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2014A

NOIRLab TAC Results and Statistics 2014A

NOAO Proposal Statistics by Telescope and Instrument for 2014A

The following tables list 2014A proposal request statistics for telescopes and instruments in the US ground-based observing system coordinated by NOAO. Only the 364 new proposals submitted to the 2014A 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   33   41 124.7   61.7   49 3.0
    DECam   28   36 108.7   57.7   53 3.0
    HYDRA     4     4   15.0     4.0   27 3.8
    ISPI     1     1     1.0     0.0     0 1.0
 
SOAR   28   31   95.2   21.0   22 3.1
    Goodman   18   19   64.7   13.0   20 3.4
    OSIRIS     2     2     7.0     0.0     0 3.5
    SAM     2     2     4.0     0.0     0 2.0
    SOI     4     4   11.5     5.0   43 2.9
    Spartan     2     2     5.0     0.0     0 2.5
    VIS     1     2     3.0     3.0 100 1.5
 
CT-1.5m     9     9   62.7     0.0     0 7.0
    CHIRON     9     9   62.7     0.0     0 7.0
 
CT-1.3m     8   14   34.1     0.0     0 2.4
    ANDI     8   14   34.1     0.0     0 2.4
 
CT-0.9m     5     6   42.0     8.0   19 7.0
    CFIM     5     6   42.0     8.0   19 7.0
 
 

Kitt Peak National Observatory
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
KP-4m   37   53 161.5   49.0   30 3.0
    ECH     4     5   17.0     2.0   12 3.4
    MOSA   14   24   63.5   37.0   58 2.6
    NEWFIRM     5     7   17.0     0.0     0 2.4
    PHNX     2     2     8.0     0.0     0 4.0
    RCSP   14   15   56.0   10.0   18 3.7
 
WIYN   17   19   54.9   22.9   42 2.9
    HYDR     8   10   21.9     3.9   18 2.2
    SPSPKR + STA1     1     1     6.0     6.0 100 6.0
    WHIRC     2     2   11.0     0.0     0 5.5
    pODI     6     6   16.0   13.0   81 2.7
 
KP-2.1m   16   37 200.0   92.0   46 5.4
    CFIM   12   24 149.0   92.0   62 6.2
    EXPRT     2   11   37.0     0.0     0 3.4
    VIS     2     2   14.0     0.0     0 7.0
 
 

Gemini North
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
GEM-N 124 174 180.4   61.4   34 1.0
    COMICS     1     1     1.0     0.0     0 1.0
    FOCAS     1     1     2.0     0.0     0 2.0
    GMOSN   55   79   80.9   44.4   55 1.0
    GNIRS   21   24   32.9     0.0     0 1.4
    HDS     6     6   10.0     4.0   40 1.7
    HSC     2     2     5.0     5.0 100 2.5
    IRCS+AO188     2     2     4.0     0.0     0 2.0
    NIFS   18   27   17.8     2.0   11 0.7
    NIRI   24   29   20.8     0.0     0 0.7
    SuprimeCam     3     3     6.0     6.0 100 2.0
 
 

Gemini South
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
GEM-S   81 123 105.6   47.0   45 0.9
    Flamingos2   14   19   18.3     0.0     0 1.0
    GMOSS   55   82   71.5   46.7   65 0.9
    GSAOI   12   22   15.8     0.3     2 0.7
 
 

W.M. Keck Observatory
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
Keck-I   25   25   33.5   13.0   39 1.3
    HIRES     6     6     9.5     2.5   26 1.6
    LRIS     9     9   12.5   10.5   84 1.4
    MOSFIRE     9     9   10.0     0.0     0 1.1
    OSIRIS-LGS     1     1     1.5     0.0     0 1.5
 
Keck-II   13   13   21.5   11.0   51 1.7
    DEIMOS     6     6   10.0     7.0   70 1.7
    ESI     3     3     6.0     4.0   67 2.0
    NIRC2-NGS     1     1     1.0     0.0     0 1.0
    NIRSPEC     3     3     4.5     0.0     0 1.5
 
 

Siding Spring Observatory
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
AAT     9   10   25.5   12.5   49 2.5
    AAOmega     5     5   15.0     7.0   47 3.0
    HERMES+2dF     1     2     4.0     4.0 100 2.0
    IRIS2     1     1     1.5     1.5 100 1.5
    UCLES     2     2     5.0     0.0     0 2.5
 
 

CHARA
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
CHARA   11   13   22.4     0.0     0 1.7
    Classic     5     5   11.0     0.0     0 2.2
    Climb     1     1     2.0     0.0     0 2.0
    MIRC     4     5     6.2     0.0     0 1.2
    PAVO     1     1     2.0     0.0     0 2.0
    VEGA     1     1     1.2     0.0     0 1.2
 

NOAO Approved Programs for 2014A

Approved NOAO Survey Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Allen, Lori National Optical Astronomy Observatory The DECam NEO Survey 2013B-0536 CTIO 4m 10
Desert, Jean-Michel Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Comparative Exoplanetology of Hot-Jupiter Prototypes 2012B-0398 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3.512
Desert, Jean-Michel Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Comparative Exoplanetology of Hot-Jupiter Prototypes 2012B-0398 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.488
Moskovitz, Nicholas Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mission Accessible Near-Earth Objects Survey (MANOS) 2013B-0270 CTIO 1.3m 5.4
Moskovitz, Nicholas Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mission Accessible Near-Earth Objects Survey (MANOS) 2013B-0270 CTIO SOAR 6
Moskovitz, Nicholas Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mission Accessible Near-Earth Objects Survey (MANOS) 2013B-0270 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.25
Moskovitz, Nicholas Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mission Accessible Near-Earth Objects Survey (MANOS) 2013B-0270 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.3
Moskovitz, Nicholas Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mission Accessible Near-Earth Objects Survey (MANOS) 2013B-0270 KPNO 4m 6
Nidever, David University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Survey of the MAgellanic Stellar History - SMASH 2013B-0440 CTIO 0.9m 10
Nidever, David University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Survey of the MAgellanic Stellar History - SMASH 2013B-0440 CTIO 4m 7
Rhoads, James Arizona State University The Cosmic Deep And Wide Narrowband (Cosmic DAWN) Survey 2013B-0528 KPNO 4m 11
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 17

 

Approved Chandra Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Brickhouse, Nancy Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Accretion-driven physics on the Young Star BP Tauri 2013B-0623 KPNO 4m 3

 

Approved Long Term Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Drozdov, Dina Clemson University Probing Type Ia Supernovae at Late Epochs 2013B-0337 KPNO 4m 4
Guenther, Hans Moritz Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Proto-stellar jets in the making 2014A-0200 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.3
Lu, Jessica University of Hawaii/IfA-CFHT Young Massive Clusters in the Milky Way 2014A-0198 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.25
Macri, Lucas Texas A & M University Towards a 2% measurement of H_0: Near-infrared light curves of Galactic Cepheids 2014A-0410 CTIO 1.3m 5
Phillips, Mark Carnegie Institution of Washington Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Type Ia Supernovae 2013B-0147 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1
Richardson, Noel University of Montreal Orbital Variability of Carinae 2013B-0328 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 1

 

Approved Regular Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Adams, Cade Clemson University A study of the OH emission in the disk around the Herbig Ae star V380 Ori 2013B-0376 KPNO 4m 1
Aldering, Greg Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Dwarf Galaxy Hosts of Type Ia Supernovae 2014A-0304 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.58
Aldering, Greg Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Dwarf Galaxy Hosts of Type Ia Supernovae 2014A-0304 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.12
Alexander, Michael Lehigh University Unveiling Hidden Massive Stars: Star Formation and the IMF in Carina 2014A-0218 CTIO SOAR 2
Ammons, S Mark Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Studying the Most Powerful Gravitational Lens Telescopes with Subaru/Suprime-Cam 2014A-0467 GEM-N GEM-N 1
Andrews, Jennifer University of Massachusetts, Amherst The Stellar Initial Mass Function: Universal or Not? 2014A-0295 KPNO 2.1m 8
Andrews, Jennifer University of Massachusetts, Amherst The Heritage of LEGUS: Current Star Formation in Local Galaxies 2014A-0297 KPNO WIYN 3
Andrews, Jennifer University of Massachusetts, Amherst Dust Formation in CCSNe with Extensive Mass Loss Histories 2014A-0316 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.49
Anthony-Twarog, Barbara University of Kansas Constraining the Evolution and Origin of Li Using Giants in M92 2014A-0278 KPNO WIYN 3
Bakos, Gaspar Princeton University Confirmation of transiting Neptunes from HATNet and HATSouth using Keck/HIRES and Subaru/HDS 2014A-0229 GEM-N GEM-N 1
Bakos, Gaspar Princeton University Confirmation of transiting Neptunes from HATNet and HATSouth using Keck/HIRES and Subaru/HDS 2014A-0229 Keck Keck-I 0.5
Bassett, Robert Swinburne University of Technology Local Counterparts to High-Redshift Turbulent Galaxies: What are the Stellar Kinematics? 2014A-0523 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.36
Bastien, Fabienne Vanderbilt University Correlating Photometric Variability and Chromospheric Activity in Kepler Stars 2014A-0146 KPNO WIYN 5
Beers, Timothy National Optical Astronomy Observatory Missing metal-poor stars from the HK and Hamburg/ESO Surveys 2014A-0323 KPNO 4m 4
Beers, Timothy National Optical Astronomy Observatory Missing metal-poor stars from the HK and Hamburg/ESO Surveys 2014A-0516 GEM-N GEM-NQ  
Beers, Timothy National Optical Astronomy Observatory Missing metal-poor stars from the HK and Hamburg/ESO Surveys 2014A-0516 GEM-S GEM-SQ 6.667
Berger, Edo Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Exploring the Cosmic Dawn, Galaxy Evolution, and Exotic Stellar Deaths with Rapid GRB Follow-Up Observations 2014A-0288 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.125
Berger, Edo Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Exploring the Cosmic Dawn, Galaxy Evolution, and Exotic Stellar Deaths with Rapid GRB Follow-Up Observations 2014A-0288 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.675
Bloom, Joshua University of California, Berkeley A Pilot DECam Time-Domain Survey 2014A-0390 CTIO 4m 3
Bonev, Boncho NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Comet 209P/LINEAR's Very Close Approach to Earth: Probing the Inner-Coma Physical Environment and Volatile Composition 2014A-0379 Keck Keck-II 1
Bouy, Herve Centro de Astrobiologia Complementing Gaia from the ground: the DANCe survey 2014A-0035 CTIO 4m 2.5
Bowler, Brendan University of Hawaii Reconnaissance of Young M Dwarfs: Locating the Elusive Majority of Nearby Moving Groups 2014A-0019 CTIO SOAR 4
Bowler, Brendan University of Hawaii Reconnaissance of Young M Dwarfs: Locating the Elusive Majority of Nearby Moving Groups 2014A-0019 KPNO 4m 3
Britt, Christopher Texas Technical University Spectroscopy of a New Candidate Black Hole Discovered in Quiescence 2014A-0378 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.32
Brodwin, Mark University of Missouri, Kansas City Massive Distant Clusters of WISE Survey (MaDCoWS) 2014A-0421 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3.33
Brown, Michael E. California Institute of Technology--Div of Geo and Planetary Science The Birth Environment of the Solar System 2014A-0078 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.41
Buie, Marc Southwest Research Institute KBO orbits for occultations 2014A-0274 KPNO 4m 3
Burchett, Joseph University of Massachusetts, Amherst A Deep Search for Faint Galaxies Associated with Low-redshift C IV Absorbers 2014A-0506 KPNO WIYN 2
Bussmann, Robert Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Gemini-South Imaging and Spectroscopy of ALMA Lensed SMGs Discovered by Herschel 2014A-0418 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.725
Cai, Zheng University of Arizona Probing the Large Scale Overdensity with Quasar Groups at the Peak Era of Galaxy Formation 2014A-0395 KPNO 4m 2
Calamida, Annalisa Space Telescope Science Institute The nature of hot horizontal branch and blue straggler stars in the Galactic bulge 2014A-0411 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.6
Cantalupo, Sebastiano University of California, Santa Cruz Deep Lyman-alpha Imaging of Luminous z~2 Quasars: Testing the Cold Accretion Paradigm 2014A-0512 GEM-S GEM-S 4
Canton, Paul University of Oklahoma The ELM Survey: Finding the Shortest Period Binary White Dwarfs 2014A-0189 KPNO 4m 4
Cenko, Stephen NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Probing the Central Black Holes of Distant, Quiescent Galaxies via Tidal Disruption Flares 2014A-0319 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.2
Chiang, Poshih National Central University Population of planetary objects in the Ophiuchi star-forming region 2014A-0381 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.85
Chornock, Ryan Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Unveiling the Explosion Physics of Nature's Most Luminous Supernovae 2014A-0336 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.61
Chornock, Ryan Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Unveiling the Explosion Physics of Nature's Most Luminous Supernovae 2014A-0336 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.61
Clement, Benjamin University of Arizona Photometric downselection of z~7 quasars from the CFHQSIR survey 2014A-0510 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.57
Clowe, Douglas Ohio University Weak lensing observations of a galaxy filament 2014A-0209 KPNO WIYN 2
Cobb, Bethany George Washington University Optical/IR Follow-Up of Gamma-Ray Bursts from SMARTS 2014A-0365 CTIO 1.3m 3
Coe, Dan Space Telescope Science Institute MOSFIRE spectroscopy of lensed galaxies, including the brightest z ~ 8 candidate known 2014A-0253 Keck Keck-I 1
Cruikshank, Dale NASA Ames Research Center Rotationally resolved spectrum of Pluto, ices and non-ice surface constituents 2014A-0272 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1
Daddi, Emanuele Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique High-z clusters and 'proto'-clusters. Can you tell the difference ? 2014A-0131 Keck Keck-I 0.5
Dai, Xinyu University of Oklahoma Redshift Measurements of Galaxy Clusters from the Swift Serendipitous Cluster Survey 2014A-0306 CTIO 4m 8
de Kleer, Katherine University of California, Berkeley Linking Io's Volcanic Activity to Plasma Torus Variability 2014A-0195 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2
De Rosa, Robert Arizona State University Spectroscopic characterization of a newly-identified substellar companion to an early-type star 2014A-0465 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.29
Dell'Antonio, Ian Brown University The low-redshift end of the cluster mass substructure function 2014A-0386 CTIO 4m 2
Denney, Kelly D. Ohio State University Reverberation Mapping of a Gravitationally-lensed Quasar 2014A-0144 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.438
Desai, Vandana California Institute of Technology--IPAC Large scale structures around typical clusters at intermediate redshift 2014A-0490 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.35
Dickinson, Mark National Optical Astronomy Observatory Are starbursts really mergers at high redshift? A kinematic investigation 2014A-0440 Keck Keck-I 1
Do, Tuan University of Toronto Determining the orgin and structure of the young stellar disk at the Galactic center with NIFS 2014A-0528 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.2
Do, Tuan University of Toronto Measuring the orbital history of the ultra-faint dwarf galaxy Hercules with GSAOI 2014A-0530 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.3
Eckert, Kathleen University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill The Low Mass End of the Baryonic Mass Function in Two Extreme Environments 2014A-0256 CTIO 4m 1
Everett, Mark National Optical Astronomy Observatory Spectroscopy of Kepler Candidate Exoplanet Host Stars 2014A-0213 KPNO 4m 7
Farihi, Jay University of Cambridge Are All Dwarf Carbon Stars Binary? 2014A-0090 KPNO 4m 2
Favia, Andrej University of Maine Mapping Dark Matter through Weak Lensing in the Extremely Overdense Aquarius and Microscopium Supercluster Cores 2014A-0157 CTIO 4m 1
Figer, Don Rochester Institute of Technology Constraining the Properties of GLIMPSE-C01 - potentially the most massive young cluster in the Galaxy 2014A-0074 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.46
Finkbeiner, Douglas Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Mapping Dust in 3D with DECam: A Pilot Galactic Plane Survey 2014A-0429 CTIO 4m 3
Fox, Derek Pennsylvania State University Exploring Exotic Stellar Deaths with Standard TOO GRB Follow-Up Observations 2014A-0291 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.3
Fumagalli, Michele Carnegie Observatories Resolving the small-scale structure of the circumgalactic medium at z~3 2014A-0266 GEM-S GEM-SQ 3
Garnavich, Peter University of Notre Dame The Heart of Darkness: Finding and Characterizing Star-Forming Galaxies in Extreme Voids 2014A-0351 KPNO 4m 5
Ge, Jian University of Florida SDSS-III MARVELS Planet Candidate RV Follow-up 2014A-0507 KPNO 2.1m 7.5
Geha, Marla Yale University An Abridged Tail: Mapping the Palomar 5 Tidal Stream with DECam 2014A-0321 CTIO 4m 3.5
Geha, Marla Yale University Searching for Dwarf Galaxy Satellites Around Milky Way Analogs 2014A-0325 SSO AAT 3
Gelino, Christopher NASA Exoplanet Science Institute Photometric Follow-up of AllWISE Brown Dwarf Candidates 2014A-0393 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.4
Geller, Aaron Northwestern University The Solar-Type Hard-Binary Frequency and Distributions of Orbital Parameters in the Open Cluster M37 2014A-0128 KPNO WIYN 1.5
Genet, Russell California Polytechnic State University Speckle Interferometry and Photometry of Binary Stars 2014A-0095 KPNO 2.1m 6.5
Ghez, Andrea University of California, Los Angeles Using MCAO to Enable Unique Test of General Relativity at the Galactic Center 2014A-0457 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.72
Giguere, Matthew Yale University The CHIRON Rocky Planet Search 2014A-0384 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 7.7
Graham, Melissa University of California, Berkeley Understanding the Power Source in Type Ia Supernovae with Nebular Phase Spectroscopy 2014A-0215 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.007
Grillmair, Carl California Institute of Technology--IPAC Extending the Orphan Stream with DECam 2014A-0270 CTIO 4m 1
Gullikson, Kevin University of Texas, Austin A Search for Close, Low-Mass Companions to Nearby A and B stars 2014A-0260 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 6.7
Hainline, Kevin Dartmouth College Exploring the Narrow Line Region Sizes of IR-luminous Type II QSOs with GMOS-IFU Data 2014A-0186 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.81
Hall, Patrick York University Monitoring Emergent Absorption Troughs in Quasars 2014A-0532 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.5
Hall, Patrick York University Monitoring Emergent Absorption Troughs in Quasars 2014A-0532 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.48
Hargis, Jonathan Haverford College Milky Way Stellar Streams: A Window to Purely Dark Subhalos 2014A-0339 CTIO 4m 3
Heinze, Aren Stony Brook University Do Most T-dwarfs Show Large-Amplitude 0.9 (micron) Variability, or is Luhman 16 B Unusual? 2014A-0484 KPNO 2.1m 21.5
Heinze, Aren Stony Brook University The Deepest Asteroid Survey Ever: Collisional Processes and the Source of Near-Earth Asteroids 2014A-0496 CTIO 4m 4
Hildebrandt, Hendrik Universitat Bonn Lensing Magnification: A novel method to calibrate the mass-richness relation of galaxy clusters at high redshift 2014A-0191 CTIO 4m 2
Hillwig, Todd Valparaiso University Detecting Close Binary Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae: The Photometric Monitoring Campaign 2014A-0257 CTIO 1.3m 4
Hillwig, Todd Valparaiso University Detecting Close Binary Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae: The Photometric Monitoring Campaign 2014A-0257 CTIO SOAR 4
Hillwig, Todd Valparaiso University Detecting Close Binary Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae: The Photometric Monitoring Campaign 2014A-0257 KPNO 2.1m 5
Hinkel, Natalie San Francisco State University Detecting Transiting Southern Sky Exoplanets Around Bright Host Stars 2014A-0079 CTIO 0.9m 4
Homan, Jeroen Massachusetts Institute of Technology Near-infrared spectroscopy of the brightest neutron-star X-ray binaries 2014A-0439 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.51
Johnson, Christopher Louisiana State University Completing the DECam View of the Galactic Bulge Survey 2014A-0399 CTIO 4m 2
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 SWIFTJ1749.4-2807 2014A-0052 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.9
Kaleida, Catherine Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory CTIO REU/PIA Observations: Targets of Opportunity 2014A-0329 CTIO 0.9m 8
Kaleida, Catherine Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Comparing Stellar Populations of Galaxies across the Hubble Sequence 2014A-0494 CTIO 4m 1
Kasliwal, Mansi Carnegie Institution of Washington Rapid Spectroscopy of Elusive Transients and Young Supernovae 2014A-0416 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.48
Kasliwal, Mansi Carnegie Institution of Washington Rapid Spectroscopy of Elusive Transients and Young Supernovae 2014A-0416 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.42
Kawka, Adela Astronomicky ustav Polluted, peculiar, and duplicitous: The true nature of local white dwarfs 2014A-0092 KPNO 4m 4
Keel, William University of Alabama Fading AGN with giant ionized clouds: mode switching and outflows 2014A-0044 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.25
Keeney, Brian University of Colorado Gas and Galaxies in the Cosmic Web: A Galaxy Redshift Survey around HST/COS Sight Lines 2014A-0247 KPNO WIYN 3
Keeney, Brian University of Colorado Confirming the Discovery of Massive 10^6 K Gas Reservoirs in Spiral-Rich Galaxy Groups 2014A-0355 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.2
Kilic, Mukremin University of Oklahoma A Search for Pulsating White Dwarf Companions to Millisecond Pulsars 2014A-0006 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.4
Kilic, Mukremin University of Oklahoma A Search for Habitable Planets Around White Dwarfs 2014A-0073 CTIO 4m 4
Kishimoto, Makoto Max Planck Institut fur Radioastronomie Resolving the innermost dusty accretion in the brightest Type 1 AGN with the CHARA array 2014A-0072   CHARA 2
Koekemoer, Anton Space Telescope Science Institute Large Scale Structure in the Epoch of Reionization 2014A-0255 CTIO 4m 2
Kong, Albert National Tsing Hua University Searching for the optical counterparts of gamma-ray emitting black widow- type millisecond pulsars 2014A-0094 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.25
Kraus, Adam University of Texas, Austin Membership and Binarity of High-Mass Stars in Scorpius-Centaurus 2014A-0501 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 6.7
Kronberger, Matthias EBG MedAustron Narrow-Band Imagery and Spectroscopy of New Planetary Nebula Candidates at High Galactic Latitudes 2014A-0176 KPNO 2.1m 5
Kunder, Andrea Leibniz-Institut fuer Astrophysik Characterization of Stellar Sub-Structure in the Galactic Bulge 2014A-0143 SSO AAT 3
Landolt, Arlo Louisiana State University Faint UBVRI Photometric Standard Star Fields: KPNO 2013B-0002 KPNO 2.1m 3
Landolt, Arlo Louisiana State University Faint UBVRI Photometric Standard Star Fields: KPNO 2014A-0002 KPNO 2.1m 30
Lee, Kyoung-Soo Purdue University Unveiling the Most Massive Structure at z=3.78 2014A-0164 KPNO 4m 6
Leggett, Sandy Gemini Observatory North Y Dwarf Characterization 2014A-0521 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.96
Leggett, Sandy Gemini Observatory North Y Dwarf Characterization 2014A-0521 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.513
Leggett, Sandy Gemini Observatory North Discovering and Characterizing new Y Dwarfs at the Faint Limits of WISE 2014A-0535 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.42
Leggett, Sandy Gemini Observatory North Discovering and Characterizing new Y Dwarfs at the Faint Limits of WISE 2014A-0535 GEM-S GEM-SQ 3.081
Lena, Davide Rochester Institute of Technology Mapping sub-kpc gas flows in a sample of nearby, hard X-ray selected AGNs 2014A-0276 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.95
Lena, Davide Rochester Institute of Technology Mapping sub-kpc gas flows in a sample of nearby, hard X-ray selected AGNs 2014A-0282 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.76
Lewis, Karen College of Wooster Optical Spectroscopy of Hard-band Sources in the XMM Slew Survey 2014A-0481 CTIO SOAR 8
Liu, Guilin Johns Hopkins University Quasar feedback at the peak of the galaxy formation epoch 2014A-0159 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1
Liu, Guilin Johns Hopkins University Feedback in Luminous Red Quasars at z~0.5 2014A-0382 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.42
Livermore, Rachael University of Texas, Austin Spectroscopic Study of High-z Galaxy Candidates in CANDELS 2014A-0279 Keck Keck-II 1.5
Luhman, Kevin Pennsylvania State University A Census of the Stellar Population in Upper Scorpius 2014A-0180 CTIO SOAR 5
Ma, Bo University of Florida Follow-up of MARVELS Brown Dwarf Candidates using EXPERT 2014A-0389 KPNO 2.1m 20
Mann, Andrew University of Texas, Austin Prospecting in Ultracool Dwarfs: Measuring the metallicity of L dwarfs 2014A-0154 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.88
McGurk, Rosalie University of California, Santa Cruz Exploring the Origin of Double-Peaked Emission Lines in AGN 2014A-0356 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.84
McMillan, Robert University of Arizona Astrometry and Photometry of Faint, High Priority Solar System Objects 2014A-0414 KPNO 4m 2
McSwain, M Virginia Lehigh University They Might Be Giants: Physical Properties of Newly Discovered OB Stars in Carina 2014A-0250 SSO AAT 1
McSwain, M Virginia Lehigh University Stellar Parameters for Pulsating B Star Candidates in the Kepler Field 2014A-0345 KPNO 4m 5
Melin, Henrik Space Environment Technologies Energy flows in the auroral region of Saturn 2014A-0168 GEM-N GEM-N 4
Menanteau, Felipe University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Is ``El Gordo'' the fattest cluster in the Universe? 2014A-0349 CTIO SOAR 2
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Metchev, Stanimir University of Western Ontario Weather on Other Worlds: Magnetic Fields or Clouds? 2014A-0527 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.4
Metchev, Stanimir University of Western Ontario Weather on Other Worlds: Magnetic Fields or Clouds? 2014A-0527 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.45
Metchev, Stanimir University of Western Ontario Unraveling the Cloud Structure in the Brightest Brown Dwarfs 2014A-0533 GEM-S GEM-S 0.5
Mueller, Beatrice Planetary Science Institute Tying Changes in Cometary Rotation to Nuclear Activity: A Substantial Increase in the Database 2014A-0424 KPNO 2.1m 9
Najarro, Francisco Centro de Astrobiologia Massive Stars in Clusters and in Isolation in the Galactic Center: Origins, IMFs, and Chemical Enrichment Histories 2014A-0208 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1
O'Dea, Christopher Rochester Institute of Technology A Sleeping Giant Awakened: Reignition of AGN Activity, Reborn Star Formation, and a Multiphase Outflow in one of the Largest Radio Galaxies Known 2014A-0514 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.57
Oka, Takeshi University of Chicago Study of the gas in the Central Molecular Zone of the Galactic center by H3+ spectroscopy (continuation) 2014A-0054 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.1
Oswalt, Terry Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Observational Constraints on the White Dwarf Mass-Radius Relation 2014A-0115 CTIO SOAR 5
Oswalt, Terry Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Observational Constraints on the White Dwarf Mass-Radius Relation 2014A-0115 KPNO 4m 4
Ouellette, Nathalie Queen's University Populating the Virgo Velocity Function with Early-Type Galaxies at Gemini 2014A-0531 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2
Ouellette, Nathalie Queen's University Populating the Virgo Velocity Function with Early-Type Galaxies at Gemini 2014A-0531 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.75
Padgett, Deborah NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Characterization of WISE Debris Disk Stars - 2014A 2014A-0206 CTIO SOAR 4
Patel, Rahul Stony Brook University Age Diagnostics of New WISE Detected Debris Disk-Host Stars 2014A-0394 SSO AAT 2
Patel, Rahul Stony Brook University Confirmation of Debris Disks from WISE Using High Resolution Mid-IR Imaging 2014A-0407 GEM-N GEM-N 1
Person, Michael Massachusetts Institute of Technology Intra-day Investigation of Pluto's Atmosphere with Stellar Occultations 2014A-0228 CTIO SOAR 3
Person, Michael Massachusetts Institute of Technology Intra-day Investigation of Pluto's Atmosphere with Stellar Occultations 2014A-0228 SSO AAT 1.5
Pforr, Janine National Optical Astronomy Observatory A GMOS spectroscopy survey of Herschel sources in the CANDELS COSMOS field 2014A-0509 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3.5
Pilachowski, Catherine Indiana University The Abundance of Fluorine in the Galactic Halo 2014A-0147 KPNO 4m 3
Polishook, David Massachusetts Institute of Technology A search for color heterogeneity on the surfaces of rapidly rotating rubble pile asteroids 2014A-0468 CTIO 1.3m 2.5
Puzia, Thomas H. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile The GeMS/GSAOI Galactic Globular Cluster Survey (G4CS) 2014A-0536 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.3
Rajagopal, Jayadev National Optical Astronomy Observatory Deep wide-field imaging of main belt comets and asteroids 2014A-0294 KPNO WIYN 4
Reed, Mike Missouri State University Constraining structural models of stellar helium cores using the pulsations of Feige 48 2014A-0141 KPNO 2.1m 6.5
Reed, Mike Missouri State University Constraining structural models of stellar helium cores using the pulsations of Feige 48 2014A-0141 KPNO 4m 4
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Light Echoes of Galactic Explosions and Eruptions 2014A-0327 CTIO 4m 9.5
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Light Echoes of Galactic Explosions and Eruptions 2014A-0327 KPNO 4m 4.5
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Spectrophotometric Time Series of Carinae's Great Eruption 2014A-0412 CTIO 4m 3
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Spectrophotometric Time Series of Carinae's Great Eruption 2014A-0412 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.35
Rettura, Alessandro California Institute of Technology--JPL The GMOS-S imaging survey of the most distant clusters in the the Spitzer SPT Deep Field 2014A-0498 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2
Rich, R Michael University of California, Los Angeles The Blanco DECam Galactic Bulge Survey: Completing the Southern Bulge 2014A-0480 CTIO 4m 8
Riedel, Adric Hunter College Confirmation of Young Brown Dwarfs in Nearby Moving Groups 2014A-0312 Keck Keck-II 1
Rigby, Jane NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The z~2 mass-metallicity relation from lensed galaxies 2014A-0311 GEM-N GEM-N 3
Rivkin, Andrew Johns Hopkins University How do the surfaces of Trojan asteroids evolve? 2014A-0420 KPNO 2.1m-PRE 5
Rodney, Steven Johns Hopkins University The Next Frontier: High-Redshift Supernovae in the HST Frontier Fields 2014A-0156 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.75
Runnoe, Jessie Pennsylvania State University A Systematic Search for Close Binary Supermassive Black Holes 2014A-0098 KPNO 4m 3.5
Runnoe, Jessie Pennsylvania State University A Systematic Search for Close Binary Supermassive Black Holes 2014A-0098 KPNO WIYN 3
Sand, David Texas Technical University Constraining Type Ia Supernova Physics with Near-Infrared Spectroscopy 2014A-0183 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.898
Sand, David Texas Technical University Constraining Type Ia Supernova Physics with Near-Infrared Spectroscopy 2014A-0183 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.272
Sand, David Texas Technical University Spectroscopy of lensed and intracluster supernovae at intermediate redshift 2014A-0258 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.5
Sankrit, Ravi NASA Ames Research Center Shock Velocities in Kepler's Supernova Remnant, and Spectra of Progenitor-Companion Candidates 2014A-0269 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.15
Schlaufman, Kevin Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Brightest (and Therefore Best) Extremely Metal-Poor Stars 2014A-0287 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.7
Schombert, James University of Oregon Star Formation in Dwarf Spirals 2014A-0046 KPNO 2.1m 4
Seitzer, Patrick University of Michigan, Ann Arbor A Search for Optically Faint Space Debris at GEO 2014A-0049 CTIO 4m 1
Sellgren, Kris Ohio State University Characterization of Methanol Ice around Massive YSOs in the Galactic Center 2014A-0132 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.5
Seth, Anil University of Utah Resolving the Nature of Ultracompact Dwarfs 2014A-0241 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.17
Sharon, Keren University of Michigan, Ann Arbor “Resolving the Star Formation in Distant Galaxies” – supporting ground-based spectroscopy for a large HST program 2014A-0427 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.65
Shemmer, Ohad University of North Texas Weak Line Quasars at High Redshift: Unusual Ionization Conditions or Anemic Broad-Line Regions? 2014A-0182 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.75
Shen, Yue Carnegie Observatories A Transformative Multi-Object AGN Reverberation Mapping Campaign: Improving Spectrophotometry 2014A-0124 KPNO 4m 5.5
Sheppard, Scott Carnegie Institution of Washington Beyond the Edge of the Solar System: The Sednoid Population 2014A-0479 CTIO 4m 5
Shinn, Jong-Ho Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute Study on the accretion of massive young stellar objects using the outflow features around ultracompact H II regions 2014A-0366 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.8
Shporer, Avi California Institute of Technology--Div of Geo and Planetary Science Studying low-mass short-period binary companions to stars across the main sequence 2014A-0454 KPNO WIYN 3
Simon, Michal Stony Brook University Diameters of the Components of EQ Peg, the Nearest PMS Binary 2014A-0116   CHARA 1
Smith, Verne National Optical Astronomy Observatory Using Chemical Abundance Signatures in Kepler-Field Solar-Twins to Infer the Existence of Inner Rocky-Planet Architectures 2014A-0289 Keck Keck-I 0.5
Spencer, John Southwest Research Institute Finding KBO flyby targets for New Horizons 2014A-0450 GEM-N GEM-N 2
Stanghellini, Letizia National Optical Astronomy Observatory The M81 radial metallicity gradient and its discontinuity through HII region weak-line abundances 2014A-0264 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.05
Staudaher, Shawn University of Wyoming EDGES: Studying the mass and stellar populations of the extended stellar structures of nearby galaxies 2014A-0265 KPNO 4m 3
Sullivan, Mark University of Southampton SUDSS: Survey Using Decam for Superluminous Supernovae 2014A-0239 CTIO 4m 4
Szkody, Paula University of Washington Characterizing Accreting White Dwarf Pulsators 2014A-0106 KPNO 2.1m 6
Tilvi, Vithal Texas A & M University Completing the Galaxy Census from z=0 to z~7 in the CANDELS/COSMOS Field 2014A-0236 GEM-N GEM-N 4
Tilvi, Vithal Texas A & M University Completing the Galaxy Census from z=0 to z~7 in the CANDELS/COSMOS Field 2014A-0236 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.1
Tinney, Chris University of New South Wales MCAO Astrometry of WISE Y dwarfs 2014A-0009 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.74
Tokovinin, Andrei Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Speckle interferometry of ``fast'' binaries 2014A-0038 CTIO SOAR 3
Tokovinin, Andrei Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Low-mass close binaries paired to solar-type stars 2014A-0039 CTIO SOAR 1
Trafton, Laurence University of Texas, Austin Hemispherical Constraint of Titan's Methane Cycle 2014A-0296 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.6
Trilling, David Northern Arizona University A DECam search for Centaurs: Probing planetary formation in the outer Solar System 2014A-0283 CTIO 4m 3
Trueblood, Mark Winer Observatory Long Term Follow-up of Near Earth Objects 2014A-0085 KPNO 2.1m 6
Tumlinson, Jason Space Telescope Science Institute The CGM in HD: New Maps of Galactic Accretion, Quenching, and Chemical Feedback in the Circumgalactic Medium 2014A-0332 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2
Tumlinson, Jason Space Telescope Science Institute The CGM in HD: New Maps of Galactic Accretion, Quenching, and Chemical Feedback in the Circumgalactic Medium 2014A-0332 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2
Van Belle, Gerard Lowell Observatory A Direct Imaging Study of Rapid Rotators with the CHARA Array 2014A-0133   CHARA 2.4
Van Sistine, Angela Indiana University Making Hay with ALFALFA: The Star-Formation Properites of an HI-selected Sample of Galaxies 2014A-0148 KPNO 2.1m 10
Vivas, Kathy Centro de Investigacion de Astronomia The Dwarf Cepheid Population in the Sextans Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy 2014A-0313 CTIO 4m 3
Von Der Linden, Anja Stanford University Setting the Scale: Determining the Absolute Mass Normalization and Scaling Relations for Clusters at z~0.1 2014A-0415 CTIO 4m 11
Weingrill, Joerg Leibniz-Institut fuer Astrophysik Radial velocity membership for the open cluster IC4756 2014A-0088 KPNO WIYN 3
Wilson, Paul Anthony University of Exeter Monitoring the Stellar Activity of the Exoplanet Host Star WASP-19: Supporting HST Observations of the First Spectroscopic Phase Curve 2014A-0016 CTIO 1.3m 2
Winkler, P Frank Middlebury College Supernova Remnants in the Most Fertile Galaxy: NGC 6946 2014A-0031 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.07
Winkler, P Frank Middlebury College Fast SNR Shocks and Cosmic Rays: Unique Opportunities in SN 1006 2014A-0307 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.84
Woo, Jonghak Carnegie Observatories Investigating the M-sigma relation using rotation-corrected velocity dispersions 2014A-0100 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.521
Yan, Haojing University of Missouri, Columbia DECam z and Y-band Imaging of the H-ATLAS SDP Field 2014A-0348 CTIO 4m 2
Zakamska, Nadia Johns Hopkins University Quasar feedback at the peak of galaxy formation epoch 2014A-0353 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.46
Zepf, Steve Michigan State University Long-Term X-ray and Optical Study of the Black Hole X-ray Binaries in the Elliptical Galaxies NGC 4472 2014A-0179 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.72

 

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