Wright      FAST Combo       "
Jul 18 Sat   0.11  "       "           "                PB/HS
Jul 19 Sun   0.05  "       Cambridge   "                "
Jul 20 Mon   0.01  "       Wright      "                "
Jul 21 Tue   0.00  "       "           "                "
Jul 22 Wed   0.02  "       Huchra      "
Jul 23 Thu   0.07  "       "           "
Jul 24 Fri   0.14  "       "           "
Jul 25 Sat   0.23  "       "           "
Jul 26 Sun   0.33  "       MC          "
Jul 27 Mon   0.43  "       "           "
Jul 28 Tue   0.53  "       "           "
Jul 29 Wed   0.63  "       PB          "
Jul 30 Thu   0.72  "       "           "
Jul 31 Fri   0.81  "       "           "

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

July Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (15 nights) Brown 182 (Run-away B) 4 nights, Wright 157 (IPHAS H-alpha) 2 nights, Torres M. 149 (TOO XRN) 2 nights, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Green (Dwarf C stars) 1 night, Green (S dwarfs) 0.5 night, Green 165 (Broad abs. var. QSOs) 0.5 night, Huchra 141 (2MASS) 1 night.
NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority, according to the TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

TRES/Echelle Combo for trimester: TRES: Latham (Trans follow-up) 12 nights, Torres G. (low-mass eclipsing) 3 nights. ECH: Latham (Transit follow-up) 11 nights, Torres G. (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Torres G. (Accurate masses sel. ecl. bin.) 3 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of August 2009 (as of 02 July 2009)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   
Aug  1 Fri   0.01  N/A     N/A         SHUTDOWN
Aug  2 Sat   0.04  "       "           "
Aug  3 Sun   0.10  "       "           "
Aug  4 Mon   0.17  "       "           "
Aug  5 Tue   0.26  "       "           "
Aug  6 Wed   0.35  "       "           "
Aug  7 Thu   0.44  "       "           "
Aug  8 Fri   0.54  "       "           "
Aug  9 Sat   0.63  "       "           "
Aug 10 Sun   0.72  "       "           "
Aug 11 Mon   0.80  "       "           "
Aug 12 Tue   0.87  "       "           "
Aug 13 Wed   0.93  "       "           "
Aug 14 Thu   0.97  "       "           "
Aug 15 Fri   1.00  "       "           "
Aug 16 Sat   1.00  "       "           "
Aug 17 Sun   0.98  "       "           "
Aug 18 Mon   0.94  "       "           "
Aug 19 Tue   0.87  "       "           "
Aug 20 Wed   0.79  "       "           "
Aug 21 Thu   0.69  "       "           "
Aug 22 Fri   0.57  "       "           "
Aug 23 Sat   0.46  "       "           "
Aug 24 Sun   0.35  "       "           "
Aug 25 Mon   0.24  "       "           "
Aug 26 Tue   0.15  "       "           "
Aug 27 Wed   0.08  "       "           "
Aug 28 Thu   0.03  "       "           "
Aug 29 Fri   0.00  "       "           "
Aug 30 Sat   0.00  "       "           "
Aug 31 Sun   0.03  "       "           "

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

Fast Combo
August Fast Combo -- N/A
Echelle Combo
August Echelle Combo -- N/A

Tillinghast Proposal Summary May-August 2009

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
Inst  Program                            PI           Nights
FAST   2 Supernovae                      Kirshner     10
FAST   6 AGNWATCH                        Huchra        1
FAST  12 Symbiotic Stars                 Kenyon        2
FAST 129 Bright ChaMP Sources            Green         1
FAST 141 Nearby_Universe                 Huchra        5
FAST 149 Black Hole X-Ray Novae          M_Torres      6
FAST 157 Bright IPHAS Emission Sources   Wright        4
FAST 165 Quasar Broad Abs. Variability   Green         1.5
FAST 176 Be/X-ray Binaries Disks         Zezas         2
FAST 178 Low Mass White Dwarves          Kilic         7
FAST 182 Runaway B Stars                 Brown        12
FAST 188 SDSS Dwarf Carbon Stars         Green         3
FAST 189 S Dwarf Stars                   Green         1.5

TRES   9 Low-Mass eclipsing Binaries     Torres       3
TRES  13 Transit follow-ups              Latham      12

ECH      Transit follow-ups              Latham      11
ECH  ??? Accurate masses evolved         Torres       2
ECH  ??? Accurate masses ecl. binaries   Torres       3