Subject: 3Q1999 APO 3.5m Preliminary Schedule
From: elt@astro.Princeton.EDU
Submitted: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 17:22:38 -0400 (EDT)
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PRELIMINARY ARC 3.5M SCHEDULE FOR 3RD QUARTER 1999
E. TURNER 6/21/99
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.
Scheduled engineering time for this quarter amounts to 33.5 nights.
Of these, 28 are for a 4 week shutdown to install the new secondary
mirror and to carry out several other major engineering tasks.
In addition, 1.5 nights are for commissioning of the new Shack
-Hartman optical alignment instrumentation.
Thus, scheduled engineering time will be at approximately the 36%
level.
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.
There is no OPEN time available this quarter (at this point).
This preliminary schedule sets a record for being late (close to
the beginning of the next quarter), but perhaps some consolation
may be taken from the fact that *all* programs were scheduled and
almost all got the time they wanted or something very close to it.
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EN Note: No science observations scheduled during EN time.
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EN01 = EN01 Gill ? O
Shutdown for installation of new secondary and other tasks.
EN02 = EN02 Gill ? O
Routine periodic engineering time.
EN03 = EN03 Gill SH O
Commissioning of Shack-Hartman instrumentation.
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DD Note: Director's Discretionary Time (3%)
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DD01 = 993DD01 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: 110% of nominal share scheduled. Half night added
to JH02.
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JH01 = 3Q99JH01 Reth E O
Times but not dates specified in UT; I have assumed that
dates are also UT. Please let me know if there are
problems with this schedule.
JH02 = 3Q99JH02 McCa E R
JH03 = 3Q99JH03 Davi D R (low)
JH04.D = 3Q99JH04 Zhen D R (low)
JH04.G = 3Q99JH04 Zhen G R
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NMSU Note: 106% of nominal share scheduled. Half night added to
NM02.
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NM01 = NM01 Marl S R
NM02 = NM02 Step G O
NM03.S = NM03 Ledl S O
NM03.G = NM03 Ledl G O
NM04 = NM04 Gala S R
NM05 = NM05 Leeb G R
NM06 = NM06 Klyp D R (low)
NM07 = NM07 Harr E R
NM08 = NM08 King D/S? O (high)
Although the requested dates do fall during the shutdown,
I have scheduled the first half night on 9/15 when the
targets will be observable at moderate air mass for much
of the time. Please declare OPEN ASAP if not usable.
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PU Note: 106% of nominal share scheduled. Half night added to
PU01.
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PU01 = PU01 Stra D R (low, high)
Shutdown leaves very few dark/grey second halves in Sept.
One dark second half scheduled in August. Please declare
OPEN ASAP if not usable.
PU02 = PU02 Turn S O
Non-block scheduling. See note in BLOCK CAPS just before
schedule below.
PU03 = PU03 Turn D R (low)
PU04 = PU04 Infa G R
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UC Note: 108% of nominal share scheduled. One half night each
added to UC02 and UC04.
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UC01 = 302 York D R (medium)
UC02 = 304 York E R
UC03 = 303 Dunc E ?
No observing mode (remote or on-site) specified. Please
inform APO and me ASAP.
UC04 = 300 Frie D R (low)
UC05 = 301 Kent D R (high)
UC06 = 305 Kent G R
UC07 = 306 Dunc D R (high)
UC08 = 299 York ? R
Adler Planetarium twilight program (not accounted to UC).
Use instrument mounted for the night's first program.
Non-block scheduling. See note in BLOCK CAPS just before
schedule below. Both requested dates scheduled.
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UW Note: 109% of nominal share scheduled. One half night each
added to UW03, UW06 and UW08.
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UW01 = UW01 Szko D R (high)
UW02 = UW02 Kris S R
Non-block scheduling. See note in BLOCK CAPS just before
schedule below.
Program requests scheduling adjacent to other programs
using SPIcam, but there are very few such programs during
bright time (which accounts for over 70% of the programs
assigned time), and matching to the few that do is
inconsistent with the requested spacing of observations.
So, that constraint has been ignored. Note also that more
bright time was assigned to the program than required to
achieve the requested sampling rate, but not enough grey
and dark time.
UW03 = UW03 Wyde S R
UW04 = UW04 Greb S R
UW05 = UW05 Gonz E R
UW06 = UW06 Marg D R (low)
UW07 = UW07 Ande D R (low)
Darkest time available subject to RA constraints and priority
scheduled. Please declare OPEN ASAP if not usable.
UW08.G = UW08 Zuck G R
UW08.S = UW08 Zuck S R
UW09 = UW09 Dalc S R
UW10 = UW10 Szko D R (low, high)
UW11 = UW11 Stub VisFTS O
These observations involve the use of visitor instruments.
The time is scheduled contingent upon the PI obtaining
Bruce Gillespie's explicit agreement that all the technical
and logistical arrangements involving the instrument are
satisfactory at least 10 days prior to the scheduled
observations.
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WSU Note: 114% of nominal share scheduled. Half night added to
WS01.
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WS01 = WS01 Brow E R
WS02 = WS02 Aust 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:
PU02 = 40 MIN EACH TIME SCHEDULED.
UC08 = 90 MIN IN TWILIGHT EACH TIME SCHEDULED.
UW02 = 60 MIN EACH TIME 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: NM03.G
B: WS01
7/2 A: NM03.G
B: WS01/(PU02)
7/3 A: (UW02)/JH04.G
B: UC02
7/4 A: JH04.G
B: UC02/(PU02)
7/5 A: EN02
B: EN02
7/6 A: PU03
B: UC02/(PU02)
7/7 A: (UW02)/NM03.S
B: UC02
7/8 A: NM03.S
B: UC02/(PU02)
7/9 A: EN03
B: UW03
7/10 A: EN03
B: UW03/(PU02)
7/11 A: EN03
B: UW10/(UW02)
7/12 A: UC01
B: UC04/(PU02)
7/13 A: UC01
B: UC04
7/14 A: UC01
B: UC05/(PU02)
7/15 A: (UW02)/UW03
B: UC05
7/16 A: UW03
B: UW10/(PU02)
7/17 A: WS02
B: UC04
7/18 A: NM06
B: UW09/(PU02)
7/19 A: (UW02)/NM06
B: UW09
7/20 A: NM02
B: UW03/(PU02)
7/21 A: NM02
B: UC05/(PU02)
7/22 A: EN02
B: EN02
7/23 A: (UW02)/UC03
B: UC03
7/24 A: UC03
B: UC03/(PU02)
7/25 A: UC03
B: JH01
7/26 A: (UW02)/UC03
B: JH01/(PU02)
7/27 A: NM02
B: UC03
7/28 A: NM05
B: NM05/(PU02)
7/29 A: (UW02)/WS01
B: WS01
7/30 A: JH02
B: JH01/(PU02)
7/31 A: UC06
B: UC06
8/1 A: (UW02)/NM07
B: UC07/(PU02)
8/2 A: EN02
B: EN02
8/3 A: PU03
B: PU04/(PU02)
8/4 A: NM01
B: PU04/(UW02)
8/5 A: NM01
B: UW06/(PU02)
8/6 A: NM01
B: JH03
8/7 A: UW05
B: UW05/(UW02)
8/8 A: UW05
B: UW06/(PU02)
8/9 A: WS02
B: UW08.S
8/10 A: NM04
B: NM04/(PU02)
8/11 A: WS02
B: UW04
8/12 A: JH04.D
B: UW04/(PU02)
8/13 A: (UW02)/JH04.D
B: UW04
8/14 A: JH04.D
B: UW04/(PU02)
8/15 A: (UW02)/DD01
B: PU01
8/16 A: EN01
B: EN01
8/17 A: EN01
B: EN01
8/18 A: EN01
B: EN01
8/19 A: EN01
B: EN01
8/20 A: EN01
B: EN01
8/21 A: EN01
B: EN01
8/22 A: EN01
B: EN01
8/23 A: EN01
B: EN01
8/24 A: EN01
B: EN01
8/25 A: EN01
B: EN01
8/26 A: EN01
B: EN01
8/27 A: EN01
B: EN01
8/28 A: EN01
B: EN01
8/29 A: EN01
B: EN01
8/30 A: EN01
B: EN01
8/31 A: EN01
B: EN01
9/1 A: EN01
B: EN01
9/2 A: EN01
B: EN01
9/3 A: EN01
B: EN01
9/4 A: EN01
B: EN01
9/5 A: EN01
B: EN01
9/6 A: EN01
B: EN01
9/7 A: EN01
B: EN01
9/8 A: EN01
B: EN01
9/9 A: EN01
B: EN01
9/10 A: EN01
B: EN01
9/11 A: EN01
B: EN01
9/12 A: EN01
B: EN01
9/13 A: (PU02)/PU01
B: PU01
9/14 A: (UW02)/UW06
B: PU01
9/15 A: (PU02)/NM08
B: PU01
9/16 A: DD01
B: UC01
9/17 A: (UC08)/(UW02)/DD01
B: UC01
9/18 A: (PU02)/WS01
B: UC01
9/19 A: (PU02)/JH02
B: PU01
9/20 A: (UW02)/UC02
B: UW07
9/21 A: (PU02)/UW08.G
B: UW07
9/22 A: (PU02)/UW08.G
B: UW08.G
9/23 A: EN02
B: EN02
9/24 A: (UC08)/(UW02)/PU04
B: UW01
9/25 A: (PU02)/PU04
B: UW01
9/26 A: (PU02)/PU04
B: PU04
9/27 A: (UW02)/DD01
B: DD01
9/28 A: (PU02)/DD01
B: NM02
9/29 A: UW11
B: UW11
9/30 A: (UW02)/UW10
B: UW10
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