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NOIRLab TAC Results and Statistics 2017A

NOAO Proposal Statistics by Telescope and Instrument for 2017A

The following tables list 2017A proposal request statistics for telescopes and instruments in the US ground-based observing system coordinated by NOAO. Only the 335 new proposals submitted to the 2017A 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   34   52 132.8   49.5   37 2.6
    ARCoIRIS     2     2     3.5     0.0     0 1.8
    COSMOS     7     9   23.6     9.0   38 2.6
    DECam   25   41 105.7   40.5   38 2.6
 
SOAR   24   38   97.5   52.5   54 2.6
    Goodman   15   21   65.8   40.5   62 3.1
    HRCam     1     1     2.0     0.0     0 2.0
    SOI     6   13   21.5     5.5   26 1.7
    Spartan     3     3     8.2     6.5   79 2.7
 
CT-1.3m     7     7   35.6     4.0   11 5.1
    ANDI     7     7   35.6     4.0   11 5.1
 
CT-0.9m     2     2   10.0     3.0   30 5.0
    CFIM     2     2   10.0     3.0   30 5.0
 
 

Kitt Peak National Observatory
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
KP-4m   13   27   52.6   28.0   53 1.9
    KOSMOS     7   10   26.1   18.0   69 2.6
    MOSA3     6   17   26.5   10.0   38 1.6
 
WIYN   34   41 105.2   29.0   28 2.6
    GRDPK     1     1     5.0     0.0     0 5.0
    HEXPK     1     1     4.0     0.0     0 4.0
    HYDR     9   11   29.0   11.0   38 2.6
    NESSI   12   15   29.2     0.0     0 1.9
    ODI     5     5   12.0     8.0   67 2.4
    SPSPK     3     3     9.0     7.0   78 3.0
    WHIRC     5     5   17.0     3.0   18 3.4
 
KP-0.9m     6     6   34.0   16.0   47 5.7
    HDI     6     6   34.0   16.0   47 5.7
 
 

Gemini North
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
GEM-N 134 186 185.3   40.7   22 1.0
    COMICS     1     1     1.2     0.0     0 1.2
    DSSI     8     8     9.9     0.0     0 1.2
    FOCAS     1     1     1.0     0.0     0 1.0
    GMOSN   55   82   85.3   31.6   37 1.0
    GNIRS   18   21   21.7     0.0     0 1.0
    GRACES     8     8   11.9     1.6   14 1.5
    HDS     2     2     3.2     1.2   37 1.6
    HSC     3     3     6.0     6.0 100 2.0
    IRCS     1     1     2.0     0.0     0 2.0
    NIFS     9   13   10.3     0.3     3 0.8
    NIRI   15   20   12.1     0.0     0 0.6
    SCExAO     1     1     0.4     0.0     0 0.4
    TEXES   19   24   18.8     0.0     0 0.8
    VIS     1     1     1.5     0.0     0 1.5
 
 

Gemini South
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
GEM-S   96 143 126.8   18.9   15 0.9
    DSSI     7     7   10.8     0.0     0 1.5
    Flamingos2   15   22   11.1     0.0     0 0.5
    GMOSS   39   52   59.4   18.5   31 1.1
    GPI   14   22     9.7     0.4     4 0.4
    GSAOI   15   24   15.1     0.0     0 0.6
    PHNX   11   16   20.7     0.0     0 1.3
 
 

Siding Spring Observatory
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
AAT     5     5   14.0     2.0   14 2.8
    AAOmega     4     4   10.0     2.0   20 2.5
    UCLES     1     1     4.0     0.0     0 4.0
 
 

CHARA
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
CHARA   11   14   23.0     0.0     0 1.6
    Classic     2     3     6.0     0.0     0 2.0
    Climb     2     2     4.0     0.0     0 2.0
    JouFLU     1     2     2.0     0.0     0 1.0
    MIRC     1     1     1.0     0.0     0 1.0
    PAVO     1     1     2.0     0.0     0 2.0
    VEGA     4     5     8.0     0.0     0 1.6
 

NOAO Approved Programs for 2017A

Approved NOAO Survey Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Schlegel, David Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory The DECam Legacy Survey of the SDSS Equatorial Sky 2014B-0404 CTIO 4m 22

 

Approved HST Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Spectral Time Series of the Cas A Suoernova 2016B-0925 KPNO 4m 1.5

 

Approved Fermi Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Bailyn, Charles Yale University Smarts Optical and Infrared Monitoring of Fermi Lat Blazars 2016B-0902 CTIO 1.3m 2.5
Massaro, Francesco Universita degli Studi di Torino Continuing the optical spectroscopic campaign of the Gamma-Ray Blazar candidates 2016B-0901 CTIO 4m 2
Massaro, Francesco Universita degli Studi di Torino Continuing the optical spectroscopic campaign of the Gamma-Ray Blazar candidates 2016B-0901 CTIO SOAR 2
Massaro, Francesco Universita degli Studi di Torino Continuing the optical spectroscopic campaign of the Gamma-Ray Blazar candidates 2016B-0901 KPNO 4m 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
Burgasser, Adam University of California, San Diego Mass Measurements Across the Hydrogen Burning Limit: Astrometric Orbits for Spectral Binaries 2016B-0115 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.13
Burgasser, Adam University of California, San Diego Mass Measurements Across the Hydrogen Burning Limit: Astrometric Orbits for Spectral Binaries (Northern Sample) 2017A-0141 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.07
de Kleer, Katherine University of California, Berkeley The Impact of Io's Volcanism on Jupiter's Plasma Environment 2017A-0189 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2
Decleir, Marjorie Ghent University Optical ugriz mapping of SINGS/KINGFISH galaxies 2016B-0148 CTIO 0.9m 3
Decleir, Marjorie Ghent University Optical ugriz mapping of SINGS/KINGFISH galaxies 2016B-0148 KPNO 0.9m 1
Finkbeiner, Douglas Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Mapping Dust in 3D with DECam: A Galactic Plane Survey 2016B-0279 CTIO 4m 6
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
Howell, Steve NASA Ames Research Center K2 Exoplanet Candidates: Small Planet Validation and Host Star Binarity 2017A-0006 KPNO WIYNQ 4
Koekemoer, Anton Space Telescope Science Institute Superluminous Supernovae in the Epoch of Reionization 2016B-0173 CTIO 4m 3
Messineo, Maria University of Science & Technology of China Infrared photometric monitoring of Galactic red supergiants 2016B-0106 CTIO 1.3m 3.6
von der Linden, Anja Stanford University Setting the Scale: Determining the Absolute Mass Normalization and Scaling Relations for Clusters at z~0.1 2016A-0397 CTIO 4m 3

 

Approved Regular Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Abia, Carlos University of Granada The origin of fluorine: the contribution by AGB stars 2017A-0088 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 2.02
Albrecht, Simon Aarhus University, DK Orientation of stellar spin-axes: A powerful method to understand star formation and evolution 2017A-0149   CHARA 1
Ammons, S Mark Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory The Best Parallaxes and a Limit on the Giant Planet Occurrence Rate for Nearby T Dwarf Hosts 2017A-0303 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.7
Andersen, Morten Gemini Observatory North Probing the deepest inner of a massive star cluster in the making 2017A-0192 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.33
Armentrout, William West Virginia University High-Mass Star Formation in the Outer Scutum-Centaurus Arm 2017A-0223 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.68
Bahramian, Arash Michigan State University NIR photometry of very faint X-ray transients 2017A-0328 CTIO SOAR-TOO  
Baines, Ellyn Naval Research Laboratory Measuring Candidate Exoplanet Host Star Radii 2017A-0068   CHARA 1
Barclay, Thomas Bay Area Environmental Research Institute Exoplanetology with near-simultaneous optical and infrared transits 2017A-0302 KPNO WIYNQ 1
Barkhouse, Wayne University of North Dakota Mapping Star Formation via U-band Observations of Low-Redshift Galaxy Clusters 2017A-0292 KPNO 0.9m 4
Bary, Jeffrey Colgate University High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Orbitally-Modulated Accretion Activity in Pre-Main Sequence Binaries 2017A-0176 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 1.8
Beck, Sara Tel Aviv University High Resolution Gas Kinematics in Young Embedded Super Star Clusters 2017A-0097 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 0.85
Berger, Edo Harvard University DECam Follow-Up of Advanced LIGO/Virgo Observing Run 2 2017A-0069 CTIO 4m-TOO  
Bezanson, Rachel Princeton University The Morphological Transformation of Compact Quiescent Galaxies as Revealed by Age Gradients and Rotational Support in Post-starburst Galaxies at z~0.6 2017A-0326 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.62
Blakeslee, John Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics Stellar Population GeMology: Long Period Variables at High Metallicity in the Nearest Elliptical Galaxy 2017A-0271 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.5
Boogert, Adwin SOFIA Science Center/USRA Survey of the Organic Inventory of Hot Cores 2017A-0234 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 0.99
Bosh, Amanda Massachusetts Institute of Technology Occultation Studies of Small Bodies in the Outer Solar System 2017A-0360 CTIO SOAR 5
Bouy, Herve University of Bordeaux Complementing Gaia from the ground: the COSMIC-DANCE survey 2017A-0002 CTIO 4m 3
Brandt, Timothy Institute for Advanced Study Imaging the Only Known White Dwarf with a >8 Msun Progenitor 2017A-0209 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.15
Britt, Christopher Michigan State University Spectral Evolution of a Black Hole X-ray Transient 2017A-0178 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.12
Brittain, Sean Clemson University Confirmation of Signposts of Planet Formation 2017A-0194 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 0.78
Brittain, Sean Clemson University Warm Molecular Gas in Systems Bridging the Primordial/Debris Disk Divide 2017A-0199 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 0.8
Calamida, Annalisa NOAO - AURA The kinematics of the different stellar populations of the Galactic globular cluster Cen 2017A-0305 SSO AAT 1
Calamida, Annalisa NOAO - AURA The not so simple Galactic globular cluster 2017A-0308 CTIO 4m 0.5
Carlin, Jeffrey Large Synoptic Survey Telescope The Stellar Halos and Dwarf Satellites of LMC-mass Analogs 2017A-0122 GEM-N GEM-N 2
Castanheira, Barbara Baylor University Photometry of Extremely Low Mass White Dwarf Candidates 2017A-0311 CTIO SOAR 2
Chick, William University of Wyoming Characterization of Bowshock-Supporting Massive Runaway Stars 2017A-0346 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.92
Chornock, Ryan Ohio University Gemini Confirmation of Optical Counterparts to LIGO/Virgo Sources Found with DECam 2017A-0114 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.68
Cieza, Lucas Universidad Diego Portales Spectroscopic characterization for the Ophiuchis DIsk Survey Employing ALMA (ODISEA) 2017A-0409 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.85
Cobb, Bethany George Washington University Optical/IR Follow-Up of Gamma-Ray Bursts from SMARTS 2017A-0230 CTIO 1.3m 1.4
Colon, Knicole Bay Area Environmental Research Institute Characterizing K2 Exoplanet Candidates with High-Precision Near-Infrared Transit Photometry 2017A-0297 KPNO WIYN 6
Corral Santos, Jesus Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Calibrating the FWHM-K2 relation of quiescent BHs in the NIR 2017A-0019 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.38
Corral Santos, Jesus Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Calibrating the FWHM-K2 relation of quiescent BHs in the NIR 2017A-0019 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.39
Crnojevic, Denija Texas Technical University Dwarfs around Dwarfs: Satellite galaxies and stellar halos around dwarf galaxies 2017A-0060 CTIO 4m 4
Cucchiara, Antonino University of the Virgin Islands High-Redshift Gamma-Ray Bursts as Probes of Cosmic Dawn 2017A-0117 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.4
Cummings, Jeff Johns Hopkins University The Initial-Final Mass Relation: An Ultramassive White Dwarf in the Open Cluster M7 2017A-0338 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.65
Currie, Thayne NAOJ/Subaru Telescope The First Spectrum of a Protoplanet 2017A-0407 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.16
Dalba, Paul Boston University Recovering the Transit of KIC 9413313b: A Potential Exomoon Host Lost to Transit Timing Variations 2017A-0206 KPNO WIYN 3
Davidson, Jr, James University of Virginia Which KOI Binaries are Gravitationally Bound? 2017A-0301 KPNO WIYNQ 0.5
Debes, John Space Telescope Science Institute Confirming new white dwarf-brown dwarf binaries 2017A-0118 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.4
Dolch, Timothy Hillsdale College An KPNO H(alpha) Search for Radio Pulsar Bow-Shock Nebula 2017A-0411 KPNO 4m 2
Eikenberry, Stephen University of Florida The Source of Extreme IR Variability in a Galactic Center X-ray Binary 2017A-0229 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.4
Espenshade, Peter Carnegie Mellon University Limits on the fractional abundance of primordial black holes using short timescale microlensing 2017A-0348 CTIO 0.9m 5
Esplin, Taran Pennsylvania State University Searching for the bottom of the IMF in Ophiuchus 2017A-0103 CTIO 4m 1
Esplin, Taran Pennsylvania State University A Census of the Stellar Population of Upper Scorpius 2017A-0161 CTIO 4m 5
Everett, Mark National Optical Astronomy Observatory Speckle Imaging to Characterize late-K & M Dwarf TESS Targets near the North Ecliptic Pole 2017A-0184 KPNO WIYNQ 2.5
Finn, Rose Siena College Probing Gas Stripping with Resolved Star-Formation Maps of Virgo Filament Galaxies 2017A-0354 KPNO 0.9m 6
Fletcher, Leigh University of Leicester Wave Phenomena and Deep Plumes in Jupiter's Tropical Atmosphere 2017A-0087 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 1
Flohic, Helene Assistant Professor Testing models for the nature of changing-look quasars through the long- term behavior of their narrow lines 2017A-0252 KPNO 4m 2
Foley, Ryan University of California, Santa Cruz The Next Generation Low-z Type Ia Supernova Sample for Cosmology 2017A-0306 CTIO SOAR 6
Foley, Ryan University of California, Santa Cruz The Next Generation Low-z Type Ia Supernova Sample for Cosmology 2017A-0306 KPNO 4m 3.5
Gerard, Benjamin University of Victoria Search for exoplanets scultping debris disks with SCExAO+CHARIS 2017A-0261 GEM-N GEM-N 0.5
Giampapa, Mark AURA Seeing SPOTS with NESSI: Starspot Photometric Observations of Transiting Systems 2017A-0053 KPNO WIYNQ 0.4
Gosnell, Natalie Colorado College Clusters with : systematics from membership and binarity 2017A-0126 KPNO WIYN 3
Greathouse, Thomas Southwest Research Institute Characterizing Wave Phenomena in Jupiter's Stratosphere using High Spectral Resolution Thermal IR Observations 2017A-0213 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 1.15
Grieves, Nolan University of Florida Investigating Binary Trends of Solar-type Stars Hosting Brown Dwarfs and Giant Planets 2017A-0293 KPNO WIYNQ 0.3
Grindlay, Jonathan Harvard University Search for Quiescent Black Hole X-ray Binaries from DASCH Transients 2017A-0325 CTIO 1.3m 2
Hamann, Frederick University of California, Riverside Feedback vs Cold Mode Accretion: Accurate Velocities for Complex Infall/Outflow Gas Near Redshift 3 Quasars 2017A-0042 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.3
Hamann, Frederick University of California, Riverside Monitoring the Extraordinary Transient Outflow in the Quasar PG1411+442 2017A-0269 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 0.1
Hankins, Matthew Cornell University A Spectroscopic Study of Infrared Sources near Sgr A East in the Galactic Center 2017A-0353 CTIO 4m 0.5
Hardegree-Ullman, Kevin University of Toledo Planet Occurrence around Mid-Type M Dwarfs in the Kepler Field 2017A-0185 KPNO WIYN 6
Hartigan, Patrick Rice University A Test of Triggering in Carina's Western Wall 2017A-0131 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1
Hartman, Joel Princeton University Follow-up Observations of HATNet Transiting Planet Candidates with WIYN 2017A-0125 KPNO WIYN 3
Hartman, Joel Princeton University Follow-up Observations of HATNet Transiting Planet Candidates with WIYN 2017A-0125 KPNO WIYNQ 5
Herbst, William Wesleyan University Monitoring and Modeling the Proto-Tatooine System KH 15D 2017A-0056 CTIO 1.3m 2
Hermes, J Hubble Fellow, UNC – Chapel Hill Leveraging space-based photometry for precision white dwarf parameters and cooling ages 2017A-0212 CTIO SOAR 5
Hillwig, Todd Valparaiso University Exploring Possible post-RGB Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae 2017A-0168 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.17
Hinkle, Kenneth National Optical Astronomy Observatory Isotopic abundances and binary star evolution 2017A-0285 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 1 (DD)
Holberg, Jay Univ. of Arizona A Complete Volume-Limited 50 pc Sample of White Dwarfs 2017A-0351 CTIO SOAR 4
Holberg, Jay Univ. of Arizona A Complete Volume-Limited 50 pc Sample of White Dwarfs 2017A-0351 KPNO 4m 2
Howell, Steve NASA Ames Research Center K2 Exoplanet Candidates: Small Planet Validation and Host Star Binarity 2017A-0102 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 2
Hughes, John Rutgers University On the Trail of the Most Massive Galaxy Clusters in the Universe 2017A-0264 KPNO 4m 4
Irwin, Jimmy University of Alabama A New Type of Explosive Highly Energetic X-ray Flaring Source 2017A-0376 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1
Jeffries, Robin Keele University The radii of M-dwarfs in the Praesepe cluster 2017A-0175 KPNO WIYN 4
Jencson, Jacob California Institute of Technology Confirming Obscured SN Candidates with Gemini 2017A-0321 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.29
Jencson, Jacob California Institute of Technology Confirming Obscured SN Candidates with Gemini 2017A-0321 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.291
Jewitt, David University of California, Los Angeles Astrometry of Long Period Comets 2017A-0083 KPNO 0.9m 6
Jha, Saurabh Rutgers University Spectroscopy of Type Iax Supernovae 2017A-0080 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.65
Jha, Saurabh Rutgers University Spectroscopy of Type Iax Supernovae 2017A-0080 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.23
Johns-Krull, Christopher M. Rice University Magnetic Field Evolution During the Pre-Main Sequence 2017A-0248 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 1.96
Johnston, Helen University of Sydney An X-ray heated companion in Cir X-1 2017A-0005 CTIO 1.3m 0.72
Kane, Stephen San Francisco State University Searching for Wide-Binary Companions to Exoplanet Host Stars 2017A-0324 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 0.9
Kaur, Amanpreet Clemson University Spectroscopic confirmation of Fermi-LAT detected BL Lacs with known photometric redshifts 2017A-0286 CTIO SOAR 2.5
Keeney, Brian University of Colorado Probing Hot Gas found by in Spiral-Rich Galaxy Groups 2017A-0055 KPNO WIYN 1
Kelley, Michael University of Maryland Cometary Orbital Trends 2017A-0272 CTIO SOAR 1
Kilic, Mukremin University of Oklahoma, Norman A Benchmark Pulsating White Dwarf Companion to PSR J1738+0333 2017A-0067 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.9
Kilic, Mukremin University of Oklahoma, Norman Double Degenerates in the SDSS + BOSS 2017A-0076 CTIO SOAR 5
Kishimoto, Makoto Kyoto Sangyo University Scrutinizing AGN thermal emission at the highest spatial resolution 2017A-0049   CHARA 2
Knight, Matthew University of Maryland Roasting small bodies: Testing the effects of low perihelion distance on comets and asteroids 2017A-0330 CTIO SOAR 1.5
Krafton, Kelsie Louisiana State University Red-Blue Line Asymmetries in CCSNe 2017A-0112 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3.03
Kraus, Adam University of Texas, Austin The Planetary Systems of Young Massive Stars 2017A-0275 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.34
Kronberger, Matthias EBG MedAustron GmbH Imagery and Spectroscopy of True and Candidate Planetary Nebulae within Kepler K2 Campaign 2 and 7 fields 2017A-0169 KPNO 4m 3
Kunder, Andrea Leibiniz Institute for Astrophysics Before the Bar: Spectroscopic follow-up of bulge RR Lyrae stars 2017A-0195 SSO AAT 2
Lee, Chien-Hsiu Research Corp. of the University of Hawaii High precision photometry to constrain the fundamental properties of very low mass stars (VLMS) 2017A-0111 KPNO WIYN 3
Lee, Kyoung-Soo Purdue University Measuring the True Extent of a Coma Cluster Analog at Z=3.78 2017A-0254 KPNO 4m 3.5
Levesque, Emily University of Washington Multi-Wavelength Monitoring of the Young HMXB SN 2010da 2017A-0138 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.6
Ligi, Roxanne Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille Characterizing transiting exoplanet host stars with interferometry 2017A-0162   CHARA 2
Liu, Xin University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Spectroscopic Identification for Six Offset/Dual AGN Candidates at z~2 Selected by Centroid Shifts in Multi-epoch Quasar Images 2017A-0357 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.9
Livingston, John University of Tokyo Exoplanet Validation for K2 Campaign 10 2017A-0377 KPNO WIYNQ 2
Ly, Chun University of Arizona Recalibrating Strong-line Metallicity Diagnostics for z>1 Chemical Enrichment Studies, with T_e-based Metallicities from MACT and DEEP2 2017A-0363 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.73
Ma, Bo University of Florida Speckle imaging of Giant Star with a Long-term RV Trend 2017A-0317 KPNO WIYNQ 1.3
Ma, Bo University of Florida A Multiplicity Survey of Solar-type Stars with Brown Dwarf Companions 2017A-0336 KPNO WIYNQ 1.1
Maas, Zachary Indiana University Carbon Isotope Ratios in M10 2017A-0160 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.35
Malhotra, Sangeeta Arizona State University Lyman Alpha Galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization (LAGER) 2017A-0366 CTIO 4m 3
Marchesi, Stefano Clemson University Towards the first complete sample of >50 GeV blazars 2017A-0186 KPNO 4m 1.5
McConnell, Nicholas Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics The Black Hole Population of the Most Massive Nearby Galaxies 2017A-0265 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.84
McMillan, Robert University of Arizona Early Followup Astrometry of Freshly Discovered High Priority Near-Earth Objects 2017A-0070 KPNO 4m 4
McMillan, Robert University of Arizona Astrometry of Faint, Noteworthy Near-Earth Objects 2017A-0109 KPNO 4m 4
Melis, Carl University of California, San Diego Scratching the surface of other worlds: water anyone? 2017A-0247 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 0.8
Micheli, Marco ESA SSA-NEO Coordination Centre Recovery of 2008 UB7, one of the most dangerous known NEOs 2017A-0147 CTIO 4m 0.5
Mommert, Michael Northern Arizona University Characterizing the Role of Ultra-Fast Rotation in Active Asteroid P/2012 T1 2017A-0136 CTIO SOAR 1
Moolekamp, Fred Princeton University ARCoIRIS Survey of DECam-discovered Brown Dwarf Candidates in the Nearest OB Association 2017A-0289 CTIO 4m 3
Morokuma, Tomoki University of Tokyo Measuring Black Hole Masses of Rapidly Variable AGN Candidates 2017A-0172 KPNO 4m 4
Neilson, Hilding University of Toronto Gemini Planet Imager Classical Cepheid Survey 2017A-0183 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.4
Nielsen, Eric SETI Institute/NASA Ames Research Center Orbits of Moving Group Binaries: Constraining the Ages of Planet-Hosting Moving Groups using GPI NRM Astrometric Monitoring 2017A-0239 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.74
Nusdeo, Daniel Georgia State University Searching for Companions to K Dwarfs within 50 Parsecs on Solar System Scales 2017A-0242 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 2
Oka, Takeshi University of Chicago Probing the Galactic Center's Molecular Gas using H3+ and CO 2017A-0016 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 2.73
Olszewski, Edward University of Arizona Southern White Dwarf Flux Standards 2017A-0052 CTIO SOAR 5
Omiya, Masashi National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Spectroscopic survey of nearby late-M dwarfs for near-future Earth-like planet searches II 2017A-0380 KPNO WIYN 5
Orton, Glenn Jet Propulsion Laboratory High-Resolution Mapping of Jupiter's Clouds in the Near-Infrared: Support for the Juno Mission 2017A-0079 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.98
Orton, Glenn Jet Propulsion Laboratory Testing the Onset of a Polar Vortex at Saturn's Northern Summer Solstice by Mapping Stratospheric Temperature and Hydrocarbons 2017A-0258 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 0.6
Pablo, Herbert University of Montreal Adventures in Binarity: Confirming the First Binary Magnetar 2017A-0133 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.21
Papovich, Casey Texas A & M University ZFK2: The First Systematic Exploration of the K-band Window and a Census of Massive Galaxies at 4 < z < 6 2017A-0180 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1
Perlmutter, Saul Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Probing Dark Energy with z>1 Type Ia Supernova from Subaru/HSC and HST 2017A-0395 GEM-S GEM-SQ 4.8
Peterson, Bradley Ohio State University The first spectroscopic dust reverberation program on a luminous AGN: case study Mrk 876 2017A-0142 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.36
Placco, Vinicius University of Notre Dame Identifying Very and Extremely Metal-Poor Stars in the Best & Brightest Catalog 2017A-0295 KPNO 4m 7
Puzia, Thomas H. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile The GeMS/GSAOI Galactic Globular Cluster Survey (G4CS) 2017A-0408 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.9
Ravindranath, Swara Space Telescope Science Institute Semi-forbidden CIII]1909 Emission in the Rest-frame UV Spectra of Extreme Emission Line Galaxies 2017A-0341 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.85
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Light Echoes of Galactic Explosions and Eruptions 2017A-0375 CTIO 4m 3
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Light Echoes of Galactic Explosions and Eruptions 2017A-0375 KPNO 4m 2
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Photometric Time Series of Carinae's Great Eruption 2017A-0389 CTIO 4m 2.5
Riaz, Basmah Max Planck Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik Probing H_2 molecular jets in proto-brown dwarfs 2017A-0332 CTIO SOAR 1
Richardson, Noel University of Toledo Pinpointing the location of dust formation in the archetype colliding- winds system WR 140 with the CHARA Array 2017A-0132   CHARA 1
Rizzuto, Aaron University of Texas, Austin K2-33: StarSpot Transit Temperature at 10 Myr 2017A-0203 CTIO SOAR 1.5
Romanishin, William U. of Oklahoma (Emeritus Professor) Shapes of Hilda ``Asteroids" (continuation) 2017A-0307 KPNO 0.9m 5
Ross, Colin Dalhousie Spatially-resolved dynamics in the most luminous known galaxy in the Universe 2017A-0268 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.7
Rusu, C University of California, Davis Quantifying mass structures along strong-lens lines of sight for accurate cosmology 2017A-0107 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.65
Rusu, C University of California, Davis Quantifying mass structures along strong-lens lines of sight with ultraviolet observations 2017A-0108 KPNO WIYN 2
Salyk, Colette Vassar College Structure and chemistry of protoplanetary disk gaps 2017A-0342 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 0.23 (DD)
Sand, David Texas Technical University Constraining Type Ia Supernova Physics with Near-Infrared Spectroscopy 2017A-0061 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.85
Sand, David Texas Technical University Globular Cluster Kinematics and Substructure in Centaurus A's Halo 2017A-0066 SSO AAT 2
Sandquist, Eric San Diego State University Really Measuring Age and Stellar Masses from a Bright Binary in the Open Cluster Praesepe 2017A-0273   CHARA 2
Scarlata, Claudia University of Minnesota Pressure and strange cooling: halo gas in galaxies with OVI emission 2017A-0406 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.2
Schirmer, Mischa Gemini Observatory North Characterizing low-redshift Lyman-alpha blobs 2017A-0050 GEM-N GEM-NQ  
Schirmer, Mischa Gemini Observatory North Characterizing low-redshift Lyman-alpha blobs 2017A-0050 GEM-S GEM-SQ  
Schlaufman, Kevin Carnegie Institution for Science (Observatories) A Compact Object Companion to an Ultra Metal-poor Star in the Solar Neighborhood 2017A-0316 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.1
Schlaufman, Kevin Carnegie Institution for Science (Observatories) An All-Sky Search for the Brightest Metal-poor Stars 2017A-0318 GEM-N GEM-NQ  
Schlaufman, Kevin Carnegie Institution for Science (Observatories) An All-Sky Search for the Brightest Metal-poor Stars 2017A-0318 GEM-S GEM-SQ  
Scott, Nic NASA Ames Research Center Investigation of Exozodiacal Dust Disk Host Stars 2017A-0177 KPNO WIYNQ 1.5
Shara, Michael American Museum of Natural History CK Vulpecula (nova 1670): The best test of the hibernation scenario 2017A-0283 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.3
Sheppard, Scott Carnegie Institution of Washington Extreme Trans-Neptunian Objects: Towards a Super-Earth in the Outer Solar System 2017A-0367 CTIO 4m 4
Sheppard, Scott Carnegie Institution for Science (Terrestrial Magn.) Extreme Trans-Neptunian Objects: Towards a Super-Earth in the Outer Solar System 2017A-0394 GEM-N GEM-N 1
Silverberg, Steven University of Oklahoma, Norman Determining the Flare Rate for a Disk-Hosting dM Star in the Carina Association 2017A-0259 CTIO 0.9m 10
Silverberg, Steven University of Oklahoma, Norman Determining the Flare Rate for a Disk-Hosting dM Star in the Carina Association 2017A-0259 CTIO 4m 0.5
Silverstein, Michele Georgia State University Sizing Up Northern Red Dwarfs in the Solar Neighborhood 2017A-0320 KPNO 0.9m 7
Sinclair, James Jet Propulsion Laboratory High resolution mapping of Jupiter's stratospheric-auroral interactions during the Juno mission 2017A-0284 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 1
Singer, Leo NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Going the Distance: Mapping Host Galaxies of LIGO and Virgo Gravitational-Wave Sources in Three Dimensions 2017A-0386 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.6
Skemer, Andrew University of California, Santa Cruz A Thermal Infrared Spectroscopic Sequence of the Coldest Brown Dwarfs 2017A-0294 GEM-N GEM-NQ 4.4
Smercina, Adam University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Revealing the Stellar Halo and Dwarf Satellites of M94 2017A-0312 GEM-N GEM-N 2
Smith, J Allyn Austin Peay State University Exoplanet Formation In Dolidze-35 2017A-0241 KPNO WIYN 2
Smith, Verne National Optical Astronomy Observatory Accurate Stellar Characterization for Kepler Extended Mission (K2) Exoplanet Host Stars 2017A-0361 KPNO WIYN 6
Soares-Santos, Marcelle Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Blanco Imaging of the Southern Sky (BLISS) 2017A-0260 CTIO 4m 11.5
Sonnett, Sarah Jet Propulsion Laboratory Determining Orbits and Sizes of Near-Earth Objects Discovered by NEOWISE 2017A-0081 CTIO 4m-TOO  
Sonnett, Sarah Jet Propulsion Laboratory Investigating Solar System Evolution by Confirming and Characterizing Binary Asteroid Candidates 2017A-0082 CTIO 1.3m 1.8
Sonnett, Sarah Jet Propulsion Laboratory Investigating Solar System Evolution by Confirming and Characterizing Binary Asteroid Candidates 2017A-0082 KPNO 0.9m 6
Stringfellow, Guy University of Colorado Variability of New Candidate and Confirmed Luminous Blue Variables 2017A-0222 CTIO 1.3m 5
Szkody, Paula University of Washington Do white dwarfs in cataclysmic varibales grow in mass? 2017A-0208 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.36
Takir, Driss USGS Astrogeology Science Center Searching for Volatiles and Organics in the Outer Main Asteroid Belt 2017A-0235 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.4
Tejos, Nicolas Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Rapid Spectroscopic Follow-up of Fast Radio Bursts 2017A-0410 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.08
Thomas-Osip, Joanna Gemini Observatory North Mutual event campaign to characterize AIDA target NEA Didymos 2017A-0193 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.68
Tokovinin, Andrei National Optical Astronomy Observatory Dynamics of resolved triple systems and ``fast'' binaries 2017A-0008 CTIO SOAR 2
Tokovinin, Andrei Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Angular momentum in triple systems as a diagnostic of their formation 2017A-0205 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 0.6
Trilling, David Northern Arizona University Rapid response observations of newly discovered Near Earth Objects with SOAR: Pathfinding for LSST 2017A-0204 CTIO SOAR 4.5
Tucker, Brad The Australian National University Catching Supernovae in the Act with KEGS (Kepler Extra-Galactic Survey) and DECam 2017A-0298 CTIO 4m 2
Turnshek, David University of Pittsburgh A z=0.633 galaxy that may be both a DLA absorber and a LAE 2017A-0396 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.2
Van Belle, Gerard Lowell Observatory NESSI Survey of Potential Low-Mass Exoplanet Hosts 2017A-0179 KPNO WIYNQ 4
Wagner, Kevin University of Arizona Probing the Physics of Exoplanet Atmospheres: Characterization of a Cold, Low-mass Exoplanet with GPI 2017A-0129 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.7
Walker, Alistair Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory The large but very diffuse Milky Way satellite galaxy Crater II: Stellar Populations 2017A-0210 CTIO 4m 3
Walter, Frederick Stony Brook University Recent Novae: Where Are They Now? 2017A-0003 CTIO SOAR 4
Wong, Michael University of California, Berkeley Time-Critical M-band Mapping of Jupiter --- Synergy with Juno, Hubble, VLA, Keck, and IRTF 2017A-0340 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.31
Wylezalek, Dominika Johns Hopkins University What is driving quasar winds in radio-quiet luminous AGN? 2017A-0130 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.5
Zangari, Amanda Southwest Research Institute Debris, ring and moon search in support of NASA's New Horizons Mission to 2014 MU69 2017A-0359 CTIO SOAR 1
Zenteno, Alfredo NOAO South Completing the Southern eROSITA Sky with DECam 2017A-0388 CTIO 4m 2

 

 

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