MDM Telescope Schedule: July 2006 - January 2007


Last updated: August 1, 2006

               
               MDM OBSERVATORY CONSORTIUM TELESCOPE SCHEDULE

                         AUGUST, 2006

  DAY/MOON            McGRAW-HILL 1.3m            HILTNER 2.4m
________________________________________________________________________________
                                          |
Tue  1  FQd             "       "         |      "              "     
Wed  2  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Thu  3  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Fri  4  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Sat  5  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Sun  6  br              "       "         |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon  7  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Tue  8   Fb             "       "         |      "              "     
Wed  9  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Thu 10  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Fri 11  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Sat 12  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Sun 13  br              "       "         |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon 14  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Tue 15  LQd             "       "         |      "              "     
Wed 16  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Thu 17  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Fri 18  dk              "       "         |   Direct/Echelle   Shara
Sat 19  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Sun 20  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon 21  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Tue 22  dk      MkIII/Wilbur     Shara    |      "              "     
Wed 23   Nd             "       "         |   Direct/Templeton Tannirkulam
Thu 24  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Fri 25  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Sat 26  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Sun 27  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon 28  dk              "       "         |   Direct/Echelle   Thorstensen
Tue 29  dk      Direct/Templeton Chaboyer |      "              "     
Wed 30  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Thu 31  FQb             "       "         |      "              "     
                                          |
_________1_________2_________3_________4__|______5_________6_________7_________8

ALMANAC SUMMARY: 

Aug 01:  ST mid = 20 16  ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 17 11 -->  0 28
   7.3 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).


Aug 31:  ST mid = 22 15  ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 18 30 -->  2 53
   8.4 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).



               MDM OBSERVATORY CONSORTIUM TELESCOPE SCHEDULE

                         SEPTEMBER, 2006

  DAY/MOON            McGRAW-HILL 1.3m            HILTNER 2.4m
________________________________________________________________________________
                                          |
Fri  1  br              "       "         |   Modspec/Echelle  Thorstensen
Sat  2  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Sun  3  br              "       "         |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon  4* br              "       "         |      "              "     
Tue  5  br              "       "         |   CCDS             Chaboyer
Wed  6   Fb             "       "         |      "              "     
Thu  7  br      Direct/Templeton Boettcher|      "              "     
Fri  8  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Sat  9  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Sun 10  br              "       "         |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon 11  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Tue 12  br              "       "         |   8k               Crotts 
Wed 13  LQb             "       "         |      "              "     
Thu 14  dk      Direct/Templeton Halpern  |      "              "     
Fri 15  dk              "       "         |   8k               Mateo  
Sat 16  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Sun 17  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon 18  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Tue 19  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Wed 20  dk      CCDS             Peterson |      "              "     
Thu 21   Nd             "       "         |      "              "     
Fri 22  dk              "       "         |    8k              Sharma 
Sat 23  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Sun 24  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon 25  dk      Direct/Echelle   Fesen    |      "              "
Tue 26  dk              "       "         |    CCDS            OSU    
Wed 27  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Thu 28  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Fri 29  FQd             DD      DD        |    CCDS            Miller
Sat 30  br              DD      DD        |      "              "     
                                          |
_________1_________2_________3_________4_________5_________6_________7_________8
* LABOR DAY OBSERVED HOLIDAY

ALMANAC SUMMARY: 

Sep 01:  ST mid = 22 19  ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 18 33 -->  2 58
   8.4 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).


Sep 30:  ST mid =  0 13  ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 19 46 -->  5 13
   9.4 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).



               MDM OBSERVATORY CONSORTIUM TELESCOPE SCHEDULE

                         OCTOBER, 2006

  DAY/MOON            McGRAW-HILL 1.3m            HILTNER 2.4m
________________________________________________________________________________
                                          |
Sun  1  br              DD      DD        |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon  2  br              DD      DD        |      "              "     
Tue  3  br              DD      DD        |      "              "     
Wed  4  br              DD      DD        |    CCDS            OSU    
Thu  5  br              DD      DD        |      "              "     
Fri  6   Fb     Direct/Echelle  Martini   |      "              "     
Sat  7  br      Direct/Echelle  Martini   |    CCDS            Crotts 
Sun  8  br      Direct/Echelle  Martini   |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon  9  br              DD      DD        |      "              "     
Tue 10  br      Direct/Nellie   Fesen     |      "              "     
Wed 11  br      Direct/Nellie   Fesen     |    Direct/Echelle  Fesen  
Thu 12  br      Direct/Nellie   Fesen     |      "              "     
Fri 13  LQd     Direct/Nellie   Fesen     |    MkIII/Echelle  Fesen  
Sat 14  dk      Direct/Nellie   Fesen     |      "              "     
Sun 15  dk      Direct/Nellie   Fesen     |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon 16  dk      Direct/Templeton Patterson|    CCDS            OSU    
Tue 17  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Wed 18  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Thu 19  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Fri 20  dk              "       "         |    CCDS            Halpern
Sat 21   Nd             "       "         |      "              "     
Sun 22  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon 23  dk      8K               Putnam   |      "              "     
Tue 24  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Wed 25  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Thu 26  dk              "       "         |    CCDS            OSU    
Fri 27  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Sat 28  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Sun 29  FQb             "       "         |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon 30  br              DD      DD        |    Direct          Shara  
Tue 31  br              DD      DD        |      "              "     
                                          |
_________1_________2_________3_________4__|______5_________6_________7_________8

ALMANAC SUMMARY: 

Oct 01:  ST mid =  0 17  ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 19 49 -->  5 18
   9.5 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).


Oct 31:  ST mid =  2 15  ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 21 15 -->  7 37
  10.3 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).



               MDM OBSERVATORY CONSORTIUM TELESCOPE SCHEDULE

                         NOVEMBER, 2006

  DAY/MOON            McGRAW-HILL 1.3m            HILTNER 2.4m
________________________________________________________________________________
                                          |
Wed  1  br              DD      DD        |      "              "     
Thu  2  br      4K               Depoy    |      "              "     
Fri  3  br              "       "         |    CCDS             OSU    
Sat  4   Fb             "       "         |      "              "     
Sun  5  br              "       "         |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon  6  br              "       "         |    Engineering      "     
Tue  7  br              "       "         |    Engineering      "     
Wed  8  br      MkIII/Wilbur     Shara    |    CCDS             OSU    
Thu  9  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Fri 10  br              "       "         |    CCDS            Wegner 
Sat 11  LQb             "       "         |      "              "     
Sun 12  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon 13  dk      Direct/Templeton H&P      |      "              "     
Tue 14  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Wed 15  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Thu 16  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Fri 17  dk              "       "         |    CCDS            OSU    
Sat 18  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Sun 19  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon 20   Nd             "       "         |    Direct/???      Patterson
Tue 21  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Wed 22  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Thu 23* dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Fri 24* dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Sat 25  dk              "       "         |      "              " 
Sun 26  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
                                          | 
Mon 27  FQb             "       "         |    CCDS            OSU   
Tue 28  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Wed 29  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Thu 30  br              "       "         |      "              "     
                                          |
_________1_________2_________3_________4__|______5_________6_________7_________8
* THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS OBSERVED

ALMANAC SUMMARY: 

Nov 01:  ST mid =  2 19  ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 21 18 -->  7 41
  10.4 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).


Nov 30:  ST mid =  4 14  ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 23 01 -->  9 57
  10.9 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).



               MDM OBSERVATORY CONSORTIUM TELESCOPE SCHEDULE

                         DECEMBER, 2006

  DAY/MOON            McGRAW-HILL 1.3m            HILTNER 2.4m
________________________________________________________________________________
                                          |
Fri  1  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Sat  2  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Sun  3  br              "       "         |      "              "     
                                          | 
Mon  4   Fb             "       "         |      "              "     
Tue  5  br              "       "         |    CCDS            Crotts 
Wed  6  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Thu  7  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Fri  8  br              "       "         |    8k              Crotts      
Sat  9  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Sun 10  br              "       "         |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon 11  LQb             "       "         |      "              "     
Tue 12  dk              "       "         |    8k              Pereira
Wed 13  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Thu 14  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Fri 15  dk      Direct/Templeton Boettcher|      "              "     
Sat 16  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Sun 17  dk              "       "         |    Direct/Echelle  Fesen  
                                          |
Mon 18  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Tue 19   Nd             "       "         |      "              "     
Wed 20  dk              "       "         |    MkIII/???       Fesen  
Thu 21  dk              DD      DD        |      "              "     
Fri 22  dk              DD      DD        |    CCDS            Halpern
Sat 23  dk              DD      DD        |      "              "     
Sun 24  dk              DD      DD        |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon 25* dk              DD      DD        |      "              "     
Tue 26  FQd             DD      DD        |    CCDS            OSU 
Wed 27  br              DD      DD        |      "              "     
Thu 28  br              DD      DD        |      "              "     
Fri 29  br              DD      DD        |    Direct/Echelle  Statler
Sat 30  br              DD      DD        |      "              "     
Sun 31  br              DD      DD        |      "              "     
                                          |
_________1_________2_________3_________4__|______5_________6_________7_________8
* CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY OBSERVED

ALMANAC SUMMARY: 

Dec 01:  ST mid =  4 17  ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 23 05 --> 10 02
  10.9 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).


Dec 31:  ST mid =  6 16  ST @eve. and morn. twilight:  1 15 --> 12 17
  11.0 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).



               MDM OBSERVATORY CONSORTIUM TELESCOPE SCHEDULE

                         JANUARY, 2007

  DAY/MOON            McGRAW-HILL 1.3m            HILTNER 2.4m
________________________________________________________________________________
                                          |
Mon  1* br              DD      DD        |      "              "     
Tue  2   Fb             DD      DD        |    CCDS            OSU    
Wed  3  br              DD      DD        |      "              "     
Thu  4  br              DD      DD        |      "              "     
Fri  5  br              DD      DD        |    Direct/Echelle  Shara  
Sat  6  br              DD      DD        |      "              "     
Sun  7  br              DD      DD        |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon  8  br              DD      DD        |      "              "     
Tue  9  br              DD      DD        |    CCDS            OSU    
Wed 10  LQb             DD      DD        |      "              "     
Thu 11  dk              DD      DD        |      "              "     
Fri 12  dk              DD      DD        |    CCDS            Shields
Sat 13  dk              DD      DD        |      "              "     
Sun 14  dk              DD      DD        |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon 15**dk              DD      DD        |      "              "     
Tue 16  dk              DD      DD        |      "              "     
Wed 17  dk              DD      DD        |    CCDS            OSU    
Thu 18   Nd             DD      DD        |      "              "     
Fri 19  dk      CCDS             Peterson |    Modspec/???     Thorstensen
Sat 20  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Sun 21  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon 22  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Tue 23  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Wed 24  dk              "       "         |      "              "     
Thu 25  FQb     ??               Thorstens|      "              "     
Fri 26  br              "       "         |    Direct/Echelle  Thorstensen
Sat 27  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Sun 28  br              "       "         |      "              "     
                                          |
Mon 29  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Tue 30  br              "       "         |      "              "     
Wed 31  br              "       "         |      "              "     
                                          |
_________1_________2_________3_________4__|______5_________6_________7_________8
* NEW YEAR"S DAY HOLIDAY OBSERVED
** MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY OBSERVED HOLIDAY

ALMANAC SUMMARY: 

Jan 01:  ST mid =  6 20  ST @eve. and morn. twilight:  1 19 --> 12 21
  11.0 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).


Jan 31:  ST mid =  8 18  ST @eve. and morn. twilight:  3 40 --> 14 15
  10.6 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).




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