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Anglo-Australian Observatory Telescope Schedule
Semester 2009B - Version 1.2
November 17, 2009
Schedule information may be obtained from http://www.aao.gov.au/aat_schedule.html
 
Date Proposal/Proposers Instrument Support
Mo Aug 17 D W Director + Service - AAOmega + 2hr 07A/033 Webster et al. 2dF + AAOmega S, RGS
Tu   18 D   06B/019 DRINKWATER et al. (WiggleZ) 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 670nm F, RGS
We   19 D   " " N, (CMS)
Th   20 D   " " "
Fr   21 D   " " N, (PDD)
Sa   22 D   " " "
Su   23 D   " " "
Mo Aug 24 G   " " "
Tu   25 G   Director - AAOmega 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 670nm A, MMC
We   26 G   " " "
Th   27 G   " " "
Fr   28 B   09B/003 WITTENMYER, TINNEY, Johnson Coude, UCLES31 + EEV + I2 (AAPS setup) N, (DHJ)
Sa   29 B   " " "
Su   30 B   " " "
Mo Aug 31 B   " " "
Tu Sep 1 B   09B/030 TINNEY et al. (Anglo-Australian Planet Search) Coude, UCLES31 + EEV + I2 (AAPS setup) N, (DHJ)
We   2 B   " " "
Th   3 B   " " "
Fr   4 B   Director + Service - AAOmega 2dF + AAOmega S, DHJ
Sa   5 B   09B/015 LATTANZIO, CAMPBELL, YONG, Grundahl, WYLIE DE BOER, SNEDEN 2dF + AAOmega 1700B, 2000R, 570nm Y, DHJ
Su   6 B   " " "
Mo Sep 7 B   " " "
Tu   8 B   " " "
We   9 B   " " "
Th   10 G   06B/019 DRINKWATER et al. (WiggleZ) 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 670nm F, DHJ
Fr   11 G   " " N, (QAP)
Sa   12 G   " " "
Su   13 D   " " "
Mo Sep 14 D   " " "
Tu   15 D   " " "
We   16 D   " " "
Th   17 D   " " "
Fr   18 D   " " N, (RGS)
Sa   19 D   " " "
Su   20 D   " " "
Mo Sep 21 D   " " "
Tu   22 D   " " "
We   23 G   " " "
Th   24 G   " " "
Fr   25 G   09B/030 TINNEY et al. (Anglo-Australian Planet Search) Coude, UCLES31 + EEV + I2 (AAPS setup) N, (DHJ)
Sa   26 B   " " "
Su   27 B   " " "
Mo Sep 28 B   " " "
Tu   29 B   " " "
We   30 B   " " "
Th Oct 1 B   " " "
Fr   2 B   " " "
Sa   3 B   " " "
Su   4 B   " " "
Mo Oct 5 B   " " "
Tu   6 B   " " "
We   7 B   " " "
Th   8 B   Director + Service - AAOmega 2dF + AAOmega S, RGS
Fr   9 G   06B/019 DRINKWATER et al. (WiggleZ) 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 670nm F, RGS
Sa   10 G   " " N, (DHJ)
Su   11 G   " " "
Mo Oct 12 D   " " "
Tu   13 D   " " "
We   14 D   " " "
Th   15 D   " " "
Fr   16 D   Director - AAOmega 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 670nm A, MMC
Sa   17 D   " " "
Su   18 D N 09B/010 CROOM et al. 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 570nm A, RGS
Mo Oct 19 D N " " "
Tu   20 D N " " "
We   21 D N " " "
Th   22 G N " " "
Fr   23 G N 09B/019 HUNSTEAD, SADLER, SUBRAHMANYAN, SARIPALLI, JOHNSTON, BRYANT, Croom, Ekers 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 670nm Y, PDD
Sa   24 G N " " "
Su   25 B W Service - AAOmega + 2hr 07A/033 Webster et al. 2dF + AAOmega S, PDD
Mo Oct 26 B   Service - IRIS2 Cass8, IRIS2 S, PDD
Tu   27 B   09B/019 HUNSTEAD, SADLER, SUBRAHMANYAN, SARIPALLI, JOHNSTON, BRYANT, Croom, Ekers Cass8, IRIS2 F, PDD
We   28 B   09B/013 HOPKINS, RANDALL, NORRIS, Middelberg, MAO Cass8, IRIS2 A, AMH
Th   29 B   " " "
Fr   30 B   " " "
Sa   31 B   " " "
Su Nov 1 B   " " "
Mo Nov 2 B   09B/003 WITTENMYER, TINNEY, Johnson Coude, UCLES31 + EEV + I2 (AAPS setup) N, (DHJ)
Tu   3 B   " " "
We   4 B   " " "
Th   5 B   " " "
Fr   6 B   Director + Service - AAOmega 2dF + AAOmega S, CMS
Sa   7 G W 09B/006 LI, GLAZEBROOK, YEE + 2hr 07A/033 Webster et al. 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 570nm Y, CMS
Su   8 G   " " "
Mo Nov 9 G   " " "
Tu   10 G   09B/014 CROOM et al. 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 570nm A, RGS
We   11 D   " " "
Th   12 D   " " "
Fr   13 D   " " "
Sa   14 D   " " "
Su   15 D   " " "
Mo Nov 16 D N 09B/010 CROOM et al. 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 570nm A, RGS
Tu   17 D N " " "
We   18 D N " " "
Th   19 D N " " "
Fr   20 D N " " "
Sa   21 G N " " "
Su   22 G 09B/006 LI, GLAZEBROOK, YEE 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 570nm Y, AMH
Mo Nov 23 G   " " "
Tu   24 G W Service - AAOmega + 2hr 07A/033 Webster et al. 2dF + AAOmega S, AMH
We   25 B   09B/025 MARSDEN, LAWSON, WAITE, BROWN, CARTER, BURTON, HUGHES, Semel, Donati Cass8, SEMPOL + UCLES31 + EEV, 5268A A, SCM
Th   26 B   " " "
Fr   27 B   " " "
Sa   28 B   " " "
Su   29 B   " " "
Mo Nov 30 B   " " "
Tu Dec 1 B   " " "
We   2 B   " " "
Th   3 B   Director - SEMPOL Cass8, SEMPOL + UCLES31 + EEV, 5268A S, SCM
Fr   4 B   09B/030 TINNEY et al. (Anglo-Australian Planet Search) Coude, UCLES31 + EEV + I2 (AAPS setup) N, (SCM)
Sa   5 B   " " "
Su   6 B   " " "
Mo Dec 7 B   Director + Service - AAOmega 2dF + AAOmega S, CMS
Tu   8 G   09B/031 KELLER, DA COSTA, CANNON, Yong, Freeman 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 1000I, 570nm A, RDC
We   9 G   " " "
Th   10 G   " " "
Fr   11 G   09B/032 ALDERING, SHUKLA, Swarup, Sirothia, Silk, Bremer, COLLESS, SHARP 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 385R, 670nm A, RGS
Sa   12 D   " " "
Su   13 D   " " "
Mo Dec 14 D   " " "
Tu   15 D   " " "
We   16 D   " " "
Th   17 D   " " "
Fr   18 D   09B/004 KISS, BALOG, Derekas 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 1000R, 1700D, 570nm Y, QAP
Sa   19 D   " " "
Su   20 D   " " "
Mo Dec 21 G   " " Y, DBZ
Tu   22 G   " " "
We   23 G   " " "
Th   24 G   09B/031 KELLER, DA COSTA, CANNON, Yong, Freeman 2dF + AAOmega 580V, 1000I, 570nm A, RDC
Fr   25 G   " " "
Sa   26 B   " " "
Su   27 B   " " "
Mo Dec 28 B   " " "
Tu   29 B   09B/027 CANNON, KELLER, Hatzidimitriou 2dF + AAOmega 1500V, 1000R, 570nm A, RDC
We   30 B   " " "
Th   31 B   " " "
Fr Jan 1 B   09B/023 COLE, SUBRAMANIAM, HANKEY 2dF + AAOmega 1700D Y, RGS
Sa   2 B   " " "
Su   3 B   " " "
Mo Jan 4 B   09B/030 TINNEY et al. (Anglo-Australian Planet Search) Coude, UCLES31 + EEV + I2 (AAPS setup) N, (SCM)
Tu   5 B   " " "
We   6 B   " " "
Th   7 B   " " "
Fr   8 G   " " "
Sa   9 G   " " "
Su   10 G   " " "
Mo Jan 11 D   " " "
Tu   12 D   " " "
We   13 D   " " "
Th   14 D   Service - UCLES Coude, UCLES S, SCM
Fr   15 D   Service - SPIRAL Cass8, SPIRAL + AAOmega S, QAP
Sa   16 D   Director - SPIRAL Cass8, SPIRAL + AAOmega A, MMC
Su   17 D   " " "
Mo Jan 18 D   " " "
Tu   19 D   " " "
We   20 D   09B/028 GLAZEBROOK, WISNIOSKI, BLAKE, POOLE, COUCH, CROTON, Martin, Wyder Cass8, IRIS2 F, AMH
Th   21 D   " " N, (AMH)
Fr   22 G   " " "
Sa   23 G   " " "
Su   24 G   " " "
Mo Jan 25 G   " " "
Tu   26 B   " " "
We   27 B ! Director - IRIS2 Cass8, IRIS2 A, MMC
Th   28 B ! 10A/003 WITTENMYER, TINNEY, Johnson Coude, UCLES31 + EEV + I2 (AAPS setup) N, (SCM)
Fr   29 B ! " " "
Sa   30 B ! " " "
Su   31 B ! " " "
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:
N Nod and Shuffle will be used.
H Half nights. IRIS2 is using the telescope for the first half of the night and CYCLOPS for the second half.
! Denotes change from previous version of the schedule.
W 07A/033 Webster et al. have 2 hours on each indicated night. 2dF+AAOmega S,(RGS)
This time must be when the Moon is down.
 
Over-ride Programs:
See Schedule Notes below for any further conditions.
2x1.5hr + 1x3.5hr 09B/016 Starling et al.: 1 GRB x 2 epochs x 1.5 hr + 1 GRB x 3.5 hr = Cass8,IRIS2 S,(PDD)
6.5 hr. No one program may be impacted by more than 3.5 hours.

Last Updated on 23/07/2009
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

CMS

springob

Chris Springob

RGS

rgs

Robert Sharp

PDD

pdd

Paul Dobbie

DHJ

heath

Heath Jones

AMH

ahopkins

Andrew Hopkins

SCM

scm

Stephen Marsden

RDC

rdc

Russell Cannon

DBZ

zucker

Daniel Zucker

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:

09B/016 – 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.