Subject: 1Q2012 APO 3.5m schedule

From: Suzanne Hawley

Submitted: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:04:28 -0800 (PST)

Message number: 1256 (previous: 1255, next: 1257 up: Index)

                 ARC 3.5M SCHEDULE FOR 1st QUARTER 2012
                      S.Hawley, R.McMillan 12/10/2012

                         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 91 nights, or 182 half nights, in 1Q2012.  Scheduled
 	engineering (routine EN01) time consists of 5 nights, or 10 half
 	nights, all bright. EN02 time for the anticipated NIIS visiting
 	instrument will take an additional 5 bright half nights, so
 	engineering total is 15 half nights. The DD time consists of 10
 	half nights, scheduled as 4B, 2G, 4D. Computing 182 - 15 - 10
 	leaves 157 half nights for allocation by the institutions, which
 	break down as 62B, 30G and 65D.

         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 7 half-nights of OPEN time and 3 half nights of DD
         time (DD05) in the initial version of the Q1 2012 schedule.

         -----
         EN Note: No science observations scheduled during EN01 time.
         -----
         EN01 = EN01 Klae X W
                 Routine periodic engineering time.
         EN02 = EN02 V O
                 Commissioning for the Wyoming NIIS instrument.

         -----
         DD Note: Director's Discretionary Time
         -----
         DD01 = Q112DD01 Murp A O
         DD02 = Q112DD02 Murp A O
         DD03 = Q112DD03 Wood FD O
         DD04 = Q112DD04 Ketz ET W
         DD05 = DD05 TBD TBD TBD

         -----
         CU Note: 12.5% share
         -----
         CU01 = CU01 Ball EDT O
         CU02 = CU02 Jaco S R
         CU03.S = CU03 Keen S R
         CU03.D = CU03 Keen D R (both)
         CU04 = CU04 Yan T R
         CU05 = CU05 Darl D R (B400+R300)
         CU06 = CU06 Ball ET R (R1200)

         -----
         JHU Note: 8.0% share
         -----
         JH01.D = JH01 Bhat D R (B1200+R1200)
         JH01.S = JH01 Bhat S R (MSSSO)
         JH02 = JH02 Thil S R (MSSSO)
         JH03 = JH03 Ries D R (B1200+R1200)
         JH04 = JH04 Mort D O (B1200+R1200)
         JH05 = JH05 Mora D R (B400+R300)
         JH06 = JH06 Geza D R (B400+R300)
         JH07 = JH07 Kais ET R
 	JH08 = JH08 Weav S R (R)
 	JH09 = JH09 Thil S R (custom)

         -----
         NMSU Note: 15.625% share
         -----
         NM01 = NM01 Chan S R (MSSSO)
         NM02 = NM02 Chan DET O (B400+R300)
         NM03 = NM03 McKa E R
         NM04 = NM04 Wu D O (R1200)
         NM05 = NM05 Harr T R
 	NM06 = NM06 Holt E R
 	NM07 = NM08 Holt D R (B1200+R1200)
 	NM08 = NM08 Bizy D R (B1200+R1200)
 	NM09 = NM09 Ketz ET W

         -----
         PU Note: 15.625% share
         -----
         PU01 = PU01 Kasl D R (B400+R300)
         PU02 = PU02 Bako E R
         PU03 = PU03 Gree N R
         PU04 = PU04 Prie DT R
         PU05 = PU05 Blak E R
         PU06 = PU06 Stra T R
         PU07 = PU07 Stra SN R (SDSS)

         -----
         UC Note: 17.0% share
         -----
         UC01 = UC01 Glad D R (B400+R300)
         UC02 = UC02 Kent D R (B400+R300)
         UC03 = UC03 York ED R (B400+R300)
         UC04 = UC04 Frie S R (SDSS)
         UC05 = UC05 Gyuk T R
         UC06 = UC06 Wolf N R

         -----
         UV Note: 6.25% share
         -----
         UV01 = UV01 Verb S R (MSSSO)
         UV02.D = UV02 Thua D R (both)
         UV02.T = UV02 Thua T R
         UV03 = UV03 Beat D R (B1200+R1200)
         UV04 = UV04 Skru T R
 	UV05 = UV05 Bori TD R (B1200+R1200)

         -----
         UW Note: 25.0% share
         -----
         UW01 = UW01 Kowa D R (both)
         UW02 = UW02 Dalc D R (B1200+R1200)
         UW03 = UW03 Ande P R (BG40)
         UW04 = UW04 Hawl T R
         UW05 = UW05 Arne T R
         UW06 = UW06 Wisn E R
         UW07 = UW07 Kowa D R (B400+R300)
         UW08 = UW08 Szko P R (BG40)
         UW09 = UW09 Hugh S R (CRIvby)
         UW10 = UW10 Ande D R (B400+R300)
 	UW11 = UW11 Dave D R (R300)
 	UW12 = UW12 Schm D R (R300)
 	UW13 = UW13 Ritc E R
         UW14 = UW14 Ketz ET W
         UW15 = UW15 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 NINE 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: JH07
                 B: PU04/PU01

         01/2    A: PU03
                 B: PU03

         01/3    A: NM02
                 B: CU04

         01/4    A: NM02
                 B: DD01/OPEN

         01/5    A: NM02/NM09
                 B: UV02.T

         01/6    A: NM02
                 B: UC03

         01/7    A: JH01.S
                 B: DD01/OPEN

         01/8    A: NM03/NM09
                 B: CU04

         01/9    A: UW13
                 B: UW04/UW05

         01/10   A: EN01
                 B: EN01

         01/11   A: JH01.S
                 B: NM06

         01/12   A: UW01
                 B: OPEN

         01/13   A: UW01/UW14
                 B: OPEN/DD02

         01/14   A: JH01.D
                 B: UC03/DD02

         01/15   A: UC01
                 B: CU03.S

         01/16   A: CU05
                 B: NM01

         01/17   A: UC02
                 B: OPEN/DD01

         01/18   A: JH01.D
                 B: UW09

         01/19   A: UC01
                 B: PU01/PU04

         01/20   A: UV03
                 B: NM08

         01/21   A: UC02/NM09
                 B: UC05

         01/22   A: UC01
                 B: CU05

         01/23   A: JH03
                 B: JH05

         01/24   A: UC01
                 B: NM03

         01/25   A: UW07
                 B: UW09

         01/26   A: DD01/UV03
                 B: UW06/UW09

         01/27   A: DD02[17:39-20:00]/UW07
                 B: UW11

         01/28   A: UC03
                 B: UV01

         01/29   A: CU06
                 B: JH02

         01/30   A: UW14/CU06
                 B: PU02

         01/31   A: DD01/PU02
                 B: PU02

         02/1    A: UW04
                 B: UW04/UW05

         02/2    A: NM09/NM05
                 B: NM05

         02/3    A: UC03
                 B: PU05

         02/4    A: CU06/DD01
                 B: OPEN

         02/5    A: UW14/UW04
                 B: UW04/UW05

         02/6    A: UW13
                 B: UW06/PU05

         02/7    A: EN01
                 B: EN01

         02/8    A: EN01
                 B: EN01

         02/9    A: UW13/DD02
                 B: UW06/UV05

         02/10   A: PU05
                 B: DD02/OPEN

         02/11   A: UC06
                 B: UW04/UW05

         02/12   A: PU01/PU04
                 B: UW06/UC03

         02/13   A: DD04/UV04
                 B: PU06/DD01

         02/14   A: UW08
                 B: UW06/CU03.S

         02/15   A: UV02.D
                 B: UW11/DD01

         02/16   A: UW10
                 B: UW02

         02/17   A: DD03
                 B: JH09

         02/18   A: DD03
                 B: UW02

         02/19   A: DD04/PU06
                 B: PU06

         02/20   A: UC04
                 B: UW11

         02/21   A: PU04/PU01
                 B: UW06/UW02

         02/22   A: UW03
                 B: UW03

         02/23   A: UW03
                 B: UW03

         02/24   A: UW03
                 B: NM07

         02/25   A: UC03
                 B: CU03.D

         02/26   A: DD04/UC05
                 B: NM03

         02/27   A: DD01/JH08
                 B: PU07

         02/28   A: UW08
                 B: PU04/PU01

         02/29   A: NM01
                 B: UV05

         03/1    A: EN02
                 B: EN01

         03/2    A: EN01
                 B: EN01

         03/3    A: UW15/UC03
                 B: PU03

         03/4    A: NM09/UC06
                 B: PU02

         03/5    A: EN02
                 B: EN01

         03/6    A: EN02
                 B: DD01/PU02

         03/7    A: EN02
                 B: EN02

         03/8    A: DD04/UV04
                 B: DD02/UW12

         03/9    A: CU01
                 B: DD02/CU01

         03/10   A: CU01
                 B: CU01

         03/11   A: CU01
                 B: UC03/UW15

         03/12   A: NM09/DD05
                 B: NM06

         03/13   A: JH04
                 B: UW12

         03/14   A: PU01/PU07
                 B: PU07

         03/15   A: CU03.D
                 B: UW11/UW15

         03/16   A: UC04
                 B: UC05

         03/17   A: UW10
                 B: DD05

         03/18   A: CU02
                 B: UC04

         03/19   A: PU07/PU01
                 B: PU07

         03/20   A: UC06
                 B: CU05

         03/21   A: CU02
                 B: UW08

         03/22   A: DD04/DD05
                 B: PU01/PU04

         03/23   A: UW11
                 B: CU05

         03/24   A: NM04
                 B: NM04

         03/25   A: UW15/NM04
                 B: NM04

         03/26   A: NM04
                 B: UW08

         03/27   A: UW15/NM03
                 B: NM03

         03/28   A: NM03
                 B: NM03

         03/29   A: DD04/UC05
                 B: UW08

         03/30   A: UC06
                 B: JH06

         03/31   A: UW15/UC06
                 B: JH06


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