DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Jan 1 Mon 1.00 TRES GE TRES Combo --- NEW YEAR's DAY Jan 2 Tue 0.98 " " " --- Jan 3 Wed 0.93 " " " --- Jan 4 Thu 0.85 " " " --- Jan 5 Fri 0.76 " " " --- Jan 6 Sat 0.66 " " " --- Jan 7 Sun 0.56 " PB " --- Jan 8 Mon 0.46 " " " --- Jan 9 Tue 0.36 FAST MC FAST Combo --- Jan 10 Wed 0.27 " " " --- Jan 11 Thu 0.19 " " " --- Jan 12 Fri 0.12 " PB " --- Jan 13 Sat 0.07 " " " --- Jan 14 Sun 0.03 " MC " --- Jan 15 Mon 0.01 " " " --- MLK DAY Jan 16 Tue 0.00 TRES " TRES Combo --- Jan 17 Wed 0.01 " GE " --- Jan 18 Thu 0.04 " " " --- Jan 19 Fri 0.09 " " " --- Jan 20 Sat 0.15 " " " --- Jan 21 Sun 0.23 " " " --- Jan 22 Mon 0.32 " PB " --- Jan 23 Tue 0.42 " " " --- Jan 24 Wed 0.53 " MC " --- Jan 25 Thu 0.64 " " " --- Jan 26 Fri 0.75 " " " --- Jan 27 Sat 0.84 " PB " --- Jan 28 Sun 0.92 " " " --- Jan 29 Mon 0.97 " MC " --- Jan 30 Tue 1.00 " " " --- Jan 31 Wed 0.99 " " " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTJAN Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (7 nights) Brown 178 (HVS/ELM) 2 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights
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:
Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 5 nights,
Latham 204 (Self-lensing) 4 nights,
Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights,
Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 24 nights,
Latham 186 (Spec K2) 12 nights,
Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 3 nights,
Rodriguez 208 (Tropical Jupiters) 3 nights,
Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 2 nights,
Douglas 209 (Companions) 5 nights,
Winters 198 (Late M Dwarfs) 6 nights,
Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 18 nights,
Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 5 nights.
Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of February 2018
(as of 07 March 2018)
December 2017
January February
March April
May
Mt. Hopkins
Programs
PDF
Schedules
TDC
Telescope log
DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI and Program MMT Feb 1 Thu 0.95 TRES GE TRES Combo --- Feb 2 Fri 0.90 " " " --- Feb 3 Sat 0.82 " " " --- Feb 4 Sun 0.72 " " " --- Feb 5 Mon 0.63 " " " --- Feb 6 Tue 0.53 " PB " --- Feb 7 Wed 0.43 " " " --- Feb 8 Thu 0.34 FAST MC FAST Combo --- Feb 9 Fri 0.25 " " " --- Feb 10 Sat 0.18 " " " --- Feb 11 Sun 0.11 " PB " --- Feb 12 Mon 0.06 " " " --- Feb 13 Tue 0.02 " MC " --- Feb 14 Wed 0.00 " " " --- Feb 15 Thu 0.00 TRES " TRES Combo --- Feb 16 Fri 0.02 " PB " --- Feb 17 Sat 0.06 " " " --- Feb 18 Sun 0.11 " GE " --- Feb 19 Mon 0.18 " " " MC/HC PRESIDENT'S DAY Feb 20 Tue 0.28 " " " " Feb 21 Wed 0.38 " " " " Feb 22 Thu 0.49 " " " " Feb 23 Fri 0.60 " PB " --- Feb 24 Sat 0.71 " " " --- Feb 25 Sun 0.81 " MC " --- Feb 26 Mon 0.90 " " " --- Feb 27 Tue 0.96 " " " --- Feb 28 Wed 0.99 " GE " --- **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTFEB Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (7 nights) Brown 178 (HVS/ELM) 2 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights.
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:
Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 5 nights,
Latham 204 (Self-lensing) 4 nights,
Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights,
Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 24 nights,
Latham 186 (Spec K2) 12 nights,
Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 3 nights,
Rodriguez 208 (Tropical Jupiters) 3 nights,
Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 2 nights,
Douglas 209 (Companions) 5 nights,
Winters 198 (Late M Dwarfs) 6 nights,
Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 18 nights,
Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 5 nights.
Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of March 2018
(as of 07 March 2018)
December 2017
January February
March April
May 2018
Mt. Hopkins
Programs
PDF
Schedules
TDC
Telescope log
DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Mar 1 Thu 1.00 TRES GE TRES Combo --- Mar 2 Fri 0.98 " " " --- Mar 3 Sat 0.93 " PB " --- Mar 4 Sun 0.87 " " " --- Mar 5 Mon 0.79 " MC " --- Mar 6 Tue 0.70 " " " --- Mar 7 Wed 0.61 " " " --- Mar 8 Thu 0.51 " GE " --- Mar 9 Fri 0.42 " " " --- Mar 10 Sat 0.33 " " " --- Mar 11 Sun 0.24 " PB " --- Mar 12 Mon 0.17 FAST " FAST Combo --- Mar 13 Tue 0.10 " Berger ASTRO100 --- Mar 14 Wed 0.05 " " " --- Mar 15 Thu 0.02 " " " --- Mar 16 Fri 0.00 " PB FAST Combo --- Mar 17 Sat 0.01 " " " --- Mar 18 Sun 0.03 " Challis " MC/HC Mar 19 Mon 0.08 " " " " Mar 20 Tue 0.15 " " " " Mar 21 Wed 0.24 TRES GE TRES Combo MC/MM Mar 22 Thu 0.34 " " " MC/HC Mar 23 Fri 0.45 " " " --- Mar 24 Sat 0.57 " " " --- Mar 25 Sun 0.68 " " " --- Mar 26 Mon 0.78 " MC " --- Mar 27 Tue 0.87 " " " --- Mar 28 Wed 0.94 " " " --- Mar 29 Thu 0.98 " " " --- Mar 30 Fri 1.00 " PB " --- Mar 31 Sat 0.99 " " " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTMAR Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (6 nights) Brown 178 (HVS/ELM) 2 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights.
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:
Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 5 nights,
Latham 204 (Self-lensing) 4 nights,
Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights,
Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 24 nights,
Latham 186 (Spec K2) 12 nights,
Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 3 nights,
Rodriguez 208 (Tropical Jupiters) 3 nights,
Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 2 nights,
Douglas 209 (Companions) 5 nights,
Winters 198 (Late M Dwarfs) 6 nights,
Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 18 nights,
Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 5 nights.
Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of April 2018
(as of 07 March 2018)
December 2017
January February
March April
May 2018
Mt. Hopkins
Programs
PDF
Schedules
TDC
Telescope log
DATE MOON INST OBSERVER PI AND PROGRAM MMT Apr 1 Sun 0.96 TRES GE TRES Combo --- Apr 2 Mon 0.91 " " " --- Apr 3 Tue 0.84 " " " --- Apr 4 Wed 0.77 " MC " --- Apr 5 Thu 0.68 " " " --- Apr 6 Fri 0.59 " " " --- Apr 7 Sat 0.49 " PB " --- Apr 8 Sun 0.40 " " " --- Apr 9 Mon 0.31 " MC " --- Apr 10 Tue 0.23 TRES " FAST Combo --- Apr 11 Wed 0.15 " " " --- Apr 12 Thu 0.09 " PB " --- Apr 13 Fri 0.04 " " " --- Apr 14 Sat 0.01 " MC " --- Apr 15 Sun 0.00 " " " --- Apr 16 Mon 0.02 TRES " TRES Combo --- Apr 17 Tue 0.06 " PB " --- Apr 18 Wed 0.13 " " " --- Apr 19 Thu 0.21 " GE " --- Apr 20 Fri 0.31 " " " --- Apr 21 Sat 0.42 " " " --- Apr 22 Sun 0.54 " " " --- Apr 23 Mon 0.65 " " " --- Apr 24 Tue 0.75 " " " --- Apr 25 Wed 0.84 " " " --- Apr 26 Thu 0.92 " PB " --- Apr 27 Fri 0.96 " " " --- Apr 28 Sat 0.99 " MC " --- Apr 29 Sun 1.00 " " " --- Apr 30 Mon 0.98 " " " --- ** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT **** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHTAPR Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (6 nights) Brown 178 (HVS/ELM) 2 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Blanchard 225 (SLSNes, TDEs) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights.
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:
Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 5 nights,
Latham 204 (Self-lensing) 4 nights,
Irwin 183 (MEarth follow-up) 3 nights,
Latham 12 (Transiting planets) 24 nights,
Latham 186 (Spec K2) 12 nights,
Quinn 199 (Giant planets) 3 nights,
Rodriguez 208 (Tropical Jupiters) 3 nights,
Quinn 206 (Hot Jupiters) 2 nights,
Douglas 209 (Companions) 5 nights,
Winters 198 (Late M Dwarfs) 6 nights,
Torres 15 (Eclipsing binaries) 18 nights,
Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 5 nights.
Tillinghast Proposal Summary January-April 2018
(as of 06 January 2017)
December 2017
January February
March April
May 2018
Programs
PDF
Schedules
TDC
| PI | Num | Title | Dark | Gray | Bright |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Brown | 178 | HVS/ELM Survey South | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Edo Berger | 196 | Astro 100: Undergraduate Education on the FLWO 1.5m Telescope | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Emilio Falco | 220 | Spectroscopy of Transients from the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae: Big Science with Small Telescopes | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Kenyon | 12 | Optical Spectra of Symbiotic Stars | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Blanchard | 225 | Spectroscopic and Photometric Follow-up of SLSNe and TDEs from PSST | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Kirshner | 2 | Supernova Spectroscopy with FAST | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| PI | Num | Title | Dark | Gray | Bright |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Zhou | 192 | Confirming and characterising planets around massive stars | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| David W. Latham | 204 | Self-Lensing Binary Candidates | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Irwin | 183 | MEarth Spectroscopic Follow-up | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| David W. Latham | 13 | Transiting Planet Candidate Follow-Up - 60 inch | 6 | 13 | 5 |
| David W. Latham | 186 | Spectroscopic follow-up of K2 Planet Candidates | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Samuel Quinn | 200 | Giant Planets in Open Clusters | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Joseph Rodriguez | 208 | Confirmation and Characterization of Tropical Jupiters to Understand High Eccentricity Migration | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Samuel Quinn | 206 | Hot Jupiters, Formed In Situ | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Stephanie T. Douglas | 209 | The impact of companions on stellar rotational evolution | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jennifer Winters | 198 | Characterizing the Nearby Northern Mid-to-Late M Dwarfs with TRES | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Guillermo Torres | 15 | Eclipsing binaries | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Guillermo Torres | 6 | Pleiades binary survey | 0 | 0 | 5 |