Note: half-night handover times are calculated for local astronomical midnight.

Program ID codes: L=Lowell, B=BU, G=UT/KASI(IGRINS), M=UMd/GSFC, N=NAU, NL=Joint NAU/Lowell, T=UToledo, Y=Yale, E=Engineering

Dark code (D=dark, g=gray, b=bright) methodology: At a time resolution of 1 minute, calculate the fractional illumination of the moon for the allocated time (ignoring time during astronomical/nautical/civil twilights & setting to zero for when the moon is below the horizon). Determine the dark code from the mean value of this metric where D=dark for <={0}, g=gray for <={1}, and b=bright for >0.7.

Remote: If entry is "Remote Requested", then remote observing request is pending and not yet approved. If entry is "Remote" then remote request is approved. If entry is blank, then observers are expected to be on-site at DCT.

Bolded red items are Time Critical Observations, during which ToO interrupts will not be accepted.

Italicized gray items are engineering optional interrupts (EOI) for brief testing. Principal will be notified before the start of the prior night if any of this time will be used for a quick engineering test.

On nights when the DeVeny is not in use, it should be left in the following configuration in order to be ready for ToO programs:

	Grating: 300 lines / mm
	Grating tilt: 22.28
	Collimator Focus: 11.25 mm
	Slit Width: 1.5" (0.23 mm)
	Rear Filter Wheel: Clear
	Front Filter Wheel: Clear

Targets of Opportunity (ToO) requests: 1) will only be accepted for approved ToO programs. 2) will not be accepted during any Time Critical Observation (TCO). 3) May be requested during engineering time (programs designated ENN), but will be accepted, delayed, or rejected at the discretion of the Principal or Lead Engineer for that engineering time. Click here to link to DCT policies regarding ToO programs.

Telescope Operators (TO; email at lowell.edu):
    Andrew Hayslip (AH; ahayslip@);
    Heidi Larson (HL; hlarson@);
    Teznie Pugh (TP; tpugh@);
    Jason Sanborn (JS; jaisen1@)

Summary of dates on which approved programs are scheduled (note some dates are partial nights):
B01 Theissen           2016-07-01, 2016-07-02
B02 Skinner            2016-07-09, 2016-07-10
L01 Massey             2016-09-15, 2016-09-17, 2016-09-18
L02 Thirouin           2016-09-05, 2016-09-24
L03 Oszkiewicz         2016-09-06, 2016-09-25
L04 Schleicher         2016-07-07
L07 Moskovitz          2016-09-06
L08 Moskovitz          2016-09-14, 2016-09-16
L11 Levine             2016-09-07, 2016-09-08, 2016-09-26, 2016-09-27
M01 Cenko              
M02 Cenko              2016-09-11
M03 Farnham            2016-07-06
M04 Kelley             2016-09-23
M05 Gezari             2016-07-08, 2016-07-09, 2016-09-09, 2016-09-10
M06 Troja              
N01 Trilling           2016-09-13, 2016-09-22
T01 Bjorkman           2016-09-12
T02 Lai                2016-09-29, 2016-09-30
T03 Hardegree-Ullman   2016-07-03, 2016-07-04, 2016-07-05
E01 Re-aluminization   2016-07-11, 2016-07-12, 2016-07-13, 2016-07-14, 2016-07-15, 2016-07-16
                       2016-07-17, 2016-07-18, 2016-07-19, 2016-07-20, 2016-07-21, 2016-07-22
                       2016-07-23, 2016-07-24, 2016-07-25, 2016-07-26, 2016-07-27, 2016-07-28
                       2016-07-29, 2016-07-30, 2016-07-31, 2016-08-01, 2016-08-02, 2016-08-03
                       2016-08-04, 2016-08-05, 2016-08-06, 2016-08-07, 2016-08-08, 2016-08-09
                       2016-08-10, 2016-08-11, 2016-08-12, 2016-08-13, 2016-08-14, 2016-08-15
                       2016-08-16, 2016-08-17, 2016-08-18, 2016-08-19, 2016-08-20, 2016-08-21
                       2016-08-22, 2016-08-23, 2016-08-24, 2016-08-25, 2016-08-26, 2016-08-27
                       2016-08-28, 2016-08-29, 2016-08-30, 2016-08-31, 2016-09-01, 2016-09-02
                       2016-09-03, 2016-09-04
E02 Pugh               2016-09-13, 2016-09-19
E04 Mace               2016-09-07, 2016-09-08, 2016-09-18, 2016-09-19, 2016-09-20, 2016-09-21
                       2016-09-22, 2016-09-26, 2016-09-27, 2016-09-28

ID  PI Name            Title
B01 Theissen           Pre-main sequence or field stars?: Searching for tracers of youth in low-mass stars with extreme mid-infrared excesses
B02 Skinner            Parallaxes of Very Low-Mass Stars
L01 Massey             The Masses of Wolf-Rayet Stars in M31 and M33
L02 Thirouin           Properties of Cold Classical Trans-Neptunian Objects.
L03 Oszkiewicz         Probing the link of inner V-type asteroids to (4) Vesta
L04 Schleicher         Constraining the changing rotation state of Comet 103P/Hartley 2
L07 Moskovitz          NEO Rapid Response: Close Encounters of the Asteroid Kind
L08 Moskovitz          Physical studies of near-Earth and Main Belt asteroids
L11 Levine             Observations of KBOs and Centaurs for Occultation Predictions
M01 Cenko              ToO GRB Follow-up with DCT: Host Galaxy ISM and Short
M02 Cenko              Transient Classification and ToO Spectroscopy for
M03 Farnham            Constraining the changing rotation state of Comet 103P/Hartley 2
M04 Kelley             Comet gas, dust, and ice production rates
M05 Gezari             DCT Follow-up of Candidate Supermassive Black Hole Binaries from Pan-STARRS1
M06 Troja              ToO observations of gravitational wave events with DCT
N01 Trilling           Photometry of unusual NEOs: High albedo targets and dead comets
T01 Bjorkman           Circumstellar Disk Variability in Galactic Open Clusters
T02 Lai                The search of connection between Diffuse Interstellar Bands and Extend Red Emission
T03 Hardegree-Ullman   Planet Occurrence Around Mid-Type M Dwarfs in theKeplerField
E01 Re-aluminization   DCT re-aluminization and summer maintenance
E02 Pugh               Training and Engineering
E04 Mace               IGRINS Commissioning

New users needing training:
2016-07-01: B01 Theissen: Chris Theissen is a new observer
2016-09-29: T02 Lai: only previous time was cloudy

Latest as of 2017-04-07T02:49:07.334263 UTC