Hi all - the weather (and hence power issues) at the site have prevented us from getting the web-based schedule online this week for Q1 2010. I am going ahead and sending out the text version of the Q1 schedule so that people can begin to plan for their January observations. Hopefully the schedule will be up on the APO website soon. Suzanne Hawley Director, ARC 3.5m Telescope Apache Point Observatory ---------------------- ARC 3.5M SCHEDULE FOR 1st QUARTER 2010 S.Hawley, R.McMillan 12/9/09 NOTES: ***PLEASE READ*** Except in cases where strong science drivers dictate otherwise (a minority of cases), observing time has again been scheduled in half night blocks. There are 90 nights, or 180 half nights, in 1Q2010. Scheduled engineering (routine EN01) time consists of 5 nights, or 10 half nights, all bright, comprising 5.6% of the total. DD time consists of 14 half nights, divided as 6B, 3G, 5D, representing 7.8% of the total. Computing 180 - 10 - 14 leaves 156 half nights for allocation by the institutions, which break down as 62B, 26G and 68D. In addition to scheduled engineering time, science observations may be pre-empted, sometimes on short notice, for urgent engineering tasks. Such tasks include both work that is required to safeguard observatory personnel or facilities and that allows "hot pursuit" of some significant problem. Please see links off of the APO home page (http://www.apo.nmsu.edu/) for a web based interactive version of this schedule. There are 6 half nights of unallocated DD time (DD05) and 5 half nights of OPEN time in the 12/9/09 version of the schedule. ----- EN Note: No science observations scheduled during EN time. ----- EN01 = EN01 Klae X W Routine periodic engineering time. ----- DD Note: Director's Discretionary Time ----- DD01 = DD01 Murp A O DD02 = DD02 Wood F O DD03 = DD03 Murp A O DD04 = DD04 Ketz ET W DD05 = DD05 TBD TBD TBD ----- CU Note: 12.5% share ----- CU01 = CU01 Elli D O CU02 = CU02 Fron PSN R To be scheduled when timing is known CU03 = CU03 Khar N R CU04 = CU04 Gins T R CU05 = CU05 Jaco T R CU06 = CU06 Fran D R (R300+B400) CU07 = CU07 Yan T R CU08 = CU08 Wint D R (R1200+B1200) CU09 = CU09 Keen D R (R1200+B1200) ----- JHU Note: 8.0% share ----- JH01 = JH01 Flem D R (R300+B400) JH02 = JH02 Mora D R (R300+B400) JH03.S = JH03 Bhat S R (SDSS) JH03.D = JH03 Bhat D R (R1200+B1200) JH04 = JH04 Geza D R (R300+B400) JH05 = JH05 Hube DS R (both/SDSS) JH06 = JH06 Roge N R JH07 = JH07 Will F O ----- NMSU Note: 15.625% share ----- NM01 = NM01 Coug SN R (z) NM02 = NM02 Coug T R NM03 = NM03 Wu D R (R1200) NM04 = NM04 McKa E R NM05 = NM05 Kacp D R (B1200+R1200) NM06 = NM06 Harr D R (both) NM07 = NM07 Chur S R (SDSS) NM08 = NM08 Ketz ET W NM09 = NM09 Holt T R ----- PU Note: 15.625% share ----- PU01 = PU01 Mull D R (R1200+B1200) PU02 = PU02 Reye D R (B1200+R1200) PU03 = PU03 Liu D R (B1200+R1200) PU04 = PU04 Liu T R PU05 = PU05 Gree T R PU06 = PU06 Blak E O PU07 = PU07 Marr SN R (SDSS) PU08 = PU08 Gree T R PU09 = PU09 Shen T R ----- UC Note: 17.0% share ----- UC01 = UC01 Gaut D R (R300+B400) UC02 = UC02 Glad N R UC03 = UC03 York F O UC04 = UC04 York DE R (R300+B400) UC05 = UC05 Hels D R (R300+B400) UC06 = UC06 Frie SD R (SDSS/B400+R300) UC07 = UC07 York D R (R300+B400) UC08 = UC08 York N R ----- UV Note: 6.25% share ----- UV01 = UV01 Verb T R UV02 = UV02 Fox T R UV03 = UV03 Evan T R UV04 = UV04 Thua D R (both) UV05.S = UV05 Sun S R (custom) UV05.D = UV05 Sun D R (R300+B400) UV06 = UV06 Verb S R (MSSSO) UV07 = UV07 Thua T R ----- UW Note: 25.0% share ----- UW01 = UW01 Kund T R UW02 = UW02 Kund P R (r) UW03 = UW03 Szko P R (BG40) UW04 = UW04 Hilt P R (B) UW05 = UW05 Kowa D R (R300+B400) UW06 = UW06 Ande P R (BG40) UW07 = UW07 Muka P R (BG40) UW08 = UW08 Bali D R (R300+B400) UW09 = UW09 Piza D R (R1200+B1200) UW10 = UW10 Hugh S R (CRIvby) UW11 = UW11 Schm T R UW12 = UW12 Wisn ED R (R300+B400) UW13 = UW13 Huan D R (R1200+B1200) UW14 = UW14 Beck T O UW15 = UW15 Wall E R UW16 = UW16 Murp A O +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ MOST PROGRAMS ARE SCHEDULED IN HALF NIGHT BLOCKS. THE FIRST HALF OF EACH NIGHT EXTENDS FROM SUNSET UNTIL 0010 MST OR 0110 MDT. THE SECOND HALF FOLLOWS UNTIL SUNRISE. FIRST HALF IS INDICATED BELOW AS "A"; THE SECOND, AS "B". THIS QUARTER FIVE PROGRAMS USE NON-BLOCK SCHEDULING. INSTRUMENT CHANGE TIMES ARE NOT INCLUDED BELOW BUT WILL BE INDICATED IN THE SCHEDULE ISSUED FROM APO AND WILL BE SHARED BETWEEN ADJOINING PROGRAMS AS USUAL. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 01/1 A: UW01/DD01 B: PU06 01/2 A: UW01 B: PU06 01/3 A: UW01/DD04 B: NM02 01/4 A: UW01 B: NM09 01/5 A: DD02 B: UC04/DD03[05:58-06:58] 01/6 A: DD02 B: JH07 01/7 A: UC03/NM08 B: DD02 01/8 A: UC03 B: PU02/DD01 01/9 A: JH03.D B: UW09 01/10 A: PU07 B: UW10 01/11 A: JH05/NM08 B: NM07 01/12 A: UW02 B: JH01 01/13 A: PU07 B: UC05 01/14 A: JH03.D B: DD05 01/15 A: NM05 B: UW04 01/16 A: UW08 B: NM08/UC05 01/17 A: JH03.S B: NM05 01/18 A: DD01/UW05 B: UW05 01/19 A: UC04 B: CU09 01/20 A: CU05/DD04 B: CU07 01/21 A: DD03[17:34-19:04]/PU07 B: NM07 01/22 A: JH03.S B: UC05 01/23 A: CU04 B: UV02 01/24 A: PU04 B: PU04 01/25 A: CU04 B: PU05 01/26 A: CU04/UW16 B: UW11 01/27 A: PU08/NM08 B: PU09 01/28 A: EN01 B: EN01 01/29 A: UC04/DD04 B: DD01/UC02 01/30 A: NM01 B: NM04 01/31 A: CU04 B: UV01 02/1 A: CU05 B: NM02 02/2 A: UW02 B: NM08/DD03 02/3 A: UV07 B: UV02 02/4 A: UC06 B: OPEN 02/5 A: JH05 B: UV05.S 02/6 A: UV04 B: PU02/DD01 02/7 A: NM05 B: NM06 02/8 A: UW04 B: PU01 02/9 A: DD05/NM08 B: PU01 02/10 A: UW07 B: UW07 02/11 A: UW09 B: CU08 02/12 A: DD04/PU02 B: NM05 02/13 A: UW05 B: PU01 02/14 A: PU03 B: PU01 02/15 A: UW06 B: UW06 02/16 A: UW06 B: CU06 02/17 A: DD01/UC06 B: CU09 02/18 A: JH06 B: UC01 02/19 A: UW04 B: NM03 02/20 A: NM08/NM03 B: NM03 02/21 A: JH06 B: UC02 02/22 A: UW13 B: OPEN 02/23 A: NM01 B: UW16/UC02 02/24 A: EN01 B: EN01 02/25 A: EN01 B: EN01 02/26 A: UW12/DD01 B: UC07 02/27 A: NM08/NM09 B: UV03 02/28 A: CU05 B: UW16/CU07 03/1 A: PU09 B: PU08 03/2 A: DD04/UW14 B: UW11 03/3 A: UW13 B: UC02/UW16 03/4 A: DD04/UW11 B: CU07 03/5 A: CU06 B: OPEN 03/6 A: PU02 B: OPEN 03/7 A: UW05 B: UC08/DD01 03/8 A: UW02 B: UC06 03/9 A: CU01 B: CU01 03/10 A: CU01 B: DD05 03/11 A: NM08/UC05 B: UW03 03/12 A: UW10 B: UC01 03/13 A: JH04 B: PU02 03/14 A: UV06 B: PU03 03/15 A: UC05 B: JH02 03/16 A: NM03 B: UW04 03/17 A: NM03 B: UC01 03/18 A: NM08/NM03 B: UW04 03/19 A: DD01/JH04 B: UC01 03/20 A: NM06 B: UV05.D 03/21 A: NM08/UC08 B: UW02 03/22 A: UW16/PU02 B: DD05 03/23 A: CU03 B: UC02 03/24 A: UW12 B: UW15 03/25 A: DD05/DD01 B: PU04 03/26 A: NM08/UW11 B: UV03 03/27 A: UC07 B: NM04 03/28 A: OPEN B: UC02/UW16 03/29 A: EN01 B: EN01 03/30 A: EN01 B: EN01 03/31 A: DD05 B: UC02 APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 1161 in the apo35-general archive. 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