FLWO Tillinghast 60-inch Observing Schedule
May-August 2015

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of May 2015 (as of 20 April 2015)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
May  1 Fri   0.97  TRES    PB          TRES Combo       ---
May  2 Sat   0.99  "       "           "                ---
May  3 Sun   1.00  "       "           "                ---
May  4 Mon   0.98  "       MC          "                ---
May  5 Tue   0.95  "       "           "                ---
May  6 Wed   0.89  "       GE          "                ---
May  7 Thu   0.82  "       "           "                ---
May  8 Fri   0.73  "       "           "                ---
May  9 Sat   0.62  "       "           "                ---
May 10 Sun   0.51  "       PB          "                ---
May 11 Mon   0.40  FAST    "           FAST Combo       ---
May 12 Tue   0.29  "       "           "                ---
May 13 Wed   0.19  "       MC          "                ---
May 14 Thu   0.11  "       "           "                ---
May 15 Fri   0.05  "       "           "                ---
May 16 Sat   0.01  "       PB          "                ---
May 17 Sun   0.00  "       "           "                ---
May 18 Mon   0.02  "       "           "                ---
May 19 Tue   0.06  "       Irwin       "                MC/HS
May 20 Wed   0.11  "       "           "                "
May 21 Thu   0.19  "       "           "                "
May 22 Fri   0.27  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       "
May 23 Sat   0.36  "       "           "                PB/HS
May 24 Sun   0.45  "       "           "                "
May 25 Mon   0.55  "       "           "                "      MEMORIAL DAY
May 26 Tue   0.64  "       MC          "                "
May 27 Wed   0.73  "       GE          "                ---
May 28 Thu   0.81  "       "           "                MC/HS
May 29 Fri   0.88  "       "           "                "
May 30 Sat   0.94  "       "           "                "
May 31 Sun   0.98  "       "           "                "
** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 

May FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (11 nights)
Newton 222 (mid-late WDs) 2 nights, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 2 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 nights, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 2 nights, Elvis (NEOWISE NEAs) 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 160 (Hot Jupiters) 3 nights, Latham 13 (Transiting planets) 17 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 4 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses selected) 8 nights, Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights, Torres (Spin-orbit alignment) 3 nights, Montet (Nontransiting) 4 nights, Torres (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Torres 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 12 nights, Montet 181 (Fundamental PMS) 1 night, Latham 188 (BD desert) 6 nights,

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of June 2015 (as of 20 April 2015)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jun  1 Mon   1.00  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       ---
Jun  2 Tue   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Jun  3 Wed   0.97  "       "           "                ---
Jun  4 Thu   0.92  "       "           "                ---
Jun  5 Fri   0.84  "       "           "                ---
Jun  6 Sat   0.75  "       PB          "                ---
Jun  7 Sun   0.65  "       "           "                ---
Jun  8 Mon   0.54  "       "           "                ---
Jun  9 Tue   0.42  "       MC          "                ---
Jun 10 Wed   0.31  "       "           "                ---
Jun 11 Thu   0.21  "       "           "                ---
Jun 12 Fri   0.13  FAST    PB          FAST Combo       ---
Jun 13 Sat   0.06  "       "           "                ---
Jun 14 Sun   0.02  "       "           "                ---
Jun 15 Mon   0.00  "       MC          "                ---
Jun 16 Tue   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Jun 17 Wed   0.03  "       "           "                ---
Jun 18 Thu   0.08  "       Cambridge   "                PB/HS
Jun 19 Fri   0.14  "       "           "                "
Jun 20 Sat   0.21  "       "           "                "
Jun 21 Sun   0.30  "       "           "                "
Jun 22 Mon   0.39  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       MC/HS
Jun 23 Tue   0.48  "       "           "                "
Jun 24 Wed   0.57  "       "           "                ---
Jun 25 Thu   0.67  "       PB          "                ---
Jun 26 Fri   0.76  "       "           "                ---
Jun 27 Sat   0.84  "       "           "                ---
Jun 28 Sun   0.91  "       MC          "                ---
Jun 29 Mon   0.96  "       "           "                ---
Jun 30 Tue   0.99  "       "           "                ---

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

June FAST Combo (program & effective nights): (10 nights) Newton 222 (mid-late WDs) 2 nights, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 nights, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Elvis (NEOWISE NEAs) 2 nights,
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 160 (Hot Jupiters) 3 nights, Latham 13 (Transiting planets) 17 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 4 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses selected) 8 nights, Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights, Torres (Spin-orbit alignment) 3 nights, Montet (Nontransiting) 4 nights, Torres (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Torres 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 12 nights, Montet 181 (Fundamental PMS) 1 night, Latham 188 (BD desert) 6 nights,

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of July 2015 (as of 20 April 2015)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jul  1 Wed   1.00  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       ---
Jul  2 Thu   0.98  "       "           "                PB/HC
Jul  3 Fri   0.94  "       "           "                "     FEDERAL HOLIDAY
Jul  4 Sat   0.86  "       "           "                "     INDEPENDENCE DAY
Jul  5 Sun   0.78  "       "           "                MC/HC
Jul  6 Mon   0.67  "       "           "                " 
Jul  7 Tue   0.56  "       MC          "                ---
Jul  8 Wed   0.45  "       PB          "                ---
Jul  9 Thu   0.34  "       "           "                ---
Jul 10 Fri   0.24  FAST    "           FAST Combo       ---
Jul 11 Sat   0.15  "       MC          "                ---
Jul 12 Sun   0.08  "       "           "                ---
Jul 13 Mon   0.04  "       "           "                ---
Jul 14 Tue   0.01  "       PB          "                ---
Jul 15 Wed   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Jul 16 Thu   0.02  "       "           "                ---
Jul 17 Fri   0.05  "       MC          "                ---
Jul 18 Sat   0.10  "       "           "                ---
Jul 19 Sun   0.16  "       "           "                ---
Jul 20 Mon   0.24  "       PB          "                ---
Jul 21 Tue   0.32  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ---
Jul 22 Wed   0.41  "       "           "                ---
Jul 23 Thu   0.51  "       MC          "                ---
Jul 24 Fri   0.60  "       "           "                ---
Jul 25 Sat   0.70  "       "           "                ---
Jul 26 Sun   0.79  "       GE          "                ---
Jul 27 Mon   0.87  "       "           "                ---
Jul 28 Tue   0.94  "       "           "                ---
Jul 29 Wed   0.98  "       "           "                ---
Jul 30 Thu   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Jul 31 Fri   0.99  N/A     N/A         SHUTDOWN         N/A

** 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) Newton 222 (mid-late WDs) 1 night, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1 night, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 1 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 nights, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Elvis (NEOWISE NEAs) 2 nights, Willis (Typing M17 stars) 0.5 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 160 (Hot Jupiters) 3 nights, Latham 13 (Transiting planets) 17 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 4 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses selected) 8 nights, Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights, Torres (Spin-orbit alignment) 3 nights, Montet (Nontransiting) 4 nights, Torres (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Torres 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 12 nights, Montet 181 (Fundamental PMS) 1 night, Latham 188 (BD desert) 6 nights,

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of August 2015 (as of 20 April 2015)

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Aug  1 Sat   0.95  N/A     N/A         SHUTDOWN         N/A
Aug  2 Sun   0.89  "       "           "                ---
Aug  3 Mon   0.80  "       "           "                ---
Aug  4 Tue   0.69  "       "           "                ---
Aug  5 Wed   0.58  "       "           "                ---
Aug  6 Thu   0.47  "       "           "                ---
Aug  7 Fri   0.36  "       "           "                ---
Aug  8 Sat   0.26  "       "           "                ---
Aug  9 Sun   0.18  "       "           "                ---
Aug 10 Mon   0.11  "       "           "                ---
Aug 11 Tue   0.05  "       "           "                ---
Aug 12 Wed   0.02  "       "           "                ---
Aug 13 Thu   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Aug 14 Fri   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Aug 15 Sat   0.03  "       "           "                ---
Aug 16 Sun   0.06  "       "           "                ---
Aug 17 Mon   0.12  "       "           "                ---
Aug 18 Tue   0.18  "       "           "                ---
Aug 19 Wed   0.26  "       "           "                ---
Aug 20 Thu   0.35  "       "           "                ---
Aug 21 Fri   0.44  "       "           "                ---
Aug 22 Sat   0.54  "       "           "                ---
Aug 23 Sun   0.64  "       "           "                ---
Aug 24 Mon   0.74  "       "           "                ---
Aug 25 Tue   0.83  "       "           "                ---
Aug 26 Wed   0.91  "       "           "                ---
Aug 27 Thu   0.97  "       "           "                ---
Aug 28 Fri   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Aug 29 Sat   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Aug 30 Sun   0.96  "       "           "                ---
Aug 31 Mon   0.91  TRES    PB          TRES Combo       ---

** 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 2015

April May June July August September Programs FLWO PDF Schedules TDC
Inst  Program                             PI           Nights
FAST   2 Supernovae                       Kirshner     12
FAST 178 Merging White Dwarves            Brown        4
FAST 219 WISE Debris Disk Candidates      Kenyon       4  
FAST 220 ASAS-SN                          Falco        2
FAST 222 Mid-Late White Dwarfs            Newton       5  
FAST 223 NEOWISE NEAs                     Elvis        5
FAST 224 Typing M17 Stars                 Willis       0.5
 
TRES   7 Accurate Masses Selected Stars   Torres       8
TRES   8 Accurate Masses Evolved Stars    Torres       1
TRES  13 Transit follow-ups               Latham      17
TRES  15 Low-Mass eclipsing Binaries      Torres      12
TRES 160 Hot Jupiters                     Latham       3
TRES 181 Nontransiting Kepler Planets     Montet       1
TRES 183 MEarth follow-up                 Dittman      4
TRES 186 Spec K2                          Latham       4
TRES 188 Brown Dwarf Desert               Latham       6
TRES 189 PMS M Dwarfs                     Montet       4
TRES 190 Eccentric Spin-orbit Alignment   Torres       3