Australian Astronomical Observatory Telescope Schedule
Semester 2012B - Version 1.4
2012 December 20
Schedule information may be obtained from http://www.aao.gov.au/aat_schedule.html

Date					Proposal/Proposers	Instrument	Support
We	Aug	01	B		Director+Service	2dF+AAOmega	S, SB
Th		02	B		12B/102 Mazeh, Faigler, Tal-Or, Da Costa, O'Toole, Devor	2dF+AAOmega	Y, SB
Fr		03	B	H	12B/102 Mazeh, (first half) + Service (second half)	2dF+AAOmega	Y, SB + S, SB
Sa		04	B	H	Faigler, Tal-Or, Da Costa,		"
Su		05	B	H	O'Toole, Devor		"
Mo	Aug	06	B	H	"		Y, AWG + S, AWG
Tu		07	B	H	"		"
We		08	G	H	"		"
Th		09	G	H	NOAO/301 Kunder (3h) + NOAO/426 Antoniou (6h)	2dF+AAOmega	S, AWG + S, AWG
Fr		10	G		12B/29 Ryan-Weber, Keeney, Stocke, Kacprzak,	2dF+AAOmega	Y, ALS
Sa		11	G		Diaz		"
Su		12	D		"		"
Mo	Aug	13	D		"		"
Tu		14	D		"		"
We		15	D		11A/24 Driver (GAMA)	2dF+AAOmega	N, (ALS)
Th		16	D		"		"
Fr		17	D		"		"
Sa		18	D		"		"
Su		19	D		"		N, (AWG)
Mo	Aug	20	D		"		"
Tu		21	D		"		"
We		22	G		"		"
Th		23	G		"		"
Fr		24	G	I	12B/14 Bayliss, Tinney, Wright, Addison, Zhou,	Cass8, CYCLOPS1+UCLES79+EEV	N, (GDS)
Sa		25	B	I	Schmidt, Bakos, Hartman		"
Su		26	B	I	"		"
Mo	Aug	27	B	I	"		"
Tu		28	B	I	"		"
We		29	B	I	"		"
Th		30	B		Director	Cass8, CYCLOPS2+CURE	S, JL
Fr		31	B		"		"
Sa	Sep	01	B		"		"
Su		02	B		"		"
Mo	Sep	03	B		"		"
Tu		04	B	I	12B/26 Tinney, Parker, Kirkpatrick, Salter	Cass8, IRIS2	N, (ALS)
We		05	B	I	"		"
Th		06	G	I	"		"
Fr		07	G	I	12B/48 Taylor, de Burgh-Day, Webster	Cass8, SPIRAL+AAOmega	Y, ALS, (AWG)
Sa		08	G	I	"		"
Su		09	G	I	"		"
Mo	Sep	10	D		12B/07 Croom, Bland-Hawthorn, Bryant, Jones,	Visitor (PF, triplet, SAMI + AAOmega)
Tu		11	D		Colless, Brough, Hopkins, Bauer, Ellis,
We		12	D		Lopez-Sanchez, Lewis, Green, Allen, Lawrence,
Th		13	D		Fogarty, Goodwin, Horton, Trowland
Fr		14	D	I	Director	Cass8, SPIRAL+AAOmega	S, MMC
Sa		15	D	I	"		"
Su		16	D	I	"		"
Mo	Sep	17	D	I	"		"
Tu		18	D	I	"		"
We		19	D	I	"		"
Th		20	G		Service	Coude, UCLES31+EEV	S, SLM
Fr		21	G		12B/32 Kennedy, Norris, Placco, Beers, Karakas,	Coude, UCLES31+EEV	F, SLM
Sa		22	G		Da Costa, Yong, Rossi		N, (SLM, GDS)
Su		23	B		"		"
Mo	Sep	24	B		"		"
Tu		25	B		"		"
We		26	B		"		"
Th		27	B	I	12B/41 Wright, Witenmyer, Tinney	Cass8, CYCLOPS2+UCLES79+MITLL	N, (SLM)
Fr		28	B	I	"		"
Sa		29	B	I	"		"
Su		30	B	I	"		"
Mo	Oct	01	B	I	"		"
Tu		02	B	I	"		"
We		03	B	I	"		"
Th		04	B	I	Service	Cass8, IRIS2	S, ALS
Fr		05	B	I	12B/25 Lumsden	Cass8, IRIS2	F, ALS
Sa		06	G	I	"		N, (ALS, SDR)
Su		07	G	I	"		"
Mo	Oct	08	G	I	"		"
Tu		09	G	H	NOAO/541 Patel (first half) + Service (second half)	Coude, UCLES31+EEV	S, GDS + S, GDS
We		10	D	H	"		"
Th		11	D		12B/07 Croom, Bland-Hawthorn, Bryant, Jones,	Visitor (PF, triplet, SAMI + AAOmega)
Fr		12	D		Colless, Brough, Hopkins, Bauer, Ellis,
Sa		13	D		Lopez-Sanchez, Lewis, Green, Allen, Lawrence,
Su		14	D		Fogarty, Goodwin, Horton, Trowland
Mo	Oct	15	D		"
Tu		16	D		"
We		17	D	I	12B/14 Bayliss, Tinney, Wright, Addison, Zhou,	Cass8, CYCLOPS2+UCLES79+EEV	N, (SLM)
Th		18	D	I	Schmidt, Bakos, Hartman		"
Fr		19	G	I	"		"
Sa		20	G	I	"		"
Su		21	G	I	"		"
Mo	Oct	22	B	I	12B/41 Wright, Wittenmyer, Tinney	Cass8, CYCLOPS2+UCLES79+MITLL	N, (GDS)
Tu		23	B	I	"		"
We		24	B	I	"		"
Th		25	B	I	"		"
Fr		26	B	I	12B/52 Lopez-Sanchez, Jerjen, Young, Kirby, Ryder,	Cass8, IRIS2	A, ALS
Sa		27	B	I	Koribalski, Zucker, Garcia-Rojas, Esteban		"
Su		28	B	I	"		"
Mo	Oct	29	B	I	"		"
Tu		30	B		Director + service	2dF+AAOmega	S, SB
We		31	B		11B/20 Keller (AEGIS)	2dF+AAOmega	A, SLM, SB, LS
Th	Nov	01	B		"		"
Fr		02	B		"		"
Sa		03	B		"		"
Su		04	B		12B/23Drinkwater, Blake, Boyle, Croom, Fine, Jurek,	2dF+AAOmega	Y, QAP
Mo	Nov	05	G		Parkinson, Ross, Sawangwit, Singh, Shanks, Wyithe,		"
Tu		06	G		Marin, Findlay, Schmidt		"
We		07	G		"		"
Th		08	G		12B/103Kozlowski, Kochanek, Udalski, Onken, et al	2dF+AAOmega	Y, AWG
Fr		09	D	H	12B/103Kozlowski (first half) + 11A/24 Driver (GAMA) (second half)		Y, AWG + Y, AWG
Sa		10	D		11A/24 Driver (GAMA)	2dF+AAOmega	N, (AWG)
Su		11	D		"		"
Mo	Nov	12	D		"		"
Tu		13	D		"		"
We		14	D		"		"
Th		15	D		"		"
Fr		16	D		"		N, (SB)
Sa		17	G		"		"
Su		18	G		"		"
Mo	Nov	19	G		"		"
Tu		20	G		"		"
We		21	B	I	KASI	Cass8, IRIS2	F, ALS
Th		22	B	I	"		N, (ALS, SDR)
Fr		23	B	I	12B/41 Wright, Witenmyer, Tinney	Cass8, CYCLOPS2+UCLES79+MITLL	N, (GDS)
Sa		24	B	I	"		"
Su		25	B	I	"		"
Mo	Nov	26	B	I	"		"
Tu		27	B	I	"		"
We		28	B	I	"		"
Th		29	B	I	"		"
Fr		30	B		12B/12 de Silva, D'Orazi	Coude, UCLES31+EEV	A, GDS
Sa	Dec	01	B		"		"
Su		02	B		"		"
Mo	Dec	03	B		Director + service	2dF+AAOmega	S, DBZ
Tu		04	B		11B/20 Keller (AEGIS)	2dF+AAOmega	A, DBZ
We		05	G		"		"
Th		06	G		"		"
Fr		07	G		"		"
Sa		08	G		11A/24 Driver (GAMA)	2dF+AAOmega	N, (ALS)
Su		09	D		"		"
Mo	Dec	10	D		"		"
Tu		11	D		"		"
We		12	D		"		"
Th		13	D		12B/11 Lidman, Glazebrook, Davis, Sharp,	2dF+AAOmega	A, CL
Fr		14	D		Schmidt, Blake, Poole, Nichol, Sako, Kim,		"
Sa		15	D		D'Andrea, Campbell, Colless		"
Su		16	D		"		"
Mo	Dec	17	G		12B/18 Martell, Campbell, Angelou, Lattanzio,	2dF+AAOmega	A, SLM
Tu		18	G		Simmerer, Smith, Briley, Duffau, Grebel		"
We		19	G	I, H	Service (first half) + 12B/19 Robotham et al. (second half)	Cass8, SPIRAL+AAOmega	S, AMH + A, AMH
Th		20	G	I, H	"		"
Fr		21	B	I	12B/14 Bayliss, Tinney, Wright, Addison, Zhou,	Cass8, CYCLOPS2+UCLES79+EEV	N, (GDS)
Sa		22	B	I	Schmidt, Bakos, Hartman		"
Su		23	B	I	"		"
Mo	Dec	24	B	I	"		"
Tu		25	B	I	"		"
We		26	B	I	"		"
Th		27	B	I	"		"
Fr		28	B	I	12B/26 Tinney, Parker, Kirkpatrick, Salter	Cass8, IRIS2	N, (ALS)
Sa		29	B	I	"		"
Su		30	B	I	"		"
Mo	Dec	31	B	I	"		"
Tu	Jan	01	B	I	"		"
We		02	B		12B/104 Santander-Garcia, Tyndall, Jones,	Coude, UCLES79+EEV+filters	A, SLM
Th		03	B		Lloyd, Corradi, Martell, O'Brien, Boffin		"
Fr		04	B		Director + service	2dF+AAOmega	S, AMH
Sa		05	G		NOAO/278 Kim	2dF+AAOmega	S, AMH
Su		06	G		"		"
Mo	Jan	07	G		12B/103 Kozlowski, Kochanek, Udalski, Onken, Bonanos,	2dF+AAOmega	Y, AMH
Tu		08	D		Meixner, Szymanski, Jacyszyn		"
We		09	D		"		Y, AWG
Th		10	D		"		"
Fr		11	D		12B/23 Drinkwater, Blake, Boyle, Croom, Fine, Jurek,	2dF+AAOmega	Y, AWG
Sa		12	D		Parkinson, Ross, Sawangwit, Singh, Shanks, Wyithe,		"
Su		13	D		Marin, Findlay, Schmidt		"
Mo	Jan	14	D	I	12B/19 Robotham, Bland-Hawthorn, Taylor,	Cass8, SPIRAL+AAOmega	A, AB
Tu		15	D	I	Bauer, Fogarty, Baldry, Hopkins, Penny		"
We		16	D	I	"		"
Th		17	G	I	"		"
Fr		18	G		Director + Service	2dF+AAOmega	S, AWG
Sa		19	G		11B/20 Keller (AEGIS)	2dF+AAOmega	A, GDS
Su		20	G		"		"
Mo	Jan	21	B		"		"
Tu		22	B		"		"
We		23	B		"		"
Th		24	B		"		"
Fr		25	B	I	12B/14 Bayliss, Tinney, Wright, Addison, Zhou,	Cass8, CYCLOPS2+UCLES79+EEV	N, (SLM)
Sa		26	B	I	Schmidt, Bakos, Hartman		"
Su		27	B	I	"		"
Mo	Jan	28	B	I	"		"
Tu		29	B	I	"		"
We		30	B	I	"		"
Th		31	B	I	"		"

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 their own support.
When more than one support astronomer's initials appear, the first named astronomer is always the principal contact.
OPTICON and NOAO exchange programs 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
I					normal UCLES slit feed cannot be overridden.

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 appears 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
JL	jl	Jon Lawrence	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
AB	abauer	Amanda Bauer	LS	leespitler	Lee Spitler

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:

12B/30 - 2 GRB for 1 epoch each, each GRB for 1.5 hour, plus 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 6 hours

Angel Lopez-Sanchez (ALS) to act as contact.