v1.3

Anglo-Australian Observatory Telescope Schedule
Semester 2008B - Version 1.3
23/01/2009
Schedule information may be obtained from http://www.aao.gov.au/aat_schedule.html
 
Date Proposal/Proposers Instrument Support
Fr Aug 1   D n 08B/023 FINE, CROOM 2dF+AAOmega, 580V, 385R, 670nm Y, AJB
Sa   2   D n " " "
Su   3   D n " " "
Mo Aug 4   D n " " "
Tu   5   D n " " "
We   6   G n " " "
Th   7   G n " " Y, PDD
Fr   8   G n " " "
Sa   9   B a Service / 2hrs 07A/033 Webster et al. - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega S, PDD
Su   10   B a Service / 2hrs 07A/033 Webster et al. - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega S, PDD
Mo Aug 11   B   Service - IRIS2 Cass8, IRIS2 S, PDD
Tu   12   B   08B/032 HUNSTEAD, SADLER, SUBRAHMANYAN, SARIPALLI, JOHNSTON, BRYAT, Croom, Ekers Cass8, IRIS2 F, PDD
We   13   B   " "
Th   14   B   Director - TCS Cass8, IRIS2 N, (PDD)
Fr   15   B   " "  
Sa   16   B   " "  
Su   17   B   08B/027 TINNEY, PARKER, HAISCH Cass8, IRIS2 N, (PDD)
Mo Aug 18   B   " "  
Tu   19   B   " "  
We   20   B   " "  
Th   21   B   " "  
Fr   22   G   08B/008 SHARP, Bland-Hawthorn, Veilleux, Cooper Cass8, SPIRAL+AAOmega, 2500V, 1000R, 570nm A, RGS
Sa   23   G   " " "
Su   24   G   " " "
Mo Aug 25   D   " " "
Tu   26   D   Director - SPIRAL+AAOmega Cass8, SPIRAL+AAOmega A, MMC
We   27   D   " " "
Th   28   D   " " "
Fr   29   D   " " "
Sa   30   D   " " "
Su   31   D   " " "
Mo Sep 1   D   08B/018 PARKER, FREW, DE PEW, MISZALSKI, SHARP Cass8, SPIRAL+AAOmega, 580V, 385R, 570nm A, QAP
Tu   2   D   " " "
We   3   D   " " "
Th   4   G   " " "
Fr   5   G   " " "
Sa   6   G   " " "
Su   7   B   Service - UCLES Coude, UCLES+EEV S, SCM
Mo Sep 8   B   08B/020 RUCHTI, FULBRIGHT, Wyse Coude, UCLES31+EEV, 5500A F, SCM
Tu   9   B   " "  
We   10   B   " "  
Th   11   B   " "  
Fr   12   B   " "  
Sa   13   B   " "  
Su   14   B   " "  
Mo Sep 15   B   08B/035 KONACKI, HELMINIAK Coude, UCLES31+EEV+I2, 5500A F, SCM
Tu   16   B   " "  
We   17   B   " "  
Th   18   B   " "  
Fr   19   B   Director / Service - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega S, RGS
Sa   20   G   06B/019 DRINKWATER et al. (WiggleZ) 2dF+AAOmega, 385R, 580V, 670nm F, RGS
Su   21   G   " "  
Mo Sep 22   G b " "  
Tu   23   D b " "  
We   24   D b " "  
Th   25   D b " "  
Fr   26   D   " "  
Sa   27   D   " "  
Su   28   D   " "  
Mo Sep 29   D   " "  
Tu   30   D   " "  
We Oct 1   D   " "  
Th   2   D   " "  
Fr   3   G   " "  
Sa   4   G   " "  
Su   5   G   Director - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega A, MMC
Mo Oct 6   G   " " "
Tu   7   B   08B/035 KONACKI, HELMINIAK Coude, UCLES31+EEV+I2, 5500A F, SCM
We   8   B   " "  
Th   9   B   " "  
Fr   10   B   06A/030 TINNEY et al. (AAPS) Coude, UCLES31+EEV+I2 (AAPS setup) N, (SCM)
Sa   11   B   " "
Su   12   B   " "  
Mo Oct 13   B   " "
Tu   14   B   " "  
We   15   B   " "  
Th   16   B   " "  
Fr   17   B   Director / Service - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega S, RGS
Sa   18   B a Service / 2hrs 07A/033 Webster et al. - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega S, RGS
Su   19   G n 08B/025 BROWN, EDGE, WAKE, SHARP, DEY, CROOM, SADLER, COUCH 2dF+AAOmega, 385R, 670nm A, RGS
Mo Oct 20   G n " " "
Tu   21   G n " " "
We   22   D n " " "
Th   23   D n " " "
Fr   24   D   08B/040 SHANKS, BIELBY, CRIGHTON, WEILBACHER, WISOTZKI, WORSECK, Heraudeau, Webb 2dF+AAOmega, 385R, 580V, 1500V, 570nm Y, HJ+RGS
Sa   25   D   " " Y, HJ
Su   26   D   " " "
Mo Oct 27   D   Service - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega S, HJ
Tu   28   D   06B/019 DRINKWATER et al. (WiggleZ) 2dF+AAOmega, 385R, 580V, 670nm F, HJ
We   29   D   " "  
Th   30   D   " "  
Fr   31   D   " "  
Sa Nov 1   D   " "  
Su   2   G   " "  
Mo Nov 3   G   " "  
Tu   4   G   " "  
We   5   B 06A/030 TINNEY et al. (AAPS) Coude, UCLES31+EEV+I2 (AAPS setup) N, (SCM)
Th   6   B " "  
Fr   7   B " "  
Sa   8   B   " "
Su   9   B   " "  
Mo Nov 10   B h 08B/012 OUDMAIJER, WHEELWRIGHT Coude, UCLES79+EEV+Halpha, 6562A F, SCM
Tu   11   B h " "  
We   12   B h " "  
Th   13   B   Service - IRIS2 Cass8, IRIS2 S, PDD
Fr   14   B   Director - TCS Cass8, IRIS2 N, (PDD)
Sa   15   B   " "  
Su   16   B   " "
Mo Nov 17   B   Director / Service - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega S, QAP
Tu   18   G   08B/033 TUCKER, SCHMIDT, Kewley 2dF+AAOmega, 580V, 385R, 570nm Y, QAP
We   19   G   " " "
Th   20   G   " " "
Fr   21   G   " " "
Sa   22   D   " " "
Su   23   D   " " "
Mo Nov 24   D   08B/016 EALES, PASCALE, DYE, Mauskopf, Griffin, Hargrave 2dF+AAOmega, 580V, 385R, 570nm Y, HJ
Tu   25   D   " " "
We   26   D   " " "
Th   27   D   08B/037 Serjeant, Khan, Matsuura, Wada, Takagi, Pearson, White, Figureredo, Negrello, Devlin, Hughes, Halpern 2dF+AAOmega, 580V, 385R, 570nm Y, HJ
Fr   28   D   " " Y, PDD
Sa   29   D   08B/006 WESTMEIER, Koribalski, LOPEZ-SANCHEZ 2dF+AAOmega, 3200B, 2000R, 570nm Y, PDD
Su   30   D   " " "
Mo Dec 1   D   " " "
Tu   2   G   " " "
We   3   G   Director - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega A, MMC
Th   4   G   " " "
Fr   5   G   Director - SEMPOL Cass8, SEMPOL+UCLES31+EEV, 5268A A, SCM
Sa   6   B   08B/031 WAITE, CARTER, BURTON, MENGEL, TRESCHMAN, MARSDEN, MARTINEZ-GONZALES, Hughes, Donati Cass8, SEMPOL+UCLES31+EEV, 5268A A, SCM
Su   7   B   " " "
Mo Dec 8   B   " " "
Tu   9   B   " " "
We   10   B   " " "
Th   11   B   " " "
Fr   12   B   " " "
Sa   13   B   " " "
Su   14   B   08B/039 KOLENBERG, LUEFTINGER, SEMEL, MARSDEN, RAMIREZ, MARTINEZ-GONZALEZ Cass8, SEMPOL+UCLES31+EEV, 5268A A, SCM
Mo Dec 15   B   " " "
Tu   16   B   " " "
We   17   B   " " "
Th   18   B f ! Director - SEMPOL Cass8, SEMPOL+UCLES31+EEV, 5268A A, SCM
Fr   19   G a ! Director / Service / 2hrs 07A/033 Webster et al. - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega S, HJ
Sa   20   G n 08B/028 NORRIS, SHARP, MAO, RANDALL, Middelberg, Boyle, Croom, Hopkins, Lovell 2dF+AAOmega, 580V, 385R, 670nm F, HJ
Su   21   G n " "
Mo Dec 22   G n " "
Tu   23   D n " "
We   24   D n " "
Th   25   D n " "
Fr   26   D n " "
Sa   27   D n " "
Su   28   D   08B/003 GUENTHER, AIGRAIN, Deleuil, Unruh, GANDOLFI 2dF+AAOmega, 580V, 3200B, 385R, 2000R, 570nm Y, PDD
Mo Dec 29   D   " " "
Tu   30   D   " " "
We   31   D   " " "
Th Jan 1   D   " " "
Fr   2   G   " " "
Sa   3   G   " " "
Su   4   G   " " "
Mo Jan 5   G   08B/035 KONACKI, HELMINIAK Coude, UCLES31+EEV+I2, 5500A F, SCM
Tu   6   B   " "
We   7   B   " "  
Th   8   B   " "  
Fr   9   B   06A/030 TINNEY et al. (AAPS) Coude, UCLES31+EEV+I2 (AAPS setup) N, (SCM)
Sa   10   B   " "
Su   11   B   " "  
Mo Jan 12   B d " "  
Tu   13   B d Service - UCLES Coude, UCLES+EEV S, SCM
We   14   B c ! Director - AAPS Coude, UCLES31 +EEV +I2 (AAPS setup) N, (SCM)
Th   15   B e ! Director - AAOmega + 08B/029 KELLER, PRIOR, DACOSTA, Bessell, Freeman 2dF+AAOmega, 1700B, 1700D, 570nm Y, HJ
Fr   16   B   " " "
Sa   17   B   " " "
Su   18   B   " " "
Mo Jan 19   G   " " "
Tu   20   G   " " "
We   21   G   Director - AAOmega 2dF+AAOmega A, MMC
Th   22   D   " " "
Fr   23   D   06B/019 DRINKWATER et al. (WiggleZ) 2dF+AAOmega, 385R, 580V, 670nm F, MMC
Sa   24   D   " "  
Su   25   D   " "  
Mo Jan 26   D   " "  
Tu   27   D   " "  
We   28   D   " "  
Th   29   D   " "  
Fr   30   D   " "  
Sa   31   D   " "  
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
h Requires Halpha filter #57
! Denotes change from previous version of the schedule.
a 07A/033 Webster et al. have 2 hours on each indicated night. Preferably before/after moon rise/set. 2dF+AAOmega S,RGS
b Denotes Director's payback to 06B/019 Drinkwater et al. (WiggleZ)    
c Denotes Director's payback to AAPS for 12/01/2009    
d Denotes nights of telescope drive problem    
e First part of night used for AAOmega setup    
f Extra SEMPOL night
 
Over-ride Programs
See Schedule Notes below for any further conditions
2x1.5 hr+1x3.5 hr 08B/021 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,PDD

Last Updated on 23/01/2009
By Stephen Marsden 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

TJB

tjb

Terry Bridges

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:

08B/021 – 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.      Paul Dobbie (PDD) to act as contact.