2016A

NOIRLab TAC Results and Statistics 2016A

NOAO Proposal Statistics by Telescope and Instrument for 2016A

The following tables list 2016A 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 2016A 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   39   55 177.8   51.1   29 3.2
    ARCoIRIS     6     6   16.0     0.0     0 2.7
    COSMOS     6     8   18.0     7.0   39 2.2
    DECam   28   41 143.8   44.1   31 3.5
 
SOAR   30   37   89.5   31.0   35 2.4
    Goodman   17   19   54.5   25.0   46 2.9
    HRCam     1     1     2.0     0.0     0 2.0
    OSIRIS     3     3     6.0     0.0     0 2.0
    SAM     2     2     7.0     4.0   57 3.5
    SOI     5     8   13.0     2.0   15 1.6
    Spartan     3     4     7.0     0.0     0 1.8
 
CT-1.5m     9     9   32.8     0.0     0 3.6
    CHIRON     9     9   32.8     0.0     0 3.6
 
CT-1.3m     9     9   23.1     0.0     0 2.6
    ANDI     9     9   23.1     0.0     0 2.6
 
CT-0.9m     3     3   19.0     0.0     0 6.3
    CFIM     3     3   19.0     0.0     0 6.3
 
 

Kitt Peak National Observatory

Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark
Average
Nights/Run
KP-4m   11   17   38.0   14.5   38 2.2
    KOSMOS     2     2     5.0     5.0 100 2.5
    MOSA     8     8   18.5     6.5   35 2.3
    MOSA3     3     5   10.5     3.0   29 2.1
    NEWFIRM     2     2     4.0     0.0     0 2.0
 
WIYN   32   39 135.0   39.0   29 3.5
    DSSI     4     5   14.0     3.0   21 2.8
    HYDR   16   21   64.5   19.0   29 3.1
    ODI     4     5   30.0   10.0   33 6.0
    SPSPK     3     3     9.0     7.0   78 3.0
    WHIRC     5     5   17.5     0.0     0 3.5
 
KP-0.9m     2     3   18.0   14.0   78 6.0
    HDI     2     3   18.0   14.0   78 6.0
 
 

Gemini North

Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark
Average
Nights/Run
GEM-N 139 201 166.9   67.9   41 0.8
    COMICS     1     1     0.8     0.0     0 0.8
    GMOSN   59   93   81.8   53.9   66 0.9
    GNIRS   26   28   28.1     3.6   13 1.0
    GRACES   11   11   14.3     2.0   14 1.3
    HDS     2     2     2.0     2.0 100 1.0
    HSC     1     1     2.0     2.0 100 2.0
    IRCS     1     2     1.2     0.0     0 0.6
    NIFS   14   20   11.7     0.0     0 0.6
    NIRI   18   26   12.1     1.4   12 0.5
    SuprimeCam     2     2     3.0     3.0 100 1.5
    TEXES   12   13     6.8     0.0     0 0.5
    VIS     2     2     3.0     0.0     0 1.5
 
 

Gemini South

Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark
Average
Nights/Run
GEM-S 103 169 120.1   27.9   23 0.7
    DSSI     9     9   13.5     0.0     0 1.5
    Flamingos2   12   19   10.5     0.7     7 0.6
    GMOSS   38   58   44.0   26.4   60 0.8
    GPI   22   36   11.5     0.9     8 0.3
    GSAOI   15   25   15.8     0.0     0 0.6
    PHNX   13   22   24.9     0.0     0 1.1
 
 

Siding Spring Observatory

Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark
Average
Nights/Run
AAT     5     5   19.0     9.0   47 3.8
    AAOmega     4     4   16.0     9.0   56 4.0
    UCLES     1     1     3.0     0.0     0 3.0
 
 

CHARA

Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark
Average
Nights/Run
CHARA   11   13   22.9     0.0     0 1.8
    Classic     1     1     2.0     0.0     0 2.0
    Climb     6     7   13.8     0.0     0 2.0
    JouFLU     1     2     6.0     0.0     0 3.0
    MIRC     2     2     0.7     0.0     0 0.3
    VEGA     1     1     0.3     0.0     0 0.3
 

NOAO Approved Programs for 2016A

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
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 4.5
Moskovitz, Nicholas Lowell Observatory Mission Accessible Near-Earth Objects Survey (MANOS) 2013B-0270 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.65
Moskovitz, Nicholas Lowell Observatory Mission Accessible Near-Earth Objects Survey (MANOS) 2013B-0270 KPNO 4m 5
Nidever, David University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Survey of the MAgellanic Stellar History - SMASH 2013B-0440 CTIO 4m 9.5
Schlegel, David Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory The DECam Legacy Survey of the SDSS Equatorial Sky 2014B-0404 CTIO 4m 13
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 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.
Bechtol, Keith University of Wisconsin-Madison Magellanic Satellites Survey: The Search for Hierarchical Structures within the Local Group 2016A-0366 CTIO 4m 6
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 1
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
von der Linden, Anja Stanford University Weighing the f_ gas Giants 2015A-0121 CTIO 4m 1.5
von der Linden, Anja KIPAC / Stanford University Setting the Scale: Determining the Absolute Mass Normalization and Scaling Relations for Clusters at z~0.1 2016A-0397 CTIO 4m 6

 

Approved Regular Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Abia, Carlos University of Granada Extragalactic AGB carbon stars as probes to test the origin of fluorine in the universe. 2016A-0228 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 2.03
Albrecht, Simon Aarhus University, DK Orientation of stellar spin-axes: A new method to probe star and planet formation 2016A-0193   CHARA 0.5
Allers, Katelyn Bucknell University Completing the Census of the Nearest Star-Forming Region 2016A-0232 CTIO 4m 2
Ammons, S. Mark Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory The Best Parallaxes and a Limit on the Giant Planet Occurrence Rate for Nearby T Dwarf Hosts 2016A-0416 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.42
Angeloni, Rodolfo Gemini Observatory North Spectroscopic follow-up of puzzling OGLE sources: a new class of variable stars? 2016A-0156 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.5
Bachelet, Etienne LCOGT Cool bound Neptunes and Free-Floating planets from K2/Campaign 9 2016A-0097 KPNO WIYN 10
Bahramian, Arash University of Alberta Determining the nature of donor stars in sub-luminous transient X-ray binaries 2016A-0205 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.76
Barlow, Brad High Point University The EREBOS Project: Determining the Influence of Substellar Objects on Stellar Evolution 2016A-0259 CTIO SOAR 4
Bary, Jeffrey Colgate University High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Orbitally-Modulated Accretion Activity in Pre-Main Sequence Binaries 2016A-0282 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 1.1
Beatty, Thomas Pennsylvania State University A New Method to Measure the H-Ks Color of the Daysides of Hot Jupiters 2016A-0320 KPNO WIYN 1
Beck, Tracy Space Telescope Science Institute Understanding protostellar jet launching in Herbig Stars 2016A-0207 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.25
Bowler, Brendan California Institute of Technology Spectroscopic Confirmation of the Planetary Companion ROXs12 b 2016A-0112 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.7
Bowler, Brendan Caltech Identifying New Intermediate-Mass Members of Young Moving Groups 2016A-0322 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 2
Brandt, Timothy Institute for Advanced Study Imaging the Only Known White Dwarf with a >8 Msun Progenitor 2016A-0217 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.15
Britt, Christopher Texas Tech University Spectroscopic evolution of a Black Hole X-ray Transient 2016A-0250 GEM-S GEM-SQ 4.1
Carlin, Jeffrey L. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Recreating the chemical evolution of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal from its tidal debris 2016A-0125 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 3.76
Carrasco, Rodrigo Gemini Observatory North Investigating galaxy structure and mass assembly at z>3 with GeMS/GSAOI 2016A-0132 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2
Carrasco, Rodrigo Gemini Observatory North Studying the matter distribution in the bimodal lensing group SA78-SA790 2016A-0150 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.9
Castro, Genaro Suarez Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Toward a Complete Photometric Initial Mass Function of the 25 Orionis Group Down to Planetary Masses 2016A-0337 CTIO 4m-CP 0.1
Cauley, Paul Wilson Wesleyan University Measuring pre-transit absorption around the hot planets GJ 436 b and KELT-3 b 2016A-0182 KPNO WIYN 4
Chatelain, Joseph Georgia State University Photometric observations of the brightest Jupiter Greeks. 2016A-0339 CTIO 0.9m 7
Chies Santos, Ana Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) Probing Assembly Histories of MASSIVE Survey Galaxies from their Globular Cluster Colors 2016A-0432 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.6
Cobb, Bethany The George Washington University Optical/IR Follow-Up of Gamma-Ray Bursts from SMARTS 2016A-0186 CTIO 1.3m 1.4
Cody, Ann Marie NASA Ames Research Center The effect of binarity on protoplanetary disk dissipation and accretion 2016A-0263 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 3
Cody, Ann Marie NASA Ames Research Center Time domain interferometry of a variable young star: Revealing the inner disk 2016A-0371   CHARA 1.6
Colon, Knicole Bay Area Environmental Research Institute Characterizing K2 Exoplanet Candidates with High-Precision Near-Infrared Transit Photometry 2016A-0090 KPNO WIYN 6
Cooke, Jeff Swinburne University Deeper, Wider, Faster: Optical counterparts to the fastest bursts in the sky 2016A-0095 CTIO 4m 3
Crnojevic, Denija Texas Tech University Environment and the evolution at low-mass galactic scales: clues from the Cen A group 2016A-0148 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.21
Curtin, Chris Swinburne University Enabling the discovery and real time study of the highest redshift superluminous supernovae with u-SUDSS 2016A-0402 CTIO 4m 1
Curtis, Jason Penn State Contemporaneous K2 and WIYN/Hydra measurements of stellar rotation and magnetic activity of 3 Gyr Sun-like stars in Ruprecht 147 2016A-0298 KPNO WIYN-CP 4
Curtis, Jason Penn State Membership of Ruprecht 147 to support the K2 Survey 2016A-0305 KPNO WIYN-CP 5
de Kleer, Katherine UC Berkeley (Astronomy) Linking Io's Volcanic Activity to Plasma Torus Variability 2016A-0058 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2
de Kleer, Katherine UC Berkeley (Astronomy) Observing Io's volcanoes in eclipse: Eruption temperatures and SO gas content 2016A-0063 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.3
Deboer, Thomas University of Cambridge Mapping the star formation of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy and stream 2016A-0068 CTIO 4m 2.5
Defr�re, Denis University of Arizona (Astronomy) The first image of an exozodiacal dust disk 2016A-0275 GEM-N GEM-N 1
den Brok, Mark University of Utah Massive black holes in small galaxies 2016A-0253 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.95
Dey, Arjun National Optical Astronomy Observatory The DECam Legacy Survey North Galactic Pole Extension for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Survey 2016A-0190 CTIO 4m 7
Do, Tuan UC Los Angeles Measuring the orbital history of the ultra-faint dwarf galaxy Hercules with GSAOI 2016A-0235 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.05
Dong, Ruobing UC Berkeley (Astronomy) Planet-drive spiral arms in SAO 206462: a direct test of dynamical model predictions 2016A-0265 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.25
Espaillat, Catherine Boston University Footprints of the Magnetosphere: the Star-Disk Connection in T Tauri Stars 2016A-0321 CTIO 1.3m 4.5
Esplin, Taran Pennsylvania State University Searching for the bottom of the IMF in Ophiuchus and RCrA 2016A-0139 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.27
Esplin, Taran Pennsylvania State University Searching for the bottom of the IMF in Ophiuchus and RCrA 2016A-0139 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.32
Esplin, Taran The Pennsylvania State University Searching for the bottom of the IMF in Ophiuchus and RCrA 2016A-0157 CTIO 4m 5
Fang, Min University of Arizona (Astronomy) Spectroscopic observations of faint young stars in Orion nebula cluster 2016A-0292 GEM-S GEM-SQ  
Finkbeiner, Douglas Harvard/CfA Mapping Dust in 3D with DECam: A Galactic Plane Survey 2016A-0327 CTIO 4m 8
French, L Illinois Wesleyan University In Search of the Trojan Spin Barrier 2016A-0302 CTIO 4m 5
Frye, Brenda University of Arizona (Astronomy) Spectroscopic redshifts of the lenses producing the brightest high-z sources in the Planck all-sky survey 2016A-0199 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1
Garnavich, Peter University of Notre Dame Return to the Heart of Darkness: An Unbiased Survey of Void Galaxies 2016A-0301 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.3
Geha, Marla Yale University The SAGA Project: A Machine Learning Search for Dwarf Galaxy Satellites Around Milky Way Analogs 2016A-0294 SSO AAT 3
Giampapa, Mark National Solar Observatory Contemporaneous WIYN/Hydra and K2 Measurements of the Magnetic Properties of Sun-like Stars 2015B-0180 KPNO WIYN 2
Gianninas, Alexandros University of Oklahoma Searching for Pulsations in Mixed Atmosphere Extremely Low-mass White Dwarfs 2016A-0075 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.2
Gladders, Michael University of Chicago Time delays for the sextuply-lensed quasar SDSS J2222+2745 from GMOS 2016A-0323 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.38
Gonzalez, Anthony University of Florida A Metallicity Determination for the Diffuse Emission around NGC 4874 in the Coma Cluster 2016A-0324 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.17
Graham, Melissa L. University of California, Berekely Understanding the Power Source in Type Ia Supernovae with Nebular Phase Spectroscopy 2016A-0046 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.39
Greenbaum, Alexandra Johns Hopkins University Probing the inner regions of HD142527 and HD100546 2016A-0226 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.45
Greene, Jenny Princeton University (Astrophysics) Black Holes in Dwarf Galaxies at Intermediate Redshift 2016A-0127 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.1
Grindlay, Jonathan Harvard University - CfA Identification of a CygX-1 Black Hole HMXB Progenitor 2016A-0427 CTIO 1.3m 3
Grindlay, Jonathan Harvard University - CfA Identification of a CygX-1 Black Hole HMXB Progenitor 2016A-0427 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 3
Hamann, Fred University of Florida Feedback vs Cold Mode Accretion: Accurate Velocities for Complex Infall/Outflow Gas Near Redshift 3 Quasars 2016A-0077 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.17
Hamann, Fred University of Florida A Remarkable New Transient Outflow in the Quasar PG1411+442 2016A-0346 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 0.13
Hamann, Fred University of Florida Outflows & Feedback in Extremely Red Quasars 2016A-0435 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3
Hardegree-Ullman, Kevin University of Toledo Planet Occurrence around Mid-M Dwarfs in the Kepler Field 2016A-0328 KPNO WIYN 5
Hargreaves, Robert Old Dominion University Hydrocarbon emission in the polar regions of Jupiter 2016A-0116 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 1.67 (DD)
Harrison, Thomas New Mexico State University Quantification of the 13^C Abundance in the Secondary Stars of Cataclysmic Variables 2016A-0012 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.18
Hartman, Joel Princeton University Secondary Eclipse Observations of Hot Jupiters with WHIRC 2016A-0233 KPNO WIYN 3.5
Henry, Todd RECONS / Georgia State University Searching for Companions to Nearby Stars on Solar System Scales 2016A-0214 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 2.5
Herczeg, Gregory KIAA/Peking University Accretion and the formation of very low mass objects 2016A-0362 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.78
Herczeg, Gregory KIAA/Peking University Accretion and the formation of very low mass objects 2016A-0362 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.52
Hinkle, Kenneth National Optical Astronomy Observatory Imaging the Expanding Debris Cloud around Sakurai's Object 2016A-0110 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.1
Hirsch, Lea University of California, Berkeley Planets in Binary Systems 2016A-0055 KPNO WIYN 3
Horch, Elliott Southern Connecticut State University Towards a True Population II Mass-Luminosity Relation 2016A-0255 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 0.53
Howell, Steve NASA Validation, Radius Determination, and Host Star Binarity of K2 Exoplanets 2016A-0050 KPNO WIYN 4
Howell, Steve NASA Validation, Radius Determination, and Host Star Binarity of K2 Exoplanets 2016A-0159 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 5
Hsieh, Henry Planetary Science Institute The (Slow?) Rotation Rate of Active Asteroid 311P/PANSTARRS 2016A-0340 CTIO SOAR 1
Hsieh, Henry Planetary Science Institute Main-Belt Comet Activity and Nucleus Characterization 2016A-0380 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.2
Hsieh, Henry Planetary Science Institute Main-Belt Comet Activity and Nucleus Characterization 2016A-0380 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.7
Hughes, John Rutgers University On the Trail of the Most Massive Galaxy Clusters in the Universe 2016A-0271 KPNO 4m 3.5
Hummel, Christian European Southern Observatory An interferometric calibration of fundamental parameters of double-lined eclipsing binaries 2016A-0099   CHARA 0.6
Jha, Saurabh Rutgers University Spectroscopy of Type Iax Supernovae 2016A-0349 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.199
Johnson, Sean The University of Chicago The Circum-galactic Medium of obscured Active Galactic Nuclei hosts 2016A-0103 CTIO 4m 2
Kaleida, Catherine CTIO/NOAO CTIO REU/PIA Student Observations: Targets of Opportunity 2016A-0370 CTIO 0.9m 2
Kilic, Mukremin University of Oklahoma The Shortest Period Binary White Dwarfs in SDSS DR10 2016A-0057 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.245
Kilic, Mukremin University of Oklahoma The Shortest Period Binary White Dwarfs in SDSS DR10 2016A-0057 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.32
Kilic, Mukremin University of Oklahoma A Benchmark Pulsating White Dwarf Companion to PSR J1738+0333 2016A-0060 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.9
Kishimoto, Makoto Kyoto Sangyo University Scrutinizing AGN thermal emission at the highest spatial resolution 2016A-0091   CHARA 2
Knight, Matthew Lowell Observatory Multi-scale investigation of the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: Combined Gemini and Rosetta study of activity 2016A-0242 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.02
Kong, Albert National Tsing Hua University A Spectroscopic Study of the Black Hole Binary MAXI J1659-152 in Quiescence 2016A-0153 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.23
Krafton, Kelsie Louisiana State University Late-Time Dust Formation in Core-Collapse Supernovae 2016A-0130 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.04
Kraus, Adam The University of Texas at Austin The Planetary Systems of Young Massive Stars 2016A-0382 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.74
Lee, Kyoung-Soo Purdue University Witnessing the Earliest Stage of Cluster Formation at Z=3.78 2016A-0185 KPNO 4m 3.5
Lee, Ting-Hui Western Kentucky University Chemical Abundances of Compact Planetary Nebulae in the Galactic Disk 2016A-0272 CTIO SOAR 3
Leggett, Sandy Gemini Observatory North Near-Infrared Imaging of our 250K Neighbor 2016A-0042 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.4
Levesque, Emily University of Washington Red Supergiants in the Extremely Metal Poor Sextans Galaxies: Local Analogs of Massive Stars in the Early Universe 2016A-0243 GEM-N GEM-N 2
Levesque, Emily University of Washington Rapid Spectroscopy of SN 2010da: Observing a Neutron Star + Luminous Blue Variable Binary in Outburst 2016A-0269 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.3
Lin, Dacheng University of New Hampshire Measuring the Distance to an Intermediate-mass Black Hole with Gemini 2016A-0400 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.39
Liss, Sandra University of Virginia Star Clusters in Interacting Dwarf Galaxies 2016A-0310 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.16
Liu, Guilin VIrginia Tech IFU mapping of the most energetic BALQSO outflows 2016A-0306 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.72
Liu, Tingting University of Maryland Spectroscopic Follow-Up of Variability Selected Binary Supermassive Black Hole Candidates 2016A-0316 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.16
Liu, Guilin VIrginia Tech Signposts of Quasar Feedback in the High-Redshift Universe 2016A-0376 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.5
Liu, Xin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Hunting for Massive Binary Black Holes with Continued Quasar Spectroscopic Monitoring 2016A-0383 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.2
Ma, Bo University of Florida A Multiplicity Survey of Solar-type Stars with Brown Dwarf Companions 2016A-0188 KPNO WIYN 2
Ma, Bo University of Florida Confirming the Planet-Metallicity Correlation For Small Planets 2016A-0284 KPNO WIYN 7
Malhotra, Sangeeta Arizona State University Lyman Alpha Galaxies at z ~ 7 with DECam 2016A-0386 CTIO 4m 3
Mamajek, Eric University of Rochester ARCoIRIS Survey of DECam Brown Dwarf Candidates in the Nearest OB Association 2016A-0378 CTIO 4m 1
Mann, Andrew University of Texas at Austin Clusters with K2: systematics from membership and binarity 2016A-0247 KPNO WIYN 5
Mauerhan, Jon UC Berkeley (Astronomy) GeMS narrowband imaging of the massive star factory Sagittarius B 2016A-0149 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.42
McCarthy, Don University of Arizona Advanced Teen Astronomy Camp 2016 2016A-0424 KPNO 0.9m 5
McCleary, Jacqueline Brown University The low-redshift end of the cluster mass substructure function 2016A-0384 CTIO 4m 4
McCollum, Bruce Catholic Univ. of America Identifying the Progenitor Star for a New Red Transient 2016A-0345 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.34
McMillan, Robert Univ. Az. Early Followup Astrometry of Freshly Discovered High Priority Near-Earth Objects 2016A-0023 KPNO 4m 4
Meshkat, Tiffany Jet Propulsion Laboratory Occurrence of giant planets in the dustiest new WISE debris disk systems 2016A-0312 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.6
Mirabel, Felix Instituto de Astronomia y Fisica del Espacio (IAFE) STAR FORMATION TRIGGERED BY MICROQUASAR JETS 2016A-0016 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.1
Montet, Benjamin Caltech Astronomy Fundamental Parameters of Young M Dwarfs 2016A-0224 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 0.73
Moskovitz, Nicholas Lowell Observatory Rotational Characterization of Hayabusa2 Mission Target Asteroid 1999 JU3 2016A-0071 CTIO SOAR 4
Nagasawa, Daniel Texas A&M University Metallicity of M-dwarf Exoplanet Hosts through F/G/K+M Common Proper Motion Binary Pair Analysis 2016A-0088 KPNO WIYN 6
Niida, Mana Ehime University Quasar Evolution in the Early Universe: Down-sizing or Up-sizing? 2016A-0395 CTIO 4m 4
Oka, Takeshi University of Chicago Probing the Galactic Center's Molecular Gas using H3+ and CO 2016A-0128 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 4.26
Olszewski, Edward Arizona Southern DA White Dwarf Calibration Standards 2016A-0052 CTIO SOAR 5
Origlia, Livia INAF - Bologna Observatory MIRA STARS AS PROBES OF THE STAR FORMATION HISTORY OF THE COMPLEX STELLAR SYSTEM TERZAN 5 2016A-0136 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 0.6
Pavlov, George Pennsylvania State University Confirming the nature of the knot near pulsar B1951+32 2016A-0281 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.22
Piskorz, Danielle Caltech (Geo. and Planetary) Imaging Friends of Hot Jupiters 2016A-0062 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 0.08
Provencal, Judith University of Delaware Asteroseismology of the Highest Amplitude Rapidly Oscillating Ap Star 2016A-0165 CTIO 0.9m 6
Rajan, Abhijith Arizona State University Characterizing the Atmosphere of the Lowest-mass Directly Imaged Planet 51 Eri b 2016A-0421 GEM-N GEM-N-PRE 1
Redfield, Seth Wesleyan University Rayleigh Scattering in Exoplanet Atmospheres 2016A-0166 KPNO WIYN 4
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Light Echoes of Galactic Explosions and Eruptions 2016A-0189 CTIO 4m 11
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Light Echoes of Galactic Explosions and Eruptions 2016A-0189 KPNO 4m 2
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Photometric Time Series of Carinae's Great Eruption 2016A-0191 CTIO 4m 4
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Spectrophotometric Time Series of Eta Carinae’s Great Eruption 2016A-0350 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.26
Rettura, Alessandro Caltech IPAC The Gemini survey of the most distant galaxy clusters in the ~100deg2 Spitzer-SPT Deep Field 2016A-0344 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.3
Riaz, Basmah MPE The lowest luminosity Externally Irradiated HH Jets 2016A-0108 CTIO SOAR 4
Salim, Samir Indiana University Metallicity calibrations for high-redshift galaxies 2016A-0329 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3.1
Sand, David Texas Tech University The first high quality Mg II reverberation lag measurement 2016A-0078 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.1
Sand, David Texas Tech University The first high quality Mg II reverberation lag measurement 2016A-0078 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.22
Sardane, Gendtih University of Pittsburgh Mapping cool, metal-rich gas around z < 0.08 galaxies 2016A-0428 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.4
Schambeau, Charles University of Central Florida Investigating Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Activity Variability in High- Perihelion Jupiter Family Comets 2016A-0273 KPNO 0.9m 14
Schlaufman, Kevin Carnegie Institution for Science The Most Promising Search for the Galaxy's Oldest Stars 2016A-0086 SSO AAT 2
Schlaufman, Kevin The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science An All-Sky Search for the Brightest Metal-poor Stars 2016A-0175 GEM-N GEM-NQ 7.94
Schlaufman, Kevin The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science An All-Sky Search for the Brightest Metal-poor Stars 2016A-0175 GEM-S GEM-SQ 7.4
Seth, Anil University of Utah A GNIRS Survery of the Nearest Nuclear Star Clusters 2016A-0221 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.31
Sheppard, Scott Carnegie Institution of Washington The Inner Oort Cloud Population 2016A-0401 CTIO 4m 3
Sheppard, Scott Carnegie The Inner Oort Cloud Population 2016A-0407 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.2
Simpson, Janet SETI Institute Characterizing the Candidate Planetary Nebulae in the Galactic Center with Gemini GNIRS 2016A-0431 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.1
Smith, Nathan University of Arizona (Astronomy) [Fe II] Kinematics of Galactic Luminous Blue Variables 2016A-0287 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 2
Smith, Verne National Optical Astronomy Observatory Accurate Stellar Characterization for Kepler Extended Mission (K2) Exoplanet Host Stars 2016A-0293 KPNO WIYN 6
Sonnett, Sarah JPL / CalTech Determining Orbits and Sizes of Near-Earth Objects Discovered by NEOWISE 2016A-0084 CTIO 4m-TOO  
Sonnett, Sarah JPL/CalTech Confirming Binary Asteroid Candidates to Constrain the Dynamical Evolution of the Solar System 2016A-0087 CTIO SOAR 5
Stern, Jonathan Max Planck Institute for Astronomy Spatially Resolving the Kinematics of the ~100 uas Quasar Broad Line Region Using Spectroastrometry 2016A-0117 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.5
Strauss, Michael A. Princeton University (Astrophysics) Spectroscopic identification of new low-luminosity quasars at z > 6 2016A-0048 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.79
Stringfellow, Guy University of Colorado Spectral Confirmation of New Galactic LBV and WN Stars Associated With Mid-IR Nebulae 2016A-0417 CTIO 1.3m 1.6
Stringfellow, Guy University of Colorado Spectral Confirmation of New Galactic LBV and WN Stars Associated With Mid-IR Nebulae 2016A-0417 CTIO SOAR 3
Stringfellow, Guy University of Colorado LBVs - Caught in the Act! 2016A-0423 CTIO 1.3m 0.96
Stringfellow, Guy University of Colorado LBVs - Caught in the Act! 2016A-0423 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 3.06
Sullivan, Mark University of Southampton SUDSS: Survey Using Decam for Superluminous Supernovae 2016A-0104 CTIO 4m 6
Thomas, Cristina PSI/USRA/NASA GSFC Search for a Differentiated Asteroid Family 2016A-0405 CTIO SOAR 2
Tofflemire, Benjamin University of Wisconsin - Madison Accretion in Pre-Main Sequence Binaries 2016A-0248 CTIO 1.3m 3.83
Tokovinin, Andrei National Optical Astronomy Observatory Dynamics of resolved triple systems and ``fast'' binaries 2016A-0005 CTIO SOAR 0.5
Tremblay, Grant Yale University A Multi-Wavelength Approach to AGN Feedback and Star- Formation 2016A-0201 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2
Treu, Tommaso University of California, Los Angeles High-resolution imaging confirmation of gravitationally lensed quasars discovered in STRIDES 2016A-0107 CTIO SOAR 3
Valenti, Stefano University of California, Davis Nebular observations of SNe type II 2016A-0061 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.46
Valenti, Stefano University of California, Davis Nebular observations of SNe type II 2016A-0061 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.69
van Velzen, Sjoert Johns Hopkins University Reverberation mapping of stellar tidal disruption flares 2016A-0359 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.62
Vivas, Kathy Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory Improving the Distance Determination to the New Dwarf Galaxies around the Milky Way 2016A-0196 CTIO SOAR 4
Willman, Beth Steward Observatory The Stellar Halos and Dwarf Satellites of LMC-mass Analogs 2016A-0290 GEM-N GEM-N 2

 

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