FLWO Tillinghast 60-inch Observing Schedule
January-April 2016

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of January 2016 (as of 07 March 2016)

December 2015 January 2016 February 2016 March 2016 April 2016 May 2016 Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Jan  1 Fri   0.49  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       MC/MMIRS NEW YEAR's DAY
Jan  2 Sat   0.39  "       "           "                "
Jan  3 Sun   0.30  "       "           "                "
Jan  4 Mon   0.22  FAST    PB          FAST Combo       ---
Jan  5 Tue   0.15  "       "           "                ---
Jan  6 Wed   0.08  "       "           "                ---
Jan  7 Thu   0.04  "       MC          "                ---
Jan  8 Fri   0.01  "       "           "                ---
Jan  9 Sat   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Jan 10 Sun   0.02  "       PB          "                ---
Jan 11 Mon   0.06  "       "           "                ---
Jan 12 Tue   0.12  "       "           "                ---
Jan 13 Wed   0.21  "       "           "                ---
Jan 14 Thu   0.30  "       MC          "                ---
Jan 15 Fri   0.41  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ---
Jan 16 Sat   0.53  "       "           "                ---
Jan 17 Sun   0.64  "       "           "                ---
Jan 18 Mon   0.74  "       PB          "                ---    MLK DAY
Jan 19 Tue   0.83  "       "           "                ---
Jan 20 Wed   0.91  "       GE          "                ---
Jan 21 Thu   0.96  "       "           "                ---
Jan 22 Fri   0.99  "       "           "                ---
Jan 23 Sat   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Jan 24 Sun   0.98  "       "           "                ---
Jan 25 Mon   0.95  "       "           "                PB/HC
Jan 26 Tue   0.90  "       "           "                "
Jan 27 Wed   0.83  "       "           "                "
Jan 28 Thu   0.75  "       "           "                PB/HM
Jan 29 Fri   0.66  "       "           "                MC/HM
Jan 30 Sat   0.57  "       "           "                "
Jan 31 Sun   0.48  "       "           "                "

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 
JAN Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (11 nights) Newton 222 (mid-late WDs) 1 night, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1.5 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 nights, Elvis 223 (NEOWISE NEAs) 1.5 nights.

NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

TRES Combo for trimester (79 nights): Latham 160 (Hot Jupiters) 5 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 12 nights, Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights, Latham 13 (Transiting planets) 22 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Torres 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 17 nights, Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 1 night, Zhou 193 (Confirm HATSouth planets bright stars) 7 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 8 nights, Torres 171 (Confirm runaway) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of February 2016 (as of 07 March 2016)

December 2015 January February March April May Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI and Program   MMT
Feb  1 Mon   0.38  FAST    Macri       FAST Combo       MC/HS
Feb  2 Tue   0.29  "       "           "                PB/HS
Feb  3 Wed   0.21  "       "           "                "
Feb  4 Thu   0.13  "       Brown       "                "
Feb  5 Fri   0.07  "       "           "                "
Feb  6 Sat   0.02  "       "           "                MC/HS
Feb  7 Sun   0.00  "       "           "                "
Feb  8 Mon   0.01  TRES    MC          TRES Combo       ---
Feb  9 Tue   0.04  FAST    "           FAST Combo       ---
Feb 10 Wed   0.09  "       PB          "                ---
Feb 11 Thu   0.17  "       "           "                ---
Feb 12 Fri   0.27  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ---
Feb 13 Sat   0.38  "       GE          "                ---
Feb 14 Sun   0.49  "       "           "                ---
Feb 15 Mon   0.60  "       "           "                ---    PRESIDENT'S DAY
Feb 16 Tue   0.70  "       "           "                ---
Feb 17 Wed   0.80  "       MC          "                ---
Feb 18 Thu   0.88  "       "           "                ---
Feb 19 Fri   0.94  "       "           "                ---
Feb 20 Sat   0.98  "       PB          "                ---
Feb 21 Sun   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Feb 22 Mon   1.00  "       "           "                ---
Feb 23 Tue   0.98  "       MC          "                ---
Feb 24 Wed   0.94  "       "           "                ---
Feb 25 Thu   0.89  "       "           "                ---
Feb 26 Fri   0.82  "       PB          "                ---
Feb 27 Sat   0.74  "       "           "                ---
Feb 28 Sun   0.65  "       "           "                ---
Feb 29 Mon   0.56  "       GE          "                MC/HS

** MOON IS FRACTIONAL MOON ILLUMINATION AT MIDDLE OF NIGHT 
**** DATE IS STANDARD TIME AT START OF NIGHT 
FEB Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (11 nights) Newton 222 (mid-late WDs) 1 night, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1.5 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 4 nights, Elvis 223 (NEOWISE NEAs) 1.5 nights.

NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

TRES Combo for trimester (79 nights): Latham 160 (Hot Jupiters) 5 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 12 nights, Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights, Latham 13 (Transiting planets) 22 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Torres 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 17 nights, Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 1 night, Zhou 193 (Confirm HATSouth planets bright stars) 7 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 8 nights, Torres 171 (Confirm runaway) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of March 2016 (as of 07 March 2016)

December 2015 January 2016 February 2016 March 2016 April 2016 May 2016 Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC
DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Mar  1 Tue   0.46  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       MC/HS
Mar  2 Wed   0.36  "       "           "                "
Mar  3 Thu   0.27  "       "           "                "
Mar  4 Fri   0.18  "       "           "                PB/HS
Mar  5 Sat   0.10  "       "           "                "
Mar  6 Sun   0.04  "       "           "                "
Mar  7 Mon   0.01  FAST    Rhee        FAST Combo       "
Mar  8 Tue   0.00  "       "           "                MC/HM
Mar  9 Wed   0.02  "       "           "                MC/HS
Mar 10 Thu   0.07  "       Falco       "                "
Mar 11 Fri   0.14  "       PB          "                "
Mar 12 Sat   0.23  "       MC          "                PB/HS
Mar 13 Sun   0.34  "       "           "                "
Mar 14 Mon   0.45  "       Paegert     "                "
Mar 15 Tue   0.56  "       Berger+     ASTRO 100        "
Mar 16 Wed   0.66  "       "           "                MC/HS
Mar 17 Thu   0.76  "       "           "                MC/MMIRS
Mar 18 Fri   0.84  TRES    GE          TRES Combo       "
Mar 19 Sat   0.91  "       "           "                "
Mar 20 Sun   0.95  "       "           "                PB/MMIRS
Mar 21 Mon   0.99  "       "           "                "
Mar 22 Tue   1.00  "       "           "                "
Mar 23 Wed   0.99  "       "           "                "
Mar 24 Thu   0.97  "       "           "                MC/MMIRS
Mar 25 Fri   0.93  "       Zhou        "                "
Mar 26 Sat   0.87  "       "           "                "
Mar 27 Sun   0.80  "       "           "                "
Mar 28 Mon   0.72  "       "           "                PB/MMIRS
Mar 29 Tue   0.63  "       "           "                ---
Mar 30 Wed   0.53  "       "           "                ---
Mar 31 Thu   0.43  "       "           "                ---

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

MAR Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (11 nights) Newton 222 (mid-late WDs) 1 night, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1.5 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 2 nights, Elvis 223 (NEOWISE NEAs) 1.5 nights.

NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

TRES Combo for trimester (79 nights): Latham 160 (Hot Jupiters) 5 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 12 nights, Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights, Latham 13 (Transiting planets) 22 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Torres 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 17 nights, Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 1 night, Zhou 193 (Confirm HATSouth planets bright stars) 7 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 8 nights, Torres 171 (Confirm runaway) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Schedule for the Month of April 2016 (as of 07 March 2016)

December 2015 January 2016 February 2016 March 2016 April 2016 May 2016 Mt. Hopkins Programs PDF Schedules TDC

DATE         MOON  INST    OBSERVER    PI AND PROGRAM   MMT
Apr  1 Fri   0.32  FAST    MC          FAST Combo       ---
Apr  2 Sat   0.23  "       "           "                ---
Apr  3 Sun   0.14  "       "           "                ---
Apr  4 Mon   0.07  "       PB          "                ---
Apr  5 Tue   0.02  "       "           "                ---
Apr  6 Wed   0.00  "       "           "                ---
Apr  7 Thu   0.01  "       MC          "                ---
Apr  8 Fri   0.05  "       "           "                ---
Apr  9 Sat   0.11  "       "           "                ---
Apr 10 Sun   0.20  "       PB          "                ---
Apr 11 Mon   0.30  "       "           "                ---
Apr 12 Tue   0.40  TRES    "           TRES Combo       ---
Apr 13 Wed   0.51  "       GE          "                ---
Apr 14 Thu   0.61  "       "           "                MC/HS
Apr 15 Fri   0.71  "       "           "                "
Apr 16 Sat   0.79  "       "           "                "
Apr 17 Sun   0.87  "       "           "                "
Apr 18 Mon   0.92  "       "           "                PB/HM
Apr 19 Tue   0.97  "       Latham      "                "
Apr 20 Wed   0.99  "       "           "                PB/HC
Apr 21 Thu   1.00  "       "           "                "
Apr 22 Fri   0.99  "       "           "                MC/HC
Apr 23 Sat   0.96  "       "           "                "
Apr 24 Sun   0.91  "       "           "                "
Apr 25 Mon   0.85  "       GE          "                "
Apr 26 Tue   0.77  "       "           "                PB/HC
Apr 27 Wed   0.68  "       "           "                "
Apr 28 Thu   0.58  "       "           "                "
Apr 29 Fri   0.48  "       "           "                "
Apr 30 Sat   0.37  "       "           "                MC/HM

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

APR Fast Combo (program & effective nights): (11 nights) Newton 222 (mid-late WDs) 1 night, Brown 178 (merging WDs) 1.5 nights, Falco 220 (ASAS-SN) 0.5 night, Kenyon 219 (Debris) 1 night, Falco 141 (2MASS) 0.5 night, Kenyon 12 (Symbiotic) 0.5 night, Kirshner 2 (SN) 3 nights, Elvis 223 (NEOWISE NEAs) 1.5 nights.

NOTE: Projects are listed in order of decreasing priority per their TAC grades. Rare TOO targets (GRBs, XRNs) have highest priority.

TRES Combo for trimester (79 nights): Latham 160 (Hot Jupiters) 5 nights, Latham 186 (Spec K2) 12 nights, Dittman 183 (MEarth follow-up) 4 nights, Latham 13 (Transiting planets) 22 nights, Torres 8 (Accurate masses evolved) 1 night, Torres 15 (low-mass eclipsing) 17 nights, Zhou 192 (Confirm planets massive stars) 1 night, Zhou 193 (Confirm HATSouth planets bright stars) 7 nights, Torres 6 (Pleiades binary survey) 8 nights, Torres 171 (Confirm runaway) 2 nights.

Tillinghast Proposal Summary January-April 2016 (as of 07 March 2016)

December 2015 January 2016 February 2016 March 2016 April 2016 May 2016 Programs PDF Schedules TDC
Inst Program                              P.I.      Nights
FAST   2 Supernovae                       Kirshner    13
FAST  12 Symbiotic Stars                  Kenyon       2
FAST 141 2MASS Redshift Survey            Falco        2
FAST 178 Merging White Dwarfs             Brown        6
FAST 219 Debris Disks                     Kenyon       4
FAST 220 ASAS-SN                          Falco        2
FAST 222 Mid-Late White Dwarfs            Newton       4 
FAST 223 NEOWISE NEAs                     Elvis        6

TRES   6 Pleiades                         Torres       8
TRES   8 Accurate masses evolved          Torres       1
TRES  13 Transiting planets               Latham      22
TRES 160 Hot Jupiters                     Latham       6
TRES 171 Confirm runaway                  Torres       2
TRES 183 MEarth follow-up                 Dittman      4
TRES 186 Spec K2                          Latham      12
TRES 192 Massive Star Planets             Zhou         7
TRES 193 HATSouth Bright Star Planets     Zhou         7