v1.3

Anglo-Australian Observatory Telescope Schedule
Semester 2009A - Version 1.3
May 29, 2009
Schedule information may be obtained from http://www.aao.gov.au/aat_schedule.html
 
Date Proposal/Proposers Instrument Support
Su Feb 1 D   Director - AAOmega 2dF + AAOmega A, MMC
Mo Feb 2 G   " " "
Tu   3 G   09A/001 WITTENMYER, TINNEY, Johnson Coude, UCLES31 + EEV + I2 (AAPS setup) N, (SCM)
We   4 G   " "  
Th   5 B   " "  
Fr   6 B   " "  
Sa   7 B   " "  
Su   8 B   " "  
Mo Feb 9 B   Director - Aluminising    
Tu   10 B   "    
We   11 B   "    
Th   12 B   "    
Fr   13 B   09A/002 TINNEY et al. (Anglo-Australian Planet Search) Coude, UCLES31 + EEV + I2 (AAPS setup) N, (SCM)
Sa   14 B   " "  
Su   15 B   " "  
Mo Feb 16 B   " "  
Tu   17 B   Director + Service - AAOmega 2dF + AAOmega S, RGS
We   18 G   06B/019 DRINKWATER et al. (WiggleZ) 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 670nm F, RGS
Th   19 G   " "  
Fr   20 G   " "  
Sa   21 D   " "  
Su   22 D   " "  
Mo Feb 23 D   " "  
Tu   24 D   " "  
We   25 D   " "  
Th   26 D   " "  
Fr   27 D   07B/003 DRIVER et al. (GAMA) 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 570nm Y, HJ
Sa   28 D   " " "
Su Mar 1 D   " " "
Mo Mar 2 D   " " "
Tu   3 D   " " "
We   4 G   " " "
Th   5 G   " " "
Fr   6 B   09A/002 TINNEY et al. (Anglo-Australian Planet Search) Coude, UCLES31 + EEV + I2 (AAPS setup) N, (SCM)
Sa   7 B   " "  
Su   8 B   " "  
Mo Mar 9 B   " "  
Tu   10 B   " "  
We   11 B   " "  
Th   12 B   " "  
Fr   13 B   " "  
Sa   14 B   " "  
Su   15 B   " "  
Mo Mar 16 B   " "  
Tu   17 B   " "  
We   18 B   Director + Service - AAOmega 2dF + AAOmega S, RGS
Th   19 G   06B/019 DRINKWATER et al. (WiggleZ) 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 670nm F, RGS
Fr   20 G   " "  
Sa   21 G   " "  
Su   22 D   " "  
Mo Mar 23 D   " "  
Tu   24 D   " "  
We   25 D   " "  
Th   26 D   " "  
Fr   27 D   07B/003 DRIVER et al. (GAMA) 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 570nm Y, AH
Sa   28 D   " " "
Su   29 D   " " "
Mo Mar 30 D   " " "
Tu   31 D   " " "
We Apr 1 G   " " "
Th   2 G   " " "
Fr   3 G W Service - AAOmega + 2hr 07A/033 Webster et al. 2dF + AAOmega S, PDD
Sa   4 B   09A/018 KELLER, DA COSTA, Freeman, Kobayashi, Bekki 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 1000I, 570nm Y, PDD
Su   5 B   " " "
Mo Apr 6 B   " " "
Tu   7 B   09A/005 WAITE, MARSDEN, CARTER, BROWN, DUNCAN, SINCLAIR, MENGEL, HART, MARTINEZ-GONZALEZ, Donati, Hughes, Jardine Cass8, SEMPOL + UCLES31 + EEV, 5268A A, SCM
We   8 B   " " "
Th   9 B   " " "
Fr   10 B   " " "
Sa   11 B   " " "
Su   12 B   " " "
Mo Apr 13 B   " " "
Tu   14 B   Director + Service - AAOmega 2dF + AAOmega S, QAP
We   15 B   09A/018 KELLER et al. 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 1000I, 570nm Y, QAP
Th   16 B   " " "
Fr   17 G   07B/003 DRIVER et al. (GAMA) 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 570nm Y, QAP
Sa   18 G   " " Y, RGS
Su   19 G   " " "
Mo Apr 20 D   " " "
Tu   21 D   " " "
We   22 D   " " "
Th   23 D   " " "
Fr   24 D   06B/019 DRINKWATER et al. (WiggleZ) 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 670nm F, RGS
Sa   25 D   " "
Su   26 D   " "  
Mo Apr 27 D   " "  
Tu   28 D   " "  
We   29 D   " "  
Th   30 G   " "  
Fr May 1 G   " "  
Sa   2 G   " "  
Su   3 B W Service - AAOmega + 2hr 07A/033 Webster et al. 2dF + AAOmega S, PDD
Mo May 4 B V Service - IRIS2 + 09A/021 BAILEY, MEADOWS, Mills, CHAMBERLAIN, COTTON, Crisp Cass8, IRIS2 S, PDD
Tu   5 B V " " "
We   6 B V Director - TCS + 09A/021 BAILEY et al. Cass8, IRIS2 N, (PDD)
Th   7 B V " " "
Fr   8 B V Director - IRIS2 + 09A/021 BAILEY et al. Cass8, IRIS2 A, MMC
Sa   9 B V " " "
Su   10 B V " " "
Mo May 11 B   Director + Service - AAOmega 2dF + AAOmega S, RGS
Tu   12 B   09A/013 FREEMAN, BLAND-HAWTHORN, LEWIS, WYLIE, YONG 2dF + AAOmega 1500V, 1700D, 570nm Y, RGS
We   13 B   " " "
Th   14 B   " " "
Fr   15 B   " " Y, QAP
Sa   16 G   " " "
Su   17 G W 09A/011 CANNON et al. + 2hr 07A/033 Webster et al. 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 570nm Y, QAP
Mo May 18 G   09A/011 CANNON, ABDALLA, BROWN, ROSS, CROOM, HOPKINS, JOHNSTON, SADLER, SHANKS 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 570nm Y, QAP
Tu   19 G " " Y, CS
We   20 D " " "
Th   21 D " " "
Fr   22 D 09A/036 BRIDGES, FREEMAN, MCNEIL, Gebhardt, Rhode, Zepf 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 1000I, 570nm Y, CS
Sa   23 D " " "
Su   24 D " " "
Mo May 25 D   Director - SPIRAL Cass8, SPIRAL + AAOmega A, MMC
Tu   26 D   " " "
We   27 D   " " "
Th   28 D   " " "
Fr   29 G   " " "
Sa   30 G   09A/019 Cooke, SHARP, Bland-Hawthorn, Kuncic Cass8, SPIRAL + AAOmega 1500V, 1000R, 570nm A, RGS
Su   31 G   " " "
Mo Jun 1 B 09A/031 GLAZEBROOK et al. Cass8, SPIRAL + AAOmega 1500V, 1700I, 570nm F, RGS
Tu   2 B " "
We   3 B " "
Th   4 B " "
Fr   5 B " "  
Sa   6 B " "  
Su   7 B " "  
Mo Jun 8 B " "  
Tu   9 B ! " "  
We   10 B M! 09A/031 GLAZEBROOK et al. + ToO Bailey et al. Cass8, IRIS2 + SPIRAL + AAOmega 1500V, 1700I, 570nm  
Th   11 B Service - IRIS2 Cass8, IRIS2 S, PDD
Fr   12 B " "  
Sa   13 B Service - SPIRAL Cass8, SPIRAL + AAOmega S, RGS
Su   14 G   09A/014 BLAND-HAWTHORN, BLANDFORD, Bicknell, SHARP, CROOM, KUNCIC Cass8, SPIRAL + AAOmega 1500V, 1000R, 570nm A, RGS
Mo Jun 15 G   " " "
Tu   16 G   " " "
We   17 G   " " "
Th   18 D W Director + Service - AAOmega + 2hr 07A/033 Webster et al. 2dF + AAOmega Y, PDD
Fr   19 D   09A/017 LI, GLAZEBROOK, YEE 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 570nm Y, PDD
Sa   20 D   " " "
Su   21 D   09A/013 FREEMAN et al. 2dF + AAOmega 1500V, 1700D, 570nm Y, PDD
Mo Jun 22 D   " " "
Tu   23 D   " " Y, HJ
We   24 D   " " "
Th   25 D   " " "
Fr   26 D   " " "
Sa   27 G   " " "
Su   28 G   " " "
Mo Jun 29 G   " " "
Tu   30 G   Service - UCLES Coude, UCLES + EEV S, SCM
We Jul 1 B   09A/003 TINNEY, BUTLER, JONES, O'TOOLE, CARTER, WITTENMYER, BAILEY Coude, UCLES31 + EEV + I2 (AAPS setup) N, (SCM)
Th   2 B   " "  
Fr   3 B   " "  
Sa   4 B   " "  
Su   5 B   " "  
Mo Jul 6 B   " "  
Tu   7 B   " "  
We   8 B   " "  
Th   9 B   " "  
Fr   10 B   " "  
Sa   11 B   " "  
Su   12 B   " "  
Mo Jul 13 B   " "  
Tu   14 G   " "  
We   15 G   " "  
Th   16 G   " "  
Fr   17 D   " "  
Sa   18 D   " "  
Su   19 D   " "  
Mo Jul 20 D   " "  
Tu   21 D   " "  
We   22 D   " "  
Th   23 D   " "  
Fr   24 D   " "  
Sa   25 D   " "  
Su   26 G   " "  
Mo Jul 27 G   " "  
Tu   28 G   " "  
We   29 G   " "  
Th   30 B   " "  
Fr   31 B   " "  
Sa Aug 1 B   " "  
Su   2 B   " "  
Mo Aug 3 B   " "  
Tu   4 B   " "  
We   5 B   " "  
Th   6 B   " "  
Fr   7 B   " "  
Sa   8 B   " "  
Su   9 B   " "  
Mo Aug 10 B   " "  
Tu   11 B   " "  
We   12 G   " "  
Th   13 G   " "  
Fr   14 G   " "  
Sa   15 D   " "  
Su   16 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 principle contact.
 
Conditions:
V Shared nights. 09A/021 Bailey et al. have telescope from 1 hour before morning astronomical twilight.
M Shared night. ToO Bailey et al. have telescope for 1.5 hours from 03:30 LT.
! Denotes change from previous version of the schedule.
W 07A/033 Webster et al. have 2 hours on each indicated night. 2dF+AAOmega 580V, 385R, 570nm S, RGS
Observations must be done when the Moon is down.
 
Over-ride Programs:
See Schedule Notes below for any further conditions.
2x1.5hr + 1x3.5hr 09A/035 Rol et al.: 1 GRB x 2 epochs x 1.5 hr + 1 GRB x 3.5 hr = Cass8,IRIS2 N, (PDD)
6.5 hr. No one program may be impacted by more than 3.5 hours.

Last Updated on 29/05/2009
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

CS

springob

Chris Springob

RGS

rgs

Robert Sharp

PDD

pdd

Paul Dobbie

HJ

heath

Heath Jones

AH

ahopkins

Andrew Hopkins

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:

09A/035 – 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.