MMT Observing Schedule
September-December 1996
MMT Schedule for the Month of September 1996
September October
November December
Programs
Postscript
Schedules
Date* Day Moon Observer Instrument Operator Program
1 ( 9.4) S -9.9 Garcia/Callanan Blue Channel Heller SAO/SAO
2 ( 9.5) M -9.0 B. Green " McAfee S38
3 ( " ) T -8.0 " " " "
4 ( " ) W -7.1 " " " "
5 ( 9.6) Th -6.2 Impey " " S16
6 ( " ) F -5.2 Falco " " SAO10
7 ( " ) S -4.3 " " " "
8 ( 9.7) S -3.3 " " " "
9 ( " ) M -2.4 " " " "
10 ( " ) T -1.4 " " Milone "
11 ( 9.8) W -0.5 Director " " Director
12 ( " ) Th 0.5 " " " "
13 ( " ) F 1.4 Bechtold et al. " " S40
14 ( 9.9) S 2.4 McNamara " " SAO9
15 ( " ) S 3.3 " " " "
16 ( " ) M 4.3 " " " "
17 (10.0) T 5.2 Massey et al. " Heller S53
18 ( " ) W 6.2 " " " "
19 ( " ) Th 7.1 " " " "
20 (10.1) F 8.1 Bechtold et al. F-Spec " S40
21 ( " ) S 9.0 Hanson et al. " " S33
22 ( " ) S 10.0 G. Rieke et al. " " S43
23 (10.2) M 10.9 Fender et al. " " S45
24 ( " ) T 11.9 Bechtold et al. " McAfee S42
25 ( " ) W 12.8 Garnavich " " SAO15
26 (10.3) Th 13.8 " " " "
27 ( " ) F -13.3 Latham Echelle " SAO17
28 ( " ) S -12.3 " " " "
29 (10.4) S -11.4 " " " "
30 ( " ) M -10.4 " " " "
* 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 1996
September October
November December
Programs Schedules
1 (10.4) T -9.5 Engineering TBD Milone M&E
2 (10.5) W -8.6 " " " "
3 ( " ) Th -7.6 B. Green Blue Channel " S38
4 ( " ) F -6.7 Impey " " S16
5 (10.6) S -5.7 B. Green " " S38
6 ( " ) S -4.8 Turner et al. " " L4
7 ( " ) M -3.8 " " " "
8 (10.7) T -2.9 Pickering " Heller S27
9 ( " ) W -1.9 Kirshner/Corbin " " SAO5/S7
10 ( " ) Th -1.0 Kirshner " " SAO5
11 ( " ) F 0.0 " " " "
12 (10.8) S 0.9 " " " "
13 ( " ) S 1.9 " " " "
14 ( " ) M 2.8 Director " " Director
15 (10.9) T 3.8 Olszewski et al. " Milone S17
16 ( " ) W 4.7 " " " "
17 ( " ) Th 5.7 Director " " Director
18 ( " ) F 6.6 Impey et al. " " S16
19 (11.0) S 7.6 Olszewski et al. " " S17
20 ( " ) S 8.5 " " " "
21 ( " ) M 9.5 Engineering TBD " M&E
22 (11.1) T 10.4 Angel et al. Fasttrac II McAfee E2
23 ( " ) W 11.4 " " " "
24 ( " ) Th 12.3 " " " "
25 ( " ) F 13.3 Hooper " " S25
26 (11.2) S -13.8 Hooper/Ge et al. " " S25/S51
27 ( " ) S -12.8 Ge et al. " " S51
28 ( " ) M -11.9 " " " "
29 ( " ) T -11.0 McLeod " Heller SAO14
30 (11.3) W -10.0 " " " "
31 ( " ) Th -9.1 " " " "
* 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 November 1996
September October
November December
Programs Schedules
1 (11.3) F -8.1 Krockenberger Red Channel Heller SAO4
2 (11.4) S -7.2 " " " "
3 ( " ) S -6.2 Barton Blue Channel " SAO6
4 ( " ) M -5.3 " " " "
5 ( " ) T -4.3 " " McAfee "
6 ( " ) W -3.4 " " " "
7 (11.5) Th -2.4 " " " "
8 ( " ) F -1.5 Vestergaard/Seward (INTERNET)" " SAO11/SAO3
9 ( " ) S -0.5 Pickering et al. Red Channel " S26
10 ( " ) S 0.4 " " " "
11 (11.6) M 1.4 " " " "
12 ( " ) T 2.3 Hughes Red Channel + AP Milone SAO8
13 ( " ) W 3.3 " " " "
14 ( " ) Th 4.2 Odewahn et al. " " L17
15 ( " ) F 5.2 " " " "
16 (11.7) S 6.1 " " " "
17 ( " ) S 7.1 " " " "
18 ( " ) M 8.0 Torres Echelle " SAO16
19 ( " ) T 9.0 " " McAfee "
20 (11.8) W 9.9 " " " "
21 ( " ) Th 10.9 M&E " " M&E
22 ( " ) F 11.8 " " " "
23 ( " ) S 12.8 Stefanik " " SAO18
24 ( " ) S 13.7 " " " "
25 ( " ) M -13.3 Eikenberry SSPM " SAO17
26 ( " ) T -12.4 " " McAfee "
27 ( " ) W -11.5 " " " "
28 (11.9) Th -10.5 " " " "
29 ( " ) F -9.6 " " " "
30 ( " ) S -8.6 " " " "
* 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 1996
September October
November December
Programs Schedules
1 (11.9) S -7.7 Eikenberry SSPM McAfee SAO17
2 ( " ) M -6.7 Briceno Blue Channel " SAO1
3 ( " ) T -5.8 Briceno/Hartmann " Milone SAO1/SAO2
4 ( " ) W -4.8 Hartmann " " SAO2
5 ( " ) Th -3.9 Koranyi " " SAO7
6 ( " ) F -2.9 " " " "
7 (12.0) S -2.0 Schachter " " SAO12
8 ( " ) S -1.0 " " " "
9 ( " ) M -0.1 SAO Internet Observing " " SAO TBS
10 ( " ) T 0.9 UAO TBS " Heller UAO TBS
11 ( " ) W 1.8 Izotov et al. " " V1
12 ( " ) Th 2.8 " " " "
13 ( " ) F 3.7 Shields, Hamann Red Channel " S24
14 ( " ) S 4.7 Bechtold, Yee " " S41
15 ( " ) S 5.6 " " " "
16 ( " ) M 6.6 B. Green et al. Blue Channel " S37
17 ( " ) T 7.5 " " McAfee "
18 ( " ) W 8.5 " " " "
19 ( " ) Th 9.4 Garnavich F-Spec " SAO15
20 ( " ) F 10.4 " " " "
21 ( " ) S 11.3 Alonso et al. " " S30
22 ( " ) S 12.3 M. Rieke et al. " " S29
23 ( " ) M 13.2 " " " "
24 ( " ) T -13.9 Sleet -- Milone --
25 ( " ) W -12.9 Luhman, G. Rieke " " S12
26 ( " ) Th -12.0 " " " "
27 ( " ) F -11.0 Luhman,G. Rieke/UAO TBS " " S12/UAO TBS
28 ( " ) S -10.1 Rieke et al. " " "
29 ( " ) S -9.1 " " " "
30 ( " ) M -8.2 " " " "
31 ( " ) T -7.2 Olszewski/UAO TBS Blue Channel Heller S17/UAOTBS
* Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is
greater than 12 degrees below the horizon.
MMT Proposal Summary September-December 1996
September October
November December
Programs Schedules
Prop P.I. Title Inst. Request Award Grade
1 Briceno Low Mass PMS SpecB 1.5G 1.5G 0.30
2 Hartmann TTS Accretion Rates SpecB 1.5G 1.5G -0.01
3 Seward 3C58 II Central Region SpecB 1D 0.4G -1.13
4 Krockenberger Cepheid Distance for M31 SpecR 2D 2G -0.14
5 Kirshner Supernova Spectroscopy SpecB 4D 4.5D 1.34
6 Barton Close Pairs of Galaxies SpecB 5D 4D+1G -0.13
7 Koranyi Kinematics of AWM 7 SpecB 2D 2D -0.28
8 Hughes Supercluster at z = 0.5 SpecR+Ap 2D 2D 0.29
9 McNamara ROSAT Cluster Galaxies SpecB 3D 3D 0.09
10 Falco Grav Lensed Quasars SpecB 5D 5D 1.25
11 Vestergaard Quasar Emission Lines SpecB 0.6G 0.6G -0.76
12 Schachter Complete BL Lac Sample SpecB 2D 2D -1.06
13 Eikenberry Crab Pulsar SSPM 7L 7L 0.87
14 McLeod AO Obs of Grav Lenses Fasttrac II 3L 3L 1.44
15 Garnavich Supernova IR Spectroscopy FSPEC 4L 4L 0.72
16 Torres ROSAT PMS Candidates Ech 3L 3L 0.08
17 Latham Thick Disk Origins Ech 4L 4L -1.04
18 Stefanik Hyades Binaries Ech 2L 2L -1.29
The TAC allocated one night -- 9 Dec 1996 - for request night (Internet)
Total Requested: 26 D + 3.6 G + 23 L
Total Available: 22 D + 10.5 G + 19 L
Total Allocated: 23.5 D + 7 G + 23 L