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Anglo-Australian Observatory Telescope Schedule
Semester 2008A - Version 1.2
18/01/2008
Schedule information may be obtained from http://www.aao.gov.au/aat_schedule.html
 
Date Proposal/Proposers Instrument Support
Th Jan 31   G   Service - SPIRAL+AAOmega Cass8,SPIRAL+AAOmega S, RGS
Fr Feb 1   G   08A/035 BLAND-HAWTHORN, SUTHERLAND, Cooper, Sharp, VEILLEUX Cass8,SPIRAL+AAOmega,1500V,1000R,570nm A, RGS
Sa   2   G   " " "
Su   3   G   " " "
Mo Feb 4   D a Director / 2hr 07A/033 Webster et al. / Service - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega S, RGS
Tu   5   D   08A/020 WEILBACHER, WISOTZKI, WORSECK, BIELBY, CRIGHTON, SHANKS, Heraudeau, Webb 2dF+AAOmega,1500V,1000R,570nm Y, PDD
We   6   D   " " "
Th   7   D 06B/019 DRINKWATER et al. (WiggleZ) 2dF+AAOmega,580V,385R,670nm F, PDD
Fr   8   D " "  
Sa   9   D " "  
Su   10   D " "  
Mo Feb 11   D " "  
Tu   12   D " "  
We   13   G " "  
Th   14   G " "  
Fr   15   G 08A/001 BALOG, KISS, SZABO 2dF+AAOmega,2500V,1700D,570nm Y, QAP
Sa   16   B " " "
Su   17   B " " "
Mo Feb 18   B " " "
Tu   19   B   Director - 07B/049 TSUJIMOTO, Kobayashi, Feigelson Cass8,IRIS2(MOS) Y, SCE
We   20   B   08A/027 DOBBIE, DAY-JONES, JENKINS, TINNEY Cass8,IRIS2 A, PDD
Th   21   B   " " "
Fr   22   B   " " "
Sa   23   B   " " "
Su   24   B   " " "
Mo Feb 25   B   Director - Aluminising Aluminising  
Tu   26   B   " "  
We   27   B   " "  
Th   28   B   " "  
Fr   29   B   Director / Service - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega S, RGS
Sa Mar 1   G   07B/003 DRIVER et al. (GAMA) 2dF+AAOmega,580V,385R,570nm Y, RGS
Su   2   G   " " "
Mo Mar 3   G   " " "
Tu   4   D   " " "
We   5   D   " " "
Th   6   D   " " Y, HJ
Fr   7   D   " " "
Sa   8   D   " " "
Su   9   D   " " "
Mo Mar 10   D   " " "
Tu   11   D   " " "
We   12   D   " " Y, QAP
Th   13   D   " " "
Fr   14   G   " " "
Sa   15   G   " " "
Su   16   B   Director - AAOmega distortion tests 2dF+AAOmega S, QAP
Mo Mar 17   B   06A/030 TINNEY et al. (AAPS) Coude,UCLES31+EEV+I2 (AAPS setup) N, (SCM)
Tu   18   B   " "  
We   19   B   " "  
Th   20   B   " "  
Fr   21   B   " "  
Sa   22   B   " "  
Su   23   B   " "  
Mo Mar 24   B   " "  
Tu   25   B   " "  
We   26   B   " "  
Th   27   B   " "  
Fr   28   B   Director / Service - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega S, RGS
Sa   29   B a Service / 2hr 07A/033 Webster et al. - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega S, RGS
Su   30   G   07B/003 DRIVER et al. (GAMA) 2dF+AAOmega,580V,385R,570nm Y, RGS
Mo Mar 31   G   " " "
Tu Apr 1   G   " " "
We   2   D   " " Y, PDD
Th   3   D   " " "
Fr   4   D   " " "
Sa   5   D   " " "
Su   6   D 06B/019 DRINKWATER et al. (WiggleZ) 2dF+AAOmega,580V,385R,670nm F, PDD
Mo Apr 7   D " "  
Tu   8   D " "  
We   9   D " "  
Th   10   D " "  
Fr   11   D " "  
Sa   12   G " "  
Su   13   G " "  
Mo Apr 14   B   Service - UCLES Coude,UCLES,EEV S, SCM
Tu   15   B   Service - IRIS2 Cass8,IRIS2 S, AJB
We   16   B   " " "
Th   17   B   Director - TCS (Engineering) Cass8,IRIS2 F, AJB
Fr   18   B   " "  
Sa   19   B   " "  
Su   20   B   " "  
Mo Apr 21   B   " "  
Tu   22   B   Director / Service - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega S, PDD
We   23   B   08A/030 DA COSTA, COLEMAN 2dF+AAOmega,1700D,1500V,570nm S, PDD
Th   24   B   " " "
Fr   25   B   " " "
Sa   26   B   " " "
Su   27   B   " " "
Mo Apr 28   G 06B/019 DRINKWATER et al. (WiggleZ) 2dF+AAOmega,580V,385R,670nm F, PDD
Tu   29   G " "  
We   30   G " "  
Th May 1   D " "  
Fr   2   D " "  
Sa   3   D " "  
Su   4   D " "  
Mo May 5   D " "  
Tu   6   D " "  
We   7   D " "  
Th   8   D " "  
Fr   9   D " "  
Sa   10   G " "  
Su   11   G " "  
Mo May 12   G " "  
Tu   13   G " "  
We   14   B   08A/004 MAUERHAN, COTERA, BURTON, Muno, Morris Cass8,IRIS2 (MOS) F, SCE
Th   15   B   " "  
Fr   16   B   " "  
Sa   17   B   " "  
Su   18   B   08A/011 LUMSDEN, OUDMAIJER, BURTON, BROOKS, WRIGHT, Longmore Cass8,IRIS2 F, SCE
Mo May 19   B   " "  
Tu   20   B   " "  
We   21   B   " "  
Th   22   B   " "  
Fr   23   B   08A/005 HAISCH, BARSONY, KIRKPATRICK, MCCARTHY, TINNEY Cass8,IRIS2 N, (AJB)
Sa   24   B   " "  
Su   25   B   " "  
Mo May 26   B   " "  
Tu   27   G a Director / 2hr 07A/033 Webster et al. / Service - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega S, PDD
We   28   G   08A/032 COLE 2dF+AAOmega,1700D,?,570nm Y, PDD
Th   29   G   Service - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega S, PDD
Fr   30   D   " " "
Sa   31   D   " " "
Su Jun 1   D   Director - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega,580V,385R,570nm A, MMC
Mo Jun 2   D   " " "
Tu   3   D   " " "
We   4   D   " " "
Th   5   D ! 08A/016 LANE, IBATA, LEWIS, CONN, KISS, Bellazzini, Martin, Irwin 2dF+AAOmega,2500V,1700D,570nm Y, HJ
Fr   6   D ! " " "
Sa   7   D ! " " "
Su   8   G ! " " "
Mo Jun 9   G ! " " "
Tu   10   G ! " " Y, PDD
We   11   G ! " " "
Th   12   B ! 08A/010 FREEMAN, BLAND-HAWTHORN, LEWIS, WYLIE, MELENDEZ, YONG 2dF+AAOmega,1500V,1700D,570nm Y, PDD
Fr   13   B ! " " "
Sa   14   B ! " " Y, RGS
Su   15   B ! " " "
Mo Jun 16   B ! " " "
Tu   17   B ! " " "
We   18   B ! " " "
Th   19   B ! " " "
Fr   20   B ! " " "
Sa   21   B ! " " "
Su   22   B ! " " "
Mo Jun 23   B ! " " Y, QAP
Tu   24   B ! " " "
We   25   G ! " " "
Th   26   G ! " " "
Fr   27   G ! 08A/018 ROSS, ABDALLA, BROWN, CANNON, CROOM, EDGE, HOPKINS, JOHNSTON, SADLER, SHANKS, WAKE 2dF+AAOmega,580V,385R,570nm Y, QAP
Sa   28   G ! " " "
Su   29   D ! " " "
Mo Jun 30   D ! " " Y, HJ
Tu Jul 1   D ! " " "
We   2   D   08A/020 WEILBACHER, WISOTZKI, WORSECK, BIELBY, CRIGHTON, SHANKS, Heraudeau, Webb 2dF+AAOmega,1500V,1000R,570nm Y, HJ
Th   3   D   " " "
Fr   4   D   " " "
Sa   5   D 08A/006 LI, GLAZEBROOK, YEE, GILBANK 2dF+AAOmega,580V,385R,570nm Y, RGS
Su   6   D " " "
Mo Jul 7   D " " "
Tu   8   G   08A/035 BLAND-HAWTHORN, SUTHERLAND, Cooper, Sharp, VEILLEUX Cass8,SPIRAL+AAOmega,1500V,1000R,570nm A, RGS
We   9   G   " " "
Th   10   G   " " "
Fr   11   B   Service - SPIRAL+AAOmega Cass8,SPIRAL+AAOmega S, RGS
Sa   12   B 08A/008 GLAZEBROOK, GREEN, POOLE, ABRAHAM, MCCARTHY, MCGREGOR Cass8,SPIRAL+AAOmega,1500V,1700I,570nm F, RGS
Su   13   B " "  
Mo Jul 14   B " "  
Tu   15   B " "  
We   16   B " "  
Th   17   B   Director - TCS (Verification) Cass8,IRIS2  
Fr   18   B   " "  
Sa   19   B   " "  
Su   20   B   Service - IRIS2 Cass8,IRIS2 S, AJB
Mo Jul 21   B   " " "
Tu   22   B   Service - UCLES Coude,UCLES,EEV S, AJB
We   23   B   Director / Service - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega S, AJB
Th   24   G a Service / 2hr 07A/033 Webster et al. - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega S, AJB
Fr   25   G   Service - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega S, AJB
Sa   26   G   " " "
Su   27   D n 08A/013 BLAKE, MENDEL, BROUGH, Bassett 2dF+AAOmega,580V,385R,570nm Y, RGS
Mo Jul 28   D n " " "
Tu   29   D n " " "
We   30   D n " " "
Th   31   D n " " "
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 astronomers initials appear, the first named astronomer is always the principal contact.
 
Conditions
n Requires Nod and Shuffle
! Denotes change from previous version of the schedule.
a 07A/033 Webster et al. have 2 hours on each indicated night. 2dF+AAOmega S, RGS
 
Over-ride Programs
See Schedule Notes below for any further conditions
2x1.5 hr+1x3.5 hr 08A/015 Rol et al. : 1 GRB x 2 epochs x 1.5 hr + 1 GRB x 3.5 hr = 6.5 hr. No one program may be impacted by more than 3.5 hours. Cass8,IRIS2 N,AJB

Last Updated on 18/01/2008
By AAO Schedule Notes

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: Likely observers names are indicated in upper case.

·        Support : The initials indicate which member of AAO staff is assigned to support each program

1.      If the astronomer's name appears in parentheses then is not expected the astronomer will be present at the telescope, though the astronomer will be responsible for any other support required.

2.      If two support astronomers are listed, the FIRST name given is that of the primary support astronomer. The primary support astronomer is the principal 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 co-ordinating service observing.

3.       Support astronomers may be contacted at Email@aao.gov.au, where Email is the e-mail username in the following table.

 

Email

Name

 

Email

Name

MMC

director

Matthew Colless

QAP

qap

Quentin Parker

SCE

sce

Simon Ellis

RGS

rgs

Robert Sharp

PDD

pdd

Paul Dobbie

HJ

heath

Heath Jones

AJB

bunker

Andy Bunker

SCM

scm

Stephen Marsden

Service & 2dF+AAOmega Observing   

STFC will not usually pay T&S for proposals from UK astronomers allocated only one night, or UK astronomers allocated time on 2dF+AAOmega. It is therefore assumed that such awards will be carried out in service mode by the nominated support astronomer. If proposers are able to travel to the telescope using other funding, they should inform the relevant support astronomer and the Scheduler (sched-at-aao.gov.au) as soon as possible.

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

Half-nights, Quarter-nights etc.

Such nights are defined by appropriate fraction of the time between evening and morning astronomical twilight.

Over-ride Programs

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

08A/015 – 1 GRB for 2 epochs, each epoch for 1.5hr.  1 GRB for 1 epoch of 3.5 hours.  The following conditions apply:

1.      The over-ride can only be invoked for IRIS2.

2.      Any single program can be over-ridden for a total of 3.5 hours.

3.      Andy Bunker (AJB) to act as contact.