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 Blanton            2015-10-07, 2015-10-08, 2015-10-09, 2015-10-10
B02 Dalba              2015-10-13
B03 Morgan             2015-11-03, 2015-11-04
B04 Skinner            2015-11-05, 2015-11-06
B05 Feldman            2015-12-14, 2015-12-16, 2015-12-17
L01 Hunter             2015-10-06, 2015-10-15, 2015-10-17, 2015-10-18, 2015-11-02, 2015-12-03
                       2015-12-04, 2015-12-08
L02 Knight             2015-10-19, 2015-10-20, 2015-10-21, 2015-11-16, 2015-12-05, 2015-12-06
                       2015-12-07
L03 Mandushev          2015-10-02, 2015-10-03, 2015-10-04
L04 Mandushev          2015-11-26
L05 Wasserman          2015-11-07, 2015-12-13
L06 Massey             2015-10-01, 2015-10-19, 2015-10-20, 2015-10-23, 2015-10-24, 2015-11-23
                       2015-11-30, 2015-12-23, 2015-12-29
L07 Levine             2015-12-09
L08 Levine             2015-11-24, 2015-11-25
L09 Moskovitz          2015-10-05, 2015-10-22, 2015-12-21
L10 Moskovitz          2015-12-02
L11 West               2015-11-08, 2015-11-09
L12 West               2015-10-14
L13 Shkolnik           2015-11-17, 2015-11-18, 2015-11-19
L14 Llama              2015-10-12, 2015-10-24, 2015-11-22, 2015-12-15
L15 Allen              2015-10-01, 2015-10-28, 2015-11-02, 2015-11-20, 2015-11-21, 2015-11-23
                       2015-12-30
L16 Thirouin           2015-12-03, 2015-12-04
L17 Thirouin           2015-11-29, 2015-11-30
L18 Massey             2015-10-21, 2015-10-28
M01 Cenko              2015-10-16, 2015-12-01, 2015-12-22
M02 Toy                2015-11-13, 2015-11-14, 2015-11-15
M03 Smith              2015-11-10, 2015-11-11, 2015-11-12
M04 Kelley             2015-10-23
M05 Gezari             2015-12-10, 2015-12-11, 2015-12-12
M06 Feaga              2015-12-18, 2015-12-19, 2015-12-20
N01 Trilling           2015-10-06, 2015-10-17, 2015-10-18, 2015-11-16
N02 Tegler             2015-10-11
T01 Bjorkman           2015-10-29, 2015-10-30
T02 Davidson           2015-10-31, 2015-11-01
E01 Engineering        2015-10-25, 2015-10-26, 2015-10-27, 2015-11-27, 2015-11-28, 2015-12-23
                       2015-12-24, 2015-12-25, 2015-12-26, 2015-12-27, 2015-12-28, 2015-12-29
                       2015-12-30, 2015-12-31
E02 Massey             2015-10-25

ID  PI Name            Title
B01 Blanton            Clusters occupied by bent radio AGN survey
B02 Dalba              Exoplanet atmosphere
B03 Morgan             Age-Activity relation for wide White dwarf + M dwarf pairs
B04 Skinner            Parallaxes of very low-mass stars
B05 Feldman            Accretion in protoplanetary disks
L01 Hunter             Ultra-deep image of LITTLE THINGS galaxies
L02 Knight             Imaging of Comets
L03 Mandushev          Nature of an eclipsing variable
L04 Mandushev          TrES/PSST transiting candidate
L05 Wasserman          KBO followup
L06 Massey             Wolf-Rayet binary light curves
L07 Levine             KBO astrometry and occultation
L08 Levine             Astrometry
L09 Moskovitz          MANOS
L10 Moskovitz          Hayabusa2 Flyby of Earth
L11 West               Diffuse, intergalactic cluster light
L12 West               Origin of fossil groups
L13 Shkolnik           Fundamental properties of young M dwarfs
L14 Llama              Multi-color exoplanet transits
L15 Allen              Young binary systems in Taurus
L16 Thirouin           Proerties of cold classical TNOs
L17 Thirouin           Proerties of a TNO
L18 Massey             AST401/PHY580 NAU Observing class
M01 Cenko              Transient classification for the iPTF
M02 Toy                GRB afterglows
M03 Smith              Optical follow-up of x-ray selected targets
M04 Kelley             Comet recovery and characterization
M05 Gezari             DCT follow-up of candidate SMBH binaries from PS1
M06 Feaga              Monitoring cometary activity
N01 Trilling           Photometry of high albedo NEOs
N02 Tegler             Colors of Centaur Objects
T01 Bjorkman           Circumstellar Disk Variability
T02 Davidson           Close Binary Stars
E01 Engineering        Engineering
E02 Massey             LMI Engineering

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