SAO TDC

MMT Observing Schedule
September-December 2015 (as of 06 August 2015)

MMT schedule for the Month of August 2015 (as of 06 August 2015)

July August September October November December January 2016 SAO Schedules MMT Schedules
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 MT schedule may be subject to further changes.

MMT schedule for the Month of September 2015 (as of 06 August 2015)

July August September October November December January 2016 SAO Schedules MMT Schedules
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 06 August 2015)

July August September October November December January 2016 SAO Schedules MMT Schedules
Date*     Day  Moon    Observer                Instrument         Hecto Assistant  Secondary      Operator       Program
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 06 August 2015)

July August September October November December January 2016 SAO Schedules MMT Schedules
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 06 August 2015)

July August September October November December January 2016 SAO Schedules MMT Schedules
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.