4Q2009 APO 3.5m schedule, revised version 11/19/09

Schedule by month

Programs

U. Colorado -- CU01 CU02 CU03 CU04 CU05 CU06 CU07 CU08
Director's time -- DD01 DD02 DD03 DD04 DD05
Engineering -- EN01
Johns Hopkins -- JH01 JH02 JH03 JH04 JH05 JH06 JH07 JH08 JH09
NMSU -- NM01 NM02 NM03 NM04 NM05 NM06 NM07 NM08 NM09 NM10
Open time -- OPEN
Princeton -- PU01 PU02 PU03 PU04 PU05 PU06 PU07 PU08
U. Chicago -- UC01 UC02 UC03 UC04 UC05 UC06 UC07
U. Virginia -- UV01 UV02 UV03 UV04 UV05
U. Washington -- UW01 UW02 UW03 UW04 UW05 UW06 UW07 UW08 UW09 UW10 UW11 UW12 UW13 UW14 UW15 UW16 UW17 UW18 


                 ARC 3.5M SCHEDULE FOR 4th QUARTER 2009
                      S.Hawley, R.McMillan 11/19/09

                         NOTES: ***PLEASE READ***

         11/19/09: assigned DD, OPEN and additional EN time.
         OPEN=2, DD=2 half nights available.

         10/18/09: assigned and rearranged some OPEN and DD time.
         OPEN=3, DD=4 half nights available.

         10/3/09: added Triplespec as instrument for Oct 5B program.

         9/30/09: implemented time trades.  DD=4, OPEN=5 half nights
         available.

         9/14/09: assigned some OPEN time, implemented time trades.
         DD=4, OPEN=5 half nights available.

         9/9/09: corrected scheduling errors.  DD=4, OPEN=6 half nights
         available.

         Except in cases where strong science drivers dictate otherwise
         (a minority of cases), observing time has again been scheduled
         in half night blocks.

         There are 92 nights, or 184 half nights, in 4Q2009.
         Scheduled engineering (routine EN01) time consists of 6
         nights, or 12 half nights, all bright, comprising 6.5% of the
         total.  DD time consists of 10 half nights, divided as 7B,
         3D, representing 5.4% of the total.  Computing 184 - 12 -
         10 leaves 162 half nights for allocation by the institutions,
         which break down as 66B, 27G and 69D.

         In addition to scheduled engineering time, science
         observations may be pre-empted, sometimes on short notice, for
         urgent engineering tasks.  Such tasks include both work that
         is required to safeguard observatory personnel or facilities
         and that allows "hot pursuit" of some significant problem.

         Please see links off of the APO home page (http://www.apo.nmsu.edu/)
         for a web based interactive version of this schedule.

         There are 4 half-nights of DD time and 6 half-nights of OPEN time
         in the 9/8/09 version of the schedule.

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Any factual errors in these pages are likely due to the translation, and not to the schedule itself. The pages are also still pretty sketchy, and will need to be fleshed out; suggestions would be very welcome (schedule-keepers/apo.nmsu.edu).

These pages are derived from Suzanne Hawley's raw schedule dated Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:08:59 -0800 (PST)

Instruments

AAPOLLO-- Schedule (21.0 hours total)
DDIS-- Schedule (348.2 hours total)
DESTNDESTN-- Schedule (31.2 hours total)
DSDS-- Schedule (13.4 hours total)
DSNEDSNE-- Schedule (18.2 hours total)
DTDT-- Schedule (43.3 hours total)
EEchelle-- Schedule (56.8 hours total)
ETET-- Schedule (11.8 hours total)
FF-- Schedule (18.8 hours total)
NNIC-FPS-- Schedule (116.5 hours total)
NSNS-- Schedule (17.5 hours total)
PAgile-- Schedule (84.4 hours total)
SSPIcam-- Schedule (122.4 hours total)
SDSD-- Schedule (19.5 hours total)
TTripleSpec-- Schedule (113.1 hours total)
TDTD-- Schedule (29.6 hours total)
UnknownUnknown-- Schedule (24.2 hours total)
VV-- Schedule (12.8 hours total)
XX-- Schedule (82.5 hours total)