Subject: 1Q2000 APO 3.5m Revised Schedule
From: elt@astro.Princeton.EDU
Submitted: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 13:26:28 -0500 (EST)
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REVISED ARC 3.5M SCHEDULE FOR 1ST QUARTER 2000
E. TURNER 12/23/99
NOTES: ***PLEASE READ***
12/23: UW07 monitoring program partially scheduled; otherwise
unchanged.
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 6 nights.
Thus, scheduled engineering time will be at approximately the 7%
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.
The three bright first halves, March 20-22 inclusive, are OPEN.
Please send requests for this time to me ASAP.
Bright first halves in January were in high demand, and even some
fairly high priority programs requesting such time could not be
scheduled.
IMPORTANT NOTE: As during last quarter, scheduled telescope time
runs from nautical to nautical (-12 deg) twilight rather than
being bounded by the astronomical (-18 deg) twilights. This adds
approximately one hour of scheduled time per night. In addition,
the first and last scheduled program of the night is *assumed* by
*default* to have use of the time between sunset or sunrise,
respectively, and nautical twilight for either calibration or
observing. The first scheduled observer of the night should thus
be available to commence operations at the time of APO sunset or
should inform site staff in advance if the pre-nautical twilight
time is not needed. Likewise, site staff will inform the relevant
observer as early as possible if engineering activities will
pre-empt the telescope before/after nautical twilight, as will
sometimes happen. Neither institutions nor programs will be charged
for the use of time between nautical twilight and sunset/sunrise,
of course. These changes in policy are intended to formalize what
has become our de facto practise.
ACCOUNTING NOTE: WSU sold 5 half nights of time to PUO for 1Q2000.
Please see links off of the APO home page (http://www.apo.nmsu.edu/)
for a web based interactive version of this schedule.
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EN Note: No science observations scheduled during EN time.
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EN01 = EN01 Gill ? O
Routine periodic engineering time.
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DD Note: Director's Discretionary Time (6.6% of total)
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DD01 = 001DD01 Case InSbCam 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.
DD02 = 001DD02 Wood FabPer 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. Linked to UC06 and UW10.
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JHU Note: 108% of nominal share scheduled. Flexibility time added
to JH07
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JH01 = 1Q00jh01 Davi D R (low)
JH02 = 1Q00jh02 Goli D R (low)
See policies described in apo35-general post #219
concerning on-site training and certification.
JH03 = 1Q00jh03 Wyse G R
Note that there is no B time in March during the
period requested.
JH04 = 1Q00jh04 Cha E O
See policies described in apo35-general post #219
concerning on-site training and certification.
JH05.D = 1Q00jh05 Zhen D R (low)
JH05.G = 1Q00jh05 Zhen G R
JH06 = 1Q00jh06 Meur S R
See policies described in apo35-general post #219
concerning on-site training and certification.
JH07 = 1Q00jh07 Meur D R (medium)
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NMSU Note: 108% of nominal share scheduled. Flexibility time
added to NM01.
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NM01 = NM01 Step G R
See policies described in apo35-general post #219
concerning on-site training and certification.
NM02 = NM02 Chan AOTF 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.
NM03 = NM03 Leeb G R
NM04 = NM04 Klyp D R (medium)
NM05 = NM05 Walt S R
NM06 = NM06 Walt D R (medium, high)
NM07 = NM07 Will D O (medium, high)
Request for blocks and March time are incompatible at
this priority and no indication of which preference is
more important; scheduled as block in Feb. Also, the
indicated preference for days of the week is inconsistent
("weekdays" vs. "Thurs->Sun"??).
NM08 = NM08 John D R (high)
NM09 = NM09 Haye S O
See policies described in apo35-general post #219
concerning on-site training and certification.
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PU Note: 107% of nominal share scheduled. Please specify preferences
for 10% flexibility time in future requests. Time added to PU01 and
PU07.
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PU01 = PU01 Stra D R (low)
PU02 = PU02 Bowe D O (low, high)
See policies described in apo35-general post #219
concerning on-site training and certification.
Note - no instrument specified, but DIS assumed since
gratings requested.
PU03 = PU03 Pind D R (low)
PU04 = PU04 Trem S R
PU05 = PU05 Turn S O
Non-block scheduling. See note in BLOCK CAPS just before
schedule below.
PU06 = PU06 Knap D R (low, high)
See policies described in apo35-general post #219
concerning on-site training and certification.
PU07 = PU07 Stra D O (low, medium)
See policies described in apo35-general post #219
concerning on-site training and certification.
Note - no instrument specified, but DIS assumed since
gratings requested.
PU08 = PU08 Turn InSbCam O
PU09 = PU09 Infa G O/R
Please specify on-site vs. remote as soon as plans are
settled.
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UC Note: 97% of nominal share scheduled. Flexibility time added
to UC03 and UC07.
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UC01 = 323 York D R (medium, high)
UC02 = 324 Kent D R (low)
UC03 = 326 York E R?
This request is not on the standard template and has the
info scattered around in a quite different order. Please
submit all scheduling requests on the standard ASCII
template.
UC04 = 321 Kent D R (high)
UC05 = 330 Hobb E R
Not scheduled. All Jan. B first halves taken by higher
priority programs and/or personal schedule constraints
of the observers.
UC06 = 329 York FabPer 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. Linked to DD02 and UW10.
UC07 = 322 Frie D R (low)
This request seemed to have pieces of two requests mixed
or concatenated. Repeated entries ignored.
UC08 = 327 Kent G R
UC09 = 328 York E R
UC10 = 325 Kron D R (medium)
UC11 = 311 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. Nine of the 12 requested dates scheduled.
NOTE: This program will now run for 60, rather than the
former 90, minutes per night due to the expansion of the
scheduled science time to nautical twilights (see above).
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UW Note: 114% of nominal share scheduled (including UW07 TBD).
Flexibility time added to UW08 and UW12. Note that it is unlikely
that tightly constrained scheduling requests such as UW05 and UW09
will be able to use flexibility time.
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UW01 = UW01 Szko D R (high)
UW02 = UW02 Szko D R (low, high)
UW03 = UW03 Ande D R (low)
UW04 = UW04 Rodg E O
Second halves of Jan. 12 and 13 (needed to coincide with
IRTF data) are dark, but no D time allocated by the TAC.
Scheduled anyway but please watch these details in the
future.
UW05.S = UW05 Zuck S R
UW05.G = UW05 Zuck G R
No January bright first halves available due to observers'
AAS constraint and higher priority programs. This portion
of the program was not scheduled.
UW06 = UW06 Wyde S R
UW07.S = UW07 Kris S R
Non-block scheduling. See note in BLOCK CAPS just before
schedule below. Not yet fully scheduled.
UW07.G = UW07 Kris G R
Non-block scheduling. See note in BLOCK CAPS just before
schedule below. Not yet fully scheduled.
UW08 = UW08 Greb S ?
See policies described in apo35-general post #219
concerning on-site training and certification.
Please specify on-site vs. remote observing as soon as
plans are settled. Note that "OBSERVING MODE" means
remote or on-site, not how you plan to use the instrument.
UW09 = UW09 Dalc S R
UW10 = UW10 Bali FabPer 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. Linked to DD02 and UC06.
UW11 = UW11 Hoga S R
Only 3 of the 4 requested half nights could be scheduled at
this priority.
UW12 = UW12 Gonz E R
UW13 = UW13 Gonz S R
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WSU Note: 120% of nominal share scheduled. Flexibility time added to
WS02.
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WS01 = WS01 Brow E R
WS02 = WS02 Aust D R (low)
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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 1210 MST.
FIRST HALF IS INDICATED BELOW AS "A"; THE SECOND HALF THEN
EXTENDS UNTIL MORNING TWILIGHT AND IS INDICATED BELOW AS "B".
THIS QUARTER TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS USE NON-BLOCK SCHEDULING.
THESE PROGRAMS ARE INDICATED IN PARENTHESES () ON THE SCHEDULE
AND THEIR TIME ALLOTMENTS ARE LISTED HERE:
PU05 = 50 MIN EACH TIME SCHEDULED.
UC11 = 60 MIN IN TWILIGHT EACH TIME SCHEDULED.
UW07.S = 60 MIN EACH TIME SCHEDULED.
UW07.G = 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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1/1 A: (PU05)/UW05.S
B: UC09
1/2 A: (UW07.S)/UW11
B: JH02
1/3 A: (PU05)/UW11
B: JH02
1/4 A: PU06
B: UW12
1/5 A: (PU05)/UC07
B: UW01
1/6 A: UC07
B: NM04
1/7 A: (UC11)/(PU05)/UC07
B: NM04
1/8 A: (UW07.S)/UW11
B: NM04
1/9 A: (PU05)/UW02
B: NM06
1/10 A: UW01
B: NM09
1/11 A: (PU05)/NM01
B: NM09
1/12 A: UW04
B: UW04
1/13 A: (PU05)/UW04
B: UW04
1/14 A: (UC11)/WS01
B: NM05
1/15 A: UW01
B: UC09
1/16 A: (PU05)/UC07
B: UC09
1/17 A: EN01
B: EN01
1/18 A: NM02
B: (UW07.G)/UC09
1/19 A: NM02
B: UC03
1/20 A: NM02
B: (UW07.S)/UW06
1/21 A: NM02
B: UC03
1/22 A: NM03
B: UC03
1/23 A: NM03
B: UC03
1/24 A: NM03/(UW07.G)
B: (UW07.G)/UC03
1/25 A: NM03
B: NM01
1/26 A: EN01
B: EN01
1/27 A: UW01
B: UW12
1/28 A: (UC11)/PU04
B: PU07
1/29 A: (UW07.S)/PU04
B: PU07
1/30 A: PU01
B: UC01
1/31 A: PU06
B: UC01
2/1 A: UC04
B: UC04
2/2 A: UC04
B: UC04
2/3 A: (UW07.S)/UW08
B: UW08
2/4 A: (UC11)/PU03
B: PU03
2/5 A: NM07
B: NM07
2/6 A: (UW07.S)/UW06
B: UW06
2/7 A: NM09
B: UW06
2/8 A: UW08
B: JH06
2/9 A: UW08/(UW07.S)
B: (UW07.S)/JH06
2/10 A: UW12
B: PU01
2/11 A: (UC11)/WS01
B: PU01
2/12 A: WS01
B: PU01
2/13 A: (UW07.G)/UC08
B: UC08
2/14 A: DD01
B: DD01
2/15 A: DD01
B: DD01
2/16 A: DD01
B: DD01
2/17 A: EN01
B: EN01
2/18 A: (UC11)/UW04
B: UC08
2/19 A: UW04/(UW07.G)
B: (UW07.G)/PU09
2/20 A: UW13
B: JH03
2/21 A: UW13
B: JH03
2/22 A: UW13
B: JH01
2/23 A: EN01
B: EN01
2/24 A: (UW07.S)/UW13
B: NM01
2/25 A: (UC11)/PU09
B: NM01
2/26 A: (UW07.S)/UC10
B: JH01
2/27 A: UC10
B: UW09
2/28 A: UC06
B: DD02
2/29 A: UC06
B: DD02
3/1 A: UC06
B: DD02
3/2 A: UC06
B: DD02
3/3 A: UC06
B: DD02
3/4 A: UC06
B: DD02
3/5 A: UW10
B: UW10
3/6 A: UW10
B: NM07
3/7 A: (UW07.S)/PU03
B: UW09
3/8 A: UC02
B: UC02
3/9 A: UC02
B: UC02
3/10 A: (UC11)/PU02
B: PU02
3/11 A: PU02
B: PU02
3/12 A: JH05.G
B: UW03
3/13 A: PU08
B: PU08
3/14 A: PU08
B: PU08
3/15 A: PU08
B: PU08
3/16 A: EN01
B: EN01
3/17 A: JH04[18:13-22:00]/JH07[22:00-00:10]
B: NM01
3/18 A: JH04[18:14-22:00]/JH04[22:00-00:10]
B: WS02
3/19 A: NM08
B: PU09
3/20 A: (UW07.G)/OPEN
B: PU09
3/21 A: (UW07.G)/OPEN
B: WS02
3/22 A: (UW07.G)/OPEN
B: UW03
3/23 A: EN01
B: EN01
3/24 A: UW03
B: UW03
3/25 A: NM07
B: UW03
3/26 A: (UW07.S)/UW09
B: UW09
3/27 A: UW09
B: WS02
3/28 A: JH05.D
B: PU01
3/29 A: JH05.D
B: UW02
3/30 A: NM06
B: PU01
3/31 A: (UC11)/PU01
B: PU01
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