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NOIRLab TAC Results and Statistics 2021A

NOAO Proposal Statistics by Telescope and Instrument for 2021A

The following tables list 2021A proposal request statistics for telescopes and instruments in the US ground-based observing system coordinated by NOAO. Only the 353 new proposals submitted to the 2021A NOAO TAC are included here (not Surveys, NASA GO programs, or ongoing long-term programs).

 

Mt Kent Observatory
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
MINERVA-Australis     6     7   31.2     0.0     0 4.5
    MINERVA     6     7   31.2     0.0     0 4.5
 
 

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
CT-4m   25   29 102.4   31.0   30 3.5
    COSMOS     7     7   23.0     5.0   22 3.3
    DECam   18   22   79.4   26.0   33 3.6
 
SOAR   33   46   83.7   26.3   31 1.8
    Goodman   21   32   51.8   26.3   51 1.6
    HRCam     1     1     3.0     0.0     0 3.0
    SAMHR     2     2     2.5     0.0     0 1.2
    SOI     2     2     2.2     0.0     0 1.1
    Spartan     3     3     9.1     0.0     0 3.0
    TSpec     6     6   15.2     0.0     0 2.5
 
CT-1.5m   17   17   74.4     5.0     7 4.4
    CHIRON   17   17   74.4     5.0     7 4.4
 
CT-0.9m     2     2   10.5     0.0     0 5.2
    CFIM     2     2   10.5     0.0     0 5.2
 
 

Kitt Peak National Observatory
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
WIYN   13   15   29.1     0.0     0 1.9
    NEIDQ   10   11   18.8     0.0     0 1.7
    NESSIQ     4     4   10.3     0.0     0 2.6
 
KP-0.9m     3     3   18.0     8.0   44 6.0
    HDI     3     3   18.0     8.0   44 6.0
 
 

Gemini North
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
GEM-N 143 196 193.2   38.9   20 1.0
    Alopeke   11   11   11.4     1.0     8 1.0
    GMOSN   67 100   77.7   29.8   38 0.8
    GNIRS   23   23   30.6     0.6     2 1.3
    GRACES     5     5     4.2     0.0     0 0.8
    HSC     5     5     8.3     4.4   53 1.7
    IRCS     1     1     2.0     0.0     0 2.0
    Maroon-X   18   18   36.4     2.0     6 2.0
    NIFS     3     3     2.3     0.0     0 0.8
    NIRI   12   20     8.4     0.0     0 0.4
    POLISH2     6     6     8.5     0.0     0 1.4
    VIS     4     4     3.4     1.0   29 0.8
 
 

Gemini South
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
GEM-S 101 142   98.2   15.5   16 0.7
    Flamingos2   14   22     9.5     0.0     0 0.4
    GMOSS   41   67   39.0   15.0   38 0.6
    GSAOI     7   10     4.6     0.0     0 0.5
    IGRINS   31   31   32.3     0.0     0 1.0
    ZorroQ   12   12   12.8     0.5     4 1.1
 
 

Siding Spring Observatory
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
AAT     7     7   16.0     4.0   25 2.3
    AAOmega     6     6   13.0     4.0   31 2.2
    HERMES     1     1     3.0     0.0     0 3.0
 
 

Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
LCO-2m   19   20   43.4   12.2   28 2.2
    FLOYDS   10   10   14.3     2.1   15 1.4
    MuSCAT3     5     5   19.6     6.9   35 3.9
    Spectral     5     5     9.5     3.2   34 1.9
 
LCO-1m   25   33 149.1   35.3   24 4.5
    NRES     3     3     7.0     0.0     0 2.3
    Sinistro   22   30 142.1   35.3   25 4.7
 
 

CHARA
Telescope/Instrument    Proposals       "Runs"       Total Nights    Dark Nights Percentage
Dark		 Average
Nights/Run
CHARA   18   33   59.5     0.0     0 1.8
    Classic     2     2     5.5     0.0     0 2.8
    MIRC   13   23   39.0     0.0     0 1.7
    PAVO     4     7   12.0     0.0     0 1.7
    VEGA     1     1     3.0     0.0     0 3.0
 

NOAO Approved Programs for 2021A

Approved NOAO Survey Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Carleo, Ilaria Wesleyan University Unveiling the history of the warm Jupiters 2020B-0081 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 6.7
Dell'Antonio, Ian Brown University LoVoCCS: the Local Volume Complete Cluster Survey 2019A-0308 CTIO 4m 5
Drlica-Wagner, Alex Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory DECam Local Volume Exploration Survey 2019A-0305 CTIO 4m 22
Hardegree-Ullman, Kevin California Institute of Technology--IPAC Atmospheric Survey of Giant Exoplanets Discovered by TESS 2019A-0364 CTIO SOAR 5
Leauthaud, Alexie University of California, Santa Cruz The Merian Survey: Characterizing Dark Matter, Feedback, and Black Holes in Star-Forming Dwarf Galaxies 2020B-0288 CTIO 4m 6
Lee, Kyoung-Soo Purdue University A 100 Deg^2 DECam Narrow-band Survey for the LSST Era: Tracing the Largest Cosmic Structures in the Distant Universe 2020B-0201 CTIO 4m 8
Penny, Matthew Ohio State University Multi-band Imaging Survey for High-Alpha PlanetS (MISHAPS): Surveying the demographics of transiting hot Jupiters in the alpha-rich Galactic bulge 2019A-0315 CTIO 4m 8
Shen, Yue University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign DECam Early Imaging of AGN Reverberation Mapping Fields in SDSS-V 2019A-0065 CTIO 4m 1.5
Trilling, David Northern Arizona University The Deep DECam Outer Solar System Survey (DDOSSS) 2019A-0337 CTIO 4m 10
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Approved Chandra Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Zepf, Steve Michigan State University The Nature of the Two Globular Cluster ULXs in the Galaxy NGC 4472 2018B-0927 CTIO SOAR 1
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Approved Long Term Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Aydi, Elias Michigan State University Imaging the Evolution and Expansion of Nova Ejecta 2021A-0042 MtWilson CHARA 2
Boyajian, Tabetha LSU Diameters and Temperatures of Main-Sequence FG Stars 2021A-0141 MtWilson CHARA 3
Brout, Dillon University of Pennsylvania The Next Generation of Low Redshift Cosmology with Type Ia Supernovae 2020B-0053 CTIO 4m 3.5
Collins, Karen Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Coordinated Time-series Photometric Follow-up of TESS Planet Candidates 2020B-0202 LCO 1m 30
Cooke, Jeffrey Swinburne University of Technology Deeper, Wider, Faster: All-wavelength, real-time detection of fast transients and fast radio burst counterparts 2020B-0253 CTIO 4m 3
Ellis, Tyler Louisiana State University Radii of late type-dwarfs, exoplanet hosts, and exoplanet host candidates 2021A-0247 MtWilson CHARA 4
Gallenne, Alexandre European Southern Observatory Multiplicity of Galactic Cepheids from long-baseline interferometry 2019A-0071 MtWilson CHARA 4
Malhotra, Sangeeta NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Lyman Alpha Galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization 2018B-0327 CTIO 4m 5
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute Photometric Time Series of Carinae's Great Eruption 2020A-0415 CTIO 4m 3
Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute The Young Supernova Experiment 2021A-0275 CTIO 4m 9.5
Shen, Yue University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign DECam Imaging of AGN Reverberation Mapping Fields in SDSS-V 2021A-0037 CTIO 4m 2
Sheppard, Scott Carnegie Institution of Washington A Uniform Survey for Extreme Trans-Neptunian Objects 2020B-0300 CTIO 4m 3
Smart, Richard National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) Constraining ultra-cool dwarf formation throughout the history of the Galaxy using the 30pc sample. 2020B-0147 CTIO SOAR 3
Tokovinin, Andrei NSF's NOIRLab Spectroscopic orbits in nearby triple systems 2020A-0006 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 1
Tokovinin, Andrei NSF's NOIRLab Orbits of compact triple systems and binaries 2020B-0009 CTIO SOAR 1.5
Treu, Tommaso University of California, Los Angeles A reverberation mapping black hole mass measurement at z=2.82 2021A-0152 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.66
Valenti, Stefano University of California, Davis The Global Supernova Project 2020B-0043 LCO 1m 23
Valenti, Stefano University of California, Davis The Global Supernova Project 2020B-0043 LCO 2m 6
Vrijmoet, Eliot Halley RECONS Institute & Georgia State University Orbital Architectures of M Dwarf Binaries 2020B-0030 CTIO SOAR 1.5
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Approved Regular Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Afşar, Melike University of Texas, Austin High-resolution near-infrared spectroscopy of dust-obscured open clusters in the Galactic Bulge 2021A-0201 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.93
Ahumada, Tomas University of Maryland Black and Gold: Discovering and Characterizing OIR Counterparts to Compact Binary Mergers 2021A-0302 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.47
Anugu, Narsireddy University of Arizona Four planet hosting HR8977 system is a inner binary? 2021A-0258 MtWilson CHARA 1.5
Anugu, Narsireddy University of Arizona Binary-disk interactions in post-AGB circumbinary disks 2021A-0267 MtWilson CHARA 3
Barlow, Brad High Point University The EREBOS Project: Understanding the Impact of Substellar Objects on Late Stellar Evolution 2021A-0256 CTIO SOAR 4
Bean, Jacob University of Chicago A uniform survey of TESS's M dwarf planets with MAROON-X 2021A-0033 GEM-N GEM-NQ 6
Beard, Corey University of California, Irvine Simultaneous Observations of Kepler Objects With TESS and NEID 2020A-0253 KPNO WIYNQ 2.2
Beatty, Thomas University of Arizona RV Confirmation of Bright TESS Hot Jupiters 2021A-0266 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 2
Beatty, Thomas University of Arizona Characterising HD 5687 to Support NIRCam Exoplanet Observations 2021A-0269   MINERVA-AustralisQ 1
Betti, Sarah University of Massachusetts, Amherst Probing the Accretion Paradigm for Substellar Objects 2021A-0261 CTIO SOAR 1
Blanchard, Peter Northwestern University Probing the Power Sources of Superluminous Supernovae with Nebular Phase Spectroscopy 2021A-0316 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.1
Blanchard, Peter Northwestern University Probing the Power Sources of Superluminous Supernovae with Nebular Phase Spectroscopy 2021A-0316 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.66
Bouma, Luke Princeton University Confirming and Characterizing Transiting Planets Around Young Stars 2021A-0035   MINERVA-AustralisQ 2
Bouy, Herve University of Bordeaux, France The star formation history in Upper Scorpius and Ophiuchus 2021A-0011 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 6.5
Bowler, Brendan University of Texas, Austin Transforming Yields of Direct Imaging Planet Searches with Young Accelerating Stars 2020A-0350 KPNO WIYNQ 2
Boyajian, Tabetha LSU KIC 8462852: Wheres The Flux now? 2021A-0123 LCO 1m 2.5
Brucker, Melissa Lunar and Planetary Lab ToO: Spacewatch Recovery of Hazardous Near-Earth Objects 2021A-0346 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.2
Brucker, Melissa Lunar and Planetary Lab ToO: Spacewatch Recovery of Hazardous Near-Earth Objects 2021A-0346 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.2
Bublitz, Jesse NRAO Greenbank Facility H2 in NGC 6302: Tracing Shocks and Molecules Too! 2021A-0340 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.18
Buckley-Geer, Elizabeth Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory A Galaxy Redshift Survey of the Line-of-Sight Environments of Two Lensed Quasar Quads 2021A-0188 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.67
Bufanda, Erica University of Hawaii Volatile Vehicles to the Past: Characterizing the Colors Evolution of Long Period Comets 2021A-0285 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.67
Burt, Jennifer Jet Propulsion Laboratory Precisely Characterizing the Stellar Variability in the Targets of Future Direct Imaging Surveys 2020A-0450 KPNO WIYNQ 2.12
Burt, Jennifer Jet Propulsion Laboratory Spanning the gap: probing the radius gap of small planets with MAROON-X and TESS 2021A-0299 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.35
Caballero-Nieves, Saida Florida Institute of Technology A Closer look at Be star Multiplicity properties 2021A-0234 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.6
Casares, Jorge Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias Proving a dynamical BH in the historical X-ray transient GRS 1716-249 2021A-0041 CTIO SOAR 2
Chapman, Scott Dalhousie University NIR spectroscopy and imaging for a sample of SPT-SMG lensed systems. 2021A-0369 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.6
Cheng, Yu University of Virginia NIR imaging of a massive infrared dark cloud 2021A-0292 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.19
Citro, Annalisa University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee The Extreme Census of the Local Universe: Building a large sample of nearby, highly-ionized galaxies 2021A-0133 CTIO 4m 2
Clark, Catherine Lowell Observatory MIRC-X Survey of Potential Low-Mass Exoplanet Hosts 2021A-0259 MtWilson CHARA 2
Colon, Knicole NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Photometric Characterization of K2 and TESS Exoplanets with WIYN 2020A-0257 KPNO WIYN 0.5
Corlies, Paul Massachusetts Institute of Technology (EAPS) Investigating seasonal changes in Titan's meteorology through cloud monitoring with GSAOI 2021A-0291 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.64
Crossfield, Ian Kansas University Diving in: Confirming small planets in the APF deep field with NEID 2020A-0077 KPNO WIYNQ 0.38
Crossfield, Ian Kansas University Spin-Orbit Alignment of a 2.6R_E sub-Neptune Orbiting a V=6.9 mag Star 2020A-0269 KPNO WIYNQ 0.85
Curtis, Jason American Museum of Natural History The chemical composition of NGC 7092: a 400 Myr old benchmark for gyrochronology 2021A-0321 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 0.39
Davis, Brian Pennsylvania State University Massive Progenitors in Old Populations: Constraining Models of AGB Stellar Evolution 2021A-0056 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.07
De, Kishalay California Institute of Technology Unveiling the power sources of rare, hydrogen-poor transients in ZTF with LCO follow-up 2021A-0112 LCO 1m 4
De, Kishalay California Institute of Technology Unveiling the power sources of rare, hydrogen-poor transients in ZTF with LCO follow-up 2021A-0112 LCO 2m 2.4
Debes, John Space Telescope Science Institute Characterizing white dwarfs in benchmark binaries 2021A-0184 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.4
Debes, John Space Telescope Science Institute Characterizing white dwarfs in benchmark binaries 2021A-0184 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.58
Dong, Jiayin Pennsylvania State University Validation and Radial Velocity Follow-Up of Warm Jupiters Discovered in Year 1 Full-Frame Images 2021A-0147 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 6
Dong, Jiayin Pennsylvania State University Validation and Radial Velocity Follow-Up of Warm Jupiters Discovered in Year 1 Full-Frame Images 2021A-0147 LCO 1m 5
Dong, Jiayin Pennsylvania State University Validation and Radial Velocity Follow-Up of Warm Jupiters Discovered in Year 1 Full-Frame Images 2021A-0147   MINERVA-AustralisQ 4
Dragomir, Diana University of New Mexico Establishing the TESS Mission's Legacy of Long-Period Planets 2021A-0260 LCO 1m 9.5
El-Badry, Kareem University of California, Berkeley Spectral disentangling of a mass-transfer binary with NRES 2021A-0079 LCO 1m 1.5
Ennis, Ana Ines Observatorio Astronomico de La Plata Breaking into the Pentagon: A look at the evolutionary history of NGC 6776 2021A-0108 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.13
Esplin, Taran The University of Arizona Characterizing a New Young Nearby Association 2021A-0006 CTIO 4m 4
Evans, Nancy Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics The Dynamical Mass of Polaris, the Nearest Cepheid: The Periastron Campaign 2018B-0039 MtWilson CHARA 1
Fernández-Trincado, José G. Universidad de Atacama Weighing the heavily obscured Globular Cluster UKS 1 with IGRINS 2021A-0379 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.23
Foley, Ryan University of California, Santa Cruz Young Supernova Experiment 2021A-0239 LCO 1m 9.4
Foley, Ryan University of California, Santa Cruz Young Supernova Experiment 2021A-0239 LCO 2m 2.4
Foley, Ryan University of California, Santa Cruz Measuring the Effect of Progenitor Metallicity on Type Ia Supernova Distance Estimates 2021A-0297 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.15
Foley, Ryan University of California, Santa Cruz Measuring the Effect of Progenitor Metallicity on Type Ia Supernova Distance Estimates 2021A-0297 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.15
Fong, Wen-fai Northwestern University Probing the Properties of Neutron Star Mergers: Rapid Observations of Short Gamma-ray Bursts 2021A-0286 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.76
Fong, Wen-fai Northwestern University Probing the Properties of Neutron Star Mergers: Rapid Observations of Short Gamma-ray Bursts 2021A-0286 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.76
Franson, Kyle University of Texas, Austin Optimizing Target Selection of Direct Imaging Planet Campaigns using Accelerating Stars 2021A-0279 CTIO SOAR 1
Gaspar, Gaia Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (Observatorio) Nearby AGNs resolved with F2 2021A-0377 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.23
Gelino, Christopher California Institute of Technology--IPAC Determining the low-mass cutoff for star formation 2021A-0167 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.66
Gezer, Ilknur University of Warsaw Microlensing black hole and their masses from Gaia 2021A-0169 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.98
Gezer, Ilknur University of Warsaw Microlensing black hole and their masses from Gaia 2021A-0169 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.98
Giacalone, Steven University of California, Berkeley Confirming the host stars of TESS Objects of Interest: Validating Neptune-size planets around A stars by ruling out eclipsing binaries around nearby stars 2021A-0270 LCO 1m 2.2
Graham, Melissa L. Rubin Observatory, University of Washington Deep Drilling in the Time Domain with DECam 2021A-0113 CTIO 4m 8
Guenther, Maximilian MIT (Torres Fellow) Hunting for Warm Jupiters with TESS, NGTS, CHIRON and MINERVA-Australis: Delivering Prime Candidates to JWST 2021A-0368   MINERVA-AustralisQ 12
Gupta, Arvind Pennsylvania State University Radial Velocity Follow-up Observations of TESS Single-Transit Events 2020A-0400 KPNO WIYNQ 2.8
Hartman, Joel Princeton University Confirming and Characterizing Transiting Planets From HAT+TESS with LCO 2021A-0045 LCO 1m 24
Hartman, Joel Princeton University Confirming and Characterizing Transiting Planets From HAT+TESS with LCO 2021A-0045 LCO 2m 4
Hebb, Leslie Hobart and William Smith Colleges Direct mass measurements of the newly discovered young eclipsing binary system, MML 48 2021A-0200 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.46
Hebb, Leslie Hobart and William Smith Colleges Rossiter McLaughlin effect for a 16 Myr old pre-main sequence eclipsing binary 2021A-0262 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 1.4
Henry, Todd RECONS Institute / Georgia State University Completing a Speckle Survey for Companions to a Volume-Limited Sample of 1265 of the Nearest K Dwarfs 2021A-0186 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.2
Hinkle, Kenneth NSF's NOIRLab Exploring the Violent History of SyXB Systems 2021A-0047 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.19
Ho, Anna University of California, Berkeley A Rapid Response to the Youngest ZTF Explosions 2021A-0154 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.44
Howell, Steve NASA Ames Research Center Validation and Characterization of TESS Exoplanets 2020A-0044 KPNO WIYNQ 4
Hughes, Allison University of Ariozna Globular Cluster Kinematics and Substructure in Centaurus A's Halo 2021A-0252 SSO AAT 2
Hynes, Robert Louisiana State University X-ray Selected Symbiotic Binaries in the Chandra Source Catalog 2021A-0216 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1
Ji, Alexander Carnegie Observatories Photometric Metallicities of Faint Dwarf Galaxies 2021A-0272 CTIO 4m 1.5
Jones, David University of California, Santa Cruz Using HST and Gemini to build a Near-Infrared Model of Type Ia Supernovae 2021A-0343 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.32
Jung, Intae NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Near-infrared Spectroscopy of an Extremely-Large Equivalent-width Lyman-alpha Emitter at z=7.608 2021A-0350 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.62
Kalari, Venu Universidad de Chile 3D kinematical substructure in the Gamma 2 Vel filamentary star formation relic 2021A-0096 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.55
Kanbur, Shashi State University of New York, Oswego, USA Calibrating H-band Period-Luminosity-Metallicity relation for RR Lyrae variables in the globular clusters 2021A-0025 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.84
Kasliwal, Mansi California Institute of Technology Spectroscopic classification of potential neutrino counterparts identified by ZTF 2021A-0215 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.69
Kastner, Joel Rochester Institute of Technology Mapping the chemo-dynamical birthsites of young, kinematically-hot stars near the Sun 2021A-0197 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.02
Kerr, Ronan University of Texas, Austin Exploring the Star Formation History and Dynamics of the Sco-Cen Association 2021A-0265 SSO AAT 2
Khatu, Viraja University of Western Ontario Determining the Broad Line Structure of the Binary Supermassive Black Hole Candidate Markarian 6 2021A-0372 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.23
Kilic, Mukremin University of Oklahoma, Norman The ELM Survey South: An Efficient Search for Short Period Double White Dwarfs 2021A-0007 CTIO SOAR 3
Kilic, Mukremin University of Oklahoma, Norman The Ultracool White Dwarf Sequence 2021A-0023 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.56
Kilic, Mukremin University of Oklahoma, Norman The Ultracool White Dwarf Sequence 2021A-0023 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.26
Kilpatrick, Charles Northwestern University Constraining Supernova Progenitor Systems with the LCO Global Telescope Network 2021A-0135 LCO 2m 1.3
Kishimoto, Makoto Kyoto Sangyo University AGN torus: dissecting the dusty wind launching region 2021A-0013 MtWilson CHARA 2.5
Kotulla, Ralf University of Wisconsin, Madison Giant-Dwarf galaxy interactions as channel of galaxy pre-processing in groups 2021A-0117 CTIO 4m 4
Kraus, Adam University of Texas, Austin Unveiling the Impact of Binary Stars on Planet Occurrence with Gaia 2020A-0330 KPNO WIYNQ 4
Kunder, Andrea Saint Martin's University Confirming a kiloparsec-scale nuclear ring in the Milky Way 2021A-0281 SSO AAT 1
Lebofsky, Larry University of Arizona Astrometric Follow-up of VIs and PHAs 2021A-0238 LCO 2m 0.4
Lilly, Eva Planetary Science Institute The Multifaceted Characterization of Centaur Activity 2021A-0298 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.6
Lin, Hsing-Wen University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Deep L5 Neptunian Trojan Survey 2021A-0062 CTIO 4m 2.5
Luhman, Kevin Pennsylvania State University Toward a Complete Census of Stars in Upper Scorpius 2021A-0012 CTIO 4m 3
Luhman, Kevin Pennsylvania State University A Spectroscopic Census of Stars Associated with the Lupus Clouds 2021A-0015 CTIO 4m 1
Maccarone, Thomas Texas Technical University Understanding binary evolution at low metallicity 2021A-0118 LCO 1m 1.6
Mann, Andrew University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill How often are planet-forming disks aligned with their host stars? 2021A-0080 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.85
McCullough, Peter Space Telescope Science Institute Probing the Radius Valley with the Nearest TESS mini-Neptunes 2021A-0290 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.93
Meech, Karen University of Hawaii 3I - Characterizing the Third Interstellar Object 2021A-0092 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.13
Miller, Bryan NSF's NOIRLab Neighbourhood Watch: A Survey of Baryonic Substructures in the Nearby Universe 2021A-0244 CTIO 4m 1.5
Moss, Adam University of Oklahoma, Norman Minute-Scale Variations in Magnetic White Dwarfs 2021A-0032 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.5
Moss, Adam University of Oklahoma, Norman Minute-Scale Variations in Magnetic White Dwarfs 2021A-0032 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.25
Munoz-Vergara, Dania Universidad de La Serena Resolving gas kinematics and chemical abundances in local analogues of high redshift galaxies 2021A-0381 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.24
Nielsen, Eric New Mexico State University Orbits of Moving Group Binaries: Constaining the Ages of Planet-Hosting Moving Groups with LCO/NRES radial velocities 2021A-0254 LCO 1m 5
Nielsen, Eric New Mexico State University Orbits of Moving Group Binaries: Constraining the Ages of Planet-Hosting Moving Groups using IGRINS radial velocities 2021A-0313 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.13
Orton, Glenn Jet Propulsion Laboratory Near-Infrared Imaging of Jupiter's Cloud and Haze Variations Simultaneous with the Juno Mission 2021A-0090 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.48
Pantoja, Blake Bucknell University Spectroscopic Follow-up of the Youngest and Widest Planetary-Mass Brown Dwarf Binary 2021A-0325 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.44
Pavlov, George Pennsylvania State University The study of the pulsar J1741-2054 and its wind nebula in the near-IR 2021A-0204 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.26
Peng, Eric Peking University Caught in the act: A spectroscopic survey of Virgo cluster ultra-compact dwarfs with stellar envelopes 2021A-0356 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.61
Peterson, Bradley Ohio State University The first near-IR spectroscopic campaign in conjunction with an approved Hubble Space Telescope UV campaign to map the outer accretion disk and its associated ionized gas and dust 2021A-0049 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.55
Pino, Lorenzo Universiteit van Amsterdam Chemistry and climate of a ultra-hot Jupiter from spectrally- and time- resolved day-side emission spectroscopy 2021A-0199 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.2
Prato, Lisa Lowell Observatory Is There Star Formation in the Aquila Rift? 2021A-0009 CTIO 4m 2
Puzia, Thomas H. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile The GeMS/GSAOI Galactic Globular Cluster Survey (G4CS) 2021A-0373 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.55
Quinn, Sam Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Characterization of TESS planet hosts with CHIRON 2021A-0268 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 15
Rajagopal, Jayadev NSF's NOIRLab Radii of NEID-targeted exoplanet hosts and exoplanet host candidates with CHARA/MIRC-X 2021A-0253 MtWilson CHARA 4
Rasmussen, Kaitlin University of Michigan, Ann Arbor New Worlds Around Ancient Stars: Exploring the History of Planet Formation with the SEAMSTRESS Survey 2021A-0060 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 1
Rasmussen, Kaitlin University of Michigan, Ann Arbor New Worlds Around Ancient Stars: Exploring the History of Planet Formation with the SEAMSTRESS Survey 2021A-0060 LCO 1m 3.6
Rector, Travis University of Alaska Anchorage NOIRLab Legacy Imaging 2021A-0010 CTIO 4m 1
Reed, Draco University of Minnesota Spectroscopic Follow-up of ZTF's Candidate Eclipsing White Dwarf Binaries 2021A-0058 LCO 2m 2.1
Richardson, Noel Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University WCd stars: Does dust only form in binary systems? 2021A-0098 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.86
Rizzuto, Aaron University of Texas, Austin The Mass of the Young Hot-Jupiter HIP 67522 b 2021A-0063   MINERVA-AustralisQ 4
Rodriguez, Joseph Michigan State University Confirmation and Characterization of Dynamically Young Jupiters to Understand Giant Planet Migration 2021A-0137   MINERVA-AustralisQ 7
Roediger, Joel Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics The Formation Epochs and Timescales of Dwarf Galaxies in Clusters 2021A-0370 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.83
Roy, Arpita California Institute of Technology Direct Detection of Reflected Light from 51 Pegasi b 2020A-0233 KPNO WIYNQ 1.5
Rudnick, Gregory University of Kansas The Timescale of Star Formation Quenching in Large Scale Structures Around Galaxy Clusters 2021A-0363 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.44
Ryde, Nils Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics Chemical Characterization of Giants in the Galactic Center 2021A-0050 GEM-S GEM-SQ 3.62
Sandquist, Eric San Diego State University Precise Ages from Masses - Bright Resolved Binaries in Praesepe and Coma Ber Clusters 2021A-0276 MtWilson CHARA 3
Scarlata, Claudia University of Minnesota The LOwest MEtallicity GAlaxy survey 2021A-0255 CTIO 4m 5
Shporer, Avi Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radial Velocity Confirmation of TESS Warm Jupiter Candidates 2020A-0125 KPNO WIYNQ 0.5
Shporer, Avi Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radial Velocity Confirmation of TESS Warm Jupiter Candidates 2021A-0119 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 3
Soraisam, Monika NSF's NOIRLab Time Domain Imaging of Archetypical Galaxies 2017A-0281 CTIO 4m 4
Stahl, Asa Rice University Fully Constraining A Pre-Main Sequence Binary 2021A-0333 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.27
Strausbaugh, Robert University of the Virgin Islands Searching for Signals from the First Stars 2021A-0114 LCO 1m 0.7
Strauss, Michael Princeton University Near-IR snapshot survey of low-luminosity quasars beyond z~6 2021A-0027 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3.36
Terreran, Giacomo Northwestern University Pursuing the afterlife: late-time observations of stripped-envelope supernovae 2021A-0330 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.88
Tetarenko, Bailey University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Mapping the structure of black hole accretion discs with Gemini/GMOS 2021A-0083 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.93
Tetarenko, Bailey University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Mapping the structure of black hole accretion discs with Gemini/GMOS 2021A-0083 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.93
Tetarenko, Alexandra East Asian Observatory Probing Relativistic Jets through Optical Timing Observations of X-ray Binaries 2021A-0091 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.97
Tollerud, Erik Space Telescope Science Institute Tying Loose Threads: Gemini Follow-up of Candidate SAGA Satellite Galaxies Around Milky Way Analog 2021A-0284 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.63
Tollerud, Erik Space Telescope Science Institute Tying Loose Threads: Gemini Follow-up of Candidate SAGA Satellite Galaxies Around Milky Way Analog 2021A-0284 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.81
Torres, Guillermo Center for Astrophysics $vert$ Harvard & Smithsonian Dynamical masses, radii, and age of Castor A and B 2021A-0008 MtWilson CHARA 3.5
Trakhtenbrot, Benny Tel Aviv University Mapping the Diversity and Emission Mechanisms of SMBH-related Transients 2021A-0240 LCO 2m 1.4
Treister, Ezequiel Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Hidden Mergers in Luminous Obscured AGN 2021A-0380 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1
Trilling, David Northern Arizona University Spatially resolved imaging of Near Earth Objects with Gemini's Speckle Cameras 2021A-0341 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.4
Troja, Eleonora University of Maryland Mapping the diversity of neutron star mergers with rapid Gemini observations of short gamma-ray bursts 2021A-0198 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.5
Troja, Eleonora University of Maryland Mapping the diversity of neutron star mergers with rapid Gemini observations of short gamma-ray bursts 2021A-0198 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.5
Trouille, Laura Adler Planetarium Follow-up of Candidate Transiting Planets Discovered by Citizen Scientists in TESS Data 2021A-0109 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 4
Vivas, Kathy NSF's NOIRLab Is Crater II disrupting? 2021A-0124 CTIO 4m 1
Wang, Sharon Xuesong Carnegie Institution for Science RVxTESS: Characterizing Stellar Activity on M dwarfs with Simultaneous TESS and NEID Observations 2020A-0255 KPNO WIYNQ 0.7
Wang, Feige University of Arizona Probing reionization-era quasar environment with narrow band imaging 2021A-0089 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.9
Wei-Chun, Jao Georgia State University Resolving binaries close to the gap in the lower main sequence 2021A-0163 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1
Willner, Steven Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Disentangling radiating particle properties and jet physics from M87 multi-wavelength variability 2021A-0046 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.4
Winkler, P Frank Middlebury College Velocity Broadening for a Large Sample of M83 Supernova Remnants 2021A-0026 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.19
Winkler, P Frank Middlebury College Seeking a Reliable Sample of Supernova Remnants in the Magellanic Irregular Galaxy NGC4449 2021A-0179 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.97
Winters, Jennifer Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Searching the Nearby M Dwarfs for Stellar Companions at Solar System Scales 2021A-0176 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.2
Wong, Ian Massachusetts Institute of Technology Exploring the desert: Precise radial velocity confirmation of TESS sub- Saturn candidates 2020A-0194 KPNO WIYNQ 0.5
Worseck, Gabor Universitat Potsdam The First Measurement of the Distribution of Quasar Lifetimes with the HeII Proximity Effect 2021A-0164 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.6
Zalesky, Joseph Arizona State University Exploring Thermal Inversions in Hot Jupiters with IGRINS 2021A-0345 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.94
Zenteno, Alfredo NSF's NOIRLab The DECam eROSITA Survey (DeROSITAS) 2021A-0149 CTIO 4m 10.5
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Approved Indiana Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Carr, David Indiana University SFACT: A New Deep Narrow-Band Imaging Survey with WIYN 2021A-0393 KPNO WIYN 10
Deliyannis, Constantine Indiana University Stellar Physics via Li in M67, NGC 2158, M41, and NGC 2194 2021A-0404 KPNO WIYN 4
Pilachowski, Catherine Indiana University Deuterium in Metal-Poor Stars 2021A-0398 KPNO WIYNQ 0.7
Pilachowski, Catherine Indiana University Identifying Multiple Populations in Globular Clusters with Infrared Photometry 2021A-0400 KPNO WIYN 2
Rhode, Katherine Indiana University WIYN ODI Imaging of Ultra-Compact High Velocity Clouds and Almost-Dark Galaxies from ALFALFA 2021A-0395 KPNO WIYN 5
van Zee, Liese Indiana University Ionized Gas Kinematics and the Chemical Evolution of Nearby Galaxies 2021A-0383 KPNO WIYN 6
Wang, Songhu Indiana University Bloomington Are Multi-Planetary Systems Spin-Orbit Aligned? 2021A-0394 KPNO WIYNQ 7.8
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Approved Missouri Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Yan, Haojing University of Missouri, Columbia Missour WIYN Survey 2021A-0411 KPNO WIYN 7
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Approved Penn State Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Dong, Jiayin Pennsylvania State University Rossiter-McLaughlin Measurements of the Young Warm Jupiter Host TOI-1268 2021A-0405 KPNO WIYNQ 0.96
Dong, Jiayin Pennsylvania State University Radial Velocity Follow-Up of Warm, Large Exoplanets Discovered in Year 2 Full-Frame Images 2021A-0406 KPNO WIYNQ 0.4
Gupta, Arvind Pennsylvania State University Simultaneous NEID and TESS Observations of p-mode Oscillations in HD 103891 2021A-0386 KPNO WIYNQ 0.48
Gupta, Arvind Pennsylvania State University TESS False Positive Vetting with NESSI 2021A-0387 KPNO WIYNQ 0.15
Gupta, Arvind Pennsylvania State University Radial Velocity Follow-up Observations of TESS Single-Transit Events 2021A-0388 KPNO WIYNQ 1.58
Lin, Andrea Pennsylvania State University Exploring the M dwarf exoplanet Mass-Radius Relationship with NEID 2021A-0385 KPNO WIYNQ 2.64
Roy, Arpita Space Telescope Science Institute Direct Detection of Reflected Light from 51 Pegasi b 2021A-0384 KPNO WIYNQ 0.4
Wright, Jason Pennsylvania State University Casting our NETS: the NEID Earth Twin Survey 2021A-0390 KPNO WIYNQ 8.39
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Approved Purdue Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Milisavljevic, Danny Purdue University Precise Distance Estimates to Nearby Supernova Remnants 2021A-0391 KPNO WIYNQ 1
Milisavljevic, Danny Purdue University NEID High Resolution Spectroscopy of Transients 2021A-0392 KPNO WIYNQ 1
Peterson, John Purdue University Weak Lensing in Clusters of Galaxies with PhoSim 2021A-0382 KPNO WIYN 3
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Approved Wisconsin Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Jones, Logan University of Wisconsin, Madison What are the lower redshift analogs to the sources that reionized the Universe? 2021A-0402 KPNO WIYN 5
Kotulla, Ralf University of Wisconsin, Madison Galaxies growing up: From fields to groups to clusters, and the role of dwarf galaxies 2021A-0401 KPNO WIYN 5
Linck, Evan University of Wisconsin, Madison A Study of Binary Populations and Alternative Pathways of Stellar Evolution in Open Clusters 2021A-0403 KPNO WIYN 7
Nine, Andrew University of Wisconsin, Madison An Exploration of NEID Spectra for the Study of Alternative Pathways of Stellar Evolution in Open Clusters 2021A-0399 KPNO WIYNQ 1.8
Timbie, Peter University of Wisconsin, Madison A Spectroscopic Galaxy Redshift Survey Near the NCP 2021A-0409 KPNO WIYN 4
Vanderburg, Andrew University of Wisconsin, Madison Measuring the Spin/Orbit Angle of a Young Super-Earth 2021A-0408 KPNO WIYNQ 0.5
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Approved UC Irvine Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Beard, Corey University of California, Irvine Simultaneous Observations of Kepler Objects With TESS and NEID 2021A-0396 KPNO WIYNQ 3.085
Lubin, Jack University of California, Irvine Rossiter-McLaughlin Measurements of a Transiting Terrestrial Planet orbiting HD 219134 2021A-0397 KPNO WIYNQ 0.6
Robertson, Paul University of California, Irvine GarNEID: the NEID M dwarf exoplanet survey 2021A-0389 KPNO WIYNQ 7.566
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Approved Testing and Engineering Programs

PI Institution Proposal Title Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.
Mahadevan, Suvrath Pennsylvania State University NEID Science Commissioning 2021A-2001 KPNO WIYN 15
Schweiker, Heidi NSF's NOIRLab T&E - Hydra 2021A-0918 KPNO WIYN 5
Schweiker, Heidi WIYN Observatory T&E 2021A-2005 KPNO WIYN 8
Schweiker, Heidi WIYN Observatory T&E 2021A-2006 KPNO WIYN 6
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