2015B

NOIRLab TAC Results and Statistics 2015B

NOAO Proposal Statistics by Telescope and Instrument for 2015B

The following tables list 2015B proposal request statistics for telescopes and instruments in the US ground-based observing system coordinated by NOAO. Only the 296 new proposals submitted to the 2015B 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   37   45 104.7   60.5   58 2.3
    COSMOS     4     4     9.0     4.0   44 2.2
    DECam   33   41   95.7   56.5   59 2.3
 
SOAR   25   30   90.9   24.9   27 3.0
    Goodman   13   14   41.4   16.9   41 3.0
    OSIRIS     3     3     4.0     0.0     0 1.3
    SAM     5     5   15.5     4.0   26 3.1
    SOI     4     5   24.0     4.0   17 4.8
    Spartan     3     3     6.0     0.0     0 2.0
 
CT-1.5m     6     6   17.4     0.0     0 2.9
    CHIRON     6     6   17.4     0.0     0 2.9
 
CT-1.3m     7     7   13.1     2.3   18 1.9
    ANDI     7     7   13.1     2.3   18 1.9
 
CT-0.9m     3     3   18.0     1.0     6 6.0
    CFIM     3     3   18.0     1.0     6 6.0
 
 

Kitt Peak National Observatory

Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark
Average
Nights/Run
KP-4m   32   46 107.0   53.0   50 2.3
    KOSMOS   19   21   54.0   37.0   69 2.6
    MOSA   11   17   33.0   15.0   45 1.9
    MOSA3     3     4     6.0     1.0   17 1.5
    NEWFIRM     4     4   14.0     0.0     0 3.5
 
WIYN   24   27   87.3   14.0   16 3.2
    DSSI     6     7   18.3     4.0   22 2.6
    HEXPK     1     1     6.0     0.0     0 6.0
    HYDR   12   13   42.0     3.0     7 3.2
    ODI     1     1     3.0     3.0 100 3.0
    SPSPK     2     2     7.0     4.0   57 3.5
    WHIRC     3     3   11.0     0.0     0 3.7
 
KP-0.9m     3     5   28.0     0.0     0 5.6
    HDI     3     5   28.0     0.0     0 5.6
 
 

Gemini North

Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark
Average
Nights/Run
GEM-N 124 188 141.5   43.7   31 0.8
    COMICS     1     1     0.8     0.0     0 0.8
    DSSI     6     6     8.2     0.0     0 1.4
    FOCAS     2     2     1.3     1.3 100 0.7
    GMOSN   50   77   49.3   27.1   55 0.6
    GNIRS   30   33   30.2     1.6     5 0.9
    GRACES     6     6     6.8     3.1   46 1.1
    HDS     5     5     7.6     0.8   11 1.5
    IRCS     3     3     2.6     0.8   31 0.9
    NIFS   11   32   12.8     0.0     0 0.4
    NIRI   17   18   14.4     3.0   21 0.8
    SuprimeCam     4     4     7.0     6.0   86 1.8
    VIS     1     1     0.5     0.0     0 0.5
 
 

Gemini South

Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark
Average
Nights/Run
GEM-S   70 120   72.5   22.6   31 0.6
    Flamingos2   11   16   14.6     0.0     0 0.9
    GMOSS   45   77   46.2   22.6   49 0.6
    GPI   11   20     8.2     0.0     0 0.4
    GSAOI     5     7     3.4     0.0     0 0.5
 
 

Siding Spring Observatory

Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark
Average
Nights/Run
AAT     6     6   16.6     7.0   42 2.8
    AAOmega     2     2     8.0     4.0   50 4.0
    AAOmega+KOALA     1     1     3.0     3.0 100 3.0
    IRIS2     1     1     0.6     0.0     0 0.6
    UCLES     1     1     3.0     0.0     0 3.0
    UCLES+CYCLOPS2     1     1     2.0     0.0     0 2.0
 

NOAO Approved Programs for 2015B

 

Approved NOAO Survey Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Finkelstein, Steven University of Texas, Austin The NEWFIRM HETDEX Survey - Probing the Growth of Galaxies with Cosmic Time 2013B-0236 KPNO 4m 23
Kannappan, Sheila University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill REsolved Spectroscopy Of a Local VolumE: The RESOLVE Survey in Stripe 82 2013B-0512 CTIO SOAR 3
Kannappan, Sheila University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill REsolved Spectroscopy Of a Local VolumE: The RESOLVE Survey in Stripe 82 2013B-0512 GEM-S GEM-S 6
Moskovitz, Nicholas Lowell Observatory Mission Accessible Near-Earth Objects Survey (MANOS) 2013B-0270 CTIO 1.3m 6
Moskovitz, Nicholas Lowell Observatory Mission Accessible Near-Earth Objects Survey (MANOS) 2013B-0270 CTIO SOAR 6
Moskovitz, Nicholas Lowell Observatory Mission Accessible Near-Earth Objects Survey (MANOS) 2013B-0270 GEM-N GEM-NQ 4.408
Moskovitz, Nicholas Lowell Observatory Mission Accessible Near-Earth Objects Survey (MANOS) 2013B-0270 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.3
Moskovitz, Nicholas Lowell Observatory Mission Accessible Near-Earth Objects Survey (MANOS) 2013B-0270 KPNO 4m 4
Nidever, David University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Survey of the MAgellanic Stellar History - SMASH 2013B-0440 CTIO 4m 6
Rhoads, James Arizona State University The Cosmic Deep And Wide Narrowband (Cosmic DAWN) Survey 2013B-0528 KPNO 4m 12.5
Schlegel, David Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory The DECam Legacy Survey of the SDSS Equatorial Sky 2014B-0404 CTIO 4m 6
Wood-Vasey, Michael University of Pittsburgh Type Ia Supernovae in the Near-Infrared: A Three-Year Survey toward a One Percent Distance Measurement with WIYN+WHIRC 2012B-0500 KPNO WIYN 3

 

Approved HST Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Foley, Ryan University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Understanding the Progenitor Systems, Explosion Mechanisms, and Cosmological Utility of Type Ia Supernovae 2015B-0113 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.4
Foley, Ryan University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Understanding the Progenitor Systems, Explosion Mechanisms, and Cosmological Utility of Type Ia Supernovae 2015B-0113 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.4
Griffith, Caitlin Lunar and Planetary Lab Elementary Abundances of Planetary Systems 2015B-0164 GEM-N GEM-N 1
Saha, Abhijit National Optical Astronomy Observatory Establishing a Network of DA White Dwarf SED Standards 2015A-0174 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.85

 

Approved Fermi Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Bailyn, Charles Yale University SMARTS Optical and near-infrared monitoring of Fermi Lat blazars 2014B-0622 CTIO 1.3m 1

 

Approved Long Term Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Foley, Ryan University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign The Next Generation Low-z Type Ia Supernova Sample for Cosmology 2015B-0313 CTIO SOAR 6
Foley, Ryan University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign The Next Generation Low-z Type Ia Supernova Sample for Cosmology 2015B-0313 KPNO 4m 2
Macri, Lucas Texas A & M University Towards a 2% measurement of H_0: Near-infrared light curves of Galactic Cepheids 2015A-0150 CTIO 1.3m 2.36

 

Approved Regular Programs

 

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Alexandroff, Rachael Johns Hopkins University Quasar feedback at the peak of the galaxy formation epoch 2015B-0244 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.9
Allen, Thomas Lowell Observatory Kosmos Spectroscopy of Cep OB3b 2015B-0301 KPNO 4m 2.5
Ammons, S Mark Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory A GEMS Probe for Superearths Orbiting Luhman 16AB 2015B-0332 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.15
Baker, Andrew Rutgers University Redshifts in the LADUMA Field to z ~ 0.6 2015B-0334 SSO AAT 4
Barkhouse, Wayne University of North Dakota Probing Star Formation in Cluster Dwarf Galaxies via H-alpha Imaging 2015B-0065 KPNO 4m 3
Beck, Tracy Space Telescope Science Institute Characterizing "Typical" Jets from Young Stars 2015B-0136 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.5
Bell, Cameron University of Rochester Environmental impact on disk lifetimes - Robust ages for low density star-forming regions 2015B-0240 CTIO 4m 0.5
Berg, Danielle University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Ultra Exteme Star-Forming Galaxies: A Window On Low Metallicity Star Formation at High Redshift 2015B-0285 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.52
Berger, Edo Harvard University DECam Follow-Up of the First Advanced LIGO/Virgo Gravitational Wave Detection 2015B-0187 CTIO 4m-TOO  
Black, Christine Dartmouth College An Investigation of Secondary Spectral Emission Features in the Nebula Phase of SNe Ia 2015B-0282 KPNO 4m 1
Bleem, Lindsey Argonne National Laboratory SPT-CL J0329−2330: Spectroscopic Observations of an Exceptional High-Redshift Galaxy Cluster 2015B-0335 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.73
Bowler, Brendan California Institute of Technology--Div of Geo and Planetary Science Reconnaissance of Young M Dwarfs: New Targets for Direct Imaging Planet Searches 2015B-0031 KPNO WIYN 4
Bowler, Brendan California Institute of Technology--Div of Geo and Planetary Science Reconnaissance of Young M Dwarfs: Confirming the Elusive Majority of Nearby Moving Groups 2015B-0039 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 2.7
Bowler, Brendan California Institute of Technology--Div of Geo and Planetary Science Reconnaissance of Young M Dwarfs: Confirming the Elusive Majority of Nearby Moving Groups 2015B-0042 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.8
Briceno, Cesar Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory A SOAR Adaptive Optics study of Herbig-Haro Objects 2015B-0221 CTIO SOAR 4
Briceno, Cesar Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory A Multiplicity survey in the Orion OB1 Association 2015B-0268 CTIO SOAR 2.5
Buie, Marc Southwest Research Institute KBO astrometry for an improved occultation sample 2015B-0299 KPNO 4m 3
Burgasser, Adam University of California, San Diego Mass Measurements Across the Hydrogen Burning Limit: Astrometric Orbits for Spectral Binaries 2015B-0294 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.92
Burningham, Ben NASA Ames Research Center Characterising a very fast moving T dwarf in the Galactic Plane 2015B-0086 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.21
Cai, Zheng University of Arizona Mapping the Most Massive Overdensity Through HI: KPNO/MOSAIC Observations of Galaxy Overdensities at z=2.3 2015B-0229 KPNO 4m 3
Canton, Paul University of Oklahoma, Norman The ELM Survey: Finding the Shortest Period Binary White Dwarfs 2015B-0122 KPNO 4m 5
Cauley, Paul Wilson Wesleyan University Searching for Pre-Transit Hydrogen Absorption Around Hot Planets 2015B-0102 KPNO WIYN 4
Cenko, Stephen NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The Demographics of Tidal Disruption Flares 2015B-0222 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.3
Cenko, Stephen NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The Demographics of Tidal Disruption Flares 2015B-0222 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.3
Chanchaiworawit, Krittapas University of Florida Spectroscopic Confirmation of LAE Candidates at z=6.5: Evidence of the highest redshift protocluster 2015B-0323 GEM-S GEM-SQ 4.6
Chiang, Yi-Kuan University of Texas, Austin Mapping out the Densest Structures in the COSMOS Field at z~2–3 2015B-0085 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.34
Chiang, Yi-Kuan University of Texas, Austin Mapping out the Densest Structures in the COSMOS Field at z~2–3 2015B-0085 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.207
Cobb, Bethany George Washington University Optical/IR Follow-Up of Gamma-Ray Bursts from SMARTS 2015B-0123 CTIO 1.3m 1.5
Coker, Carl Ohio State University Confirmation and Characterization of Stellar Companions to the Host Stars of KELT Transiting Planets 2015B-0169 KPNO WIYN 2
Colon, Knicole Lehigh University Comparative Exoplanetology: Connecting the Structure and Climate of Hot Jupiter Atmospheres to Irradiation 2015B-0238 KPNO 4m 6
Crossfield, Ian Lunar and Planetary Lab Exometeorology: Searching for Weather on Beta Pictoris b 2015B-0066 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.7
Crotts, Arlin Columbia University SN 1987A Becomes SN Remnant 1987A 2015B-0255 CTIO SOAR 2
Dawson, William Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Two Ideal Dark Matter Colliders 2015B-0288 GEM-N GEM-N 1
Dawson, William Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Two Ideal Dark Matter Colliders 2015B-0290 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.9
Diamond, Tiara R. Florida State University Late-time near-infrared spectroscopy of SN 2014J 2015B-0080 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.21
Drahus, Michal Jagiellonian University Disruption of the Active Asteroid P/2012 F5 (Gibbs) 2015B-0339 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.7
Duchene, Gaspard University of California, Berkeley Assessing the fundamental limits of multiple star formation 2015B-0213 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.85
Esplin, Taran Pennsylvania State University Searching for the Bottom of the IMF 2015B-0128 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.03
Farihi, Jay University College London An Ongoing Study of Dwarf Carbon Stars: Binary Fraction, Orbital Period Constraints 2015B-0125 KPNO 4m 2
Fesen, Robert Dartmouth College Near-infrared identification of the young pulsar J0205+6449 2015B-0211 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.15
Fischer, Will NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Optical Spectroscopy of WISE-Identified Young Stellar Objects in Canis Major 2015B-0273 CTIO SOAR 2
Foley, Ryan University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign DES Supernova Cosmology 2015B-0197 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.8
Foley, Ryan University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign DES Supernova Cosmology 2015B-0197 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.16
Fu, Hai University of Iowa How Massive Galaxies Get Cold Gas: The Circum-Galactic Medium of Dusty Starburst Galaxies at z ~ 2 2015B-0127 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.26
Galiazzo, Mattia University of Western Ontario Taxonomy discrimination of the Tina asteroid family via photometric color indices 2015B-0072 CTIO 1.3m 1.73
Giampapa, Mark National Solar Observatory Contemporaneous WIYN/Hydra and K2 Measurements of the Magnetic Properties of Sun-like Stars 2015B-0180 KPNO WIYN 4
Gladders, Michael University of Chicago Time delays for the sextuply-lensed quasar SDSS J2222+2745 from GMOS 2015B-0300 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.32
Graham, Melissa University of California, Berkeley Understanding the Power Source in Type Ia Supernovae with Nebular Phase Spectroscopy 2015B-0142 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.83
Graham, James University of California, Berkeley Astrometry of beta Pic b with GPI 2015B-0237 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.22
Griffith, Caitlin University of Arizona Clouds on extrasolar planets with inflated atmospheres 2015B-0318 KPNO 4m 1
Hardegree-Ullman, Kevin University of Toledo Planet Occurrence around Mid-M Dwarfs in the Field 2015B-0280 KPNO WIYN 5
Hargis, Jonathan Haverford College Dwarfs Around Dwarfs: Dwarf satellites and stellar halos around the dIrr WLM and IC 1613 2015B-0250 CTIO 4m 2
Hartman, Joel Princeton University Confirming the Inflated Size of a Transiting Super-Jupiter with WHIRC 2015B-0115 KPNO WIYN 2.5
Hartman, Joel Princeton University Searching for Faint Stellar Companions to Transiting Planet Systems From HATNet With DSSI/WIYN 2015B-0156 KPNO WIYN 2.5
Henry, Todd Georgia State University Searching for Companions to Nearby Stars on Solar System Scales 2015B-0152 GEM-N GEM-NQ 4
Hilton, Matt University of KwaZulu-Natal Redshift confirmation of distant ACTPol Sunyaev-Zel'dovich galaxy cluster candidates 2015B-0165 CTIO SOAR 5
Hirsch, Lea University of California, Berkeley Planets in Binary Systems 2015B-0060 KPNO WIYN 3
Holberg, Jay University of Arizona Spectroscopic characterisation of Kepler 2 White Dwarfs 2015B-0074 KPNO 4m 3
Horch, Elliott Southern Connecticut State University Understanding the Metal-Poor Mass-Luminosity Relation 2015B-0081 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.42
Howell, Steve NASA Ames Research Center Exoplanet Validation and Host Star Binarity of Kepler and K2 Discovered Candidates 2015B-0058 KPNO WIYN 8
Hsieh, Henry Planetary Science Institute Observations of the Activity of Main-Belt Comets P/2010 R2, 233P, and 313P 2015B-0099 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.6
Hughes, John Rutgers University On the Trail of the Most Massive Galaxy Clusters in the Universe 2015B-0220 KPNO 4m 4
Jensen-Clem, Rebecca California Institute of Technology-Dept of Physics, Math, Astronomy The first detection of polarized radiation from exoplanets 2015B-0216 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.95
Jha, Saurabh Rutgers University Spectroscopy of Type Iax Supernovae 2015B-0174 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.5
Jiang, Linhua Peking University Y-band Imaging of Quasar Candidates at z>6.5 Selected in the SDSS Stripe 82 2015B-0088 KPNO 4m 3
Keller, Luke Ithaca College Near infrared study of gas emission from proto-planetary disks in the Small Magellanic Cloud 2015B-0248 CTIO SOAR 0.5
Kiminki, Megan University of Arizona Using 3D Kinematics to Pinpoint the Birthplaces of Distributed Massive Stars: Targeted Follow-up of Radial-Velocity Variables 2015B-0141 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 2
Knight, Matthew Lowell Observatory Multi-scale investigation of the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: Combined Gemini and Rosetta study of activity 2015B-0183 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.34
Koekemoer, Anton Space Telescope Science Institute Luminous Supernovae in the Epoch of Reionization 2015B-0175 CTIO 4m 3
Kunder, Andrea Leibniz-Institut fuer Astrophysik Bulge RR Lyrae Radial Velocity Assay 2015B-0071 SSO AAT 4
Lacy, Mark National Radio Astronomy Observatory Headquarters The highest resolution view of distant massive galaxies 2015B-0189 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.62 (DD)
Lamassa, Stephanie Yale University Unveiling Obscured Supermassive Black Hole Growth with Infrared Spectroscopy 2015B-0132 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.2
Liu, Tingting University of Maryland Spectroscopic Follow-Up of Variability Selected Binary Supermassive Black Hole Candidates 2015B-0190 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.48
Liu, Guilin Virginia Polytechnic Institute IFU mapping of the most energetic BAL quasar outflows: C IV absorption 2015B-0192 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.08
Luhman, Kevin Pennsylvania State University Testing Model Atmospheres with the Coldest Known Brown Dwarf 2015B-0019 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.68
Marois, Christian Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics GPI detailed spectroscopic and astrometric characterization of HR 8799cde. 2015B-0348 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.25
Martini, Paul Ohio State University Search for z>6 QSOs with the Dark Energy Survey 2015B-0264 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1
Mason, Rachel Gemini Observatory North Stellar populations in the Palomar Galaxy Sample 2015B-0254 KPNO 4m 4
Mast, Damian Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas Integral Field Spectroscopy of Arcs - Unveiling the hundreds pc of star-forming galaxies at redshift ~0.7 to 2.5 2015B-0233 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.3
McMillan, Robert University of Arizona Astrometry and Photometry of Faint, High Priority Solar System Objects 2015B-0059 KPNO 4m 3
Milisavljevic, Dan Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics The Unprecedented Supernova Metamorphosis of SN 2014C 2015B-0138 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.33
Millar-Blanchaer, Max University of Toronto Constraining the Dust grain population of Beta Pic's Inner Disk 2015B-0353 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.3
Montet, Benjamin California Institute of Technology-Dept. of Astronomy Fundamental Parameters of Pre-Main Sequence M Dwarfs 2015B-0310 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.41
Mueller, Beatrice Planetary Science Institute Decoding activity one (or two) comet(s) at a time 2015B-0215 KPNO 0.9m 6
Muzerolle, James Space Telescope Science Institute Photometric Monitoring of Close Binary T Tauri Stars: Connecting Accretion Activity with Inner Disk Structure 2015B-0257 CTIO 1.3m 3.2
Olszewski, Edward University of Arizona Southern DA White Dwarf Calibration Standards 2015B-0076 CTIO SOAR 5
Opitz, Daniela University of New South Wales Astrometry and Binarity of WISE Y dwarfs with MCAO 2015B-0087 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.43
Orosz, Jerome San Diego State University An optical search for black holes and neutron stars in the Kepler field 2015B-0267 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.75
Orosz, Jerome San Diego State University An optical search for black holes and neutron stars in the Kepler field 2015B-0267 KPNO 4m 3
Pewett, Tiffany Georgia State University Deciphering the Wide Low Mass Main Sequence 2015B-0118 CTIO 0.9m-TBD 7
Pewett, Tiffany Georgia State University Deciphering the Wide Low Mass Main Sequence 2015B-0118 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 3
Points, Sean Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Optical Spectroscopy of Supernova Remnant Candidates in the LMC 2015B-0188 CTIO SOAR 3
Redfield, Seth Wesleyan University Rayleigh Scattering in Exoplanet Atmospheres 2015B-0275 KPNO WIYN 2
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Photometric Time Series of Carinae's Great Eruption 2015B-0305 CTIO 4m 2
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Light Echoes of Galactic Explosions and Eruptions 2015B-0307 CTIO 4m 2.5
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Light Echoes of Galactic Explosions and Eruptions 2015B-0307 KPNO 4m 4
Rice, Sarah University of Maine Mapping Dark Matter through Weak Lensing in the Extremely Overdense Aquarius and Microscopium Supercluster Cores 2015B-0191 CTIO 4m 1
Rodney, Steven Johns Hopkins University The Next Frontier: High-Redshift Supernovae in the HST Frontier Fields 2015B-0104 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.5
Rodney, Steven Johns Hopkins University The Next Frontier: High-Redshift Supernovae in the HST Frontier Fields 2015B-0104 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.25
Rodriguez, Joseph Vanderbilt University Measuring the Masses of the Brightest Transiting Exoplanets from KELT- South with High-Precision Radial Velocities from AAT 2015B-0056 SSO AAT 2
Romanishin, William University of Oklahoma, Norman Shapes of Hilda ``Asteroids" (continuation) 2015B-0263 KPNO 0.9m 4
Rotermund, Kaja Dalhousie University Detecting Dark Matter Subhalos with ALMA and GMOS-S/IFU using Strongly Lensed Submm Galaxies 2015B-0135 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.55
Schlaufman, Kevin Massachusetts Institute of Technology An All-Sky Search for the Brightest Metal-Poor Stars 2015B-0130 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.65
Schlaufman, Kevin Massachusetts Institute of Technology An All-Sky Search for the Brightest Metal-Poor Stars 2015B-0130 GEM-S GEM-SQ 4.29
Sharon, Keren University of Michigan, Ann Arbor “Resolving the Star Formation in Distant Galaxies” – supporting ground-based spectroscopy for a large HST program 2015B-0230 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.35
Sharon, Keren University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Multi Object Spectroscopy of the field of SDSSJ2222+2745: A cluster-lensed sextuple quasar 2015B-0258 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.45
Sheppard, Scott Carnegie Institution of Washington The Inner Oort Cloud Population 2015B-0265 CTIO 4m 5
Skemer, Andrew University of Arizona The First Spectrum of the Coolest Brown Dwarf 2015B-0153 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.9
Smith, J Allyn Austin Peay State University Targeted Samples of the Hot Stellar Content in the Southern Sky 2015B-0245 CTIO 0.9m-TBD 10
Smith, Verne National Optical Astronomy Observatory Precision Stellar Characterization for Kepler Extended Mission (K2) Exoplanet Host Stars 2015B-0322 KPNO WIYN 7
Sonnett, Sarah California Institute of Technology--JPL Confirming Binary Asteroid Candidates to Constrain the Dynamical Evolution of the Solar System 2015B-0092 KPNO 0.9m 15
Stevenson, Kevin University of Chicago From Exoplanets to Exoworlds: Atmospheric Characterization with KOSMOS 2015B-0226 KPNO 4m 4
Stringfellow, Guy University of Colorado Spectral Confirmation of New Galactic LBV and WN Stars Associated With Mid-IR Nebulae 2015B-0185 CTIO 1.3m 1.1
Stringfellow, Guy University of Colorado Spectral Confirmation of New Galactic LBV and WN Stars Associated With Mid-IR Nebulae 2015B-0185 CTIO SOAR 2
Stringfellow, Guy University of Colorado LBVs - Caught in the Act! 2015B-0331 CTIO 1.3m 1.3
Stringfellow, Guy University of Colorado LBVs - Caught in the Act! 2015B-0331 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 4
Szkody, Paula University of Washington Do white dwarfs in cataclysmic varibales grow in mass? 2015B-0271 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.35
Thomas, Cristina NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Search for a Differentiated Asteroid Family 2015B-0328 CTIO SOAR 3
Tofflemire, Benjamin University of Wisconsin, Madison Accretion in Pre-Main Sequence Binaries 2015B-0179 CTIO 1.3m 3.11
Tokovinin, Andrei Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Dynamics of resolved triple systems and ``fast'' binaries 2015B-0009 CTIO SOAR 2
Tokovinin, Andrei Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Spectroscopic orbits in nearby triple systems 2015B-0012 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 4
Troup, Nicholas University of Virginia Verification and Characterization of Hot Jupiter Candidates Discovered by SDSS-III APOGEE-1 2015B-0325 KPNO WIYN 1
Tucker, Brad Australian National University Catching Supernovae in the Act with KEGS (Kepler Extra-Galactic Survey) 2015B-0093 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.13
Tucker, Brad Australian National University Catching Supernovae in the Act with KEGS (Kepler Extra-Galactic Survey) 2015B-0093 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.3
Tucker, Brad University of California, Berkeley Catching Supernovae in the Act with KEGS (Kepler Extra-Galactic Survey) and DECam 2015B-0314 CTIO 4m 1.5
Vaccaro, Todd St. Cloud State University Orbital and Systemic Parameters for Algol Binaries in the Kepler and K2 Fields 2015B-0295 KPNO 4m 4
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