Australian Astronomical Observatory Telescope Schedule
Semester 2013A - Version 1.4
2013 March 12
Schedule information may be obtained from http://www.aao.gov.au/aat_schedule.html

Date					Proposal/Proposers	Instrument	Support
Fr	February	01	B	I	13A/17 Bayliss, Zhou, Tinney, Wright, Addison, Hartman,	Cass8, CYCLOPS2+CURE+UCLES79+MITLL	N, (SLM)
Sa		02	B	I	Bakos, Schmidt		"
Su		03	B	I	"		"
Mo	February	04	G	H	Director + NOAO/181 Povich, McSwain (visitor mode)	2dF+AAOmega, 3200B	S, AWG + Y, AWG
Tu		05	G		13A/34 Kraan-Korteweg, Cluver, Jarrett, Jones, Colless,	2dF+AAOmega, 580V + 385R	A, MC
We		06	G		Bilicki		"
Th		07	D		"		"
Fr		08	D		"		"
Sa		09	D		"		"
Su		10	D		"		"
Mo	February	11	D	R	Service	2dF+AAOmega	S, LS
Tu		12	D	R	"		"
We		13	D	R	NOAO/016 Barger, Keenan, Cowie, Wold	2dF+AAOmega, 580V + 385R	Y, LS
Th		14	D	R	"		"
Fr		15	D	R	"		"
Sa		16	D	R	13A/10 Drinkwater et al.	2dF+AAOmega, 580V + 385R	Y, AWG
Su		17	G	R	"		"
Mo	February	18	G	R	"		"
Tu		19	G	R	"		"
We		20	B	R	13A/26 Wittenmyer, Johnson, Tinney (PPPS)	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV	N, (GDS)
Th		21	B	R	"		"
Fr		22	B	R	"		"
Sa		23	B	R	"		"
Su		24	B	R	Service	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV	S, SLM
Mo	February	25	B		Director: Commissioning	SAMI+AAOmega	S, JL
Tu		26	B		"		"
We		27	B		"		"
Th		28	B		"		"
Fr	March	01	B	U	13A/21 Tinney et al. (AAPS)	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV	N, (GDS)
Sa		02	B	U	"		"
Su		03	B	U	"		"
Mo	March	04	B	R,I	Service	IRIS2	S, LS
Tu		05	G		13A/12 Croom et al. (SAMI)	SAMI+AAOmega, 580V + 1000R	--
We		06	G		"
Th		07	G		"
Fr		08	D		"
Sa		09	D		"
Su		10	D		"
Mo	March	11	D		"
Tu		12	D		"
We		13	D		"
Th		14	D		"
Fr		15	D		"
Sa		16	D		"
Su		17	D		"
Mo	March	18	G	H	Director + NOAO/181 Povich, McSwain (service mode)	2dF+AAOmega, 3200B	S, SLM + S, SLM
Tu		19	G	C	13A/22 Keller et al. (AEGIS)	2dF+AAOmega, 580V + 1700D	A, SLM
We		20	G	C	"		"
Th		21	G	C	"		"
Fr		22	B	U	13A/26 Wittenmyer, Johnson, Tinney (PPPS)	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV	N, (GDS)
Sa		23	B	U	"		"
Su		24	B	U	"		"
Mo	March	25	B	U	"		"
Tu		26	B	U	"		"
We		27	B	U	13A/21 Tinney, Butler et al. (AAPS)	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV	N, (SLM)
Th		28	B	U	"		"
Fr		29	B	U	"		"
Sa		30	B	U	"		"
Su		31	B	U	"		"
Mo	April	01	B	U	"		"
Tu		02	B	H	Director + Service	2dF+AAOmega	S, QAP
We		03	G	C	13A/04 Robotham et al. (GAMA)	2dF+AAOmega, 580V + 385R	N, (AWG)
Th		04	G	C	"		"
Fr		05	G	C	"		"
Sa		06	D	C	"		"
Su		07	D	C	"		"
Mo	April	08	D	C	"		N, QAP
Tu		09	D	C	"		"
We		10	D	C	"		"
Th		11	D	C	"		"
Fr		12	D		13A/12 Croom et al. (SAMI)	PF+triplet, SAMI+AAOmega, 580V + 1000R	--
Sa		13	D		"
Su		14	D		"
Mo	April	15	D		"
Tu		16	G		"
We		17	G	U	13A/26 Wittenmyer, Johnson, Tinney (PPPS)	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV	N, (GDS)
Th		18	G	R	Service	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV	S, GDS
Fr		19	G	I	13A/17 Bayliss, Zhou, Tinney, Wright, Addison, Hartman,	Cass8, CYCLOPS2+CURE+UCLES79+MITLL	N, (GDS)
Sa		20	B	I	Bakos, Schmidt		"
Su		21	B	I	"		"
Mo	April	22	B	I	"		"
Tu		23	B	I	"		"
We		24	B	I	"		"
Th		25	B	I	"		"
Fr		26	B	I	"		"
Sa		27	B	I	"		"
Su		28	B	I	"		"
Mo	April	29	B	I	"		"
Tu		30	B	I	"		"
We	May	01	B	H	Director + Service	2dF+AAOmega	S, QAP
Th		02	G	C	13A/24 Asplund et al.	2dF+AAOmega, 580V + 1700D	Y, QAP
Fr		03	G	C	"		"
Sa		04	G	C	"		"
Su		05	D	C	13A/22 Keller et al. (AEGIS)	2dF+AAOmega, 580V + 1700D	A, DBZ
Mo	May	06	D	C	"		"
Tu		07	D	C	"		"
We		08	D	C	"		"
Th		09	D	C	13A/42 Merluzzi, Busarello, Pimbblet, Mercurio, Dopita,	2dF+AAOmega, 580V + 385R	Y, AMH
Fr		10	D	C	Schindler, Steinhauser		"
Sa		11	D	C	"		"
Su		12	D	C	"		"
Mo	May	13	D		13A/12 Croom et al. (SAMI)	PF+triplet, SAMI+AAOmega, 580V + 1000R	--
Tu		14	D		"
We		15	D		"
Th		16	G	I	12B/14 Bayliss et al.	Cass8, CYCLOPS2+CURE+UCLES79+MITLL	N, (SLM)
Fr		17	G	I	"		"
Sa		18	G	I	"		"
Su		19	G	I	"		"
Mo	May	20	B	I	"		"
Tu		21	B	I	"		"
We		22	B	I	"		"
Th		23	B	I	13A/17 Bayliss, Zhou, Tinney, Wright, Addison, Hartman,	Cass8, CYCLOPS2+CURE+UCLES79+MITLL	N, (SLM)
Fr		24	B	I	Bakos, Schmidt		"
Sa		25	B	I	"		"
Su		26	B	I	"		"
Mo	May	27	B	I	"		"
Tu		28	B	U	NOAO/170 Patel, Metchev	Coude, UCLES31 + EEV	F, SLM
We		29	B	U	"		N, (SLM)
Th		30	B	H	Director + Service	2dF+AAOmega	S, AMH
Fr		31	G		13A/05 Nataf, Asplund, Fekel, Ness, Shvartzvald, Yong,	2dF+AAOmega, 580V + 1700D	Y, AMH
Sa	June	01	G		Bekki, Freeman, Dotter		"
Su		02	G		"		"
Mo	June	03	D		"		"
Tu		04	D		13A/22 Keller et al. (AEGIS)	2dF+AAOmega, 580V + 1700D	A, SLM
We		05	D		"		"
Th		06	D		"		"
Fr		07	D		"		"
Sa		08	D		NOAO/120 Kunder, Rich, Johnson, Clarkson, Koch,	2dF+AAOmega, 2500V + 1700D + 670 dich.	Y, ALS
Su		09	D		De Propris, Soto		"
Mo	June	10	D		13A/24 Asplund et al.	2dF+AAOmega, 580V + 1700D	Y, ALS
Tu		11	D		"		"
We		12	D		"		"
Th		13	D		12B/23 Drinkwater et al.	2dF+AAOmega, 580V + 385R	S, AWG
Fr		14	G		11B/20 Keller et al. (AEGIS)	2dF+AAOmega, 580V + 1700D	A, GDS
Sa		15	G		"		"
Su		16	G		"		"
Mo	June	17	G		"		"
Tu		18	B		"		"
We		19	B		"		"
Th		20	B	U	13A/21 Tinney et al. (AAPS)	Coude, UCLES31+EEV	N, (GDS)
Fr		21	B	U	"		"
Sa		22	B	U	"		"
Su		23	B	U	"		"
Mo	June	24	B	U	"		"
Tu		25	B	U	13A/26 Wittenmyer, Johnson, Tinney (PPPS)	Coude, UCLES31+EEV	N, (GDS)
We		26	B	U	"		"
Th		27	B	U	"		"
Fr		28	B	H	Director + Service	2dF+AAOmega	S, LS
Sa		29	G		13A/05 Nataf, Asplund, Fekel, Ness, Shvartzvald, Yong,	2dF+AAOmega, 580V + 1700D	Y, LS
Su		30	G		Bekki, Freeman, Dotter		"
Mo	July	01	G		"		"
Tu		02	G		"		"
We		03	D		13A/24 Asplund et al.	2dF+AAOmega, 580V + 1700D	Y, AWG
Th		04	D		"		"
Fr		05	D	H	13A/24 Asplund (first half) // 13A/18 Lidman (second half)	2dF+AAOmega, 580V + 1700D // 580V + 385R	Y, AWG // A, CL+MO
Sa		06	D	H	13A/22 Keller (first half) //13A/18 Lidman (second half)	2dF+AAOmega, 580V + 1700D // 580V + 385R	"
Su		07	D	H	"		A, GDS // A, CL+MO
Mo	July	08	D	H	"		"
Tu		09	D	H	"		"
We		10	D	H	"		"
Th		11	D	I	NOAO/006 Romani, Gaensler, Johnston	SPIRAL+AAOmega, 1500B + 2000R	Y, AWG
Fr		12	D	I	"		"
Sa		13	G	I	Service	SPIRAL+AAOmega	S, AWG
Su		14	G	I	"		"
Mo	July	15	G		Director: Commissioning	2dF+HERMES	S, AS
Tu		16	G		"		"
We		17	B		"		"
Th		18	B		"		"
Fr		19	B		"		"
Sa		20	B		"		"
Su		21	B		"		"
Mo	July	22	B		Director: Commissioning	KOALA+AAOmega	S, JL
Tu		23	B		"		"
We		24	B		"		"
Th		25	B		"		"
Fr		26	B	H	Director + Service	2dF+AAOmega	S, QAP
Sa		27	B		Service	2dF+AAOmega	S, QAP
Su		28	G		13A/10 Drinkwater et al.	2dF+AAOmega, 580V + 385R	Y, QAP
Mo	July	29	G		"		"
Tu		30	G		"		"
We		31	G		"		"


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
U					UCLES available for ToO override
I					IRIS2 available for override (in the case of IRIS2, SPIRAL or CYCLOPS2 only). CYCLOPS2 programs that instead elect to use normal UCLES slit feed cannot be overridden.
R					Remote observing - observations will be carried out from AAO North Ryde headquarters
C					Daytime commissioning work on HERMES is possible (2dF top end is on the telescope)

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 bold.
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
MC	mcluver	Michelle Cluver	ALS	alopez	Angel Lopez Sanchez
GDS	gdesilva	Gayandhi de Silva	SLM	smartell	Sarah Martell
AWG	agreen	Andy Green	MO	mowers	Matt Owers
AMH	ahopkins	Andrew Hopkins	QAP	quentin.parker	Quentin Parker
JL	jl	Jon Lawrence	AS	asheinis	Andy Sheinis
CL	clidman	Chris Lidman	LS	lee.spitler	Lee Spitler
DBZ	daniel.zucker	Dan Zucker

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:

13A/41 - Maximum of 0.5 nights per semester, cadence and exposure time appropriate for the target, for the 4 semesters from 13A to 14B. The following conditions apply:

The override can only be invoked when UCLES31 + EEV is available.
Any single program can only be overridden for a total of half a night.

Sarah Martell (SLM) to act as contact.

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.