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NOIRLab TAC Results and Statistics 2012A

NOAO Proposal Statistics by Telescope and Instrument for 2012A

The following tables list 2012A proposal request statistics for telescopes and instruments in the US ground-based observing system coordinated by NOAO. Only the 422 new proposals submitted to the 2012A NOAO TAC are included here (not Surveys, NASA GO programs, or ongoing long-term programs).

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
CT-4m   13   14   52.0     2.0     4 3.7
    HYDRA   12   12   48.0     2.0     4 4.0
    ISPI     1     2     4.0     0.0     0 2.0
 
SOAR   37   48 125.0   35.0   28 2.6
    Goodman   13   15   42.0   19.0   45 2.8
    OSIRIS     7     8   21.0     0.0     0 2.6
    SOI   15   19   41.0   16.0   39 2.2
    Spartan     6     6   21.0     0.0     0 3.5
 
CT-1.5m     9   10   27.0     3.0   11 2.7
    CHIRON     4     4   12.0     0.0     0 3.0
    CSPEC     5     6   15.0     3.0   20 2.5
 
CT-1.3m   14   22   74.9   13.3   18 3.4
    ANDI   14   22   74.9   13.3   18 3.4
 
CT-1.0m     7   10   42.0   27.0   64 4.2
    CFIM     7   10   42.0   27.0   64 4.2
 
CT-0.9m     4     8   22.0   10.5   48 2.8
    CFIM     4     8   22.0   10.5   48 2.8
 
 

Kitt Peak National Observatory
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
KP-4m   56   73 252.9 119.4   47 3.5
    ECH     5     6   19.0     2.0   11 3.2
    FLMN     5     5   19.0     0.0     0 3.8
    MARS     1     1     4.0     4.0 100 4.0
    MOSA   18   25   81.0   69.4   86 3.2
    NEWFIRM     7     8   30.0     0.0     0 3.8
    RCSP   21   27   95.9   40.0   42 3.6
    SQIID     1     1     4.0     4.0 100 4.0
 
WIYN   32   41 136.4   51.4   38 3.3
    HYDR   15   17   59.0   20.0   34 3.5
    MIMO   10   10   32.4   25.4   78 3.2
    SPCKL     1     1     8.0     0.0     0 8.0
    SPSPK     3     3     7.0     6.0   86 2.3
    WHIRC     7   10   30.0     0.0     0 3.0
 
KP-2.1m   19   35 162.0   56.0   35 4.6
    CFIM   10   20   85.0   56.0   66 4.2
    EXPRT     3     6   28.0     0.0     0 4.7
    FLMN     1     1     7.0     0.0     0 7.0
    GCAM     4     6   28.0     0.0     0 4.7
    VIS     1     2   14.0     0.0     0 7.0
 
KP-0.9m     2     6   11.0     0.0     0 1.8
    MOSA     2     5   11.0     0.0     0 2.2
 
 

Gemini North
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
GEM-N 170 209 233.7   62.9   27 1.1
    GMOSN   69   87   91.5   46.9   51 1.1
    GNIRS   47   49   65.8     4.8     7 1.3
    HDS     7     7   12.0     5.0   42 1.7
    MOIRCS     1     1     2.0     0.0     0 2.0
    Michelle     5     5     7.2     0.0     0 1.4
    NIFS   24   28   30.1     2.8     9 1.1
    NIRI   25   29   21.9     0.9     4 0.8
    SuprimeCam     3     3     3.2     2.5   77 1.1
 
 

Gemini South
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
GEM-S   75   88   92.2   36.7   40 1.0
    GMOSS   54   62   74.0   36.3   49 1.2
    NICI   12   12   12.6     0.0     0 1.1
    TReCS   10   14     5.7     0.4     7 0.4
 
 

MMT Observatory
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
MMT   19   19   44.5   23.0   52 2.3
    BCHAN     5     5   13.0     7.0   54 2.6
    Hectochelle     2     2     6.0     0.0     0 3.0
    Hectospec     8     8   16.4   14.0   85 2.1
    MAESTRO     3     3     7.0     0.0     0 2.3
    SPOL     1     1     2.0     2.0 100 2.0
 
 

Mt. Palomar
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
Hale     8     9   23.0     9.0   39 2.6
    DBSP     5     5   14.0     9.0   64 2.8
    TSpec     3     4     9.0     0.0     0 2.2
 
 

CHARA
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
CHARA   13   15   22.9     0.8     4 1.5
    Classic     2     2     1.5     0.3   20 0.8
    Climb     6     6   14.6     0.0     0 2.4
    MIRC     2     3     1.6     0.5   31 0.5
    PAVO     1     2     3.0     0.0     0 1.5
    VEGA     2     2     2.1     0.0     0 1.1
 

 

NOAO Approved Programs for 2012A

 

Approved NOAO Survey Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Grundy, William Lowell Observatory Mutual Orbits and Masses of Kuiper Belt Binaries and Multiple Systems 2011A-0017 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.5
Prsa, Andrej Villanova University Towards Unprecedented Accuracy of Fundamental Parameters for Kepler Eclipsing Binary Stars 2011A-0022 KPNO 4m 7
Salzer, John Indiana University Making Hay with ALFALFA: The Star-Formation Properties of an HI-Selected Galaxy Sample 2011A-0030 KPNO 2.1m 11.5
Stubbs, Christopher Harvard University Spectroscopy of Galaxies in Massive Clusters: Galaxy Properties and Dynamical Cluster Mass Calibration 2011A-0034 GEM-S GEM-SQ 3.83
van Dokkum, Pieter Yale University The NEWFIRM Medium Band Survey II: Hunting Monster Galaxies 2010A-0015 KPNO 4m 11.5

 

 

Approved Chandra Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Jonker, Peter Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Completing the Galactic Bulge Survey: categorizing the plethora of faint X-ray sources in the Galactic Bulge 2012A-0112 GEM-S GEM-SQ 3
Jonker, Peter Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics The unique opportunity to determine the mass of an accreting neutron star: the eclipsing accretion powered X-ray pulsar SWIFT J1749.4-2807 2012A-0186 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.2
Jonker, Peter Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Completing the Galactic Bulge Survey 2011B-0649 CTIO SOAR 4
Tomsick, John University of California, San Diego Census of the Normal Spiral Arm Region 2010B-0918 CTIO 4m-TBD 1
Tomsick, John University of California, San Diego Census of the Normal Spiral Arm Region 2010B-0918 CTIO SOAR 3

 

 

Approved Long Term Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Bond, Howard Space Telescope Science Institute Intermediate-Luminosity Red Transients: SMARTS Monitoring 2012A-0388 CTIO 1.3m 0.7
Bond, Howard Space Telescope Science Institute Intermediate-Luminosity Red Transients: SMARTS Monitoring 2012A-0388 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 0.95
Dhital, Saurav Vanderbilt University Calibrating the Relative Metallicity Scale of M Subdwarfs Using Wide, Common Proper Motion Binaries 2011B-0300 KPNO 4m 5
Liu, Jifeng Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory In search of black hole binaries in quiescence and low state 2012A-0352 CTIO 1.3m 5
Metcalfe, Travis High Altitude Observatory Activity Cycles of Southern Asteroseismic Targets 2011B-0001 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 4.3
Phillips, Mark Carnegie Institution of Washington Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Followup of Type Ia Supernovae in the Hubble Flow 2011B-0262 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1
Saha, Abhijit National Optical Astronomy Observatory Confirming the binarity of the RR Lyrae star TU UMa 2011A-0459 KPNO WIYN 2
Sahu, Kailash Space Telescope Science Institute Detecting Isolated Black Holes through HST Astrometry and SMARTS Photometry of Microlensing Events 2011B-0485 CTIO 1.3m 3.8
Wilson, Paul Anthony University of Exeter Monitoring the Stellar Activity of Transit-Hosting Stars II: supporting HST exoplanet atmosphere observations 2012A-0432 CTIO 1.3m 6.7

 

 

Approved Regular Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Allen, Peter University of Pennsylvania A Multi-Epoch Survey for Faint, Close, Low-Mass Tertiaries to Nearby Spectroscopic Binaries: Follow-up Confirmation 2012A-0195 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.61
Aller, Monique University of South Carolina A Multi-Wavelength Optical Imaging Study of a Unique Star-Forming Environment: Polar Rings 2012A-0254 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.61
Andrews, Jennifer University of Massachusetts, Amherst Dust Formation and Circumstellar Medium Interaction in Two Massive, Bright Core-Collapse SNe, 2010jl and 2011fh 2012A-0223 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.87
Austerberry, David Creighton University Constraining BALQSO Kinetic Luminosity with CIII* Absorption 2012A-0521 KPNO 4m 3
Badenes, Carles University of Pittsburgh Spectroscopic follow-up of the SWARMS survey 2012A-0488 KPNO 4m 4.5
Baines, Ellyn Naval Research Laboratory Measuring Potential Exoplanet and Brown Dwarf Host K Giant Stars 2012A-0075   CHARA 1
Barkhouse, Wayne University of North Dakota Optical Counterparts to ChaMPx Extended Sources 2012A-0552 KPNO 2.1m 4
Bartlett, James California Institute of Technology--JPL Planck SZ Clusters: Follow-up of the Planck Galaxy Cluster Catalog 2012A-0430 GEM-S GEM-SQ 5
Bastien, Fabienne Vanderbilt University Identifying Photometric and Chromospheric Activity Correlations of Kepler Stars 2012A-0212 KPNO WIYN 2
Bauer, James California Institute of Technology--JPL A WISE Long Period Comet Survey 2012A-0085 CTIO SOAR 2
Beers, Timothy National Optical Astronomy Observatory A Survey for Unrecognized Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars in the Galaxy 2012A-0092 GEM-S GEM-SQ  
Benecchi, Susan Carnegie Institution of Washington Resolved Lightcurves of Cold Classical Transneptunian Binaries and One Mutual Event 2012A-0136 CTIO SOAR 1
Bentz, Misty Georgia State University A Stellar Dynamical Black Hole Mass for the Reverberation-Mapped Active Galaxy NGC6814 2012A-0163 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.4
Berger, Edo Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Exotic Explosions and Eruptions: Exploring a New Transient Phase-Space with Pan-STARRS 2012A-0194 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.6
Berger, Edo Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Exotic Explosions and Eruptions: Exploring a New Transient Phase-Space with Pan-STARRS 2012A-0197 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.6
Bianco, Federica University of California, Santa Barbara Multiband monitoring of light echoes from the historical eruptions of Eta Carinae 2012A-0548 CTIO SOAR 2
Bowler, Brendan University of Hawaii An Efficient Search for Young Wide Planetary-Mass Companions 2012A-0492 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.2
Britt, Christopher Louisiana State University Photometric Calibration and Bright Variables in the Chandra Galactic Bulge Survey 2012A-0424 CTIO 1.0m 7
Brittain, Sean Clemson University HI emission lines on young stars: accretion or ejection tracers? A spectro-astrometric survey with GEMINI/NIFS 2012A-0344 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.05
Brown, Alexander University of Colorado MMT Hectochelle Spectral Variability of Active Late-type Stars in the Kepler Field (2012A) 2012A-0332 MMT MMT 4
Bryngelson, Ginger Clemson University Physics of Supernovae Type Ia at Late Epochs 2012A-0540 KPNO 4m 7
Bussmann, Robert Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Longslit Spectroscopy of Lensing Galaxies Discovered in the Herschel-ATLAS 2012A-0268 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.78
Chiang, Poshih National Central University Young planetary objects in the Ophiuchi dark cloud 2012A-0565 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.5
Ciardullo, Robin Pennsylvania State University An Imaging Survey for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment 2012A-0282 KPNO 4m 8
Clayton, Geoffrey Louisiana State University The Natural Coronographs of R Coronae Borealis Stars 2012A-0222 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.29
Cobb, Bethany George Washington University Optical/IR Follow-Up of Gamma-Ray Bursts from SMARTS 2012A-0156 CTIO 1.3m 3.6
Cobb, Bethany George Washington University Late-time Observations of Exceptional Swift and Fermi GRBs: Gemini South Standard Targets of Opportunity 2012A-0198 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.15
Cooke, Ryan Institute of Astronomy The Physical Properties of Near-Pristine Gas at High Redshift 2012A-0274 GEM-N GEM-N 2
Cote, Patrick Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics The Origin of Low-Mass, Early-Type Galaxies: A GMOS/IFU Survey of the Virgo Cluster 2012A-0365 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.86
Crotts, Arlin Columbia University SN 1987A's Vacuum UV/Optical Light Echo Evolution 2012A-0475 CTIO 0.9m-SVC 3.5
Cucchiara, Antonino University of California, Santa Cruz Exceptional Swift and Fermi GRBs: Gemini South Rapid Targets of Opportunity 2012A-0261 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.5
Curtis, Jason Pennsylvania State University Ruprecht 147: Membership and Chromospheric Activity Survey of the Closest Old Cluster 2012A-0315 CTIO 4m-TBD 2
Cushing, Michael University of Toledo Northern Hemisphere Follow-Up Observations of WISE Brown Dwarf Candidates 2012A-0355 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.41
Dell'Antonio, Ian Brown University A Strong Lensing Measurement in the Anomalous Cluster Abell 781D 2012A-0382 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.7
Deming, Drake University of Maryland A Near-infrared Exoplanet Transit and Eclipse Survey 2012A-0496 KPNO 2.1m 6.5
Desert, Jean-Michel Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Relative atmospheric compositions of a multiplanet system 2012A-0497 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.8
Dey, Arjun National Optical Astronomy Observatory Mapping the Cosmic Web at z~2.7 2012A-0353 MMT MMT 2
Do, Tuan University of California, Irvine Determining the physical properties and dynamical evolution of the Milky Way nuclear star cluster with NIFS 2012A-0439 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.5
Dong, Hui National Optical Astronomy Observatory Isolated massive star formation in the Galactic Center: Constraining key stellar properties with high-resolution NIR spectroscopy 2012A-0545 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.7
Drake, Andrew California Institute of Technology--Ctr for Advanced Computing Research Supernovae in Extreme Environments 2012A-0247 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.9
Eisner, Joshua University of Arizona Imaging Sub-AU-Sized Regions of Protoplanetary Disks in the near-IR 2012A-0057   CHARA 3
Fadely, Ross Haverford College Searching for Our Faintest Neighbors: Deep Imaging of Candidate Milky Way Dwarf Galaxy Satellites 2012A-0148 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.26
Faherty, Jacqueline Universidad de Chile The Brown Dwarf Kinematics Project: Disentangling How Dust and Age Effect Brown Dwarf and Exoplanet Data 2012A-0265 CTIO 4m-TBD 4
Fine, Stephen University of Durham Reverberation mapping of ~1000 QSOs 2012A-0238 MMT MMT 3
Foley, Ryan Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics The Most Precise Distances to Type Ia Supernovae 2012A-0320 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.35
Fox, Derek Pennsylvania State University Gamma-Ray Bursts: Progenitors, Physics, and Cosmology 2012A-0241 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.2
Geballe, Thomas Gemini Observatory Additional Probes of the Galactic Center's Interstellar Medium - continuation 2012A-0095 GEM-N GEM-NQ  
Gelino, Christopher California Institute of Technology--IPAC Photometric Follow-up of WISE Brown Dwarf Candidates 2012A-0279 CTIO SOAR 5
Giammichele, Noemi University of Montreal Understanding the Spectral Evolution of Helium-Line DB White Dwarfs 2012A-0285 KPNO 4m-PRE 4
Ginsburg, Idan Dartmouth College Detecting Photometric Variability of Hypervelocity Stars 2012A-0257 KPNO WIYN 4
Gizis, John University of Delaware L Dwarf Variability: Clouds or Spots? 2012A-0423 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.9
Gonzalez, Anthony University of Florida A WISE Search for the Most Massive High Redshift Galaxy Clusters 2012A-0204 CTIO SOAR 5
Gonzalez, Anthony University of Florida A WISE Search for the Most Massive High Redshift Galaxy Clusters 2012A-0204 KPNO WIYN 2
Grise, Fabien University of Iowa A direct test on the nature of the optical emission in an ultraluminous X-ray source 2012A-0397 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.67
Haggard, Daryl Northwestern University X-ray Binary Candidates Along Omega Centauri's Annomolous Subgiant Branch 2012A-0093 GEM-S GEM-SQ 3.1
Haines, Christopher University of Arizona KPNO 0.9m H(alpha) Imaging Survey of ``Transforming Galaxies" in Local Galaxy Groups 2012A-0412 KPNO 0.9m 7
Hargis, Jonathan Indiana University Probing Giant Galaxy Formation with Mosaic Imaging of Globular Cluster Systems 2012A-0155 KPNO 4m 5
Hillen, Michel Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Resolving the Roche lobe filling giant in the recurrent nova T CrB: a solution to the ``continually embarrassing problem'' of symbiotic binaries? 2012A-0383   CHARA 1
Hillwig, Todd Valparaiso University Detecting Close Binary Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae: Faint Target Photometry 2012A-0184 CTIO 1.3m 7
Hillwig, Todd Valparaiso University Detecting Close Binary Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae: Faint Target Photometry 2012A-0184 CTIO SOAR 4
Hillwig, Todd Valparaiso University Detecting Close Binary Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae: Faint Target Photometry 2012A-0184 KPNO 2.1m 4.5
Hinkle, Kenneth National Optical Astronomy Observatory Imaging the debris cloud around the final flash star IRAS15154-5258 2012A-0258 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.1 (DD)
Howard, Andrew University of California, Berkeley Properties and Ephemeris of HD 97658b 2012A-0557 KPNO 0.9m 2
Howell, Steve NASA Ames Research Center Spectroscopy of Kepler Exo-planet Transit Candidate Stars 2012A-0048 KPNO 4m 7.5
Howell, Steve NASA Ames Research Center Speckle and Lucky Imaging of Kepler Exoplanet Candidate Host Stars 2012A-0049 KPNO WIYN 6
Howell, D. Andrew University of California, Santa Barbara Early-time observations of Type Ia supernovae to reveal progenitors 2012A-0546 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1
Howell, D. Andrew University of California, Santa Barbara Early-time observations of Type Ia supernovae to reveal progenitors 2012A-0556 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.5
Hsiao, Eric Y. Carnegie Institution of Washington Late-time near-infrared spectroscopy of SN 2011fe 2012A-0295 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.47
Hsieh, Henry National Tsing Hua University Searching for High Velocity Jets in DCE185 - The Only VeLLO with H_2 Jet Detection 2012A-0104 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.05
Hsieh, Henry University of Hawaii Nucleus Characterization of Main-Belt Comet P/Garradd 2012A-0461 CTIO SOAR 2
Hsieh, Henry University of Hawaii/IfA-CFHT The Sublimation-Driven Nature of Main-Belt Comet Activity 2012A-0464 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.6
Jacobson, Seth University of Colorado Directly detecting the BYORP effect and further characterization of near- Earth asteroid binaries 2012A-0255 KPNO 2.1m 5
James, Bethan Space Telescope Science Institute The True Abundances of Star-Forming Galaxies: Ionized Gas with GMOS-IFU vs Neutral Gas with HST-COS 2012A-0127 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.1
Janson, Markus Princeton University Follow-up of young planet and brown dwarf candidates in the Sco-Cen region 2012A-0064 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.55
Jha, Saurabh Rutgers University Adding to the Treasury: Spectroscopic Classification of High-Redshift Supernovae Discovered by HST 2012A-0200 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.12
Jha, Saurabh Rutgers University Adding to the Treasury: Spectroscopic Classification of High-Redshift Supernovae Discovered by HST 2012A-0200 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.12
Johnson, Christian University of California, Los Angeles Exploring the Population of Galactic Bulge Globular Clusters 2012A-0428 CTIO 4m-TBD 2
Kaleida, Catherine Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory CTIO REU/PIA Observations: Lyman-Alpha Blob Candidates and RR Lyrae Variables 2012A-0594 CTIO 1.0m 1
Kannappan, Sheila University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Toward a Cosmic Mass Census: An Early Science Velocity Function for the RESOLVE Survey 2012A-0550 CTIO SOAR 3
Kasliwal, Mansi Carnegie Institution of Washington Rapid Spectroscopy of Elusive Transients and Young Supernovae 2012A-0493 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.45
Kasliwal, Mansi Carnegie Institution of Washington Rapid Spectroscopy of Elusive Transients and Young Supernovae 2012A-0494 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.45
Keel, William University of Alabama Extended dust in dwarf galaxies - solving an energy-budget paradox? 2012A-0472 KPNO 2.1m 6.5
Keeney, Brian University of Colorado Gas and Galaxies in the Cosmic Web: A Galaxy Redshift Survey around HST/COS Target Sight Lines 2012A-0039 KPNO WIYN 5
Keeney, Brian University of Colorado Gas and Galaxies in the Cosmic Web: II. Associations of Galaxies with O VI Absorbers 2012A-0311 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.3
Kepler, S.O. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sol The Most Massive Pulsating White Dwarf Stars 2012A-0214 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.8
Kepler, S.O. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sol Are all high mass white dwarf stars magnetic? A test via GMOS Spectroscopy. 2012A-0343 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.8
Kilic, Mukremin University of Oklahoma Gravitational Waves from the 12 minute Orbital Period Binary White Dwarf J0651+2844 2012A-0046 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.5
Kilic, Mukremin University of Oklahoma The ELM Survey: Finding the Shortest Period Binary White Dwarfs 2012A-0055   Hale 4
Kirkpatrick, Allison University of Massachusetts, Amherst Determining what drives outflows in high redshift galaxies 2012A-0314 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.25
Kishimoto, Makoto Max Planck Institut fur Radioastronomie Resolving the innermost dusty accretion in the brightest Type 1 AGN with the CHARA array 2012A-0187   CHARA 1.2
Kong, Albert National Tsing Hua University Spectroscopic confirmation of a compact binary system within a supernova remnant 2012A-0179 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.1
Krane, Thomas University of Pennsylvania Photometric Imaging and Richness Analysis of High Redshift X-ray Bright Galaxy Clusters 2012A-0319 KPNO 2.1m 4
Kriek, Mariska Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Physical Properties of z~1.5 Galaxies as a Function of Spectral Type 2012A-0437 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.75
Landolt, Arlo Louisiana State University Faint UBVRI Photometric Standard Star fields: KPNO 2012A-0006 KPNO 2.1m 26
Lee, Kyoung-Soo Yale University Unveiling the Most Massive Structure at z=3.78 2012A-0454 KPNO 4m 3.5
Lena, Davide Rochester Institute of Technology Mapping sub-kiloparsec gas flows in nearby AGN 2012A-0385 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.7
Levan, Andrew University of Warwick The late time behaviour of a relativsitic tidal disruption event 2012A-0181 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.49
Levitan, David California Institute of Technology-Dept of Physics, Math, Astronomy Classification of PTF-identified Outbursting Galactic Sources 2012A-0490 KPNO 4m 2
Li, Dan University of Florida Probing the protoplanetary disk of TW Hya with T-ReCS 2012A-0477 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.32
Lonsdale, Carol National Radio Astronomy Headquarters Young and Highly Obscured Radio Feedback Candidates in the WISE Survey 2012A-0480 CTIO SOAR 4
Lotz, Jennifer Space Telescope Science Institute The Evolutionary Paths of Nearby Green Galaxies 2012A-0242 CTIO 1.0m 3
Luhman, Kevin Pennsylvania State University Confirmation of an Edge-on Disk around a Brown Dwarf 2012A-0060 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.06
Luhman, Kevin Pennsylvania State University Spectroscopy of a New T dwarf Companion to a Nearby Star 2012A-0133 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.09
Ly, Chun Space Telescope Science Institute Galaxy Evolution with a Complete Photometric Redshift Census at z~2-3 2012A-0373 KPNO 4m 2
Ma, Bo University of Florida Follow-up of an unbiased binary (brown dwarf) sample using EXPERT 2012A-0511 KPNO 2.1mQ 7
Mack, Claude Vanderbilt University Detailed chemical abundance analysis of planet-hosting wide binaries 2012A-0572 MMT MMT 1
Mandelbaum, Rachel Carnegie Mellon University Normalization and scatter of the mass-temperature relation for supermassive galaxy clusters 2012A-0272 KPNO 4m 4
Maqueo Chew, Yilen Gomez Vanderbilt University Homogeneous Characterization of Transiting Exoplanet Systems 2012A-0172 KPNO 4m 3
Martin, Eduardo University of Florida A spectroscopic follow-up of ultracool dwarf candidates in the Kepler field of view 2012A-0213 KPNO 4m 4
Mason, Rachel Gemini Observatory NIR spectroscopy of Palomar emission-line galaxies 2012A-0469 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.9
Mauerhan, Jon University of Arizona A Search for Eclipses from Three Extraordinary Massive Colliding-Wind Binaries 2012A-0528 CTIO 1.3m 2.25
Mauerhan, Jon University of Arizona Photometric Monitoring of a New Sample of Candidate Luminous Blue Variables 2012A-0592 CTIO 1.3m 4.9
McConnell, Nicholas University of California, Berkeley A Southern Hemisphere Survey of Black Holes 2012A-0582 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.8
McDermid, Richard Gemini Observatory Characterizing the Near-Infrared SEDs of Early-Type Galaxies with Atlas3D: Answering the TP-AGB Question 2012A-0451 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.5
McMillan, Robert University of Arizona Astrometry and Multicolor Taxonomic Photometry of Near-Earth Objects Detected by WISE 2012A-0182 KPNO 4m 1.5
Meibom, Soren Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics The connections between binarity, circumstellar disks, and stellar rotation 2012A-0138 KPNO WIYN 1
Melis, Carl University of California, San Diego The Amazing Disappearing Disk 2012A-0400 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.02
Menanteau, Felipe Rutgers University Mass Calibration of a Sample of ACT SZE-Selected Galaxy Clusters 2012A-0312 GEM-S GEM-S 1
Metchev, Stanimir State University of New York, Stony Brook A Sensitive Search for Exozodi Across the Ten-Micron Silicate Feature 2012A-0583 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.1
Milisavljevic, Dan Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Resolving SN Ejecta Asymmetries with High-Dispersion Spectra 2012A-0389 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.36
Miller, Adam University of California, Berkeley The Automated Detection of R Cor Bor Stars - Spectroscopic Confirmation 2012A-0473 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 0.5
Modjaz, Maryam New York University Host Galaxy Spectra of Stripped SN from the Palomar Transient Factory: SN Progenitor Diagnostics and the SN-GRB Connection 2012A-0345 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.6
Mortazavi, S Alireza Johns Hopkins University SparsePak Kinematics of Tidally Interacting Galaxy Pairs 2012A-0322 KPNO WIYN 2
Mueller, Beatrice Planetary Science Institute The rotational evolution of comet 10P/Tempel 2 2012A-0106 KPNO 2.1m 7.5
Myers, Adam University of Wyoming Characterizing the Circumgalactic Medium of Low and High Mass Galaxies with Close Quasar Pairs 2012A-0398 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2
Najarro, Paco Consejo Superior de Investigacions Cientificas Metallicity in the Quintuplet Cluster and the Galactic Center: Evidence for a top-heavy star formation history? 2012A-0391 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.6
Najita, Joan National Optical Astronomy Observatory Transition Objects: Photoevaporation, Grain Growth, or Planet-Forming Disks? 2012A-0099 CTIO 4m-TBD 2
Naud, Marie-Eve University of Montreal A Planet Search around Young-associations M dwarfs (PSYM survey) 2012A-0310 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.3
Oluseyi, Hakeem Florida Institute of Technology Multi-Color Photometry of New SX Phe Stars 2012A-0246 CTIO 0.9m-SVC 3
Papics, Peter Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Core overshooting and rotation inside main-sequence B pulsators: an intensive spectroscopic follow-up in quest of mode identification from line profile variations 2012A-0348 MMT MMT 3
Papovich, Casey Texas A & M University H-alpha Narrow Band Imaging of a Forming Cluster at z=2.2 2012A-0574 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.45
Patterson, Maria New Mexico State University Continuing Observations of Stellar Streams and Star Formation in the Outskirts of HALOGAS Spiral Galaxies 2012A-0185 KPNO 4m 4
Pepper, Joshua Vanderbilt University Follow-up and Confirmation of Transiting Planet Candidates From the KELT Survey 2012A-0325 KPNO 2.1mQ 8
Perlmutter, Saul Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Galaxy Cluster Supernovae at z~0.5: Dissecting the Hubble Diagram 2012A-0308 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.41
Petersen, Eric University of Florida Spectroscopic Verification of Stellar Parameters for a Subsample of Metal-Poor MARVELS Stars 2012A-0558 KPNO 2.1mQ 7
Prochaska, Jason Xavier University of California, Santa Cruz Quasars Probing Quasars: New Constraints on the Quasar Phenomenon from the Transverse Proximity Effect 2012A-0052   Hale 4
Quinn, Samuel Georgia State University Close visual companions to transiting exoplanet host stars 2012A-0549 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.5
Reed, Mike Missouri State University Testing theoretical models of subdwarf B stars using multicolor photometry 2012A-0161 KPNO 2.1m 12
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Light Echoes of Galactic Explosions and Eruptions 2012A-0419 KPNO 4m 7
Rhoads, James Arizona State University Narrow-band search for Redshift 7.7 Lyman-(alpha) Galaxies 2012A-0581 KPNO 4m 3.5
Richardson, Noel Georgia State University The Effects of Multiplicity on Luminous Blue Variables 2012A-0216 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 3.75
Romani, Roger Stanford University The Radial Velocity Curve of a Gamma-ray Binary 2011B-0092 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 2.5
Rothberg, Barry George Mason University Unveiling the Young Central Stellar Disk in the Advanced LIRG Arp 193: An In-Depth, Multi-Wavelength Case Study 2012A-0224 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.8
Rudnick, Gregory University of Kansas The Suppression of Star Formation in the Infall Regions of Clusters 2012A-0289 KPNO 4m 3
Rupke, David Rhodes College QSO Feedback in Action: The Inner Structure of a Large-Scale QSO Wind 2012A-0270 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1
Rupke, David Rhodes College QSO Feedback in Action: Surveying Large-Scale QSO Winds in Major Mergers 2012A-0288 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.3
Sahu, Kailash Space Telescope Science Institute Discovery of Isolated Black Holes and Neutron Stars through Astrometric Microlensing 2012A-0520 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.1
Satyapal, Shobita George Mason University The Lowest Mass Supermassive Black Hole in the Universe? The Gemini View of NGC 4178 2012A-0275 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.25
Schechtman-Rook, Andrew University of Wisconsin, Madison Stellar Populations in Edge-on Spiral Disks 2012A-0360 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.8
Schuler, Simon National Optical Astronomy Observatory C/O Ratios of Stars with Transiting Hot Jupiters: Connecting Stars to Planets 2012A-0484 GEM-N GEM-N 1
Seth, Anil University of Utah VCC 1254: A fat black hole in a wimpy galaxy? 2012A-0367 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.81
Sheffield, Allyson Columbia University Exploring the Origin of M Giant Stars in the Nearby Galactic Halo 2012A-0305 KPNO 4m 3.5
Sheppard, Scott Carnegie Institution of Washington Precise Astrometry for Predicting Kuiper Belt Object Occultations 2012A-0072 CTIO 0.9m-SVC 8.5
Sheppard, Scott Carnegie Institution of Washington Beyond the Kuiper Belt Edge 2012A-0569 KPNO 4m 5
Stocke, John University of Colorado Highly Obscured Radio-Loud Quasars 2012A-0038 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.5
Strauss, Michael Princeton University Rest-Frame Optical Spectra of High-Redshift Obscured Quasars 2012A-0208 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.5
Stringfellow, Guy University of Colorado Star Formation Within the Giant HII Region W80 2012A-0580 KPNO 4m 9.5
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Sullivan, Mark University of Oxford The Host Galaxies of Local PTF Type Ia Supernovae 2012A-0189 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.38
Tanvir, Nial University of Leicester Late-time Observations of Exceptional GRBs: Gemini North Standard Targets of Opportunity 2012A-0205 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.3
Tejos, Nicolas University of Durham Gas and Galaxies in the Cosmic Web 2012A-0176 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.55
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Telesco, Charles University of Florida Mid-IR Exploration of an Edge-On Protoplanetary Disk 2012A-0100 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.27
Thomas, Cristina Northern Arizona University Physical Characterization of the Near-Earth Object Population 2012A-0575 KPNO 4m 3
Tobin, John National Radio Astronomy Observatory Probing the Youngest Proto-Planetary Disks: Mid-Infrared Scattered Light Imaging at High Resolution 2012A-0435 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.04
Trippe, Margaret University of Maryland Understanding the Activation of Local Dual AGN 2012A-0463 CTIO SOAR 4
Trueblood, Mark National Optical Astronomy Observatory Long Term Follow-up of Near Earth Objects 2012A-0056 KPNO 2.1m 4.5
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Tsai, Chao-Wei California Institute of Technology--IPAC Searching for Mid-IR Bright, Low-Metallicity Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies 2012A-0427 CTIO SOAR 2
Tucker, Brad Australian National University Catching Supernovae in the Act with KISS (Kepler International Supernova Search) 2012A-0096 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.2
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Veilleux, Sylvain University of Maryland Neutral Winds in Local Quasar-Dominated Mergers 2012A-0256 KPNO 4m 5
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Williams, T Rutgers University Cold Dark Matter and the Structure of Spiral Galaxies 2012A-0090 KPNO 2.1m 8
Williams, Stephen Georgia State University Spectroscopic Orbits for Kepler FOV Eclipsing Binaries 2012A-0132 KPNO 4m 6
Winter, Lisa University of Colorado Optical Outflows and Emission Line Properties in X-ray Obscured AGNs 2012A-0386 CTIO SOAR 3
Winters, Jennifer Georgia State University Finding Friends for 1200 Red Dwarfs 2012A-0102 CTIO 0.9m 5
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Zepf, Steve Michigan State University A Search for Optical Emission Lines from the Globular Cluster Black-Hole Source CXOU1229410+075744 2012A-0440 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.6
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