A2010 observing schedule last update: 10Mar17 mph Use searchable schedule on AO web page to get date,AST ... but check posted scheds too. Use blocksched.pro in eggidl/gen to get LST Note: Block designation assigned according to time at START of observations on given day. Az: should be 180 for Decs north of zenith and 360 for Decs south of zenith. (R) indicates remote observing. -------------------------------------------- UPCOMING OBSERVATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPRING 2010 SEASON ** Be sure to check the AO telescope schedule for any last-minute changes (we often aren't notified). See: http://www.naic.edu/~a2010/zenithstrip_instr.html for notes on restriction on telescope positioning ************** Current restrictions in Az and ZA ***************** ************** Both AZ and ALFA rotation angle must be set each night ***************** ************** RA range will be offset from LST ***************** ************** AST IS THE SAME AS EDT FOR THESE OBSERVATIONS ***************** Block Date LMSTmidn AST LST Drift DecJ Who | Az | RotAng | ZA | RA offset from LST | conf file 10.03.17 W 17Mar 11h15 21h45-04h15 09h00-15h31 73p2 +174548 DC,TB | 85.93 | -63.8 | 7.0 | 30min earlier than LST | a2010_az85_2010.conf 10.03.18 R 18Mar 11h19 21h45-04h15 09h03-15h35 72p2 +173112 DC,TB | 83.96 | -61.6 | 7.0 | 30min earlier than LST | a2010_az85_2010.conf 10.03.19 F 19Mar 11h23 21h45-04h00 09h07-15h23 71p2 +171636 DC,TB | 82.01 | -59.3 | 7.1 | 30min earlier than LST | a2010_az85_2010.conf 10.03.21 S 21Mar 11h31 21h30-04h00 09h00-15h31 70p2 +170200 EGGS(R) | 80.08 | -57.1 | 7.1 | 30min earlier than LST | a2010_az85_2010.conf 10.03.22 M 22Mar 11h35 21h30-04h00 09h04-15h35 69p2 +164724 EGGS(R) | 78.17 | -54.9 | 7.2 | 30min earlier than LST | a2010_az85_2010.conf 10.03.23 T 23Mar 11h39 21h15-03h45 08h53-15h24 68p1 +162530 | 75.38 | -51.8 | 7.3 | 30min earlier than LST | a2010_az85_2010.conf 10.03.24 W 24Mar 11h43 21h15-03h45 08h57-15h28 69p1 +164006 | 77.23 | -53.9 | 7.2 | 30min earlier than LST | a2010_az85_2010.conf 10.03.25 R 25Mar 11h47 21h15-03h45 09h01-15h32 70p1 +165442 | 79.12 | -56.1 | 7.2 | 30min earlier than LST | a2010_az85_2010.conf 10.03.26 F 26Mar 11h51 21h15-03h45 09h05-15h36 71p1 +170918 | 81.04 | -58.2 | 7.1 | 30min earlier than LST | a2010_az85_2010.conf 10.03.27 S 27Mar 11h55 21h15-03h30 09h09-15h25 72p1 +172354 | 82.98 | -60.4 | 7.1 | 30min earlier than LST | a2010_az85_2010.conf 10.03.28 S 28Mar 11h59 21h00-03h30 08h58-15h29 73p1 +173830 | 84.94 | -62.7 | 7.0 | 30min earlier than LST | a2010_az85_2010.conf 10.03.29 M 29Mar 12h03 21h00-03h30 09h02-15h33 74p1 +175306 | 86.92 | -65.0 | 7.0 | 30min earlier than LST | a2010_az85_2010.conf 10.03.31 W 31Mar 12h10 21h00-03h15 09h10-15h26 77p1 +183654 | 266.56 | -69.9 | 7.2 | 30min later than LST | a2010_az265_2010.conf 10.04.01 R 01Apr 12h14 20h45-03h15 08h59-15h30 78p1 +185130 | 264.64 | -67.8 | 7.3 | 30min later than LST | a2010_az265_2010.conf 10.04.02 F 02Apr 12h18 20h45-03h15 09h03-15h34 79p1 +190606 | 262.71 | -65.5 | 7.3 | 30min later than LST | a2010_az265_2010.conf 10.04.03 S 03Apr 12h22 20h45-03h00 09h07-15h22 80p1 +192042 | 260.80 | -63.3 | 7.3 | 30min later than LST | a2010_az265_2010.conf 10.04.04 S 04Apr 12h26 20h45-03h00 09h11- 10.04.05 M 05Apr 12h30 20h30-03h00 08h59- 10.04.06 T 06Apr 12h34 20h30-03h00 09h03- 10.04.07 W 07Apr 12h38 20h30-02h45 0907- 10.04.08 R 08Apr 12h42 20h30-02h45 0911- 10.04.09 F 09Apr 12h46 20h15-02h45 ************************** BELOW HERE SCHEDULE IS TENTATIVE ONLY 10.04.10 10.04.16 10.04.17 10.04.18 10.04.19 10.04.20 10.04.21 10.04.22 10.04.23 10.04.24 10.04.25 10.04.26 10.04.27 10.04.28 10.04.29 10.05.01 10.05.02 10.05.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spring 2010; March 2010: working on zenith strip at za about 8.0 degrees (restricted ZA range) Zenith strip must specify Az, ALFAang Use eggidl/gen routine to calculate az,za,optimum ALFAang for date,time,ra,dec SYNTAX: lsttoazRT,yymmdd,lmstHHMMSS,raHHMMSS,decDDMMSS,driftTime (where driftTime=480. Routine written by MH for J. Irwin's N2903 precursor.) Still to do: 143p1,144p1,145p1,146p1,147p1,148p1,149p1,148p3 134p1,135p1,136p1,137p1,138p1,139p1,140p1,141p1,142p1, 133p2,134p2,135p2,137p2,137p2,138p2,139p2,140p2,141p2,142p2, 143p2,144p2,145p2,146p2,147p2,148p2,149p2,148p4 68p1,69p1,70p1,69p2 * partial coverage available 67p2*,68p2* Now in queue ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who's who: EGGs: One of the Cornell EGG folks TBD BA: Betsey Adams JA: Josh Adams AA: Adeel Altaf (Lafayette) DB: Drew Brisbin CA: Cameron Arsenault (RMCC) TB: Tom Balonek NB: Noah Brosch NB2: Noah Billings SB: Shea Brown (UMinn) BC: Barbara Catinella BC2: Bret Comnes JC: John Cannon DC: David Craig JD: Josh Davidson (GSU) AF: Amy Furniss (HSU) RF: Rose Finn EG: Elena George (HSU) JG: Josh Goldstein (Lafayette) RG: Riccardo Giovanelli GH: Greg Hallenbeck KH: Kelley Hess MH: Martha Haynes SH: Sarah Higdon SH2: Shan Huang LH: Lyle Hoffman WH: Walter Hopkins (RIT) MJ: Melissa Jacquart (UWisc) SK: Shelvean Kapita (Lafayette) BK: Brian Kent RK: Becky Koopmann DK: Dave Kornreich JL: Jamie Lomax (StLU) AM: Ann Martin BM: Bilal Mahmood (Union) JM: Jeff Miller PM: Peiyuan Mao (Lafayette) SM: Steven Margell (HSU) WM: Arik Mitschang (HSU) EM: Emmanuel Momjian KN: Kim-Yen Nguyen PN: Prasanth Nair (IU) AO: Aileen O'Donoghue EP: Manolis Papastergis PP: Phil Patrick DR: Daniel Richey (GSU) JR: Jessica Rosenberg AS: Amelie Saintonge DS: David Stark DS2: David Shook JS: John Salzer KS: Kristine Spekkens OS: Oded Spector SS: Sabrina Stierwalt TS: Tess Senty (HSU) MT: Mari Carmen Toribio LV: Liese van Zee BW: Brian Walsh EW: Eric Wilcots