SAO TDC

MMT Observing Schedule
September-December 2015 (as of 6 August 2015)

MMT schedule for the Month of August 2015 (as of 6 August 2015)

July August September October November December January 2016 PDF Programs Schedules Schedules@MMT
Date*      Day      Moon    Observer             Instrument         Hecto Assistant      Secondary    Operator        Program
 1   (8.4)  S     -12.3     Shutdown            ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----            
 2     "    S     -11.4     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
 3   (8.5)  M     -10.4     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----      
 4     "    T      -9.5     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
 5     "    W      -8.5     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
 6     "    Th     -7.6     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
 7   (8.6)  F      -6.6     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
 8     "    S      -5.7     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
 9     "    S      -4.7     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
10     "    M      -3.8     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
11   (8.7)  T      -2.8     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
12     "    W      -1.9     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
13     "    Th     -0.9     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
14   (8.8)  F       0.0     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
15     "    S       1.0     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
16     "    S       1.9     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
17   (8.9)  M       2.9     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
18     "    T       3.8     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
19     "    W       4.8     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
20   (9.0)  Th      5.7     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
21     "    F       6.7     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
22     "    S       7.6     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
23   (9.1)  S       8.6     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
24     "    M       9.5     "                   ----                    ----             ----         ----            ----   
25     "    T      10.5     M&E                 ----                     Powell           f/15         Gottilla      ME     
26   (9.2)  W      11.4     M&E/Guyon           nlCWFS                     "              "            "             ME/DIR
27     "    Th     12.4     M&E                 ----                       "              "            "             ME
28   (9.3)  F      13.3     "                   ----                       "              "            "             "
29     "    S     -13.8     Dupree              NGS/ARIES               ----              "            "             SAO-19
30   (9.4)  S     -12.8     "                   "                       ----              "            "             "
31     "    M     -11.9     "                   "                       ----              "            "             "
* Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is greater than 12 degrees below the horizon.
Preliminary: the MMT schedule may be subject to further changes.

MMT schedule for the Month of September 2015 (as of 6 August 2015)

July August September October November December January 2016 PDF Programs Schedules Schedules@MMT
Date*      Day      Moon    Observer             Instrument         Hecto Assistant      Secondary    Operator        Program
 1   (9.4)  T     -10.9     Meibom              Hectochelle             Berlind          f/5          Martin        SAO-12
 2   (9.5)  W     -10.0     "                   "                          "             "            "             SAO-22
 3     "    Th     -9.0     "                   "                          "             "            "             "
 4     "    F      -8.1     "                   "                          "             "            "             "
 5   (9.6)  S      -7.1     Shan                "                       Calkins          "            "             SAO-24
 6     "    S      -6.2     Meibom/Caldwell     "                          "             "            "             SAO-22/SAO-5
 7     "    M      -5.2     Caldwell            "                          "             "            "             SAO-5
 8   (9.7)  T      -4.3     Kirshner            Hectospec                  "             "            Milone        SAO-16
 9     "    W      -3.3     "                   "                       Berlind          "            "             "
10     "    Th     -2.4     Eisenstein          "                          "             "            "             SAO-6
11   (9.8)  F      -1.4     "                   "                          "             "            "             "
12     "    S      -0.5     "                   "                          "             "            "             "   
13     "    S       0.5     Randall             "                       Calkins          "            "             SAO-7
14   (9.9)  M       1.4     Weiner              "                          "             "            "             UAO-S310
15     "    T       2.4     "                   "                          "             "            Gottilla      " 
16     "    W       3.3     Massey              "                          "             "            "             UAO-S287
17  (10.0)  Th      4.3     "                   "                       Berlind          "            "             "
18     "    F       5.2     "                   "                          "             "            "             "
19     "    S       6.2     Humphreys           "                          "             "            "             UAO-G8
20  (10.1)  S       7.1     Lee, Myung Gyoon    "                          "             "            "             UAO-G2
21     "    M       8.1     Caldwell            "                       Calkins          "            "             SAO-4
22     "    T       9.0     McLeod              MMIRS                   ----             "            Martin        SAO-1
23  (10.2)  W      10.0     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
24     "    Th     10.9     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
25     "    F      11.8     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
26  (10.3)  S      12.8     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
27     "    S      13.7     Stark               "                       ----             "            "             UAO-S362
28     "    M     -13.3     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
29  (10.4)  T     -12.4     "                   "                       ----             "            Milone        "
30     "    W     -11.4     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
* Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is greater than 12 degrees below the horizon.
Preliminary: the MMT schedule may be subject to further changes.

MMT schedule for the Month of October 2015 (as of 6 August 2015)

July August September October November December January 2016 PDF Programs Schedules Schedules@MMT
Date*      Day      Moon    Observer             Instrument         Hecto Assistant      Secondary    Operator        Program
 1  (10.4)  Th    -10.5     Chilingarian        MMIRS                   ----             f/5          Milone        SAO-10
 2  (10.5)  F      -9.5     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
 3     "    S      -8.6     Mommert             "                       ----             "            "             UAO-S296
 4     "    S      -7.6     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
 5  (10.6)  M      -6.7     Williams, G.        SPOL                    ----             f/9          "             DIR
 6     "    T      -5.7     "                   "                       ----             "            Gottilla      "
 7     "    W      -4.8     Zabduloff           "                       ----             "            "             UAO-S363
 8  (10.7)  Th     -3.8     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
 9     "    F      -2.9     Smith               Blue Channel            ----             "            "             UAO-S303
10     "    S      -1.9     Holberg             "                       ----             "            "             UAO-S305
11     "    S      -1.0     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
12  (10.8)  M       0.0     Smith/Kirshner      "                       ----             "            "             UAO-S303/SAO-21   
13     "    T       0.9     Rubin               "                       ----             "            Martin        SAO-18
14     "    W       1.9     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
15  (10.9)  Th      2.8     Brown               "                       ----             "            "             SAO-14 
16     "    F       3.8     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
17     "    S       4.7     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
18     "    S       5.7     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
19  (11.0)  M       6.6     Parrent             "                       ----             "            "             SAO-28
20     "    T       7.6     Smith               "                       ----             "            Milone        UAO-S303
21     "    W       8.5     M&E                 NGS/ARIES               ----             f/15         "             ME
22  (11.1)  Th      9.4     Ward-Duong          "                       ----             "            "             UAO-S340
23     "    F      10.4     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
24     "    S      11.3     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
25     "    S      12.3     Patience            "                       ----             "            "             UAO-S341
26  (11.2)  M      13.2     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
27     "    T     -13.8     Birkby              "                       ----             "            Gottilla      SAO-2
28     "    W     -12.9     Patience            "                       ----             "            "             UAO-S341
29     "    Th    -11.9     Birkby              "                       ----             "            "             SAO-2
30  (11.3)  F     -11.0     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
31     "    S     -10.0     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
* Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is greater than 12 degrees below the horizon.
Preliminary: The MMT schedule may be subject to further changes.

MMT schedule for the Month of November 2015 (as of 6 August 2015)

July August September October November December January 2016 PDF Programs Schedules Schedules@MMT
Date*      Day      Moon    Observer             Instrument         Hecto Assistant      Secondary    Operator        Program
 1  (11.3)  S      -9.1     Birkby              NGS/ARIES               ----             f/15         Gottilla      SAO-2
 2  (11.4)  M      -8.1     Smith               Blue Channel            ----             f/9          "             UAO-S303
 3     "    T      -7.2     Schindler           Red Channel             ----             "            Martin        UAO-S293
 4     "    W      -6.2     Yang, Jinyi         "                       ----             "            "             UAO-G22
 5     "    Th     -5.3     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
 6     "    F      -4.3     Gong, Hang          "                       ----             "            "             UAO-G26
 7  (11.5)  S      -3.4     Woo, Jong-Hak       "                       ----             "            "             UAO-G3         
 8     "    S      -2.4     Kirshner            Blue Channel            ----             "            "             SAO-21 
 9     "    M      -1.5     Brown               "                       ----             "            "             SAO-14
10     "    T      -0.5     "                   "                       ----             "            Milone        "
11  (11.6)  W       0.4     Skillman            "                       ----             "            "             UAO-G9
12     "    Th      1.4     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
13     "    F       2.3     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
14     "    S       3.3     Smith               "                       ----             "            "             UAO-S303
15     "    S       4.2     M&E                 "                       ----             "            "             ME
16  (11.7)  M       5.2     Su                  Blue Echellette         ----             "            "             UAO-S315
17     "    T       6.1     Fan                 Red Channel             ----             "            Gottilla      UAO-S316
18     "    W       7.0     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
19     "    Th      8.0     Kirshner            Hectospec               Berlind          f/5          "             SAO-16
20  (11.8)  F       8.9     Zhang,Bo/Smith      "                          "             "            "             UAO-G20/UAO-S303
21     "    S       9.9     Lopez-Morales       "                          "             "            "             SAO-25
22     "    S      10.8     Troup               Hectochelle                "             "            "             UAO-G12
23     "    M      11.8     "                   "                       Calkins          "            "             "
24     "    T      12.7     Meibom/Shan         "                          "             "            Martin        SAO-12/SAO-24
25     "    W      13.7     Saar                "                          "             "            "             SAO-20
26     "    Th    -13.4     Fong                MMTCam                     "             "            "             UAO-S367
27     "    F     -12.4     Smith               "                       Berlind          "            "             UAO-S303
28  (11.9)  S     -11.5     Saar/Shan           Hectochelle                "             "            "             SAO-20/SAO-24
29     "    S     -10.5     Patience            "                          "             "            "             UAO-S343
30     "    M      -9.6     Prato               "                          "             "            "             UAO-S330        
* Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is greater than 12 degrees below the horizon.

Preliminary: The MMT schedule may be subject to further changes.

MMT schedule for the Month of December 2015 (as of 6 August 2015)

July August September October November December January 2016 PDF Programs Schedules Schedules@MMT
Date*      Day      Moon    Observer             Instrument         Hecto Assistant      Secondary    Operator        Program
 1  (11.9)  T      -8.6     Shan                Hectochelle             Calkins          f/5          Milone        SAO-24
 2     "    W      -7.7     Lim,Beomdu/Berger   H'chelle/MMTCam            "             "            "             UAO-G5/SAO-9
 3     "    Th     -6.7     Geller              Hectospec                  "             "            "             SAO-8
 4     "    F      -5.8     "                   "                          "             "            "             "
 5     "    S      -4.8     Berger/Lopez-Morales MMTCam/H'spec          Berlind          "            "             SAO-9/SAO-15 
 6     "    S      -3.9     Bezanson            Hectospec                  "             "            "             UAO-S301
 7  (12.0)  M      -2.9     "                   "                          "             "            "             "
 8     "    T      -2.0     "                   "                          "             "            Gottilla      "
 9     "    W      -1.0     Geller              "                          "             "            "             SAO-8
10     "    Th     -0.1     Geller/Benbow(0.01) "                          "             "            "             SAO-8/SAO-17
11     "    F       0.9     Zahid/Benbow(0.01)  "                          "             "            "             SAO-26/SAO-23
12     "    S       1.8     Williams, C.        "                          "             "            "             UAO-S373
13     "    S       2.8     "                   "                       Calkins          "            "             "
14     "    M       3.7     Rubin               Blue Channel            ----             f/9          "             SAO-18
15     "    T       4.6     "                   "                       ----             "            Martin        "
16     "    W       5.6     Kirshner/Drout      "                       ----             "            "             SAO-21/SAO-13
17     "    Th      6.5     Smith/Drout         "                       ----             "            "             UAO-S303/SAO-13
18     "    F       7.5     Bezanson            MMIRS                   ----             f/5          "             UAO-S339
19     "    S       8.4     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
20     "    S       9.4     Chilingarian        "                       ----             "            "             SAO-10
21     "    M      10.3     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
22     "    T      11.3     Johnson,B./Saral    "                       ----             "            Milone        SAO-11/SAO-27
23     "    W      12.2     Smith               "                       ----             "            "             UAO-S303
24     "    Th     13.2     Closed              "                       ----             "            ---           ---
25     "    F     -13.9     Lopez-Morales/Rajan "                       ----             "            Milone        SAO-3/UAO-S358
26     "    S     -12.9     Rajan               "                       ----             "            "             UAO-S358
27     "    S     -12.0     Lopez-Morales/Rajan "                       ----             "            "             SAO-3/UAO-S358
28     "    M     -11.0     Rajan               "                       ----             "            "             UAO-S358
29     "    T     -10.1     Walth               "                       ----             "            Gottilla      UAO-S383
30     "    W      -9.1     "                   "                       ----             "            "             "
31     "    Th     -8.2     Kim                 "                       ----             "            "             UAO-S385
* Numbers in parentheses are the number of hours for which the sun is greater than 12 degrees below the horizon.
Preliminary: The MMT schedule may be subject to further changes.