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NOIRLab TAC Results and Statistics 2018A

NOAO Proposal Statistics by Telescope and Instrument for 2018A

The following tables list 2018A proposal request statistics for telescopes and instruments in the US ground-based observing system coordinated by NOAO. Only the 348 new proposals submitted to the 2018A 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   35   47 176.5   74.0   42 3.8
    ARCoIRIS     3     3     7.0     0.0     0 2.3
    COSMOS     4     6   20.4     0.0     0 3.4
    DECam   28   38 149.1   74.0   50 3.9
 
SOAR   27   38   79.4   30.0   38 2.1
    Goodman   16   26   52.3   18.0   34 2.0
    HRCam     1     1     2.0     0.0     0 2.0
    SAMHR     1     1     3.0     0.0     0 3.0
    SAMI     1     1     1.0     0.0     0 1.0
    SOI     6     7   18.2   12.0   66 2.6
    Spartan     2     2     3.0     0.0     0 1.5
 
CT-1.5m     4     5   15.0     0.0     0 3.0
    CHIRON     4     5   15.0     0.0     0 3.0
 
CT-1.3m     5     5   11.9     1.8   15 2.4
    ANDI     5     5   11.9     1.8   15 2.4
 
CT-0.9m     1     1     7.0     7.0 100 7.0
    CFIM     1     1     7.0     7.0 100 7.0
 
 

Kitt Peak National Observatory
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
WIYN   23   26   95.7   11.3   12 3.7
    HEXPK     1     1     4.0     0.0     0 4.0
    HYDR     6     9   27.0     3.0   11 3.0
    NESSI     5     5   35.2     0.0     0 7.0
    ODI     6     6   11.5     8.3   72 1.9
    SPSPK     1     1     2.0     0.0     0 2.0
    WHIRC     4     4   16.0     0.0     0 4.0
 
KP-0.9m     9     9   60.0   56.0   93 6.7
    HDI     9     9   60.0   56.0   93 6.7
 
 

Gemini North
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
GEM-N 113 160 142.6   46.7   33 0.9
    Alopeke     5     5     9.9     0.0     0 2.0
    COMICS     1     1     2.0     0.0     0 2.0
    GMOSN   54   77   63.5   40.8   64 0.8
    GNIRS   17   18   20.3     1.0     5 1.1
    GRACES     6     6     4.1     0.4   11 0.7
    HDS     1     1     1.4     0.0     0 1.4
    HSC     3     3     5.1     3.1   61 1.7
    NIFS     7   13     9.8     1.4   14 0.8
    NIRI   19   22   14.8     0.0     0 0.7
    POLISH2     2     2     4.7     0.0     0 2.4
    SCExAO     1     1     0.4     0.0     0 0.4
    TEXES   10   11     6.5     0.0     0 0.6
 
 

Gemini South
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
GEM-S 111 163 128.4   22.8   18 0.8
    DSSI     5     5     7.9     0.0     0 1.6
    Flamingos2   20   36   12.7     0.0     0 0.4
    GMOSS   33   49   31.0   15.6   50 0.6
    GPI     6     7     3.5     0.0     0 0.5
    GSAOI   17   31   17.4     0.0     0 0.6
    IGRINS   35   35   56.0     7.2   13 1.6
 
 

Large Binocular Telescope
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
LBT   13   25   16.0     6.5   41 0.6
    LBC     3     4     3.5     1.5   43 0.9
    LUCI     4   12     5.0     3.0   60 0.4
    MODS     6     9     7.5     2.0   27 0.8
 
 

Siding Spring Observatory
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
AAT     2     2     8.0     8.0 100 4.0
    AAOmega     2     2     8.0     8.0 100 4.0
 
 

Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
LCO-2m   14   17   46.1     2.3     5 2.7
    FLOYDS     6     7   10.9     1.2   11 1.6
    Spectral     9   10   35.2     1.1     3 3.5
 
LCO-1m   21   27 151.0   13.8     9 5.6
    NRES     3     3   15.8     0.0     0 5.3
    Sinistro   18   24 135.2   13.8   10 5.6
 
 

CHARA
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
CHARA   12   19   46.5     3.0     6 2.4
    Classic     4     5   13.5     0.0     0 2.7
    Climb     2     5     4.0     0.0     0 0.8
    JouFLU     1     2     6.5     0.0     0 3.2
    MIRC     3     4   15.0     3.0   20 3.8
    PAVO     2     2     5.0     0.0     0 2.5
    VEGA     1     1     2.5     0.0     0 2.5
 

NOAO Approved Programs for 2017B-2018A

Approved NOAO Survey Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Nidever, David University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Survey of the MAgellanic Stellar History - SMASH 2013B-0440 CTIO 4m 1
Schlegel, David Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory The DECam Legacy Survey of the SDSS Equatorial Sky 2014B-0404 CTIO 4m 37

 

Approved Chandra Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Green, Paul Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Changing-Look Quasars: Radical Changes in Accretion Rate? 2017B-0927 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.04
Grosso, Nicolas Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg Definitive X-Ray Detection of the Class 0 Protostar HOPS 383 2016B-0930 CTIO SOAR 0.5

 

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 5
Marchesi, Stefano Clemson University Full 3D Mapping and identification of the >10 GEV Extragalactic Sky 2017B-3001 CTIO 4m 4
Marchesi, Stefano Clemson University Full 3D Mapping and identification of the >10 GEV Extragalactic Sky 2017B-3001 KPNO 4m 6
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 3
Massaro, Francesco Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino Completing the optical spectroscopic campaign of the gamma-ray blazar candidates 2017B-3003 CTIO SOAR 2
Romani, Roger Stanford University Optical counterparts for LAT Pulsars and Unidentified Sources 2017B-3002 CTIO SOAR 2

 

Approved Long Term Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Bailyn, Charles Yale University Black Hole Binary Systems in Quiescence 2017B-0050 LCO 1m 4.65
Bechtol, Keith Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Magellanic Satellites Survey: The Search for Hierarchical Structures within the Local Group (Phase 2) 2018A-0242 CTIO 4m 4
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 2.26
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 2.3
Chomiuk, Laura Michigan State University Imaging the Evolution and Expansion of Nova Ejecta 2018A-0145 MtWilson CHARA 3
Chomiuk, Laura Michigan State University Imaging the Evolution and Expansion of Nova Ejecta 2018A-0145 CTIO 1.3m 0.6
Dawson, William Lawrence Livermore National Lab PALS: Paralensing Survey of Intermediate Mass Black Holes 2018A-0273 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 2018A-0231 CTIO 4m 3
Messineo, Maria University of Science & Technology of China Infrared photometric monitoring of Galactic red supergiants 2016B-0106 CTIO 1.3m 11.3
Moskovitz, Nicholas Lowell Observatory The Mission Accessible Near-Earth Object Survey (MANOS) 2017B-0111 CTIO SOAR 12
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Light Echoes of the Crab Supernova (SN 1054) 2018A-0369 CTIO 4m 3
Richardson, Noel University of Toledo Weighing Evolved Massive Stars in Binary systems with Interferometry 2017B-0088 MtWilson CHARA 4
Tokovinin, Andrei National Optical Astronomy Observatory Dynamics of resolved triple systems and ``fast'' binaries 2018A-0004 CTIO SOAR 2
Treu, Tommaso University of California, Los Angeles A reverberation mapping black hole mass measurement at z=2.82 2017A-0190 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.6
Valenti, Stefano University of California, Davis The Global Supernova Project 2018A-0133 LCO 1m 25
Valenti, Stefano University of California, Davis The Global Supernova Project 2018A-0133 LCO 2m 5.5
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 2
Wong, Michael University of California, Berkeley Time-Critical M-band Mapping of Jupiter --- Synergy with Juno, Hubble, VLA, Keck, and IRTF 2018A-0139 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.7
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Approved Regular Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Adams, Scott California Institute of Technology Light Curves of Candidate Failed Supernova Shock Breakouts 2018A-0342 LCO 1m 0.8
Adams, Scott California Institute of Technology Light Curves of Candidate Failed Supernova Shock Breakouts 2018A-0342 LCO 2m 0.8
Adelman, Saul The Citadel Spectral Synthesis High S/N Studies of Sharp-lined B, A, and F Stars Observed by STIS 2018A-0051 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 1.7
Allers, Katelyn Bucknell University Spectroscopic Rotational Velocities of Exoplanet Analogs 2017B-0283 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.76
Andersen, Morten Gemini Observatory North Probing the depths of a massive cluster in the making 2018A-0211 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.4
Antoniou, Vallia Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Insights into High-Mass X-ray Binaries: Bridging the metallicity gap 2017B-0223 CTIO SOAR 3
Asa'D, Randa American University of Sharjah Chemical Enrichment History of the LMC Traced by its Star Clusters 2017B-0310 CTIO SOAR 3
Bahramian, Arash Michigan State University Determining the nature of donor stars in sub-luminous transient X-ray binaries 2017B-0244 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.48
Baines, Ellyn Naval Research Laboratory Measuring Candidate Exoplanet Host Star Radii 2017B-0108 MtWilson CHARA 2.5
Baines, Ellyn Naval Research Labatory Measuring Candidate Exoplanet Host Star Radii 2018A-0057 MtWilson CHARA 2
Baker, Andrew Rutgers University Redshifts in the LADUMA Field to z ~ 0.6 2017B-0331 SSO AAT 5
Banados, Eduardo Carnegie Institution of Washington The Gemini North search for the first QSOs 2017B-0246 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3.55
Banados, Eduardo Carnegie Institution of Washington The Gemini North search for the first QSOs 2018A-0164 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3.5
Barkhouse, Wayne University of North Dakota Probing Star Formation in Cluster Galaxies using Deep U-band Imaging 2017B-0068 KPNO 0.9m 4
Barkhouse, Wayne University of North Dakota Uncovering Star Formation from the Galaxy Cluster Core to the Infall Region 2017B-0103 CTIO 4m 2
Batiste, Merida Georgia State University Improving Bulge Stellar Velocity Dispersion Estimates for Calibration of the Mbh-sigma* Relation for AGN 2018A-0265 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.2
Battisti, Andrew University of Massachusetts, Amherst Sweeping Away the Dust: Understanding Attenuation up to the Peak of Cosmic Star Formation 2017B-0298 KPNO WIYN 2.5
Battisti, Andrew Australian National University Sweeping Away the Dust: Understanding Attenuation up to the Peak of Cosmic Star Formation 2018A-0275 KPNO WIYN 2.5
Beatty, Thomas Pennsylvania State University Eclipse and Transmission Spectra of WASP-12b 2017B-0357 LBT LBT-SVC 1
Bechtol, Keith Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Revealing the Sources of High-Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos 2017B-0239 CTIO 4m 1
Bechtol, Keith Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Revealing the Sources of High-Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos 2017B-0239 CTIO 4m-TOO 1
Bechtol, Keith Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Revealing the Sources of High-Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos 2017B-0243 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.7
Bennett, David NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The Galactic Bulge Exoplanet Mass Function from High Magnification Microlensing Events 2018A-0352 LCO 1m 11.6
Bennett, David NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The Galactic Bulge Exoplanet Mass Function from High Magnification Microlensing Events 2018A-0352 LCO 1m-TOO 0.4
Bentz, Misty Georgia State University Reverberation Mapping of the Nearby Seyfert NGC3783 2017B-0042 LCO 1m 1.58
Bentz, Misty Georgia State University Reverberation Mapping of the Nearby Seyfert NGC3783 2017B-0042 LCO 2m 2.99
Berg, Danielle University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Physical Conditions in a Very Metal-Poor Starburst Galaxy at z=1.85 2017B-0362 LBT LBT-SVC 0.5
Berger, Edo Harvard University DECam Follow-Up of Advanced LIGO/Virgo Observing Run 2 2017B-0110 CTIO 4m-TOO 2
Bezanson, Rachel Princeton University The Morphological Transformation as Revealed by Age Gradients and Rotational Support in Post-starburst Galaxies at z~0.6 2017B-0274 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.348
Bezanson, Rachel Princeton University The Morphological Transformation as Revealed by Age Gradients and Rotational Support in Post-starburst Galaxies at z~0.6 2017B-0274 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.832
Blakeslee, John Gemini Observatory North Stellar Population GeMology: Long Period Variables at High Metallicity in the Nearest Elliptical Galaxy 2018A-0117 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.5
Bodewits, Dennis University of Maryland Monitoring of comet 41P for activity trends and outburst 2017B-0016 LCO 1m 14.36
Bodewits, Dennis University of Maryland , College Park Rapid follow-up on cometary outburst detections 2018A-0301 LCO 1m 1.5
Bouy, Herve University of Bordeaux Complementing Gaia from the ground: the COSMIC-DANCE survey 2017B-0078 CTIO 4m 2
Bouy, Herve University of Bordeaux A new paradigm for star formation: understanding the nature and origin of Blue Streams 2018A-0053 LCO 1m 4.8
Bouy, Herve University of Bordeaux Complementing Gaia from the ground: the COSMIC-DANCE survey 2018A-0059 CTIO 4m 3.5
Bowen, David Princeton University The Baryon Reservoirs in Ultra Diffuse Galaxies (UDGs) 2018A-0073 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.36
Bright, Stacey Newbold Space Telescope Science Institute Establishing the Next Generation of Absolute Flux Calibrators: Looking Beyond Vega 2017B-0241 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 2.19
Brittain, Sean Clemson University The Search for Forming Planets in Transition Disks 2017B-0205 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 1.13 (DD)
Burgasser, Adam University of California, San Diego Sizing up the Coolest Stars: CHARA Observations of Wolf 359 2018A-0239 MtWilson CHARA 0.5
Canning, Rebecca Stanford University The role of environment in triggering/quenching X-ray AGN. 2017B-0308 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.77
Carlin, Jeffrey Large Synoptic Survey Telescope The Stellar Halos and Dwarf Satellites of LMC-mass Analogs 2017B-0186 GEM-N GEM-N 2
Carlin, Jeffrey Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Mapping the Edge of the Milky Way with RR Lyrae 2017B-0253 CTIO 4m 1
Carlin, Jeffrey Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Recreating the chemical evolution of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal from its tidal debris 2017B-0258 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 1.56
Carlin, Jeffrey Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Mapping the Outer Halo of the Milky Way with RR Lyrae 2018A-0215 CTIO 4m 2
Cartier, Regis Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Observations of the Type Ia-CSM SN 2016iks beyond 500 d: witnessing the fade of the circumstellar interaction 2018A-0225 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.667
Cauley, Paul Wilson Arizona State University Testing the eccentric ring model for circumstellar absorption around WD1145+017 2018A-0110 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 0.45
Cauley, Paul Wilson Arizona State University Magnetic Star-Planet Interactions in HAT-P-11 and WASP-69 2018A-0297 KPNO WIYN 5
Cenko, Stephen NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Multi-Wavelength Spectroscopy of Tidal Disruption Flares: A Legacy Sample for the LSST Era 2018A-0176 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.7
Chapman, Scott Dalhousie University Optical followup of the SPT2349-56 protocluster at z=4.3 2017B-0207 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.04
Chick, William University of Wyoming Characterization of Bowshock Supporting Massive Runaway Stars 2017B-0342 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.16
Chick, William University of Wyoming Characterization of Bowshock Supporting Massive Runaway Stars 2018A-0350 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.86
Chornock, Ryan Ohio University Confirmation of Optical Counterparts to LIGO/Virgo Sources Found with DECam 2017B-0167 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.78
Chornock, Ryan Ohio University Late-time NIR Template Observations of the Extraordinary GRB 170817A 2018A-0340 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.31
Ciardi, David Caltech/IPAC-NExScI Understanding the Stellar Multiplicity of Exoplanet Direct Imaging Targets: Preparing NASA for WFIRST 2017B-0226 KPNO WIYNQ 4
Cobb, Bethany George Washington University Optical/IR Follow-Up of Gamma-Ray Bursts from SMARTS 2017B-0160 CTIO 1.3m 1.5
Cobb, Bethany George Washington University Optical/IR Follow-Up of Gamma-Ray Bursts from SMARTS 2018A-0224 CTIO 1.3m 1.5
Colon, Knicole NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Characterizing K2 Exoplanets with High-Precision Near-Infrared Transit Photometry 2017B-0221 KPNO WIYN 6
Colon, Knicole NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Characterizing K2 Exoplanets with High-Precision Near-Infrared Transit Photometry 2018A-0149 KPNO WIYN 6
Conn, Blair Australian National University A Census of Satellites: Morphology, Metallicity and Mass Segregation in the newest MW Satellites 2017B-0177 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.55
Cooke, Jeffrey Swinburne University of Technology Multi-wavelength, real-time detection of fast radio bursts and fast transients 2018A-0137 CTIO 4m 3
Crawford, Courtney University of Oklahoma, Norman J and H Photometry of Ultracool White Dwarfs 2018A-0184 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.58
Cucchiara, Antonino University of the Virgin Islands Searching for the first stars ``around the clock'' 2017B-0040 LCO 1m-TOO 1.2
Cucchiara, Antonino University of the Virgin Islands Searching for the first stars ``around the clock'' 2017B-0040 LCO 2m-TOO 0.3
Cucchiara, Antonino University of the Virgin Islands High-Redshift Gamma-Ray Bursts as Probes of Cosmic Dawn 2017B-0157 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.923
Cucchiara, Antonino University of the Virgin Islands High-Redshift Gamma-Ray Bursts as Probes of Cosmic Dawn 2017B-0157 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.577
Cucchiara, Antonino University of the Virgin Islands Searching for the first stars “around the clock” 2018A-0416 LCO 2m-TOO 0.3
Dame, Kyra University of Oklahoma, Norman Short-period Variables in the DECam Minute Cadence Survey 2018A-0070 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.36
Decleir, Marjorie Ghent University Optical ugriz mapping of SINGS/KINGFISH galaxies 2017B-0327 CTIO 0.9m 3
Decleir, Marjorie Ghent University Optical ugriz mapping of SINGS/KINGFISH galaxies 2017B-0327 KPNO 0.9m 3
Dell'Antonio, Ian Brown University Mapping dark matter in Nearby Galaxy Clusters 2018A-0276 CTIO 4m 3
Dell'Antonio, Ian Brown University Mapping dark matter in Nearby Galaxy Clusters 2018A-0276 KPNO WIYN 2
Do, Tuan University of California, Los Angeles Measuring the Relativistic Redshift of the Star S0-2 in Orbit Around the MW Supermassive Black Hole with NIFS 2018A-0284 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3.62
Dolch, Timothy Hillsdale College An KPNO H(alpha) Search for Radio Pulsar Bow-Shock Nebula 2017B-0333 KPNO 4m 2
Douglas, Stephanie Columbia University Constraining magnetic variability in the planet-hosting cluster Praesepe with simultaneous K2 and Hydra observations 2017B-0249 KPNO WIYN 4
Drahus, Michal Jagiellonian University in Krakow Rotation of Main Belt Comets 2018A-0241 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.8
D’Andrea, Chris University of Pennsylvania Constraining Progenitor Models for High-z Superluminous Supernovae in DES 2017B-0287 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.32
Ellis, Tyler Louisiana State University Radii of late type-dwarfs, exoplanet hosts, and exoplanet host candidates 2018A-0210 MtWilson CHARA 3
Esplin, Taran Pennsylvania State University Measuring the Substellar IMF in Taurus 2017B-0074 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2
Faherty, Jacqueline American Museum of Natural History Weather and aurorae on one of the Sun’s nearest neighbours 2018A-0219 CTIO SOAR 1
Faherty, Jacqueline American Museum of Natural History Extreme Brown Dwarfs Discovered Through an All Sky Proper Motion Survey 2018A-0255 CTIO 4m 2
Fan, Xiaohui University of Arizona Near-IR Spectroscopic Observations of Two Newly Discovered Luminous Quasars at z>6.5 2017B-0142 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.42
Finkbeiner, Douglas Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Mapping Dust in 3D with DECam: A Galactic Plane Survey 2018A-0251 CTIO 4m 9
Foley, Ryan University of California, Santa Cruz The Next Generation Low-z Type Ia Supernova Sample for Cosmology 2017B-0058 LCO 2m 1.45
Foley, Ryan University of California, Santa Cruz The Next Generation Low-z Type Ia Supernova Sample for Cosmology 2017B-0169 CTIO SOAR 2
Foley, Ryan University of California, Santa Cruz The Next Generation Low-z Type Ia Supernova Sample for Cosmology 2017B-0169 KPNO 4m 5.5
Foley, Ryan University of California, Santa Cruz The Next Generation Low-z Type Ia Supernova Sample for Cosmology 2018A-0277 CTIO SOAR 6
Foley, Ryan University of California, Santa Cruz Transients within Hours of Explosion 2018A-0290 LCO 2m 1.6
Foley, Ryan University of California, Santa Cruz Transients within Hours of Explosion 2018A-0290 LCO 2m-TOO 1.8
Foley, Ryan University of California, Santa Cruz Ultra-Rapid UV Spectroscopy of an Interacting Supernova Discovered by K2 2018A-0351 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.9
Fong, Wen-fai University of Arizona Probing the Properties of Compact Object Mergers: Rapid Observations of Short Gamma-ray Bursts 2017B-0130 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.49
Fong, Wen-fai Northwestern University Probing the Properties of Neutron Star Mergers: Rapid Observations of Short Gamma-ray Bursts 2018A-0269 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.785
Fontanive, Clemence Royal Observatory Edinburgh and ATC A Targeted Search for Wide Companions as a Test of Gravitational Instability 2017B-0162 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.44
Fremling, Christoffer California Institute of Technology LCO follow-up of stripped-envelope supernovae discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility 2018A-0227 LCO 1m 3.58
Galbany, Lluis University of Pittsburgh Spectroscopic confirmation of high-redshift superluminous supernovae 2018A-0040 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.99
Galbany, Lluis U. Pittsburgh Follow-up of FFTs: Faint, Fast-evolving, non-interacting Type I supernovae 2018A-0047 CTIO 1.3m 3
Galbany, Luis University of Pittsburgh Nebular spectroscopy of SN 2017dio, a stripped-envelope supernova interacting with H-rich circumstellar medium: constraining the progenitor and mass loss history of a rare cosmic event 2018A-0125 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.11
Gallenne, Alexandre European Southern Observatory Multiplicity of Galactic Cepheids from long-baseline interferometry 2018A-0055 MtWilson CHARA 3
Geha, Marla Yale University The SAGA Project: An Optimized Search for Dwarf Galaxy Satellites Around Milky Way Analogs 2018A-0144 SSO AAT 5
Gerard, Benjamin University of Victoria Shedding Light on the Nature of Proposed Protoplanets Around LkCa 15 2017B-0210 GEM-N GEM-N 0.5
Gizis, John University of Delaware Dust Clouds and Aurora in Ultracool Dwarfs: A K2 and Gemini Campaign 2017B-0305 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.75
Glikman, Eilat Middlebury College Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg: Finding Red Quasars in Deep Infrared Imaging over the 115 deg2 of Stripe 82 2017B-0168 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.59
Gomez, Sebastian Harvard University Spectroscopy of a likely new black hole X-ray binary and Cygnus X-1 progenitor 2017B-0057 LCO 1m 1
Gonzalez Serrano, J Ignacio Universidad de Cantabria Spectroscopy of bright FIR sources in the Lockman Hole field 2018A-0056 KPNO WIYN 1
Gosnell, Natalie Colorado College Clusters with K2: systematics from membership and binarity 2018A-0248 KPNO WIYN 2.5
Graham, Melissa L. University of Washington A Deeper Physical Understanding of Thermonuclear Supernovae with Nebular-Phase Spectra 2018A-0325 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.94
Green, Paul Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Changing-Look Quasars: Radical Changes in Accretion Rate? 2017A-0198 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.5
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Green, Paul Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Changing-Look Quasars: Radical Changes in Accretion Rate? 2018A-0264 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.52
Hamilton, Catrina Dickinson College Photometery of Nine Eclipsing Binaries in the Field of NGC 2362 2017B-0318 CTIO 1.3m 2.93
Han, Eunkyu Boston University Fundamental properties of low-mass stars: determination of a self-consistent mass-radius-luminosity relationship 2018A-0354 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.6
Hardegree-Ullman, Kevin University of Toledo Planet Occurrence Around Mid-Type M Dwarfs in the Kepler Field 2017B-0095 KPNO WIYN 7
Hardegree-Ullman, Kevin University of Toledo Characterizing Low Mass Stars in the TESS Northern Continuous Viewing Zone 2018A-0308 KPNO WIYN 10
Hartigan, Patrick Rice University A Test of Triggering in Carina's Western Wall 2018A-0064 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1
Hartman, Joel Princeton University Confirming and Characterizing Transiting Planets from HATNet and HATSouth with LCOGT 2017B-0039 LCO 1m 30
Hartman, Joel Princeton University Follow-up Observations of HATNet Transiting Planet Candidates with WIYN/WHIRC 2017B-0171 KPNO WIYN 4.5
Hartman, Joel Princeton University Follow-up Observations of HATNet Transiting Planet Candidates with WIYN/NESSI 2017B-0194 KPNO WIYNQ 4
Hartman, Joel Princeton University Confirming and Characterizing Transiting Planets from HATNet and HATSouth with LCO 2018A-0196 LCO 1m 30
Healy, Julia University of Groningen The evolution of HI gas in cluster substructure 2018A-0356 KPNO WIYN 2
Herbst, William Wesleyan University Monitoring and Modeling the Proto-Tatooine System KH 15D 2017B-0150 CTIO 1.3m 2
Hermes, J University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Measuring the endpoints of angular momentum evolution in low- and intermediate-mass stars 2017B-0125 CTIO SOAR 3
Hermes, J University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Constraining the endpoints of stellar rotation as a function of mass 2018A-0188 CTIO SOAR 5
Hernandez-Sant, Juan University of Amsterdam Time-resolved photometry of sub-luminous X-ray binaries 2017B-0051 LCO 2m 1.6
Hinkle, Kenneth National Optical Astronomy Observatory Exploring the violent history of SyXB systems 2018A-0312 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.96
Holberg, Jay University of Arizona Spectroscopic characterisation of Kepler 2 White Dwarfs 2017B-0184 KPNO 4m 3
Holler, Bryan Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) Post-outburst Rotation Light Curve of C/2015 ER_61 (PANSTARRS) 2018A-0230 LCO 2m 0.3
Holoien, Thomas Carnegie Institution of Washington Late-time Observations of Bright Tidal Disruption Events 2018A-0430 LBT LBT-SVC 1
Homan, Jeroen Massachusetts Institute of Technology Winds and jets in GX13+1: a multi-wavelength campaign 2018A-0212 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.4
Howell, D. Andrew Las Cumbres Observatory Probing Supernova Progenitors from the Global Supernova Project 2017B-0328 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.1
Howell, D. Andrew Las Cumbres Observatory Probing Supernova Progenitors from the Global Supernova Project 2017B-0328 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.1
Howell, Steve NASA Ames Research Center K2 Exoplanet Candidates: Small high-value planet characterization 2018A-0023 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 4
Huitson, Catherine University of Colorado Monitoring Stellar Activity for Exoplanet Hosts: Essential Support for a Gemini Survey Program 2017B-0046 LCO 1m 2.5
Hynes, Robert Louisiana State University The Hidden Population of Galactic Bulge Symbiotics Revealed in X-rays 2018A-0362 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.3
Irwin, Jimmy University of Alabama A New Type of Explosive Highly Energetic X-ray Flaring Source 2018A-0207 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.99
Jeffries, Robin Keele University The Lithium Rotation Radius-Inflation Connection in Messier 35 2017B-0281 KPNO WIYN 6
Jencson, Jacob California Institute of Technology Confirming Obscured Supernova Candidates with Gemini 2017B-0314 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.37
Jencson, Jacob California Institute of Technology Confirming Obscured Supernova Candidates with Gemini 2017B-0314 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.37
Jensen-Clem, Rebecca California Institute of Technology The detection of polarized radiation from brown dwarf companions to nearby main sequence stars 2017B-0271 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.95
Jensen-Clem, Rebecca California Institute of Technology The first detection of polarized radiation from exoplanets: HR8799cd 2017B-0273 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.47
Jethwa, Prashin IoA, Univ. of Cambridge Probing Dark Matter Substructure and the LMC Mass with Jet 1: a new cold stellar stream 2017B-0163 CTIO 4m 0.5
Jewitt, David University of California, Los Angeles Astrometry of Comets 2017B-0240 KPNO 0.9m 6
Jha, Saurabh Rutgers University Spectroscopy of Type Iax Supernovae 2017B-0120 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.44
Jha, Saurabh Rutgers University Spectroscopy of Type Iax Supernovae 2017B-0120 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.251
Jha, Saurabh Rutgers University Spectroscopy of Type Iax Supernovae 2018A-0076 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.479
Johns-Krull, Christopher M. Rice University Magnetic Field Evolution During the Pre-Main Sequence 2018A-0311 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.72
Johnson, Marshall Ohio State University Doppler Tomographic Observations of the Longest Period A Star Transiting Planet 2018A-0199 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 0.5
Kaminski, Adrian Landesstarnwarte Konigstuhl, ZAH Stellar Radii of M-dwarfs 2017B-0225 MtWilson CHARA 4
Karnath, Nicole University of Toledo GNIRS Spectroscopy of Orion Protostars: Placing Constraints on the Initial Conditions of Pre-Main Sequence Contraction and the Ages of Young Stellar Populations 2017B-0290 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.84
Kelley, Michael University of Maryland Precise orbit and distant activity of comet Hale-Bopp 2018A-0237 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.22
Kidder, Benjamin University of Texas, Austin Physical Properties of Confirmed TWA Members 2018A-0271 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.52
Kilic, Mukremin University of Oklahoma, Norman The ELM Survey South 2017B-0173 CTIO SOAR 5
Kilic, Mukremin University of Oklahoma, Norman A Detached, Eclipsing 40 Min Period Double White Dwarf Binary 2018A-0012 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.83
Kilic, Mukremin University of Oklahoma, Norman Double Degenerates in the Solar Neighborhood 2018A-0016 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 0.71
Kilpatrick, Charles University of California, Santa Cruz Constraining Supernova Progenitor Systems with the LCO Global Telescope Network 2017B-0056 LCO 1m 0.45
Kilpatrick, Charles University of California, Santa Cruz Constraining Supernova Progenitor Systems with the LCO Global Telescope Network 2017B-0056 LCO 2m 0.27
Kilpatrick, Charles University of California, Santa Cruz Identifying the Progenitors of Astrophysical Transients 2018A-0259 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.27
Kilpatrick, Charles University of California, Santa Cruz Constraining Supernova Progenitor Systems with the LCO Global Telescope Network 2018A-0291 LCO 1m 0.19
Kilpatrick, Charles University of California, Santa Cruz Constraining Supernova Progenitor Systems with the LCO Global Telescope Network 2018A-0291 LCO 2m 0.5
Knight, Matthew University of Maryland Roasting small bodies: Testing the effects of low perihelion distance on comets and asteroids 2018A-0197 CTIO SOAR 1.5
Koekemoer, Anton Space Telescope Science Institute Superluminous Supernovae in the Epoch of Reionization 2017B-0199 CTIO 4m 3
Koerner, David Northern Arizona University Rotation Periods of Quiescent Sun-like Stars 2017B-0060 LCO 1m 3.1
Kolobow, Craig Florida Institute of Technology Dwarf Hosts of Low-z Supernovae 2018A-0156 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.23
Kolobow, Craig Florida Institute of Technology Dwarf Hosts of Low-z Supernovae 2018A-0282 CTIO SOAR 2
Kosakowski, Alek University of Oklahoma, Norman The ELM Survey South 2018A-0233 CTIO SOAR 5
Kotulla, Ralf University of Wisconsin, Madison Exploring the (extra-)galactic background along lines-of-sight to nearby exoplanet host star candidates. 2017B-0114 KPNO WIYN 6
Krafton, Kelsie Louisiana State University Observations of CCSNe to Look for Dust Production 2018A-0105 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.127
Kraus, Adam University of Texas, Austin The Mass-Radius Relation at 10 Myr from K2 2018A-0374 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.56
Kronberger, Matthias EBG MedAustron GmbH Imagery and Spectroscopy of True and Candidate Planetary Nebulae within Kepler K2 Campaign 2, 7 and 11 fields 2017B-0137 KPNO 4m 4
Kupfer, Thomas California Institute of Technology The Fast and the Furious - A ZTF high cadence survey of the Galactic Plane 2018A-0316 LCO 1m 6.4
Kupfer, Thomas California Institute of Technology The Fast and the Furious - A ZTF high cadence survey of the Galactic Plane 2018A-0316 LCO 2m 1.6
Lacy, John University of Texas, Austin Absorption by H2, CO, and Dust Through Cold Molecular Clouds 2018A-0187 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2
Lanthermann, Cyprien Universitee Grenoble Alpes Northern Massive Stars at High Angular Resolution 2018A-0158 MtWilson CHARA 6
Laycock, Silas University of Massachusetts, Lowell Blue Supergiant X-ray Binaries in our Nearest Starburst Galaxy 2017B-0214 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.32
Lebofsky, Larry University of Arizona Recovery of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids 2018A-0185 LCO 2m 0.25
Lee-Brown, Donald University of Kansas The Lithium Plateau in Metal-Rich Stars 2017B-0248 KPNO WIYN 1
Lee, Kyoung-Soo Purdue University The Origin and Fate of Ly(alpha) Photons at High Redshift 2017B-0087 KPNO 4m 3
Lee, Chien-Hsiu Subaru Telescope RR Lyrae in M33 2017B-0358 LBT LBT-SVC 2
Leggett, Sandy Gemini Observatory North Four-Micron Imaging of Two Cool Binary Systems 2018A-0042 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.165
Leutenegger, Maurice NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Search for long period companions of putatively single X-ray emitting Wolf-Rayet stars 2017B-0172 MtWilson CHARA 2
Ligi, Roxanne Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille Characterizing transiting exoplanet host stars with interferometry 2017B-0112 MtWilson CHARA 1.5
Ligi, Roxanne INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera Knowing the star, knowing the planet: the characterizing of exoplanet host stars with interferometry 2018A-0178 MtWilson CHARA 2.5
Linder, Tyler University of North Dakota Physical Properties of Near Earth Asteroids 2017B-0006 LCO 1m 20
Linder, Tyler University of North Dakota Physical Properties of Near Earth Asteroids 2017B-0006 LCO 2m 2
Liu, Tingting University of Maryland Monitoring Variability-Selected Supermassive Black Hole Binary Candidates from Pan-STARRS1 2017B-0044 LCO 2m 3.8
Liu, Tingting University of Maryland Monitoring Variability-Selected Supermassive Black Hole Binary Candidates from Pan-STARRS1 2018A-0126 LCO 2m 3.6
Livingston, John University of Tokyo Exoplanet Validation for K2 Campaigns 12, 13, and 14 2017B-0334 KPNO WIYNQ 1
Lowenthal, James Smith College Gravitational Lens Models for the Brightest Planck SMGs at 1<z<4 2018A-0396 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.05
Luhman, Kevin Pennsylvania State University Toward a Complete Census of Brown Dwarfs in Upper Sco 2018A-0066 GEM-N GEM-NQ 4.24
Luhman, Kevin Pennsylvania State University Toward a Complete Census of Stars in Upper Scorpius 2018A-0098 CTIO 4m 6
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 2017B-0268 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.38
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 2018A-0375 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.5
Maas, Zachary Indiana University Phosphorus Abundances in the Hyades and Galactic Disk 2017B-0152 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 1.83
Macri, Lucas Texas A & M University Mapping the Nearby Universe at low Galactic latitudes with the 2MASS Redshift Survey 2018A-0359 CTIO SOAR 1
Malhotra, Sangeeta Arizona State University LAGER: Lyman Alpha Galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization (LAEs at z ~ 7 with DECam) 2017B-0330 CTIO 4m 3
Malhotra, Sangeeta Arizona State University LAGER: Lyman Alpha Galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization (LAEs at z ~ 7 with DECam) 2018A-0371 CTIO 4m 3
Mann, Andrew University of Texas, Austin Clusters with K2: systematics from membership and binarity 2017B-0089 KPNO WIYN 4.5
Masiero, Joseph Jet Propulsion Laboratory Time-critical followup of deep-south newly discovered NEOWISE near-Earth objects 2018A-0062 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.4
Massey, Philip Lowell Observatory The Wolf-Rayet Content of IC10: Probing the Nearest Starburst Galaxy 2017B-0064 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.02
McKay, Adam NASA GSFC/USRA Understanding Cometary Activity at Large Heliocentric Distance with GRACES Observations of [OI] 2018A-0223 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 1.76
McMillan, Robert University of Arizona Search, Recovery, and Astrometry of Closely-Approaching Asteroid 2012 TC4 2017B-0069 KPNO 4m 2
McMillan, Robert University of Arizona Early Followup Astrometry of Freshly Discovered High Priority Near-Earth Objects 2017B-0075 KPNO 4m 6
Melis, Carl University of California, San Diego Does SDSSJ195750.83+340404.4 accrete from a circumstellar disk made of a planetary core? 2017B-0086 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.09
Melis, Carl University of California, San Diego A Search for Pre-Main Sequence Spectroscopic Binaries in the Pleiades 2017B-0319 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 3.12
Metcalfe, Travis Space Science Institute Activity Cycles in Asteroseismic Solar Analogs 2017B-0009 LCO 1m 4
Metcalfe, Travis Space Science Institute Activity Cycles in Asteroseismic Solar Analogs 2018A-0193 LCO 1m 6
Miles-Paez, Paulo University of Western Ontario Identifying the ultra-cool dwarfs with the most favorable geometry to search for Earth-sized planets. 2018A-0082 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.11
Miles-Paez, Paulo University of Western Ontario Identifying the ultra-cool dwarfs with equator-on view to search for rocky planets. 2018A-0387 CTIO 1.3m 5
Miller, Bryan Gemini Observatory North Neighbourhood Watch: A Survey of Baryonic Substructures in the Nearby Universe 2017B-0312 CTIO 4m 3
Miller, Adam Northwestern University Young Explosions: A ZTF Census of Stars in the Hours to Days After Death 2018A-0327 LCO 1m 4
Mommert, Michael Northern Arizona University Systematic Characterization and Monitoring of Potentially Active Asteroids 2018A-0132 CTIO SOAR 2
Moskovitz, Nicholas Lowell Observatory The Mission Accessible Near-Earth Object Survey 2017B-0182 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3
Mueller, Beatrice Planetary Science Institute Rotational state of comet 46P/Wirtanen 2018A-0246 CTIO SOAR 2
Mukae, Shiro University of Tokyo IGM Tomography of the Enormous Lyman Alpha Nebulae 2017B-0354 LBT LBT-SVC 0.5
Murray-Clay, Ruth University of California, Santa Cruz Constraining Neptune’s Migration: Surfaces of Resonant TNOs 2018A-0421 LBT LBT-SVC 1.5
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 2017B-0261 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.14
Nielsen, Eric Stanford University Orbits of Moving Group Binaries: Constraining the Ages of Planet-Hosting Moving Groups using GPI NRM Astrometry and IGRINS Radial Velocities 2018A-0341 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.054
Oka, Takeshi University of Chicago Probing the Galactic Center's Central Molecular Zone using CO 2018A-0052 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.8
Orton, Glenn Jet Propulsion Laboratory High-Resolution Mapping of Jupiter's Clouds in the Near Infrared: Support for the Juno Mission PJ11-PJ14 2018A-0134 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.45
Oszkiewicz, Dagmara Adam Mickiewicz University Testing the dynamical link between HED meteorites and V-type asteroids in the inner main belt 2017B-0008 LCO 1m 3.5
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 2018A-0260 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.55
Parker, Alex Southwest Research Institute Expanding the New Horizons Survey of Kuiper Belt Object Surface Properties with CTIO and DECam 2018A-0177 CTIO 4m 3
Peterson, Bradley Ohio State University The first spectroscopic dust reverberation program on a narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy: case study Mrk 110 2017B-0079 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.01
Pineda, J. Sebastian University of Colorado Rotational Evolution of M-dwarf Magnetic Activity: Stellar Properties and IR Emission Features 2017B-0316 CTIO 4m 1
Pineda, J. Sebastian University of Colorado Rotational Evolution of M-dwarf Magnetic Activity: Connecting UV and Optical Emission Features 2017B-0317 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.47
Points, Sean Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Optical Spectroscopy of Supernova Remnant Candidates in the Large Magellanic Cloud 2017B-0147 CTIO SOAR 2
Provencal, Judith University of Delaware Asteroseismology of a roAp star: A new pulsation mechanism at work? 2017B-0092 CTIO 1.3m 2.8
Ragozzine, Darin Brigham Young University Identifying Important New Family Members of the Dwarf Planet Haumea 2018A-0288 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.26
Ravindranath, Swara Space Telescope Science Institute Semi-forbidden CIII]1909 Emission in the Rest-frame UV Spectra of Extreme Emission Line Galaxies 2018A-0403 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.88
Reiter, Megan University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Connecting refractory grains in jets with their dusty source 2018A-0306 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.55
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Light Echoes of Galactic Explosions and Eruptions 2017B-0279 CTIO 4m 2.5
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Light Echoes of Galactic Explosions and Eruptions 2017B-0279 KPNO 4m 6
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Photometric Time Series of Carinae's Great Eruption 2017B-0285 CTIO 4m 4
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Photometric Time Series of Carinae's Great Eruption 2018A-0380 CTIO 4m 2.5
Retana-Montenegro, Edwin Leiden Observatory LBT/MODS spectroscopy for z>6 LOFAR radio quasars 2018A-0432 LBT LBT-SVC 0.5
Rettura, Alessandro NASA Herschel Science Center The Gemini survey of the most distant galaxy clusters in the ~100deg2 Spitzer-SPT Deep Field 2017B-0332 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.11
Riaz, Basmah Max Planck Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik Probing H_2 molecular jets in proto-brown dwarfs 2018A-0180 CTIO SOAR 2
Richards, Gordon Drexel University Discovery and Investigation into the Type-2 High-redshift QSO Population 2017B-0101 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3.25
Richardson, Noel University of Toledo The connection of wind structures to observed X-ray variability in massive stars 2018A-0151 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 1
Richardson, Noel University of Toledo Is eta Carinae pulsating? 2018A-0295 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 2
Rodruck, Michael Pennsylvania State University Stellar Populations in Tidal Tails 2017B-0326 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.36
Roettenbacher, Rachael Stockholm University Photometric Imaging of the Spotted Star UX Ari 2017B-0187 CTIO 1.3m 2.47
Romani, Roger KIPAC, Dept. of Physics The dramatic optical flares of PSR J1311-3430 2018A-0244 LCO 1m 6
Romero, Alejandra Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sul Spectroscopy of massive DB white dwarf candidate stars 2017B-0213 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.3
Romero, Alejandra Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sul Spectroscopy of massive DB white dwarf stars 2018A-0131 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.03
Rottermund, Kaja Dalhousie University Additional Optical followup of the new Cycle3 ALMA-SPT sample of lensed submillimeter galaxies 2017B-0220 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.34
Ryan, Erin SETI Institute/NASA Ames Research Center Rotational Outliers in the Trojans: Are They All One Compositional Type? 2017B-0023 LCO 2m 0.9
Saha, Abhijit National Optical Astronomy Observatory An Atlas of Time-varying phenomena in External Galaxies 2018A-0206 CTIO 4m 5
Salinas, Ricardo Gemini Observatory North The role of stellar variability in the extended main sequence of intermediate-age LMC clusters 2017B-0062 CTIO SOAR 3
Salinas, Ricardo Gemini Observatory North Constraining the origin of globular cluster abundance anomalies with SMC intermediate-age clusters 2017B-0129 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.49
Salzer, John Indiana University Spectroscopy of Ultra-Low Metallicity Star-Forming Galaxies 2017B-0091 KPNO 4m 5
Salzer, John Indiana University Using NIR Spectroscopy to Derive a More Precise Estimate of the Primordial Helium Abundance 2018A-0428 LBT LBT-SVC 0.5
Sand, David Texas Technical University Constraining Type Ia Supernova Physics with Near-Infrared Spectroscopy 2017B-0219 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.13
Sand, David Texas Technical University Constraining Type Ia Supernova Physics with Near-Infrared Spectroscopy 2017B-0219 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.59
Sand, David University of Arizona Constraining Type Ia Supernova Physics with Near-Infrared Spectroscopy 2018A-0221 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.597
Sandquist, Eric San Diego State University Really Measuring Age and Stellar Masses from Bright Binaries in the Open Cluster Praesepe 2018A-0286 MtWilson CHARA 4
Sanmartin, David Gemini Observatory North Opening the treasury box: GMOS-N IFU observations of 100 to 300 solar masses stars in the Andromeda galaxy 2017B-0803 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.44
Schaefer, Gail Georgia State University Variability and Orbital Motion in the T Tauri Triple System 2017B-0280 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.59
Schambeau, Charles University of Central Florida Characterizing the Activity and Behavior of Comets in the Centaur-to- Jupiter Family Transition 2017B-0155 CTIO 0.9m 7
Schambeau, Charles University of Central Florida Characterizing the Activity and Behavior of Comets in the Centaur-to- Jupiter Family Transition 2017B-0155 KPNO 0.9m 7
Schambeau, Charles University of Central Florida Characterizing the Activity and Behavior of Comets in the Centaur-to- Jupiter Family Transition 2018A-0155 CTIO 0.9m 16
Schindler, Jan-Torge University of Arizona The Southern Extremely Luminous Quasar Survey (ELQS) at z~3-5 2017B-0315 CTIO SOAR 8
Schindler, Jan-Torge University of Arizona The Southern Extremely Luminous Quasar Survey (ELQS) at z~3-5 2018A-0054 CTIO SOAR 6
Schirmer, Mischa Gemini Observatory North Thermal echoes from the fading AGN in low-redshift Lyman-alpha blobs 2018A-0077 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3.15
Schirmer, Mischa Gemini Observatory North Probing low-redshift Lyman-alpha blobs with deep 3D spectroscopy 2018A-0302 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.18
Schlaufman, Kevin Johns Hopkins University A Compact Object Companion to an Ultra Metal-poor Star in the Solar Neighborhood 2017B-0012 LCO 1m 5.53
Schlaufman, Kevin Johns Hopkins University An All-Sky Search for the Brightest Metal-poor Stars 2017B-0082 GEM-N GEM-NQ  
Schlaufman, Kevin Johns Hopkins University An All-Sky Search for the Brightest Metal-poor Stars 2017B-0082 GEM-S GEM-SQ  
Schombert, James Univ. of Oregon UV Imaging of LSB Dwarfs/Disks 2018A-0005 LCO 2m 0.55
Scott, Nic NASA Ames Research Center Investigation of Exozodiacal Dust Disk Host Stars 2017B-0096 KPNO WIYNQ 2.8
Shafter, Allen San Diego State University M31N 2008-12a - The Remarkable Recurrent Nova in M31: Gemini Spectra of the 2017 Eruption and surrounding 'Super-remnant' 2017B-0094 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.79
Shappee, Benjamin Carnegie Institution of Washington What Are Type-Ia Supernovae? 2017B-0360 LBT LBT-SVC 2
Shappee, Benjamin University of Hawaii What Are Type-Ia Supernovae? 2018A-0429 LBT LBT-SVC 2
Sharkey, Benjamin Lunar and Planetary Lab Connecting dynamical families in the Jovian System to Trojan Asteroids 2018A-0425 LBT LBT-SVC 0.5
Shen, Yue University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign GMOS Spectrocopy of Candidate Changing-Look Quasars 2018A-0046 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.64
Sheppard, Scott Carnegie Institution of Washington Extreme Trans-Neptunian Objects: Towards a Massive Planet in the Outer Solar System 2017B-0307 CTIO 4m 5
Sheppard, Scott Carnegie Institution of Washington Extreme Trans-Neptunian Objects: Towards a Massive Planet in the Outer Solar System 2017B-0325 GEM-N GEM-N 1.5
Sheppard, Scott Carnegie Institution of Washington Extreme Trans-Neptunian Objects: Towards a Massive Planet in the Outer Solar System 2018A-0393 CTIO 4m 3
Shetrone, Matthew University of Texas, Austin High resolution spectroscopy of metal-poor stars in the Galactic bulge from the Pristine survey 2018A-0102 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 0.44
Sifon, Cristobal Princeton University Spectroscopic confirmation of distant galaxy clusters discovered with ACTPol 2017B-0291 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.24
Silverberg, Steven University of Oklahoma, Norman Determining Intrinsic Characteristics of Potential Disk-hosting dM Stars and YSOs from Disk Detective with ARCoIRIS 2017B-0229 CTIO 4m 1.5
Silverberg, Steven University of Oklahoma, Norman Determining Intrinsic Characteristics of Potential Disk-hosting dM Stars from Disk Detective with ARCoIRIS 2018A-0292 CTIO 4m 2
Silverstein, Michele Georgia State University Confirmation of Young Stars Near the Sun 2017B-0059 LCO 1m 6.89
Silverstein, Michele Georgia State University Sizing Up Northern Red Dwarfs in the Solar Neighborhood 2017B-0238 KPNO 0.9m 14
Simon, Joshua Carnegie Observatories Is There Small-Scale Structure in the ISM Along the Line of Sight to the WTF Star? 2017B-0247 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 2.43
Singer, Leo NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Hunt for an Infrared Counterpart to a Neutron Star Merger 2018A-0372 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.517
Sloan, Greg Space Telescope Science Institute Resolving Reflection Nebulae around Post-AGB Objects in the LMC 2018A-0166 CTIO SOAR 1
Smith, J Allyn Austin Peay State University Targeted Samples of the Hot Stellar Content in the Southern Sky 2017B-0245 CTIO 0.9m 11
Smith, J Allyn Austin Peay State University Targeted Samples of the Hot Stellar Content in the Southern Sky 2017B-0245 CTIO SOAR 7
Smith, Verne National Optical Astronomy Observatory Accurate Stellar Characterization for Kepler Extended Mission (K2) Exoplanet Host Stars 2017B-0264 KPNO WIYN 8.5
Smith, Verne National Optical Astronomy Observatory Accurate Stellar Characterization for Kepler Extended Mission (K2) Exoplanet Host Stars 2018A-0358 KPNO WIYN 6
Soares-Santos, Marcelle Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Blanco Imaging of the Southern Sky (BLISS) 2017A-0260 CTIO 4m 2.5
Stanghellini, Letizia National Optical Astronomy Observatory Time evolution of metallicity gradients: oxygen abundance measurements for young and old metallicity probes in NGC 628 2017B-0200 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.1 (DD)
Stevans, Matt University of Texas, Austin Spectroscopic Confirmation of the Brightest Galaxies at z=4 2017B-0299 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.48
Stevans, Matt University of Texas, Austin Spectroscopic Confirmation of the Brightest Galaxies at z=4 2017B-0299 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.48
Stroe, Andra European Southern Observatory Cosmic tsunamis: the effect of shocks on star forming cluster galaxies 2017B-0077 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.74
Sun, Ai-Lei Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics Are there bi-polar AGN outflows? -- IFU study of extended outflow candidates selected with Subaru Hyper-Suprime Cam survey 2017B-0343 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.1
Szkody, Paula University of Washington Targeting Candidate Cataclysmic Variables in Current Transient Surveys 2017B-0053 LCO 1m 4.8
Szkody, Paula University of Washington Targeting Candidate Cataclysmic Variables in Current Transient Surveys 2017B-0053 LCO 2m 1.6
Szkody, Paula University of Washington Targeting Candidate Cataclysmic Variables in Current Transient Surveys 2018A-0058 LCO 2m 1.2
Takir, Driss SETI Institute/NASA Ames Research Center Searching for Volatiles and Organics in the Outer Main Asteroid Belt 2017B-0123 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.88
Takir, Driss SETI Institute/NASA Ames Research Center Searching for Volatiles and Organics in the Outer Main Asteroid Belt 2018A-0113 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.5
Tanner, Angelle Mississippi State University Can infrared photometry predict the best M dwarf planet RV targets? 2018A-0229 KPNO WIYN 4
Tejos, Nicolas Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Rapid Imaging and Spectroscopic Follow-up of Fast Radio Bursts 2017B-0132 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1
Terreran, Giacomo Northwestern University Interacting SNe 2018A-0343 CTIO 1.3m 1.8
Thomas, Christina Planetary Science Institute Visible Spectroscopy of Nominally Anhydrous Near-Earth and Main Belt Asteroids 2017B-0277 CTIO SOAR 1
Thomas, Cristina Northern Arizona University Visible Spectroscopy of Nominally Anhydrous Near-Earth and Main Belt Asteroids 2018A-0392 CTIO SOAR 1.5
Tokovinin, Andrei National Optical Astronomy Observatory Origin of close spectroscopic subsystems in solar-type multiple stars 2017B-0003 LCO 1m 1
Tokovinin, Andrei National Optical Astronomy Observatory Dynamics of resolved triple systems and ``fast'' binaries 2017B-0066 CTIO SOAR 2
Tokovinin, Andrei National Optical Astronomy Observatory Spectroscopic orbits in nearby triple systems 2018A-0009 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 4
Tomsick, John Space Science Laboratory Constraing the Milky Way's Faint HMXBs Population 2018A-0121 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.23
Tremblay, Grant Yale University Monitoring changing-look AGN Mrk 1018 as its central engine reignites 2017B-0260 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.303
Tremblay, Grant Yale University Monitoring changing-look AGN Mrk 1018 as its central engine reignites 2017B-0260 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.107
Treu, Tommaso University of California, Los Angeles High-resolution imaging confirmation and follow-up of new lensed quasars 2017B-0138 CTIO SOAR 3
Troja, Eleonora University of Maryland Unveiling the elusive progenitors of short duration gamma-ray bursts 2017B-0175 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.27
Trump, Jonathan University of Connecticut Accretion-Disk Echo Mapping: Adding LCO Optical to Hubble UV Monitoring 2018A-0323 LCO 1m 18.1
Valenti, Stefano University of California, Davis The Global Supernova Project 2017B-0049 LCO 2m 5.5
Van Belle, Gerard Lowell Observatory NESSI Survey of Potential Low-Mass Exoplanet Hosts 2017B-0164 KPNO WIYNQ 4
Verbiscer, Anne University of Virginia Pluto and Charon At True Opposition: A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity 2018A-0389 CTIO SOAR 3.5
Vieira, Joaquin University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Optical followup of the SPT2052-55 protocluster at z=4.3 2018A-0222 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.05
Vivas, Kathy Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Calibration of RR Lyrae stars in DECam filters 2018A-0159 CTIO 4m 3
Von Braun, Kaspar Lowell Observatory Radii of late type-dwarfs, exoplanet hosts, and exoplanet host candidates 2017B-0118 MtWilson CHARA 3
Walter, Frederick Stony Brook University Synopic Spectroscopy of Bright Novae: A Feasibility Study 2017B-0019 LCO 1m 2.9
Walter, Frederick Stony Brook University Synoptic Spectroscopy of Bright Novae 2018A-0168 LCO 1m 4
Warrener, Michael Yale University A Search for Quiescent Stellar Mass Black Hole Binaries 2018A-0194 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.44
Wei-Chun, Jao Georgia State University Search Close Companions Around Cool Subdwarfs 2017B-0206 GEM-S GEM-S-SVC 2.12
Williams, Kurtis Texas A & M University Stellar Forensics via White Dwarf Proper Motion Measurements 2017B-0104 KPNO 4m 3
Williams, David University of California, Santa Cruz Deep imaging of host galaxies of extreme AGNs 2017B-0136 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.4
Williams, Kurtis Texas A & M University Toward Ensemble Asteroseismology of White Dwarfs in M67 2017B-0356 LBT LBT-SVC 1
Winkler, P Frank Middlebury College Assessing the Rich Supernova Remnant Population in M51 2018A-0329 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.81
Winters, Jennifer Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Searching for Companions to Nearby M Dwarfs on Solar System Scales 2018A-0348 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2
Woodward, Chick University of Minnesota A MODS Study of Faint Classical Novae 2018A-0419 LBT LBT-SVC 0.5
Yan, Haojing University of Missouri, Columbia Deep near-IR Imaging of IRAC Dark Field (IDF) - Preparing for the JWST era 2018A-0420 LBT LBT-SVC 1
Yan, Haojing University of Missouri, Columbia Understanding WISE W1-dropouts in the Context of JWST High-z Studies 2018A-0424 LBT LBT-SVC 0.5
Yee, Jennifer Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Followup of High-Magnification Spitzer Microlensing Events 2017B-0052 LCO 1m 20
Young, Leslie Southwest Research Institute Properties of the Patroclus-Menoetius Trojan binary from mutual events 2018A-0170 LCO 1m 5.35
Zenteno, Alfredo Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Clash of Titans: a dynamical study of a sample of massive galaxy clusters undergoing extreme mergers 2017B-0302 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.44
Zenteno, Alfredo Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Completing the Southern eROSITA Sky with DECam 2018A-0386 CTIO 4m 3
Zezas, Andreas Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Investigation of Supernova Remnants in nearby galaxies 2017B-0180 CTIO 4m 4
Zhang, Yuanyuan Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory GMOS spectroscopic follow-ups for three 1.0<z<1.15 galaxy clusters selected with Dark Energy Survey Data 2017B-0204 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.98
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Approved Missouri Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Speck, Angela University of Missouri, Columbia WHIRC Observations of Extremely Red Objects Selected from WISE 2017B-0810 KPNO WIYN 6
Yan, Haojing University of Missouri, Columbia Mizzou WIYN Survey 2017B-0806 KPNO WIYN 4
Yan, Haojing University of Missouri, Columbia Mizzou WIYN Survey 2018A-0449 KPNO WIYN 6
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Approved Testing and Engineering Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Abareshi, Behzad National Optical Astronomy Observatory Commissioning new pointing camera, making pointing maps, general telescope T&E. 2017B-2001 KPNO 4m 8
Joyce, Dick National Optical Astronomy Observatory Pointing and tracking at and near the Pole 2017B-2010 KPNO 4m 1
Probst, Ron National Optical Astronomy Observatory Document Existing Telescope Alignment at PF Using Curvature Sensing Analysis of Extrafocal Images 2017B-2012 KPNO 4m 2
Schweiker, Heidi National Optical Astronomy Observatory Electrical shutdown 2017B-2005 KPNO WIYN 1
Schweiker, Heidi National Optical Astronomy Observatory Generic WIYN T&E 2017B-2008 KPNO WIYN 6
Schweiker, Heidi National Optical Astronomy Observatory T&E for IAS to Hydra and Hydra to IAS transitions 2017B-2009 KPNO WIYN 4
Schweiker, Heidi   T&E for IAS to Hydra and Hydra to IAS transitions 2018A-2001 KPNO WIYN 5.5
Schweiker, Heidi   Generic WIYN T&E 2018A-2002 KPNO WIYN 5
Sprayberry, David National Optical Astronomy Observatory Effects of pre-DESI engineering on pointing and tracking 2017B-2011 KPNO 4m 2
Willmarth, Daryl National Optical Astronomy Observatory Using Hydra for RVs of Spectroscopic Binaries 2016A-0625 KPNO WIYN 2
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