Australian Astronomical Observatory Telescope Schedule
Semester 2012A - Version 1.6
2012 June 27
Schedule information may be obtained from http://www.aao.gov.au/aat_schedule.html

Date					Proposal/Proposers	Instrument	Support
We	Feb	1	G	I	Service – SPIRAL	Cass8, SPIRAL + AAOmega + (IRIS2)	S, AWG
Th		2	G		Service – UCLES	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV	S, GDS
Fr		3	B	U	10B/20 TINNEY et al. – AAPS	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV + I2 (AAPS setup)	N, (GDS)
Sa		4	B	U	"		"
Su		5	B	U	"		"
Mo	Feb	6	B	U	"		"
Tu		7	B	U	"		"
We		8	B	U	"		"
Th		9	B	U	"		"
Fr		10	B	U	"		"
Sa		11	B	U	10B/07 WITTENMYER, TINNEY, Johnson	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV + I2 (AAPS setup)	N, (SLM)
Su		12	B	U	"		"
Mo	Feb	13	B	U	"		"
Tu		14	B		Director + Service – AAOmega	2dF+AAOmega	S, ALS
We		15	G	H	12A/32 Lodieu + Service – AAOmega	2dF+AAOmega 580V, 385R, 570nm	S, ALS + S, ALS
Th		16	G	H	"		"
Fr		17	G	H	"		"
Sa		18	D	H	"		"
Su		19	D	H	12A/33 KOZLOWSKI, + 11A/24 DRIVER et al. – GAMA	2dF+AAOmega 580V, 385R, 570nm	Y, SB + N, (SB)
Mo	Feb	20	D	H	Kochanek, Udalski,		"
Tu		21	D	H	ONKEN, Bonanos,		"
We		22	D	H	Meixner, Szymanski,		"
Th		23	D	H	Jacyszyn		"
Fr		24	D	H	"		"
Sa		25	D	H	12A/08 LIDMAN, Mould, + 11A/24 DRIVER et al. – GAMA	2dF+AAOmega 580V, 385R, 570nm	A, CL + N, (ALS)
Su		26	D	H	Pain, Ruhlmann-Kleider,		"
Mo	Feb	27	D	H	GLAZEBROOK, Hopkins,		"
Tu		28	D	H	Dobbie, Nichol		"
We		29	G		11B/20 KELLER et al. – AEGIS	2dF+AAOmega 580V, 1700D, 570nm	A, DBZ, GDS
Th	Mar	1	G		"		"
Fr		2	G		"		"
Sa		3	B		"		"
Su		4	B		"		"
Mo	Mar	5	B	U	Service – UCLES	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV	S, SLM
Tu		6	B	U	"		"
We		7	B	U	10B/20 TINNEY et al. – AAPS	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV + I2 (AAPS setup)	N, (GDS)
Th		8	B	U	"		"
Fr		9	B	U	"		"
Sa		10	B	U	"		"
Su		11	B	U	"		"
Mo	Mar	12	B	U	"		"
Tu		13	B	U	10B/07 WITTENMYER, TINNEY, Johnson	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV + I2 (AAPS setup)	N, (GDS)
We		14	B	U	"		"
Th		15	G		Director + service – AAOmega	2dF+AAOmega	S, AWG
Fr		16	G		11A/24 DRIVER et al. – GAMA	2dF+AAOmega 580V, 385R, 570nm	N, (AWG)
Sa		17	G		"		"
Su		18	D		"		"
Mo	Mar	19	D		"		"
Tu		20	D		"		"
We		21	D		"		"
Th		22	D		"		N, (ALS)
Fr		23	D		"		"
Sa		24	D		"		"
Su		25	D		"		"
Mo	Mar	26	D		"		"
Tu		27	D		"		"
We		28	D		12A/02 COTE, Bekki, Drinkwater, Ferrarese, Firth,	2dF+AAOmega 580V, 385R, 670nm	Y, QAP
Th		29	G		JORDAN, McConnachie, McLaughlin, Peng		"
Fr		30	G		"		"
Sa		31	G		"		Y, CMS
Su	Apr	1	G		"		"
Mo	Apr	2	B	I	12A/05 RYDER, HOPKINS, Barnes	Cass8, IRIS2	A, SDR
Tu		3	B	I	"		"
We		4	B	I	"		"
Th		5	B	I	"		"
Fr		6	B	I	"		"
Sa		7	B	I	"		"
Su		8	B	I	"		"
Mo	Apr	9	B	I	"		"
Tu		10	B		Director + service – AAOmega	2dF+AAOmega	S, AWG
We		11	B		11B/20 KELLER et al. – AEGIS	2dF+AAOmega 580V, 1700D, 570nm	A, GDS, DBZ
Th		12	B		"		"
Fr		13	G		"		"
Sa		14	G		"		"
Su		15	G		"		"
Mo	Apr	16	D		11A/24 DRIVER et al. – GAMA	2dF+AAOmega 580V, 385R, 570nm	N, (SB)
Tu		17	D		"		"
We		18	D		"		"
Th		19	D		"		"
Fr		20	D		"		"
Sa		21	D		"		"
Su		22	D		"		N, (ALS)
Mo	Apr	23	D		"		"
Tu		24	D		"		"
We		25	D		"		"
Th		26	D		12A/26 JONES, Stavely-Smith, Subrahmanyan,	2dF+AAOmega 580V, 385R, 570nm	Y, SB
Fr		27	G		MALARECKI		"
Sa		28	G		12A/07 DRINKWATER, Shanks, PARKINSON,	2dF+AAOmega 580V, 385R, 570nm	Y, SB
Su		29	G		CROOM, GLAZEBROOK, Wyithe, JUREK,		"
Mo	Apr	30	G		Sawangwit		"
Tu	May	1	B	U	10B/20 TINNEY et al. – AAPS	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV + I2 (AAPS setup)	N, (GDS)
We		2	B	U	"		"
Th		3	B	U	"		"
Fr		4	B	I	12A/25 BAYLISS, TINNEY, Schmidt, ZHOU,	Cass8, CYCLOPS1 + UCLES79 + EEV + (IRIS2)	N, (SLM)
Sa		5	B	I	WRIGHT, ADDISON, Bakos, Hartman		"
Su		6	B	I	"		"
Mo	May	7	B	I	"		"
Tu		8	B	I	"		"
We		9	B	I	"		"
Th		10	B	I	"		"
Fr		11	B	U	10B/07 WITTENMYER, TINNEY, Johnson	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV + I2 (AAPS setup)	N, (SLM)
Sa		12	G	U	"		"
Su		13	G	U	12A/11 KENNEDY, NORRIS, Placco, Beers,	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV	F, SLM
Mo	May	14	G	U	Karakas, DACOSTA, Yong		N, (GDS)
Tu		15	D	U	"		"
We		16	D	U	"		"
Th		17	D	I	12A/24 BROUGH, COLLESS, BAUER,	Cass8, SPIRAL + AAOmega + (IRIS2)	A, (SB)
Fr		18	D	I	LARA-LOPEZ, HOPKINS, OWERS, Croom, Sharp		"
Sa		19	D	I	"		"
Su		20	D	I	"		"
Mo	May	21	D	I	"		"
Tu		22	D	I	"		"
We		23	D	I	"		"
Th		24	D	I	"		"
Fr		25	D		Director	PF, Triplet, SAMI + AAOmega
Sa		26	G		"
Su		27	G		"
Mo	May	28	G		"
Tu		29	G	H	12A/17 YOUNG et al. + Service – IRIS2	Visitor instrument + Cass8, IRIS2	N + S, CMS
We		30	B	I	12A/27 TINNEY, PARKER, Kirkpatrick	Cass8, IRIS2	A, (CMS)
Th		31	B	I	"		"
Fr	Jun	1	B	I	"		"
Sa		2	B	I	"		"
Su		3	B	I	"		"
Mo	Jun	4	B	H	12A/17 YOUNG et al. + Service – IRIS2	Visitor instrument + Cass8, IRIS2	N + S, CMS
Tu		5	B	U	10B/20 TINNEY et al. – AAPS	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV + I2 (AAPS setup)	N, (SLM)
We		6	B	U	"		"
Th		7	B	U	"		"
Fr		8	B	U	"		"
Sa		9	B	U	"		"
Su		10	G	U	10B/07 WITTENMYER, TINNEY, Johnson	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV + I2 (AAPS setup)	N, (GDS)
Mo	Jun	11	G	U	"		"
Tu		12	G	U	"		"
We		13	G	I	12A/31 BLAND-HAWTHORN, HOPKINS,	Cass8, SPIRAL + AAOmega + (IRIS2)	Y, AWG
Th		14	D	I	BROUGH, GUNAWARDHANA, WEBSTER,		"
Fr		15	D	I	Croom, Baldry, Driver, Glazebrook, Green		"
Sa		16	D	I	"		"
Su		17	D	I	"		Y, QAP
Mo	Jun	18	D	I	"		"
Tu		19	D	I	"		"
We		20	D	I	"		"
Th		21	D	U	Service - UCLES	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV	S, SLM, GDS
Fr		22	D	I	12A/25 BAYLISS, TINNEY, Schmidt, ZHOU,	Cass8, CYCLOPS1 + UCLES79 + EEV + (IRIS2)	F, SLM, GDS
Sa		23	D	I	WRIGHT, ADDISON, Bakos, Hartman		N, (GDS)
Su		24	D	I	"		"
Mo	Jun	25	G	I	"		"
Tu		26	G	I	"		"
We		27	G	I	12A/27 TINNEY, PARKER, Kirkpatrick	Cass8, IRIS2	N, (CMS)
Th		28	B	I	"		"
Fr		29	B	I	"		"
Sa		30	B	I	"		"
Su	Jul	1	B	I	12A/21 RATHBORNE, JACKSON, FOSTER	Cass8, IRIS2	F, CMS
Mo	Jul	2	B	I	"		N, (ALS)
Tu		3	B	I	"		"
We		4	B	I	"		"
Th		5	B	I	"		"
Fr		6	B		Director + service - AAOmega	2dF + AAOmega	S, ALS
Sa		7	B		12A/34 NEGUERUELA, MARCO, GONZALEZ FERNANDEZ,	2dF+AAOmega 1500V, 1700D, 570nm	Y, ALS
Su		8	B		Clark, Jimenez-Esteban, Garcia, DORDA		"
Mo	Jul	9	G		12A/04 ASPLUND, KELLER, NESS, FREEMAN,	2dF + AAOmega 280V, 1700D, 570nm	Y, ALS
Tu		10	G		YONG, HOWES, CASAGRANDE, ALVES BRITO,		"
We		11	G		CASEY, Kobayashi		"
Th		12	G		"		"
Fr		13	D		"		"
Sa		14	D		"		"
Su		15	D		"		Y, AWG
Mo	Jul	16	D		"		"
Tu		17	D		"		"
We		18	D		11B/20 KELLER et al. – AEGIS	2dF + AAOmega 580V, 1700D, 570nm	Y, AWG
Th		19	D		"		"
Fr		20	D		"		"
Sa		21	D		"		"
Su		22	D		"		"
Mo	Jul	23	D		Director	Cass8, CYCLOPS2 + CURE
Tu		24	G		"
We		25	G		"
Th		26	G		"
Fr		27	B	U	10B/20 TINNEY et al. – AAPS	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV + I2 (AAPS setup)	N, (GDS)
Sa		28	B	U	"		"
Su		29	B	U	"		"
Mo	Jul	30	G	U	"		"
Tu		31	Y	U	"		"

Notes:
The format for support codes is...
F	First night support will be provided
N	No support will be provided at the telescope. The contact astronomer is listed.
Y	Full support will be provided.
S	Service mode or Director's time observations which will be carried out by AAO astronomers.
A	An AAO astronomer is on the proposal and will provide her/his own support.
When more than one support astronomer's initials appear, the first-named astronomer is always the prinicipal contact.
OPTICON proposals are shown in italics.

Conditions:
H	Half night, change halfway between 18-degree twilights.
I	IRIS2 available for override (in the case of IRIS2, SPIRAL or CYCLOPS only). CYCLOPS programs that
	instead elect to use normal UCLES slit feed cannot be overridden.
U	UCLES available for override (in the case of UCLES31 or UCLES79 only).

Schedule Notes

General Notes

Dates: Australian public holidays are indicated as red-shaded weekdays. Dark, Grey and Bright time is indicated by the 'D/G/B' column.
NB: Important information for some proposals is given in the footnotes at the base of the schedule.
Proposal: Possible observers' names are indicated in upper case.
Support: The initials indicate which member of AAO staff is assigned to support each program.

If the astronomer's name apepars in parentheses then it is not expected the astronomer will be present at the telescope; however, the astronomer will be responsible for any other support required.
If two support astronomers are listed, the FIRST name given is that of the primary support astronomer. The primary support astronomer is the prinicipal contact for all matter relating to this proposal, and is responsible for coordinating the provision of position files etc. The primary support astronomer is responsible for coordinating service observing.
Support astronomers may be contacted at email@aao.gov.au, where email usernames are given in the following table:

	Email	Name		Email	Name
MMC	director	Matthew Colless	QAP	qap	Quentin Parker
CMS	springob	Chris Springob	SB	sb	Sarah Brough
AWG	agreen	Andy Green	ALS	alopez	Angel Lopez Sanchez
AMH	ahopkins	Andrew Hopkins	GDS	gdesilva	Gayandhi de Silva
SLM	smartell	Sarah Martell	DBZ	zucker	Dan Zucker
CL	clidman	Chris Lidman	SDR	sdr	Stuart Ryder

Service & 2dF+AAOmega Observing

All programs are required to send at least one, and not more than two, observers for their 2dF+AAOmega runs. PIs should inform the AAO throught the usual travel channels of the proposed observers well in advance of their runs.

Half-nights

Half-nights are defined as half of the time between evening and morning astronomical twilight.

Override programs

Standard override conditions (http://www.aao.gov.au/AAO/astro/apply/override/html) apply. Extra conditions apply to competing overrides for observations of the same targets. Further specific conditions include:

11B/21 - 1 GRB for 2 epochs, each epoch for 1.5 hours. 1 GRB for 1 epoch of 3.0 hours. The following conditions apply:

The override can only be invoked when IRIS2 is available
Any single program can only be overridden for a total of 3.5 hours

Chris Springob (CMS) to act as contact.

12A/35 - 1 nova for 4 epochs, cadence 1-2 weeks, each epoch for 1000 sec + 500 sec on a calibrator. The following conditions apply:

PI Shore will provide 48 hours notice before the first epoch, and request cadence at that time.
The override can only be invoked when the f36 front end and the EEV CCD for UCLES are scheduled to be on the telescope.

Sarah Martell (SLM) to act as contact.