Subject: 3Q1998 APO 3.5m Preliminary Schedule
From: elt@astro.Princeton.EDU
Submitted: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 13:54:07 -0400 (EDT)
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PRELIMINARY ARC 3.5M SCHEDULE FOR 3RD QUARTER 1998
E. TURNER 7/8/98
NOTES: ***PLEASE READ***
The preliminary schedule for July (mostly a maintenance shutdown)
was issued on 16 June. The complete preliminary schedule for
the quarter is given below.
Except in cases where strong science drivers dictate otherwise
(a minority of cases), observing time has again been scheduled
in half night blocks.
Scheduled engineering time for this quarter amounts to 33 nights.
No contingent engineering time has been scheduled this quarter.
Thus, scheduled engineering time will be at approximately the 36%
level. This large amount of engineering time includes a summer
maintenance shutdown, a 3 night shutdown to work on automation
of the tertiary rotation and regular monthly engineering nights.
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
significant progress on Three Year Plan improvement projects (see
message #160 under apo35-general for details).
DIS grating selections are indicated in parentheses below.
IMPORTANT - OPEN TIME:
Several institutions undersubscribed bright time this quarter. Thus,
fourteen full or nearly full half nights of bright time and two
fragments of bright time plus one fragment of grey time are available.
The majority of this time is in the early August bright run, both A
and B blocks. Requests for this time should reach me ASAP but no
later than July 31. Requests for this time *must* be passed through
your institutional scheduler.
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EN Note: No science observations scheduled during EN time.
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EN00 = Maintenance shutdown (Gillespie)
EN01 = Periodic engineering time (Gillespie)
EN02 = Tertiary rotation project (Stubbs)
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DD Note: Director's Discretionary Time (3%)
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DD01 = 983DD01 UWGRB S R
Time will be allocated to compensate programs pre-empted
by GRB chases. Data available to all interested parties
within ARC.
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JHU Note: 67% of nominal share scheduled. Undersubscribed B time.
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JH01 = 3Q98JH01 Ford G R
Non-block scheduling. See note in BLOCK CAPS just before
schedule below.
JH02 = 3Q98JH02 Tzve G R
JH03 = 3Q98JH03 Zhen D R (high)
JH04 = 3Q98JH04 Kris S R
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NMSU Note: 111% of nominal share scheduled.
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NM01 = NM01 Walt G [9/1-2] D [9/21] S (high)
NM02 = NM02 Geha S S
NM03 = NM03 King D S (high)
NM04 = NM04 Walt S S
NM05 = NM05 Hame D S (grating??)
NM06 = NM06 Harr G R
NM07 = NM07 Madd A[mber] S
NM08 = NM08 John D&G R (high)
NM09 = NM09 Mill D S (low, medium)
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PU Note: 95% of nominal share scheduled. Undersubscribed B time.
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PU01 = 983PU01 Turn S S
Non-block scheduling. See note in BLOCK CAPS just before
schedule below.
PU02 = 983PU02 Stra D R (low, high)
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UC Note: 74% of nominal share scheduled. Undersubscribed B time.
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UC01 = 267 York D R (medium)
UC02 = 263 Newb D R (low)
UC03 = 264 York D R (medium)
UC04 = 265 York D R (low)
Not scheduled. Only acceptable dates fall during the July
maintenance shutdown (the dates of which were announced in
apo35-general and to all schedulers on 6 May, by the way).
UC05 = 266 York D R (low, medium)
Preferred dates not available, same problem as UC04, so
hopefully usable dates in August scheduled instead.
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UW Note: 89% of nominal share scheduled.
Please provide a summary/tally of requests broken down
among B, G and R along with individual program info in future quarters,
as per allotment instructions.
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UW01 = UW01 Skel S R
Please contact APO techstaff well in advance concerning
twilight use of telescope. This can often but not always
be supported and should not be assumed.
UW02 = UW02 Ande S R
Please contact APO techstaff well in advance concerning
twilight use of telescope. This can often but not always
be supported and should not be assumed.
UW03 = UW03 Zuck D&S R (low, medium)
Please contact APO techstaff well in advance concerning
twilight use of telescope. This can often but not always
be supported and should not be assumed.
UW04 = UW04 Szko D R (high)
Requested full night of gray time is not possible because a
<50% phase moon is *never* up in both halves of the night.
UW05 = UW05 Wyde S R
Please contact APO techstaff well in advance concerning
twilight use of telescope. This can often but not always
be supported and should not be assumed.
UW06 = UW06 Toma S R
Gaps in monitoring greatere than 10 days required by mixture
of D and G time assigned to the program and other constraints.
Monitoring programs are difficult to schedule at this priority.
Best compromise scheduled...hope it is OK.
UW07 = UW07 Wyde S R
UW08 = UW08 Bohm G R
UW09 = UW09 Krie D R (low, medium)
Please contact APO techstaff well in advance concerning
twilight use of telescope. This can often but not always
be supported and should not be assumed.
UW10 = UW10 Deut G R
Non-block scheduling. See note in BLOCK CAPS just before
schedule below. Priority too low for effective scheduling
of a monitoring program. Best available time scheduled.
Please contact APO techstaff well in advance concerning
twilight use of telescope. This can often but not always
be supported and should not be assumed.
UW11 = UW11 Stub D&S R (gratings??)
Not scheduled. Time available at this priority violates
all of the preferences stated under special requirements.
OPEN time in August available if it would be useful.
UW12 = UW12 Bali D R (low, high)
Not scheduled. Requested time not available at this
priority. OPEN time in August available if it would be
useful.
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WSU Note: 100% of nominal share scheduled.
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WS01 = WS01 Lutz D R (low, medium)
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MOST PROGRAMS ARE SCHEDULED IN HALF NIGHT BLOCKS. THE FIRST HALF OF
EACH NIGHT EXTENDS FROM EVENING TWILIGHT (SEE CALENDAR DISTRIBUTED
BY GRETCHEN) UNTIL 0110 MDT.
FIRST HALF IS INDICATED BELOW AS "A"; THE SECOND HALF THEN
EXTENDS UNTIL MORNING TWILIGHT AND IS INDICATED BELOW AS "B".
THIS QUARTER THREE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS USE NON-BLOCK SCHEDULING.
THESE PROGRAMS ARE INDICATED IN PARENTHESES () ON THE SCHEDULE
AND THEIR TIME ALLOTMENTS ARE LISTED HERE:
JH01 = 120 MIN EACH TIME IT IS SCHEDULED.
PU01 = 50 MIN EACH TIME IT IS SCHEDULED.
UW10 = 90 MIN PLUS APPROXIMATELY 60 MIN OF ADJOINING TWILIGHT
EACH TIME IT IS SCHEDULED.
INSTRUMENT CHANGE TIMES ARE NOT INCLUDED BELOW BUT WILL BE INDICATED
IN THE SCHEDULE ISSUED FROM APO BY GRETCHEN AND WILL BE SHARED
BETWEEN ADJOINING PROGRAMS AS USUAL.
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7/1 A: WS01
B: WS01/(PU01)
7/2 A: UC01
B: WS01
7/3 A: UC01
B: UC01/(PU01)
7/4 A: NM06
B: NM06
7/5 A: NM08
B: NM08/(PU01)
7/6 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/7 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/8 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/9 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/10 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/11 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/12 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/13 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/14 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/15 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/16 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/17 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/18 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/19 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/20 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/21 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/22 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/23 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/24 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/25 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/26 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/27 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/28 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/29 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/30 A: EN00
B: EN00
7/31 A: EN00
B: EN00
8/1 A: JH02
B: UW03/(PU01)
8/2 A: (JH01)/OPEN/(PU01)
B: UW09
8/3 A: UW08
B: UW09
8/4 A: (JH01)/OPEN/(PU01)
B: OPEN
8/5 A: EN01
B: EN01
8/6 A: OPEN
B: OPEN/(PU01)
8/7 A: OPEN
B: OPEN
8/8 A: OPEN
B: OPEN/(PU01)
8/9 A: OPEN
B: OPEN
8/10 A: OPEN
B: OPEN/(PU01)
8/11 A: EN01
B: EN01
8/12 A: UC03
B: (PU01)/UW03
8/13 A: UC01
B: UC01
8/14 A: UC03
B: (PU01)/UW03
8/15 A: UC05
B: UW07
8/16 A: UC05
B: (PU01)/UW07
8/17 A: UC05
B: UW06
8/18 A: UC05
B: (PU01)/UC01
8/19 A: (UW10)/NM02
B: UC01
8/20 A: UW05
B: (PU01)/UW05
8/21 A: UW05
B: UW05
8/22 A: UW05
B: (PU01)/UC01
8/23 A: NM05
B: UW03
8/24 A: NM05/(PU01)
B: UW03
8/25 A: (UW10)/NM02
B: UW03
8/26 A: UC03/(PU01)
B: UW07
8/27 A: UC03
B: UW06
8/28 A: (UW10)/OPEN/(PU01)
B: UW07
8/29 A: NM04
B: DD01
8/30 A: UW04/(PU01)
B: UW04
8/31 A: WS01
B: WS01
9/1 A: NM01/(PU01)
B: WS01
9/2 A: NM01/(PU01)
B: WS01
9/3 A: EN01
B: EN01
9/4 A: UW08/(PU01)
B: UW08
9/5 A: EN02
B: EN02
9/6 A: EN02
B: EN02
9/7 A: EN02
B: EN02
9/8 A: NM07
B: (PU01)/OPEN
9/9 A: NM07
B: (PU01)/OPEN
9/10 A: EN01
B: EN01
9/11 A: PU02/(PU01)
B: PU02
9/12 A: (UW10)/PU02
B: (PU01)/OPEN
9/13 A: PU02
B: UW06
9/14 A: PU02/(PU01)
B: NM03
9/15 A: PU02
B: NM03
9/16 A: PU02/(PU01)
B: NM03
9/17 A: (UW10)/PU02
B: UC02
9/18 A: DD01/(PU01)
B: UC02
9/19 A: UC01
B: UC01
9/20 A: UW09/(PU01)
B: UW06
9/21 A: NM01
B: UW01
9/22 A: (PU01)/JH04
B: UW01
9/23 A: (PU01)/PU02
B: UW02
9/24 A: PU02
B: UW02
9/25 A: (PU01)/PU02
B: NM02
9/26 A: (UW10)/NM09
B: NM02
9/27 A: (PU01)/NM09
B: JH04
9/28 A: DD01
B: JH04
9/29 A: (PU01)/DD01
B: JH03
9/30 A: DD01
B: DD01
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