FLWO Tillinghast 60-inch Observing Schedule
May-August 2014

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of May 2014 (as of 27 May 2014)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
May  1 Thu   0.10  FAST    PB          FAST Combo       ---
May  2 Fri   0.16  "       MC          "                ---
May  3 Sat   0.24  "       "           "                ---
May  4 Sun   0.32  "       "           "                ---
May  5 Mon   0.41  "       PB          "                ---
May  6 Tue   0.51  "       "           "                ---
May  7 Wed   0.60  "       "           "                ---
May  8 Thu   0.70  "       MC          "                ---
May  9 Fri   0.78  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ---
May 10 Sat   0.86  "       "           "                ---
May 11 Sun   0.93  "       PB          "                ---
May 12 Mon   0.97  "       "           "                ---
May 13 Tue   1.00  "       Esquerdo    "                ---
May 14 Wed   1.00  "       "           "                ---
May 15 Thu   0.97  "       "           "                ---
May 16 Fri   0.92  "       "           "                PB/M&E
May 17 Sat   0.84  "       "           "                PB/HC
May 18 Sun   0.74  "       "           "                PB/HC/HS
May 19 Mon   0.64  "       "           "                "
May 20 Tue   0.52  "       "           "                MC/HS
May 21 Wed   0.41  "       "           "                MC/MC
May 22 Thu   0.30  "       "           "                "
May 23 Fri   0.21  "       PB          "                MC/HS
May 24 Sat   0.13  "       "           "                "
May 25 Sun   0.07  "       "           "                ML/HS
May 26 Mon   0.02  "       "           "                "     MEMORIAL DAY
May 27 Tue   0.00  FAST    Irwin       FAST Combo       PB
May 28 Wed   0.00  "       "           "                MC/HS
May 29 Thu   0.02  "       "           "                "
May 30 Fri   0.06  "       "           "                "
May 31 Sat   0.12  "       "           "                "

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

May FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (13 nights)
Poppenhaeger 218 (M dwarfs) 2 nights, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 1 night, Kenyon 219 (WISE DD) 2 nights, Brown 205 (merging WDs) 2 nights, Miller 192 (DASCH variables) 1 night, Falco 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 Combo for trimester: Latham 180(Square Fiber Eng) 4 nights, Montet 181 (Nontransiting) 5 nights, Latham 123 (Kepler spec) 6 nights, Vanderburg 182 (RV Characterization) 2 nights, Latham 13 (Transiting planets) 12 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Miller 148 (DASCH) 4 nights, Torres 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 9 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses eclipsing) 6 nights, Dittmann 145 (MEarth candidates) 4 nights, Torres 171 (Runaway stars) 3 nights, Do Nascimento 183 (Solar twins) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of June 2014 (as of 27 May 2014)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jun  1 Sun   0.18  FAST    Irwin       FAST Combo       PB/HS
Jun  2 Mon   0.26  TRES    Esquerdo    TRES Combo       PB/MC
Jun  3 Tue   0.35  "       "           "                PB/HS
Jun  4 Wed   0.44  "       "           "                "
Jun  5 Thu   0.54  "       "           "                MC/HS
Jun  6 Fri   0.63  "       "           "                "
Jun  7 Sat   0.73  "       "           "                "
Jun  8 Sun   0.82  "       "           "                "
Jun  9 Mon   0.89  "       "           "                PB/HS
Jun 10 Tue   0.95  "       PB          "                ---
Jun 11 Wed   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Jun 12 Thu   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Jun 13 Fri   0.98  "       Esquerdo    "                MC/HC
Jun 14 Sat   0.93  "       "           "                "
Jun 15 Sun   0.86  "       "           "                MC/HS
Jun 16 Mon   0.77  "       "           "                MC/HS/HC
Jun 17 Tue   0.66  "       "           "                PB/HS/HC
Jun 18 Wed   0.55  "       "           "                "
Jun 19 Thu   0.44  "       "           "                "
Jun 20 Fri   0.33  "       "           "                "
Jun 21 Sat   0.24  "       "           "                MC/MC
Jun 22 Sun   0.15  "       "           "                MC/HS
Jun 23 Mon   0.09  FAST    Brown       FAST Combo       "
Jun 24 Tue   0.04  "       "           "                "
Jun 25 Wed   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Jun 26 Thu   0.00  "       PB          "                ---
Jun 27 Fri   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Jun 28 Sat   0.04  "       "           "                ---
Jun 29 Sun   0.08  "       MC          "                ---
Jun 30 Mon   0.14  "       "           "                ---

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

June FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (9 nights) Poppenhaeger 218 (M dwarfs) 2 nights, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 1 night, Kenyon 219 (WISE DD) 1 night, Brown 205 (merging WDs) 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 Combo for trimester: Latham 180(Square Fiber Eng) 4 nights, Montet 181 (Nontransiting) 5 nights, Latham 123 (Kepler spec) 6 nights, Vanderburg 182 (RV Characterization) 2 nights, Latham 13 (Transiting planets) 12 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Miller 148 (DASCH) 4 nights, Torres 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 9 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses eclipsing) 6 nights, Dittmann 145 (MEarth candidates) 4 nights, Torres 171 (Runaway stars) 3 nights, Do Nascimento 183 (Solar twins) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of July 2014 (as of 27 May 2014)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jul  1 Tue   0.21  FAST    MC          FAST Combo       ---
Jul  2 Wed   0.29  "       PB          "                ---
Jul  3 Thu   0.38  "       "           "                ---
Jul  4 Fri   0.47  "       "           "                ---    INDEPENDENCE DAY
Jul  5 Sat   0.57  "       MC          "                ---
Jul  6 Sun   0.68  "       "           "                ---
Jul  7 Mon   0.77  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ---
Jul  8 Tue   0.86  "       PB          "                ---
Jul  9 Wed   0.93  "       "           "                ---
Jul 10 Thu   0.98  "       "           "                ---
Jul 11 Fri   1.00  "       MC          "                ---
Jul 12 Sat   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Jul 13 Sun   0.95  "       "           "                ---
Jul 14 Mon   0.88  "       Esquerdo    "                ---
Jul 15 Tue   0.79  "       "           "                ---
Jul 16 Wed   0.69  "       "           "                ---
Jul 17 Thu   0.58  "       "           "                ---
Jul 18 Fri   0.47  "       "           "                ---
Jul 19 Sat   0.37  "       "           "                ---
Jul 20 Sun   0.27  "       "           "                ---
Jul 21 Mon   0.19  "       PB          "                ---
Jul 22 Tue   0.12  "       "           "                ---
Jul 23 Wed   0.06  "       "           "                ---
Jul 24 Thu   0.03  "       MC          "                ---
Jul 25 Fri   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Jul 26 Sat   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Jul 27 Sun   0.02  "       PB          "                ---
Jul 28 Mon   0.05  FAST    "           FAST Combo       ---
Jul 29 Tue   0.10  "       "           "                ---
Jul 30 Wed   0.16  "       MC          "                ---
Jul 31 Thu   0.23  "       "           "                ---

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

July FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (11 nights) Poppenhaeger 218 (M dwarfs) 3 nights, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 nights, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 1 night, Brown 205 (merging WDs) 2 nights, Miller 192 (DASCH variables) 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 Combo for trimester: Latham 180(Square Fiber Eng) 4 nights, Montet 181 (Nontransiting) 5 nights, Latham 123 (Kepler spec) 6 nights, Vanderburg 182 (RV Characterization) 2 nights, Latham 13 (Transiting planets) 12 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 2 nights, Miller 148 (DASCH) 4 nights, Torres 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 9 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses eclipsing) 6 nights, Dittmann 145 (MEarth candidates) 4 nights, Torres 171 (Runaway stars) 3 nights, Do Nascimento 183 (Solar twins) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of August 2014 (as of 27 May 2014)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Aug  1 Fri   0.32  N/A     N/A         SHUTDOWN         ---
Aug  2 Sat   0.42  "       "           "                ---
Aug  3 Sun   0.52  "       "           "                ---
Aug  4 Mon   0.63  "       "           "                ---
Aug  5 Tue   0.73  "       "           "                ---
Aug  6 Wed   0.82  "       "           "                ---
Aug  7 Thu   0.91  "       "           "                ---
Aug  8 Fri   0.96  "       "           "                ---
Aug  9 Sat   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Aug 10 Sun   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Aug 11 Mon   0.96  "       "           "                ---
Aug 12 Tue   0.90  "       "           "                ---
Aug 13 Wed   0.82  "       "           "                ---
Aug 14 Thu   0.73  "       "           "                ---
Aug 15 Fri   0.62  "       "           "                ---
Aug 16 Sat   0.52  "       "           "                ---
Aug 17 Sun   0.41  "       "           "                ---
Aug 18 Mon   0.32  "       "           "                ---
Aug 19 Tue   0.23  "       "           "                ---
Aug 20 Wed   0.16  "       "           "                ---
Aug 21 Thu   0.10  "       "           "                ---
Aug 22 Fri   0.05  "       "           "                ---
Aug 23 Sat   0.02  "       "           "                ---
Aug 24 Sun   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Aug 25 Mon   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Aug 26 Tue   0.03  "       "           "                ---
Aug 27 Wed   0.07  "       "           "                ---
Aug 28 Thu   0.12  "       "           "                ---
Aug 29 Fri   0.19  "       "           "                ---
Aug 30 Sat   0.28  "       "           "                ---
Aug 31 Sun   0.37  "       "           "                ---

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

FAST Combo
No FAST observing.

TRES Combo
No TRES observing.

Tillinghast Proposal Summary May-August 2014

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
Inst  Program                             PI           Nights
FAST   2 Supernovae                       Kirshner     12
FAST  12 Symbiotic Stars                  Kenyon       2
FAST 141 2MASS Redshift Survey            Falco        1
FAST 192 DASCH Variables                  Miller       2
FAST 205 Merging White Dwarves            Brown        5
FAST 218 M dwarfs in binaries             Poppenhaeger 7
FAST 219 WISE Debris Disk Candidates      Kenyon       3  
 
TRES   8 Accurate masses evolved stars    Torres       2
TRES  13 Transit follow-ups               Latham      12
TRES  15 Low-Mass eclipsing Binaries      Torres       9
TRES 123 Kepler Candidates                Latham       8
TRES 145 MEarth candidates                Dittmann     4
TRES 148 DASCH Long-Term Variables        Miller       4
TRES 159 Planets in White Dwarf Systems   Perets       2
TRES 171 Runaway Stars                    Torres       3
TRES 180 Square Fiber Engineering Tests   Latham       4
TRES 181 Nontransiting Kepler Companions  Montet       5
TRES 182 Benchmark L-M Eclipsing Binaries Vanderberg   2
TRES 183 Kepler Solar Twins               doNascimento 2