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NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ♦ Kitt Peak National Observatory ♦ NOAO Gemini Science Center

This image of the M66 spiral galaxy was taken with the WIYN 0.9-meter telescope in December 2002. Photo courtesy: N. Sharp.

Quarterly Report (1) FY 2003

October 1 – December 31, 2002

Submitted to the National Science Foundation Pursuant to Scientific Program Order No. 1, Article 5-C

Cooperative Agreement No. AST-0132798, Article VI

Also published on the NOAO Web site: http://www.noao.edu

NOAO is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation

National Optical Astronomy Observatory Quarterly Report (1) FY 2003

October 1 – December 31, 2002*

Submitted to the National Science Foundation Pursuant to Scientific Program Order No. 1, Article 5-C

Cooperative Agreement No. AST-0132798

February 1, 2003

TABLE OF CONTENTS FY 2002 Science Publications Using NOAO Facilities ..................................................... 1

Public Affairs and Educational Outreach (PAEO)........................................................... 1 Media and Public Information ............................................................................................... 1 Public Outreach...................................................................................................................... 2 Educational Outreach............................................................................................................. 3

Site Safety Reports FY 2002 ............................................................................................... 4 Tucson and Kitt Peak Site Safety Report............................................................................... 4 NOAO South and AURA Observatory in Chile .................................................................... 7

NOAO Observing Programs (Semester 2002-B)............................................................... 11 NOAO Gemini Science Center.............................................................................................. 11 Kitt Peak National Observatory ............................................................................................. 14 Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ............................................................................ 18 Hobby-Eberly Telescope ....................................................................................................... 23 Multiple Mirror Telescope..................................................................................................... 24 * Summaries of scientific and program activities of the preceding quarter, including

telescope subscription statistics and updates on operational activities, are published separately in the quarterly NOAO Newsletter.

FY 2002 SCIENCE PUBLICATIONS USING NOAO FACILITIES

The following tables show the number of science papers designating a specific NOAO telescope as the primary source of research data in these publications. In the 12 months ending September 30, 2002, a total of 143 science papers were authored by CTIO scientific staff and/or visiting scientists using CTIO facilities. (This list is published in the NOAO FY 2002 Annual Report and can be downloaded at http://www.noao.edu/dir/ar/app_A.pdf). Of these 143 papers, 106 cite the use of a CTIO telescope as a source of data. The following table shows the number of papers designating a specific CTIO telescope:

Science Papers Citing Usage of CTIO Telescopes

12 Months Ending 9/30//02

Telescope Specified: No. of Papers Citing Telescope

4-m 56 1.5-m 35 1.0-m 11 0.9-m 33 Curtis-Schmidt 4

Total Papers Citing CTIO Facilities:

106

Total FY 02 Science Publications CTIO

143

Teles

4-m WIYN2.1-mCoud0.9-mBurre1.3-m

TotalKPNO

TotalPubli

In FY 2002, 204 science papers were authored by KPNO scientifiKPNO facilities. Of these, 127 cited data from a KPNO telescope.KPNO telescope as a source of data.) PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH (PA

Media and Public Information

An NOAO press release on the discovery of an arc of blue stars abthe remnant of recent galactic cannibalism received strong coveragfeatured story on CNN.com’s Space Web page for more than a daSpace.com, Astronomy.com, and Spaceflightnow.com, and in the Two versions of the press release’s related image were featured sethe Day” on Astronomy.com. A story in the November 11 issue of US News & World Report meLarge-aperture Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) in contributingwas based partly on the reporter’s previous attendance at several N

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Science Papers Citing Usage of KPNO Telescopes

12 Months Ending 9/30//02

cope Specified: No. of Papers Citing Telescope

41 32

22 e-Feed 8 30 ll-Schmidt 4 3

Papers Citing Facilities 127

FY 02 Science cations KPNO 204

c staff and/or visiting scientists using (Note: a paper may cite more than one

EO)

ove Centaurus that appears to represent e in the astronomy media. It was the

y, and received further coverage on Johns Hopkins U. student newspaper. parately as the “Astronomy Picture of

ntioned the potential value of the to study of the Kuiper Belt. The story OAO-related talks and press briefings.

1st Quarter FY 2003

Images from NOAO were showcased 10 times as Astronomy.com’s “Astronomy Picture of the Day” during this quarter. In addition, the featured image on the NOAO home page was updated eight times. PAEO answered approximately 500 requests for information on astronomy and the use of NOAO imagery, and sent out about 2,000 brochures, posters, and packages in response. NOAO press release titles for the quarter:

• “AURA Starts New Cooperative Agreement with NSF to Operate NOAO and NSO”

• “Arc of Blue Stars a Lingering Sign of Shredded Dwarf Galaxy”

• “World’s Largest Optical Telescopes Open for Competitive Access Under New NSF Program”

Public Outreach

Tucson Mayor Robert Walkup, several middle school students from the Tfour dozen members of the Tucson tourist bureau and hotel communitieson Kitt Peak on October 8. The group attended a combined ribbon-cuttinNASA Space Weather Center exhibit at the Visitor Center and stargazingtelescope for nighttime public programs. A color photo of one of the Natthe 16-inch public telescope was featured in a page A1 cover story in theexpanded public program and its potential to excite “hobby astronomers romantic evening under the stars” drew a mention on ABC Radio’s Paul The Space Weather Center’s hands-on demonstrations were a key part ofNovember science teachers’ workshop on solar science. NOAO educatiopresentations to several dozen visiting teachers, and Kitt Peak’s role wasNBC-TV news report on the workshop. The workshop was sponsored by On November 9, 135 Girl Scouts attended a special program on Kitt PeakCenter exhibit. The program included a tour of the McMath-Pierce solar discussed careers in astronomy and academic preparation—and solar obsand H-alpha filter. On November 16, 150 Boy Scouts attended the same Scouts attended a special Advanced Observing Program on November 1,after participating in educational activities and observing with a 16-inch Staff from the Visitor Center and WIYN hosted 40 Yale alumni on Kitt Pand talks about WIYN scientific research. The event was deemed such a planned for April 2003. A team of four filmmakers from Australia and a professor from the U. ofMayall 4-meter observatory building specifically as a backdrop for a piecChannel. The Mayor of La Serena, Chile and a delegation of six toured the MayallPierce solar telescope, and the WIYN 3.5-meter telescope. The group incdirector of the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.

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Media and Public Information Summary of Server Hits October–December 2002

(Hits in Thousands)

Image Gallery 479

Education 38

Public Outreach 281

Non-PAEO 1,705

Total NOAO Tucson 2,503
Web Hits
ohono O’odham Nation, and were among the special guests g ceremony for the traveling session at the new second

ion’s students looking through Arizona Daily Star. The or young couples seeking a Harvey Show.

NOAO’s contributions to a nal outreach staff made featured in a Tucson KVOA Tucson’s Coronado Instruments.

involving the Space Weather telescope—where an astronomer erving with a 16-inch telescope program. In addition, 16 Boy and spent the night on Kitt Peak telescope.

eak for an evening of stargazing success that another is being

Arizona used Kitt Peak and the e to air on the Discovery Health

4-meter telescope, the McMath-luded Dr. Malcolm Smith,

1st Quarter FY 2003

Special Kitt Peak bottled water will now be sold at the Visitor Center, packaged in a bright blue bottle.

Educational Outreach

The Teacher Leaders in Research Based Science Education (TLRBSE) program continues to support teachers nationwide in the integration of research into the classroom. In this quarter, we recruited for our “Year 3” cohort of teachers. We received 149 applicants from a nationwide pool that included applicants from across the country, including Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico. The TLRBSE team selected the 20 most qualified applicants for the program; the pool of talent was exceptionally well-qualified this year. Project ASTRO

The main training workshop for Project ASTRO-Tucson took place October 11–12. The main highlights of the workshop were a talk by David Levy and the participation of the group in 10 interactive activities. One set of activities, led by Mike Zawaski of the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado, concerned the subject of kinesthetic astronomy. PAEO’s Kathie Coil led activities on Moon Journals. The workshop participants received certification from NASA to use Moon rocks in their classrooms.

PAEO Kitt Peak Visitor Center

Summary of Visitors and Public Programs(3 mos. ending 12/31/02)

Group/Program No. of Visitors

General public tours 4,442 Self-guided public tours 1,701 School groups K-12 439 Special tours 251 Nightly Obs. Program 1,697 Advanced Obs. Program 57

Total Visitors 8,587*

* Represents a 30% increase over 1st Qtr FY02.

The NSF-sponsored Family ASTRO-Tucson program has begun at NOAO, with Dr. Connie Walker as site director. The NOAO program will work with families in the Sunnyside Unified School District on the south side of Tucson, which is 85% Hispanic; the Indian Oasis Baboquivari Unified School District of the Tohono O’odham Indian Nation; and the Sahuaro Girl Scouts Council. In October, C. Walker and R. Wilson from the PAEO department received formal leader training at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) headquarters in San Francisco. Walker and Wilson then trained leaders from the partner groups in three training sessions. Each training session was devoted to one of the three Family ASTRO kits: Moon Mission, Night Sky Adventure, and Race to the Planets. Nineteen community educators have been trained so far. In early November, Walker and Wilson appeared on David Levy’s local radio show on AM-990 in Tucson to talk about Family ASTRO and NOAO educational outreach in the area. Project ASTRO-Chile held its first major experiment. A teacher workshop via videoconference with La Serena was given on spectroscopy and assembling Project STAR spectroscopes. Four Tucson science teachers who speak Spanish and have teaching experience across the K–12 spectrum presented the workshop. The CTIO lead was Dr. Dara Norman. The event was a success, and a follow-on workshop is planned for late January or early February 2003.

Other NOAO Educational Outreach Activities

NOAO Director Jeremy Mould presented an invited paper at the American Geophysics Union meeting in San Francisco in December at the session titled “AGU Scientists’ Participation in Support of K–14 Education and Public Outreach.” NOAO Manager of Science Education Steve Pompea (co-author of the invited paper) co-chaired an education session at the AGU meeting.

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NOAO PAEO provided digital photographs for a U. of North Carolina Undergraduate Admissions Office alumni Web page. The page features Kitt Peak’s Heidi Schweiker, and is part of a UNC campaign to attract talented high school students to its science programs. See http://capitalstrategies.com/uncdev/alumni/schweiker.asp for details. The Open U. in the United Kingdom requested permission to use the NOAO “Jewels of the Night” educational outreach activity for a new astronomy course under development.

FY 2002 SITE SAFETY REPORTS

Tucson and Kitt Peak OSHA Recordable Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

The following table depicts a historical record of recordable injuries and illnesses reported on the yearly OSHA 200-300 log.

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

OSHA Recordable Injuries1992-2002

TucsonKitt Peak

Although NOAO was not free of accidents in 2002, no OSHA recordable injuries occurred at Tucson or Kitt Peak. Two injuries requiring only first aid and two minor vehicle accidents were reported.

Safety and Health

• The rewrite of the Kitt Peak Emergency Manual is complete, and it has been distributed to employees, tenants, docents, and physical locations on the mountain. A copy is available on the NOAO Web site at http://claret.kpno.noao.edu/Safety/KPNO_EmergMan.html. Public Outreach has used this document in the training of new docents. Emergency response is tested by monthly day- and nighttime drills.

• The NOAO management committee currently is reviewing the NOAO Contingency Plan. The plan

consists of sections detailing a “non-scientific” business impact analysis, risk reduction and elimination, emergency plans, recovery goals, objectives, organizational structure, individual roles and responsibilities, recovery procedures, database/document lists, service and supplies lists, and other useful information. The plan is expected to be approved and distributed to key personnel by mid-February 2003.


• The NOAO internal Web site now has a Risk Management Documents page at http://www.noao.edu/noaolocal/safety/. The page includes the Kitt Peak Emergency Manual, the 1991 NOAO Safety Manual, checklists, forms, about one hundred topics and presentations, useful links, and a few personal touches by the risk management specialist.

• NOAO has managed hazardous material transportation compliance by revising shipping manifests,

ensuring proper labeling with material safety data sheets (MSDSs), and monitoring quantities shipped to eliminate the need to placard vehicles. NOAO is signed up with ChemTrac for emergency response information, and is contracted with a local company for spill cleanup if needed.

• A mandatory U.S. Department of Labor survey of 2001 occupational injury/illness data for Kitt Peak

and Tucson was prepared and sent to the Arizona Industrial Commission and the U.S. Department of Research and Statistics.

• The risk management specialist volunteered to be a member of the WIYN safety committee and

assisted in the rewrite of the WIYN 0.9-m safety guidelines. • A number of informal inspections, reviews, and consultations were conducted, including the

following:

A courtesy safety inspection at the WIYN 0.9m telescope.

A courtesy safety inspection at the Tucson GONG Farm.

Hosting AURA-CTIO’s Safety Consultant Mario Gonzalez’s visit to Kitt Peak and the Tucson facility June 17–19.

A safety and health review and inspection at NSO in Sunspot, New Mexico on July 9 and 10. Provided the administrative manager with a report of our findings and other useful information.

Safety oversight during the National Film Board of Canada’s visit in May 2002.

Project safety design reviews and consultation for the Flex Test Rig; 4-meter aluminizing upgrade; 16” telescope upgrade for PAEO; front lobby upgrade; SOLIS; University of Arizona Optics Lab space at NOAO; WIYN mirror removal, aluminizing, and reinstallation; WIYN platform design; GNIRS; and IRMOS cart design.

Internal consulting. Topics included safety glasses, cranes, respirator protection, product recall, hazardous materials, construction safety, oxygen sensors, hearing, eye, and hand protection, ergonomics, air quality, electrical safety, confined space, signs, proper lifting, DOT drivers’ qualifications, safety footwear, OSHA regulations, volunteer screening, suspended loads, barricading, shop safety, and laser safety.

• The risk management specialist, C. Gessner, participated in and presented risk management issues at

the April 22, 2002 Kitt Peak Tenants Meeting. • The procurement department and the risk management office established a system to file and list

Material Safety Data Sheets. • C. Gessner was the guest speaker for the Southern Arizona American Society of Safety Engineers

(ASSE) Annual Banquet in May 2002. The topic of his presentation was “Thoughts from the Safety Guy–Quips of Personal Experience and Opinions.” He was also elected secretary of the Southern Arizona ASSE.


• NOAO hosted two insurance company workers compensation safety inspections from The Hartford,

and completed most of the recommendations. • NOAO formally responded to the Chubb insurance recommendations as a result of its December

2001 inspection at Cerro Tololo.

Education and Training

• First aid and CPR training continues at Kitt Peak and Tucson. Approximately 10 percent of staff and a number of Kitt Peak tenants have attended.

• Another Kitt Peak nighttime employee completed Emergency Medical Technician certification.

• Two employees completed an asbestos contractor/supervisor refresher course to comply with OSHA 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1910.1001 and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 40 CFR 743.

• Seven Tucson and 15 Kitt Peak employees completed the Power Industrial Truck Course to comply with OSHA 29 CFR Part 1910.178.

• Six employees successfully completed hazardous materials transportation (DOT HM 126) training; the procurement manager and the risk management specialist completed a three-day course on transportation of hazardous materials (DOT HM 181) to comply with the DOT 49 CFR.

• A Kitt Peak employee successfully completed Arizona Department of Environmental Quality–Water Treatment Grade I certification.

• The first course of wild land firefighting training on Kitt Peak has been in progress since November 2002. Eleven Kitt Peak personnel and three tenants are expected to complete the course in January 2003. This course is provided by Tohono O’Odham Nation Department of Public Safety at no cost to NOAO.

• Additional in-house safety meetings continued at the Kitt Peak recreation hall. Topics included blood borne pathogens; slips, trips, and falls; back safety; chainsaw safety; and fire extinguishers. The risk management specialist hosted several safety presentations for Kitt Peak, Central Facilities and Operations (CFO), and the instrument shop.

• The risk management specialist attended the ASSE-sponsored symposium “Emergency Preparedness & Response.”

Fire Protection and Prevention

• NOAO is maintaining a good relationship with the Tohono O’Odham Nation Department of Public Safety. As a result, a number of Kitt Peak action items were implemented, including the removal and reduction of vegetation around critical structures, location coordinates of structures for the fire department, updated emergency telephone numbers, review of our firefighting equipment, and training opportunities.

• Kitt Peak acquired a foam firefighting machine at no cost, which has enhanced Kitt Peak’s first

response firefighting capabilities.


• Fire protection and detection inspections bid packages were rewritten for systems at Tucson and Kitt

Peak.

Environmental

• An investigation was made on 40 CFR–SARA Title III environmental standard to determine compliance. No further action to this specific standard is required.

• The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Hazardous Waste 2001 Facility Annual Report

was submitted to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). Due to a monthly disposal quantity in 2001, NOAO was required to report as a Large Quantity Generator. In 2002, NOAO will report to the ADEQ as a conditionally exempt small quantity generator because NOAO properly relocated and disposed of hazardous materials and universal wastes.

• Kitt Peak and Tucson underground gasoline storage tanks were tested for tank tightness as required

by the ADEQ. All tanks passed. • Documented monthly transformer leak checks were performed on Kitt Peak with no issues.

Security

• NOAO employees experienced four thefts involving personal items located in offices, three parking lot hit-and-runs, a vehicle theft in which the vehicle was recovered, and theft of wheels from a vehicle. Police reports were filed for most cases.

• NOAO has implemented procedures and projects intended to enhance our security, including locking

critical doors, installation of a parking lot video monitor, installation of new control doors, and electronic access control. Electronic access control includes the Tucson office main entrance doors, directors’ offices, and Kitt Peak dorm rooms.

NOAO South and AURA Observatory in Chile

Completed Activities

• Access road improvement with the installation of 58 new safety road signs and new gravel road surfacing.

• Fire extinguisher replacement. Halon 1211 units replaced by Co2 and Fe 36 units at the observatory installations.

• Authorization obtained for the movement of used batteries from the Gemini and Victor Blanco telescopes to the recycling company Hidronor Chile, S.A.

• New forms and follow-up records of unsafe conditions created.

• Paritario Committee participation in inspections with the safety engineer.

• Road signs on the access road improved with installation of 63 new security signs.

• Improvements to sanitary conditions in the Cerro Tololo dining area, in accordance with Chilean


sanitary regulations.

• Total maintenance of used water tanks for the camp and the La Serena fire circuit.

• Improved access control checkpoint box built for the Cisternas Street access. Summary of Safety Activities

Site # Recommendations

CTIO 24 Improvement of emergency systems and alarms.

AOSS 14 Improvement of work and sanitary conditions.

SOAR 31 Formal training in altitude work. Use of E.P.P. Hygiene norms.

Gemini 36 Improvements in emergency procedures. Installation of security data sheets. Evacuation routes.

Accidents and Injuries

Three injuries were reported in 2002, two at CTIO and one at Gemini. AOSS and SOAR reported no injuries. NOAO South experienced a significant reduction in vehicle accidents on the access road in 2002. Five accidents were reported, one of which involved a visitor. AOSS reported two accidents, and Gemini reported two. All five accidents occurred outside the compound.

Site Safety Talks

Site training presentations and talks were given on the following topics:

• Emergency preparedness • Evacuation plan • Fire prevention plan • First aid • Rescue plan • Security data sheets • Blockage cards • Use of protection at altitude

Site Safety Training

With the support and participation of the Mutual de Seguridad, Camara Chilena de la Construcción (MCChC), the AOSS medical orderly staff, and other AURA-O safety personnel, the following training courses were attended by CTIO, AOSS, SOAR, and Gemini personnel:


Training Course Topic Number of Participants

CTIO AOSS SOAR Gemini

Emergency Medical Training 4 4 4 6 Emergency Brigade 4 4 4 6 Security experts meeting – 1 – – Hydraulic mechanics – 2 – – Security experts meeting – 1 – – Paritario Committee meeting 2 2 1 1 Paritario Committee course 4 4 3 4 OSHA 501 – 1 – – Asbestos training – 1 – – Security supervisors 1 1 – –

Talk Topic Number of Participants CTIO AOSS SOAR Gemini

Working at altitude 2 – 16 – Road use norms – 12 – – Evacuation routes – 2 – 22 Evacuation plan – 1 – 24 Fire plan – 1 – 21 Use of E.P.P. 4 12 26 12 Safe attitudes 4 – 22 – Vigilance security – 9 – – First aid 3 26 – – Contractor security – 12 – 1 Emergency brigade 52 64 – – First aid 42 31 – –

Emergency Preparedness

All employees participated in a number of successful evacuation drills in the telescope areas. The evacuation drill carried out in the Gemini telescope deserves special mention, having achieved a total and orderly evacuation of the building in 1 minute and 15 seconds. As of the month of December, Mr. Sergio Franco was named AOSS nurse. Franco has extensive experience as chief of emergency and rescue brigades for Cerro Tololo and Cerro Pachón.

Personnel from the La Serena Fire Department visited and audited our installations and provided valuable emergency information. The preparation of a complete manual for emergency situations involving the La Serena, Cerro Tololo, and Cerro Pachón installations has been completed. Currently in the review stage, the manual covers the following topics:


• Anti-fire plan • Emergency plan • Evacuation plan • Quake plan • First aid • Anti-terrorist attack plan • Anti-explosives action plan New procedures for emergencies at the Gemini telescope have been developed, and the procedures for emergencies at the SOAR telescope have been updated. New work procedures for the TELOPS area are being revised and reviewed by O. Saa. In addition, a new Mutual de Seguridad vigilance plan has been prepared and is now in use by the security guards at the La Serena and Tololo entrances.


NOAO OBSERVING PROGRAMS (SEMESTER 2002-B) NOAO Gemini Science Center A total of 48 U.S. scientific programs were awarded time on the Gemini telescopes in Semester 2002-B, including seven graduate thesis programs. The telescope(s) scheduled and number of nights awarded are specified below.

Program N % Total

US Programs 41 85%US Theses 7 15%

Total 48 100%

NGSC Observing ProgramsSemester 2002-B

(† = Program classically scheduled. ** = Program allocated time in Band 4 of the observing queue, which represents overfill time.) U.S. Programs (41) Tel. Nights

T. Armandroff (NOAO), N. Caldwell (Smithsonian Astrophysical Obs.), G. Da Costa (Australian National U.): “The Extended Star Formation Histories of M81 Group Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies”

GEM-NQ 1.38

S. Balachandran (U. of Maryland), J. Carr (Naval Research Lab.): “The 16O/17O Ratio in Halo Giants and the Oxygen Abundance in the Early Galaxy”

GEM-SQ **

J. Bally (U. of Colorado), T. Hayward (Gemini Obs.), M. Morris, R. Shuping (UCLA): “Massive Star Formation in Orion: Direct Accretion or Cannibalism?”

GEM-SQ 1

M. Bergmann (G) (U. of Texas, Austin), I. Jorgensen (Gemini Obs.), K. Gebhardt (U. of Texas, Austin), A. Zabludoff (U. of Ariz.): “Elliptical Galaxy Halo Dynamics & Stellar Populations”

GEM-NQ 3.13

J. De Buizer (CTIO): “Mid-Infrared Imaging of the G29.96-0.02 Hot Core” GEM-SQ 0.5

I. De Pater (UC Berkeley), M. Showalter (NASA Ames Research Ctr.), J. Burns (Cornell U.), D. Hamilton (U. of Maryland), B. Macintosh (Lawrence Livermore National Lab.): “Jovian Ring Plane Crossing”

GEM-NQ **

M. Dietrich , F. Hamann (U. of Florida): “Star Formation History and Quasars at z >~ 5” GEM-NQ 1

A. Gilbert (G), J. Graham (UC Berkeley): “The Gas-Phase Abundance Distribution of Super Star Clusters in the Antennae Galaxies”

GEM-NQ **

J. Gizis (U. of Delaware), A. Schweitzer (U. of Georgia): “Phoenix High Resolution Observations of Ultracool Dwarfs”

GEM-SQ 1

J. Halpern (Columbia U.), P. Price (G) (Australian National U.), D. Fox (Calif. Inst. of Technology), B. Schmidt (Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics), N. Mirabal (G) (Columbia U.), T. Axelrod (U. of Ariz.): “Search for Small-Scale Structure in Gamma-ray Burst Afterglows”

GEM-SQ 0.5

B. Hansen (UCLA), H. Richer (U. of British Columbia), G. Fahlman (CFHT), B. Gibson (Swinburne U.), J. Kalirai (G) (U. of British Columbia), T. Von Hippel (U. of Texas, Austin): “The White Dwarf Cooling Age and Initial-Final Mass Relationship–Constraints from Open Star Clusters.”

GEM-NQ 1.32

T. Harrison (New Mexico State U.), S. Howell (PSI), H. Osborne (G), J. Johnson (New Mexico State U.): “NIRI Spectra of EF Eri: An Object that Transitions from an L-dwarf, to a T-dwarf, and Back Again”

GEM-NQ 0.12

P. Hartigan (Rice U.): “The Anatomy of Magnetic Precursors and C-Shocks” GEM-NQ 0.6

K. Hinkle (NOAO), T. Lebzelter (U. Wien), P. Wood (Australian National U.), V. Smith (U. of Texas El Paso): “Abundances and Mass Loss on the 47 Tuc AGB”

GEM-SQ **


S. Howell (PSI), C. Woodward (U. of Minnesota), M. Huber (PSI), B. Gansicke (U. of Southampton), S. Starrfield (Ariz. State U.), R. Wagner (U. of Ariz.), P. Szkody (U. of Washington), T. Harrison (New Mexico State U.), V. Dhillon (U. of Sheffield), K. Long (STScI), E. Sion (Villanova U.): “The First Direct Measurement of the Intrinsic Properties and Chemical Abundances of the Mass Donor Stars in Cataclysmic Variables”

GEM-SQ **

B. Hrivnak (Valparaiso U.), S. Kwok (U. of Calgary), K. Hinkle (NOAO), D. Kelly (U. of Ariz.): “H2 Emission to Probe Small, Spatially-Resolved PPNs”

GEM-SQ **

B. Hrivnak (Valparaiso U.), S. Kwok, K. Volk (U. of Calgary): “Mid-IR Imaging of Circumstellar Rings in PPNs”

GEM-SQ 0.15

E. Jensen (Swarthmore College), D. Koerner (U. of Pennsylvania), R. Whitaker (U) (Swarthmore College), B. Biller (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics): “Disks around the nearest young stars”

GEM-SQ **

K. Lanzetta (SUNY, Stony Brook), H. Chen (Carnegie Observatories), J. Webb (U. of New South Wales): “The Relationship between Lyman-alpha Absorbers and Galaxies at z=1 to 2”

GEM-SQ **

J. Lowenthal (U. Mass), D. Koo (UC Santa Cruz), N. Roche (U. of Edinburgh): “Internal Kinematics of Radio-Selected Starburst Galaxies”

GEM-NQ 3

K. Luhman, G. Fazio (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics): “Searching for the Bottom of the Initial Mass Function”

GEM-NQ 2.6

K. Luhman (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), C. Briceno (Centro de Investigación de Astronomía), L. Hartmann (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics): “Spectroscopy of Brown Dwarf Candidates in Taurus”

GEM-NQ **

L. Macri, D. Sasselov, K. Stanek (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics): “Improving the Cepheid Distance Scale”

GEM-NQ 0.6

P. Maloney (U. of Colorado), C. Dudley (Naval Research Lab.), M. Imanishi (National Astronomical Obs. of Japan), T. Geballe (Gemini Obs.): “Buried AGN in LINER-type Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies”

GEM-NQ 2.5

B. McCall (UC Berkeley), R. Jayawardhana (U. of Michigan), J. Graham (UC Berkeley): “Molecular Emission as a Diagnostic of Planet Formation in Herbig Ae/Be Disk Systems”

GEM-SQ **

P. McCarthy (Carnegie Observatories), K. Glazebrook (Johns Hopkins U.), R. Abraham (U. of Toronto), I. Hook (U. of Oxford), H. Chen (MIT), I. Jorgensen (Gemini Obs.), D. Crampton (DRAO), K. Koviak (G): “The Gemini Deep Deep Survey”

GEM-NQ 3

K. Olsen, R. Blum (NOAO), S. Ramirez (Calif. Inst. of Technology), K. Sellgren (Ohio State U.): “Do the LMC and Milky Way Globular Clusters Share a Common Origin?”

GEM-SQ† 3

J. Rhoads, S. Malhotra (STScI), A. Dey, B. Jannuzi, M. Brown (NOAO): “A Census of z > 4 Galaxies”

GEM-NQ **

R. Rich (UCLA), H. Richer (U. of British Columbia), B. Gibson (Swinburne U.), G. Fahlman (CFHT), B. Hansen (UCLA): “Terminating Messier 4”

GEM-SQ 1.4

M. Simon (SUNY, Stony Brook), L. Prato (UCLA), G. Torres (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics): “IR Detection of Low-Mass Secondaries in PMS Spectroscopic Binaries”

GEM-SQ **

V. Smith (U. of Texas El Paso), K. Cunha (Observatorio Nacional), N. Suntzeff, K. Hinkle (NOAO): “The Chemical Composition of the Small Magellanic Cloud from Infrared Spectroscopy of Red-Giant Stars”

GEM-SQ† 2

K. Stassun, R. Mathieu (U. of Wisconsin Madison): “A Spectroscopic and Photometric Study of Newly Discovered Pre-Main-Sequence Eclipsing Binaries in Orion”

GEM-SQ 4


N. Suntzeff (NOAO), B. Schmidt (Australia Telescope National Facility), C. Stubbs (U. of Washington), R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr for Astrophysics), A. Filippenko (UC Berkeley), P. Garnavich (U. of Notre Dame), A. Riess (STScI), J. Tonry (U. of Hawaii), R. Smith, K. Krisciunas (NOAO), M. Phillips (Las Campanas Obs.), A. Clocchiatti (Pontificia Univ. Catolica de Chile), B. Leibundgut, J. Spyromilio (ESO), B. Barris (U. of Hawaii), W. Li (UC Berkeley), C. Hogan, G. Miknaitis (U. of Washington), S. Holland (U. of Notre Dame), S. Jha, T. Matheson (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), J. Sollerman (ESO), P. Challis (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), S. Pompea (NOAO), A. Becker (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies), A. Rest (U. of Washington): “The w Project: Measuring the Equation of State of the Universe”

GEM-NQ 4

S. Trager (Carnegie Obs.), J. Jensen (Gemini Obs.), A. Dressler (Carnegie Inst. of Washington): “Surface Brightness Fluctutations in the Near Infrared: A Unique Tool for Stellar Population Studies”

GEM-NQ 1.7

J. Valenti (STScI), C. Johns-Krull (Rice U.): “Multi-Wavelength Analysis of Stellar Magnetic Flux Tubes”

GEM-SQ 1

L. Van Zee (Indiana U.), E. Skillman (U. of Minnesota), J. Salzer (Wesleyan U.): “Stellar Rotation Curves of Starbursting Dwarf Galaxies”

GEM-NQ 1

T. Von Hippel (U. of Texas, Austin), A. Sarajedini (U. of Florida), B. Chaboyer (Dartmouth College), J. Jensen (Gemini Obs.): “Testing stellar interiors & atmospheres at [Fe/H]=+0.4: Observations of faint main sequence stars in NGC 6791”

GEM-NQ 0.76

W. Waller (Tufts U.), J. Tyson (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies), E. Turner (Princeton U.), W. Colley (MIT): “Deep Near-IR Imaging of Gravitationally-Lensed High-Z Galaxies in the Field of the Cluster ZwCl0024+1654”

GEM-NQ 1

R. Windhorst, S. Odewahn, S. Cohen (Ariz. State U.), S. Driver (Australian National U.), J. Liske (U. of St. Andrews): “Constraining Omega-Lambda and Omega-Matter from the redshift distribution of elliptical galaxies”

GEM-NQ **

C. Woodward (U. of Minnesota), D. Wooden, D. Harker (NASA Ames Research Ctr.), B. Rodgers (Gemini Obs.): “Mid-IR Imaging the Enigmatic T Tauri Star DG Tau”

GEM-SQ **

S. Zepf, A. Kundu (Michigan State U.), K. Ashman (Baker College), T. Puzia (G) (Ludwig-Maximilian Universitat-Muchen), K. Rhode (G) (Yale U.): “Age-Dating the Major Formation Events in Elliptical Galaxies Through K-band Imaging of Their Globular Clusters”

GEM-SQ 0.4

U.S. Theses (7)

J. Bary (T), D. Weintraub (Vanderbilt U.), J. Kastner (Rochester Inst. of Technology): “Constraining Planet Formation Timescales: Spectroscopic Survey of Classical and Weak-lined T Tauri Stars”

GEM-SQ 3

S. Brittain (T), T. Rettig (U. of Notre Dame), C. Kulesa (U. of Ariz.): “H3+ and H2 Line Emission

in Pre-Planetary Disks around Young Stellar Objects” GEM-SQ **

P. Garnavich (U. of Notre Dame), H. Marion (T), P. Hoeflich (U. of Texas, Austin): “SN Ia: The Collision of Theory and Observation”

GEM-NQ 1.5

J. Graham, A. Gilbert (T) (UC Berkeley): “Near-IR Imaging of Super Star Clusters in the Antennae”

GEM-NQ 0.6

R. Knop (Vanderbilt U.), I. Hook (U. of Oxford), S. Perlmutter, G. Aldering, P. Nugent (UC Berkeley), E. Smith (T) (Vanderbilt U.), M. Doi (U. of Tokyo), G. Goldhaber (UC Berkeley), S. Burns (Colorado College), R. Ortman (G) (Vanderbilt U.), E. Commins (UC Berkeley), D. Howell, L. Wang (Lawrence Berkeley Lab.), R. Gibbons (Lawrence Livermore National Lab.), A. Spadafora (Lawrence Berkeley Lab.), A. Conley (G), M. Wood-Vasey (G), D. Kasen (G), R. Vogel (G) (UC Berkeley), A. Goobar (Stockholm U.), N. Regnault (Lawrence Berkeley Lab.), D. Groom (UC Berkeley), S. Deustua (AAS): “Cosmology with High-Redshift Type Ia Supernovae”

GEM-NQ 2.33

J. Lowenthal, N. Bouche (T) (U. Mass): “Galaxies near Damped Ly(alpha) Clouds at z~3” GEM-NQ 2.75

P. Moth (T), R. Elston (U. of Florida): “Near-IR Spectroscopy of Lyman Break Galaxies in the Field of Q0000-2620”

GEM-SQ **


Kitt Peak National Observatory

Program N % TotalU.S. Programs 54 72%Foreign Programs 2 3%U.S. Theses 17 23%Foreign Theses 2 3%

Total 75 100%

KPNO Observing ProgramsSemester 2002-B

For the six months ending January 31, 2003, a total of 75 scientific programs were scheduled on KPNO telescopes. Of the 71 observing programs conducted by U.S. scientists, 17 (24%) were graduate thesis programs. Telescope(s) scheduled and number of nights awarded are specified in the following tables. (WIYN-SYN = Synoptic/Queue. ToO = Target of Opportunity scheduling)

U.S. Programs (54) KP Tel. Nights

P. Appleton (Calif. Inst. of Technology), M. Lacy (SIRTF), J. Condon (NRAO), G. Helou, L. Storrie-Lombardi, F. FLS Team Members (SIRTF), M. Im (UC Santa Cruz): “A Redshift Survey of Radio-selected Galaxies in the SIRTF First Look Survey”

WIYN 2

D. Bersier (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), N. Tanvir : “Long Period Variables in NGC 3368”

WIYN-SYN 0.5

H. Bond (STScI), O. De Marco (American Museum of Natural History), D. Harmer (NOAO), A. Fleming (G) (STScI): “Searching for Spectroscopic Binaries in Planetary Nebulae”

WIYN 8

R. Chandar (STScI), A. Sarajedini (U. of Florida), L. Bianchi, H. Ford (Johns Hopkins U.): “The Formation and Evolution of M33 From Star Cluster Properties”

WIYN 3

A. Crotts, R. Uglesich (Columbia U.), K. Kuijken (Kapteyn Astronomical Inst.), G. Gyuk (UC San Diego), A. Gould (Ohio State U.), W. Sutherland (University of Oxford), L. Widrow (Queen’s U.), D. Alves, P. Cseresnjes (Columbia U.), T. De Jong, P. Sackett (Kapteyn Astronomical Inst.): “The MEGA Survey: Mapping Microlensing in M31”

KP-4m 5

I. Dell’Antonio (Brown U.), L. Guzzo, M. Longhetti (G), A. Moretti , S. Campana (Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera), D. Lazzati (G) (U. of Cambridge), M. Panzera , G. Tagliaferri (Oss. Astronomico di Brera), R. Bouwens (UC Santa Cruz), L. Infante (Pontificia Univ. Catolica de Chile), A. Fernandez-Soto (Oss. Astronomico di Brera): “Distant Compact Clusters of Galaxies from the BMW Survey”

KP-2.1m 7

A. Dolphin, A. Saha (NOAO): “Dwarf Galaxy Histories: Breaking the Age-Metallicity Degeneracy” WIYN 3

L. Dundon (U), D. Katz (US Naval Academy), J. Larsen (U. of Ariz.): “Studying the Physical Properties of a Sample of Near-Earth Objects”

KP-2.1m 2.5

P. Durrell, R. Ciardullo (Pennsylvania State U.), G. Jacoby (WIYN), M. Laychak (U) (Pennsylvania State U.), J. Feldmeier (Case Western Reserve U.): “The Velocity Dispersion of the M33 Disk”

WIYN 3

M. Eracleous (Pennsylvania State U.), J. Halpern (Columbia U.), T. Storchi-Bergmann (UFRGS), S. Gallagher (G), K. Lewis (Pennsylvania State U.): “Long-Term Monitoring of Dynamical Motions in the Accretion Disks of AGNs”

KP-2.1m 3

N. Evans (U. of Texas, Austin), D. Koerner (U. of Pennsylvania), E. Jensen (Swarthmore College), N. Bonaventura (U) (Pennsylvania State U.), P. Allen , J. Keller (G) (U. of Pennsylvania): “From Molecular Cores to Planets”

KP-4m 3

J. Feldmeier, C. Mihos, H. Morrison, P. Harding (Case Western Reserve U.): “Observing the formation of cD envelopes and intracluster light”

KP-2.1m 7

D. Gelino (UC San Diego): “Measuring the Mass of the Black Hole in J1118+480” KP-2.1m 3


J. Grindlay, P. Edmonds, J. McClintock, P. Zhao, M. Garcia (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), A. Cool (San Francisco State U.), S. Wachter, D. Hoard (NOAO), P. Green, B. Wilkes, J. Drake, V. Kashyap (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), C. Bailyn (Yale U.), H. Cohn (Indiana U.): “ChaMPlane: Measuring the Faint X-ray Binary and Stellar X-ray Content of the Galaxy”

KP-4m 2

P. Hall (Princeton U.), M. Gladders (Carnegie Observatories), H. Yee (University of Toronto), M. DeRobertis (York University): “Infrared Confirmation of z>5.5 Quasar Candidates”

KP-4m 4

T. Harrison (New Mexico State U.), S. Howell (PSI), H. Osborne (G), J. Johnson (New Mexico State U.), D. Gelino (UC San Diego): “The Unusual Infrared Light Curves of Cataclysmic Variables with Brown Dwarf Secondaries”

KP-2.1m 3

P. Hartigan (Rice U.), R. Pierson (U) : “Dust in Stellar Jets” KP-4m 4.5

S. Howell (PSI): “Interacting binaries with Brown Dwarf-like Mass Donors: EF Eri” KP-2.1m 0.5

D. Hurley-Keller, H. Morrison, P. Harding (Case Western Reserve U.), G. Jacoby (WIYN): “Planetary Nebulae in the Halo of M31”

KP-0.9mWIYN

5 4

S. Kannappan (U. of Texas, Austin), C. Impey (U. of Ariz.): “Faint Companions and LSB Extensions of S0 Galaxies: Clues to HSB Disk Formation”

KP-4m 2

S. Kannappan (U. of Texas, Austin), M. Bershady (U. of Wisconsin, Madison), E. Gillespie (U. of Ariz.): “Kinematic Tully-Fisher Offsets at z=0 and Beyond”

WIYN 1

C. Kobulnicky (U. of Wisconsin Madison), K. Johnson (NRAO), D. Gibbs (U) , C. Rodgers (U) , J. Darnell (U) (U. of Wyoming), S. Anderson (U) , C. Paul (U) : “SQUID Imaging of Ultra-Young Radio-Selected Star Clusters in Nearby Galaxies”

KP-2.1m 6.5

P. Lowrance, J. Kirkpatrick (Calif. Inst. of Technology), I. Reid (STScI): “Confirmation of L and T dwarf Companions to Nearby Stars”

KP-4m 3.5

L. Macri, D. Sasselov, K. Stanek (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics): “Improving the Cepheid Distance Scale”

WIYN 9

G. Mallen-Ornelas (Princeton U.), S. Seager (Inst. for Advanced Study), H. Yee (U. of Toronto), T. Brown (HAO), M. Gladders (Carnegie Observatories), L. Eyer (Princeton U.), K. von Braun (G) (U. of Michigan), C. Blake (U) (Princeton U.), B. Lee (G) (U. of Toronto), S. Ellison (ESO), G. Mallen-Fullerton (Univ. Iberoamericana): “The EXPLORE Project: A Deep Search for Transiting Extrasolar Planets”

KP-4m 18

P. Massey (NOAO), P. Hodge (U. of Washington), G. Jacoby (NOAO), N. King (STScI), K. Olsen, A. Saha, C. Smith (NOAO): “The Resolved Stellar Content of Local Group Galaxies Currently Forming Stars”

KP-4m 5

P. McCarthy (Carnegie Observatories), K. Glazebrook (Johns Hopkins U.), R. Abraham (U. of Toronto), I. Hook (U. of Oxford), H. Chen (MIT), I. Jorgensen (Gemini Obs.), D. Crampton (DRAO), K. Koviak (G) : “The Gemini Deep Deep Survey”

KP-4m 3

K. Mighell, M. Brown (NOAO), B. Henderson (U. of Washington), A. Heinrichs (Ohio State U.), S. Flynn (NRAO), K. Davis (College of Charleston), C. Thornton (Virginia Polytechnic Inst.), J. Chavez (U. of Houston), G. Telis (Columbia U.), S. Cull , W. Plick (Connecticut College), E. Duenas (NASA Goddard Inst. for Space Studies), J. Fogel (Harvard U.), A. Kraus (U. of Kansas): “REU”

KP-2.1m 1

K. Mighell, K. Davis , A. Heinrichs , M. Brotherton (NOAO), B. Henderson (U. of Washington), S. Flynn (NRAO), C. Thornton (Virginia Polytechnic Inst.), J. Chavez (U. of Houston), G. Telis (Columbia U.), S. Cull : “REU Summer Student Observing”

KP-2.1m 3

C. Mihos, J. Feldmeier, H. Morrison, P. Harding (Case Western Reserve U.), S. Hunsberger (Pennsylvania State U.), C. McBride (U) : “Testing dwarf galaxy formation models using compact groups”

KP-2.1m 3

R. Millis, M. Buie (Lowell Obs.), E. Chiang (Inst. for Advanced Study), J. Elliot, S. Kern (G) (MIT), D. Trilling (U. of Pennsylvania), R. Wagner , L. Wasserman (Lowell Obs.): “Deep Ecliptic Survey”

KP-4m 6

H. Morrison, D. Hurley-Keller, P. Harding (Case Western Reserve U.): “Halo Kinematics of Disk Galaxies at 10 Mpc without Keck”

WIYN 2

J. Mould, A. Saha (NOAO): “Deciphering the M31 Star formation history from its Long Period Variables” KP-2.1m 5

B. Mueller, N. Samarasinha (NOAO): “Color Observations of Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs)” KP-2.1m 3


C. Nelson (Drake U.), R. Gelderman, T. Monroe (Western Kentucky U.), A. Thompson (U) (Drake U.): “Black Hole Masses from [OIII] Line Profiles in PG Quasars”

KP-4m 3.5

I. O’Dwyer (G), R. Gruendl, Y. Chu, M. Guerrero (U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign): “An Infrared Search for Binary Companions to White Dwarfs with Hard X-Ray Emission”

KP-2.1m 4

J. Parker (Southwest Research Inst.), L. Allen (G) (U. of Michigan), B. Gladman (L’Obs. de Nice), C. Hergenrother (U. of Ariz.), J. Kavelaars (McMaster U.): “The Kuiper Belt Recovery Program”

KP-4m

KP-2.1m

4

5.5

J. Prochaska (Carnegie Observatories), T. Tripp (Princeton U.), H. Chen, J. Mulchaey (Carnegie Observatories): “Surveying the Origin of O VI Gas at Low Redshift”

KP-4m 3

L. Rebull (SIRTF), S. Strom (NOAO), J. Stauffer (SIRTF), S. Wolff (NOAO), D. Cole (CalTech-JPL): “Rotational Evolution of Young Low-Mass Stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster”

WIYN 2

T. Rector (NRAO), G. Jacoby (WIYN), S. Jacoby (NOAO): “The Nova Rate in Galaxies of Different Hubble Type”

KP-0.9m 2

I. Reid (STScI), P. Allen (G), D. Koerner (U. of Pennsylvania): “A search for planetary-mass companions to ultracool dwarfs”

WIYN 2

J. Rhee (U. of Virginia), T. Beers (Michigan State U.): “New Metal-Poor Giants and Horizontal-Branch Stars from the HK-II Survey”

KP-2.1m 6

J. Rhoads, A. Fruchter (STScI), M. Merrill (NOAO), I. Burud (STScI): “Gamma-Ray Bursts and their Host Environments”

KP-4m-TOO

KP-2.1m-TOO

**

**

J. Rhoads, S. Malhotra (STScI), A. Dey, B. Jannuzi, M. Brown (NOAO): “A Census of z > 4 Galaxies” KP-4m 2

E. Schmidt, K. Lee, D. Johnston (G) (U. of Nebraska): “The Pulsational Properties of Type II Cepheid Variable Stars”

KP-2.1m 10

H. Schmitt (NRAO), R. Fernandes (UFSC), T. Storchi-Bergmann (UFRGS): “The circumnuclear stellar population and black hole masses of Seyfert galaxies”

KP-2.1m 3

S. Stanford (UC Davis), P. Rosati (ESO), P. Eisenhardt (CalTech-JPL), R. De Propris (U. of New South Wales), B. Holden (UC Davis), M. Dickinson (STScI), B. Ellis (U) (UC Davis): “Masses of Galaxies and Clusters in an X-ray Selected Sample at 0.6 < z < 1.3”

KP-4m 9

N. Suntzeff (NOAO), B. Schmidt (Australia Telescope National Facility), C. Stubbs (U. of Washington), R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), A. Filippenko (UC Berkeley), P. Garnavich (U. of Notre Dame), A. Riess (STScI), J. Tonry (U. of Hawaii), R. Smith (NOAO), K. Krisciunas (CTIO), M. Phillips (Carnegie Inst. of Washington), A. Clocchiatti (Pontificia Univ. Catolica de Chile), B. Leibundgut, J. Spyromilio (ESO), B. Barris (U. of Hawaii), W. Li (UC Berkeley), C. Hogan, G. Miknaitis (U. of Washington), S. Holland (U. of Notre Dame), S. Jha, T. Matheson (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), J. Sollerman (ESO), P. Challis (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), S. Pompea (NOAO), A. Becker (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies), A. Rest (U. of Washington), J. Quinn (G) (U. of Notre Dame), J. Gallagher (G): “The w Project: Measuring the Equation of State of the Universe”

WIYN 4

R. Swaters (Johns Hopkins U.), D. Andersen (Max Planck Institut fur Astrophysik), M. Bershady, M. Verheijen (U. of Wisconsin Madison): “The Distribution of Mass in Spiral Galaxies.”

WIYN 5

D. Terndrup (Ohio State U.), L. Hobbs (U. of Chicago), N. Murray (CITA), M. Pinsonneault, D. DePoy, A. Hansen (G) (Ohio State U.): “Testing Stellar Pollution by Accretion of Planetesimals”

KP-4m 4

T. Thuan (U. of Virginia), Y. Izotov (Ukranian Academy of Sciences): “The dY/dZ slope from a new sample of metal-deficient blue compact dwarf galaxies from the SLOAN survey”

KP-4m 3

J. Tyson (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies), G. Bernstein (U. of Michigan), I. Dell Antonio (NOAO), D. Wittman, D. Kirkman, G. Kochanski (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies), T. Lauer (NOAO), T. Broadhurst (UC Berkeley), R. Cen (Princeton U.), J. Cohen (Calif. Inst. of Technology), A. Gonzalez, R. Guhathakurta (UC Santa Cruz), W. Hu (Inst. for Advanced Study), N. Kaiser (U. of Hawaii), J. Miralda-Escude (U. of Pennsylvania), R. Schommer (NOAO), D. Spergel (Princeton U.), G. Squires (Calif. Inst. of Technology), C. Stubbs, A. Becker (U) (U. of Washington), D. Loomba (G) , J. Kubo (G) : “Deep Lens Survey”

KP-4m 10.5


S. Wolff, S. Strom (NOAO): “Role of Environment in Fixing the Angular Momentum of Intermediate Mass Stars”

WIYN 4

N. Zacharias, T. Rafferty , M. Zacharias (U.S. Naval Obs.): “Extragalactic reference frame link of the UCAC project”

KP-0.9m 8

Foreign Programs (2) Tel. Nights

K. Aoki (Subaru Telescope), K. Ohta, T. Kawaguchi (U. of Kyoto): “The Black Hole Mass - Bulge Luminosity Relation of Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxies”

KP-2.1m 4

A. Tomita (Wakayama U.), D. Hunter (Lowell Obs.), T. Takeuchi (National Astronomical Obs.), K. Yoshikawa (U. of Kyoto), H. Hirashita (Osservatorio Astrofisico Arcetri): “Blue Compact Dwarfs: Young-to-Old Ratio”

KP-2.1m 6

U.S. Theses (17) Tel. Nights

E. Ambrose (T), J. Kormendy, S. Kannappan, E. Leass (G) (U. of Texas, Austin): “Pseudobulges in Disk Galaxies”

KP-2.1m 12

T. Beers (Michigan State U.), N. Christlieb (Universitat Hamburg), J. Rhee (U. of Virginia), S. Ryan (Open U.), J. Norris (Australian National U.), S. Rossi (IAGUSP), T. Sevastyanenko (T), B. Marstellar (G) (Michigan State U.): “A"Quick Survey" for Halo Giants with [Fe/H] < -2.5”

KP-4m 5

R. Elston (U. of Florida), S. Stanford (Lawrence Livermore National Lab.), P. Eisenhardt (Calif. Inst. of Technology), J. Mohr (U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), A. Dey, B. Jannuzi (NOAO), D. Stern (Calif. Inst. of Technology), K. Wu (U. of Florida), M. Dickinson (STScI), K. McFarland (T), E. McKenzie (T), S. Raines (U. of Florida): “The Evolution of Galaxy Clustering at 1<z<2”

KP-2.1m 17

L. Hebb (T), R. Wyse (Johns Hopkins U.), G. Gilmore (U. of Cambridge): “Eclipsing M Dwarfs and the Low Mass Stellar M/L Ratio”

KP-4m 9

E. Lada, R. Elston, D. Dahari (T), C. Roman (T) (U. of Florida), J. Alves (ESO), C. Lada, A. Muench (T) (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), J. Najita (NOAO), J. Williams, J. Julian (U. of Florida), R. Green (NOAO), D. Hon , S. Raines (U. of Florida), J. Elias, R. Joyce (NOAO), J. Levine (T) , Y. Lin (G) , N. Rashkind (U) (U. of Florida), B. Ferreira (U) , T. Huard , C. Foltz (U) , A. Gonzales : “Toward a Complete Near-Infrared Spectroscopic and Imaging Survey of Giant Molecular Clouds”

KP-4m KP-2.1m

14 14

S. Margheim (T), C. Deliyannis (Indiana U.): “Abundance Signatures of Stars with Planets in the Praesepe Cluster”

KP-4m 2.5

S. Meibom (T), R. Mathieu (U. of Wisconsin Madison): “The effect of binarity on stellar angular momentum evolution in solar- type stars”

WIYN 7

J. Pipher (U. of Rochester), S. Megeath (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), D. Peterson (T), R. Gutermuth (G) (U. of Rochester), L. Allen, P. Myers (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics): “Inventory and Distribution of Disks, Protostars, and Proto-Brown Dwarfs in Young Stellar Clusters: Imaging with SQIID and SIRTF”

KP-2.1m 5

I. Reid (STScI), K. Cruz (T) (U. of Pennsylvania), J. Liebert, I. Moncheva (G) (U. of Ariz.): “Meeting the Neighbours”

KP-4m 4

A. Sicilia-Aguilar (T), L. Hartmann (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), J. Muzerolle (U. of Ariz.), C. Briceno (Centro de Investigacion de Astronomia): “Cluster survey of protoplanetary disk evolution”

WIYN 3

J. Silverman (T) (Smithsonian Astrophysical Obs.), P. Green, B. Wilkes (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), P. Smith (U. of Ariz.), B. Jannuzi (NOAO): “Is the dawn of the quasar epoch between 3<z<5?”

KP-4m

WIYN

3

3

M. Stark (T), R. Wade (Pennsylvania State U.), K. Lewis (G) : “Determining the Properties of Hot Subdwarf Star Composite Binaries”

KP-2.1m 5

M. Tavarez (T), M. Mateo (U. of Michigan): “Dwarf Galaxies as probes of Dark Matter Halos” KP-4m 4

C. Taylor (U. Mass), L. Haberzettl (T) (Ruhr Universitat, Bochum): “The composition of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies”

KP-2.1m 8


S. Veilleux, D. Rupke (T) (U. of Maryland): “Superwinds in Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies: The Fall Sample”

KP-4m 4

G. Wegner (Dartmouth College), G. Dalton (U. of Oxford), M. Hammell (T) (Dartmouth College), P. Allen (T), L. Moustakas, E. Macdonald (G) (U. of Oxford): “A Determination of the QSO Space Density at z~ 5”

KP-4m 3

A. Witt, U. Vijh (T) (U. of Toledo), K. Gordon (U. of Ariz.): “Spectroscopy of Photoluminescence Emission by Interstellar Nanoparticles”

KP-2.1m 6.5

Foreign Theses (2) Tel. Nights

A. Cole (Kapteyn Astronomical Inst.), T. Smecker-Hane (UC Irvine), A. Sarajedini (U. of Florida), M. Tieg (T), M. Hood (T) (UC Irvine): “Chemical Evolution of the Outer Disk and Halo of M33: Subtracting the Milky Way Foreground”

KP-4m 3

M. Hudson, L. Parker (T) (U. of Waterloo), R. Carlberg, H. Hoekstra (U. of Toronto), D. Schade (Herzberg Inst. of Astrophysics): “Weak Lensing by Galaxy Groups”

KP-4m 2

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

Program N % TotalU.S. Programs 61 64%Foreign Programs 17 18%U.S. Theses 13 14%Foreign Theses 4 4%Total 95 100%

CTIO Observing ProgramsSemester 2002-B

For the six months ending January 31, 2003, 95 scientific programs were allocated time on CTIO telescopes. Of the 74 observing programs conducted by U.S. scientists, 13 (18%) were graduate thesis programs. Telescope(s) scheduled and number of nights scheduled are specified in the following tables. (CT = Curtis-Schmidt; TOO = Target of Opportunity program)

U.S. Programs (61) Tel. Nights

D. Batuski (U. of Maine), C. Balkowski (Obs. de Paris), S. Krughoff (G) (U. of Maine): “Photometric Imaging of Abell Clusters in the Aquarius Supercluster ‘Knot’”

CT-1.5m 3

A. Burgasser, M. McElwain (G) (UCLA), J. Kirkpatrick (Calif. Inst. of Technology): “Spectroscopic Identification of New 2MASS T Dwarfs in the Southern Hemisphere”

CT-4m 5

P. Candia (CTIO), R. Mennickent (Univ. de Concepcion): “V Photometry of Two Variable Stars” CT-0.9m 2

J. Chaname (G), C. Onken (G) (Ohio State U.): “Homogeneous Photometry of Galactic Post-AGB Stars” CT-0.9m 7

M. Dickinson, M. Giavalisco (STScI), D. Stern (Calif. Inst. of Technology), C. Cesarsky (ESO), T. Team (LAOG): “U- and I-band imaging of the CDF-S in support of the GOODS SIRTF Legacy and HST Treasury programs”

CT-4m 6

M. Eracleous (Pennsylvania State U.), J. Halpern (Columbia U.), T. Storchi-Bergmann (UFRGS), S. Gallagher (G), K. Lewis (Pennsylvania State U.): “Long-Term Monitoring of Dynamical Motions in the Accretion Disks of AGNs”

CT-1.5m 4

J. Feldmeier (Case Western Reserve U.), R. Ciardullo (Pennsylvania State U.), G. Jacoby (WIYN), P. Durrell (Pennsylvania State U.): “Searching for Intracluster Planetary Nebulae in the Dorado group”

CT-4m 3

A. Fruchter (STScI): “The Origin of Gamma-Ray Bursts” CT-4m-TOO


J. Gizis, B. Riaz (G) (U. of Delaware): “New Nearby M Dwarfs from 2MASS and ROSAT” CT-1.5m 4

K. Gordon, K. Misselt (U. of Ariz.), G. Clayton (Louisiana State U.), D. Zaritsky (U. of Ariz.), J. Harris (STScI): “Spectral Classification of Reddened Hot Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud”

CT-4m 3

R. Gray, M. McFadden (Appalachian State U.): “Spectroscopy of Nearby Stars earlier than M0 south of -30° Dec”

CT-1.5m 6

P. Hall (Princeton U.), J. Willis (Pontificia Univ. Catolica de Chile), E. Treister, F. Castander (Yale U.), R. Athreya, F. Barrientos, G. Galaz, L. Infante, D. Minniti, R. Smith (Pontificia Univ. Catolica de Chile): “A Rest-Frame Optical Survey for Galaxies at 1<z<3”

CT-4m 4

E. Hardy (NRAO), R. Carrera (G), C. Gallart (Inst. de Astrofisica de Canarias), R. Zinn (Yale U.): “The LMC Chemical Enrichment History and Its Gradients Via CaII-Triplet Spectroscopy”

CT-4m 3

T. Henry (Johns Hopkins U.), C. Anguita (Univ. de Chile), P. Ianna (U. of Virginia), R. Mendez (NOAO), M. Ruiz (Univ. de Chile), P. Seitzer (U. of Michigan): “In Search of Nearby Stars: A Parallax Program atCTIO”

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D. Hoard, S. Wachter (U. of Washington): “Long-term Variability of the Unusual Double-lined Cataclysmic Variable CM Phe “

CT-1.0m 4.75

D. Hoard, S. Wachter (U. of Washington), T. Marsh (U. of Southampton): “Reflection Effect in the Double Degenerate Binary Star WD0957-666”

CT-1.5m 2

M. Holman (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), J. Kavelaars (McMaster U.), B. Gladman (L’Obs. de Nice), J. Petit (Obs. de Besancon), T. Grav (G) (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), P. Nicholson (Cornell U.): “A Search for Small Distant Moons of Neptune”

CT-4m 4

J. Huchra (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), S. Schneider (U. Mass), T. Jarrett, T. Chester, R. Cutri (Calif. Inst. of Technology), J. Mader (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), M. Skrutskie (U. Mass): “The 2MASS Redshift Survey”

CT-1.5m 7

J. Hughes, S. Molnar (Rutgers U.): “Finding X-ray Clusters in an SZ Survey” CT-1.5m 4

C. Impey, C. Petry (U. of Ariz.), D. McIntosh (U. Mass): “Large Scale Structure as Measured by Quasar Absorbers and Galaxies”

CT-4m 6

E. Jensen (Swarthmore College), D. Koerner (U. of Pennsylvania), R. Whitaker (U) (Swarthmore College), B. Biller (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics): “Disks around the nearest young stars”

CT-4m 2

S. Keller (Lawrence Livermore National Lab.), S. Baird (Benedictine College), H. Smith (Michigan State U.), K. Cook (Lawrence Livermore National Lab.), A. Walker (NOAO): “RR Lyr & RCGs in the Magellanic Clouds - defining the role of metallicity”

CT-4m 3

R. Kennicutt (U. of Ariz.), J. Funes (Vatican Obs.), S. Sakai (UCLA), J. Lee (G), S. Akiyama (U. of Ariz.): “Star Formation in the Local Universe”

CT-0.9m 5

K. Krisciunas, N. Suntzeff (NOAO), M. Phillips (Las Campanas Obs.), M. Hamuy (G) (Carnegie Observatories), C. Smith (NOAO), D. DePoy (Ohio State U.): “Near-Infrared and Optical Light Curves of Bright Supernovae “

CT-1.0m 5

A. Landolt (Louisiana State U.), G. Preston (Carnegie Inst. of Washington): “A Study of Variability Among the Blue Metal Poor Stars”

CT-1.5m 14

M. Ledlow (Gemini Obs.), G. Morrison (Calif. Inst. of Technology), N. Miller (NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr.), F. Owen (NRAO): “An Evolutionary Sequence of Cluster Evolution, Star Formation, and Galaxy Activity: An Optical/Radio/X-ray Study”

CT-1.5m 7

J. Lee (Calif. Inst. of Technology), B. Carney (U. of North Carolina), Y. Lee (Yonsei U.): “RR Lyrae Variables in the Metal-Rich Globular Cluster NGC 6723:An Ideal Template for Galactic Bulge RR Lyrae Populations”

CT-0.9m 4

M. Liu (U. of Hawaii), R. Probst (NOAO): “A Methane-Break Imaging Survey in Southern Star-Forming Regions”

CT-4m 5

C. Lonsdale (Calif. Inst. of Technology), H. Smith (UC San Diego), N. Gautier (U. of Calif. Observatories), B. Siana (G), A. Quirrenbach (UC San Diego), O. Pevunova (SIRTF), G. Morrison (G) (Calif. Inst. of Technology): “The SIRTF Wide-area InfraRed Extragalactic Survey”

CT-4m 4


S. Majewski, J. Rhee, P. Frinchaboy (G), R. Patterson (U. of Virginia), W. Kunkel (Las Campanas Obs.), K. Johnston (Wesleyan U.), A. Polak (G) (Universitat Wien [U. of Vienna]), D. Geisler (Univ. de Concepcion), A. Kundu (Michigan State U.), I. Reid (U. of Pennsylvania), W. Gieren (Univ. de Concepcion), F. Benedict (U. of Texas, Austin), J. Crane (G) (U. of Virginia): “Spectroscopic Survey of the Grid Giant Star Survey”

CT-4m 5

G. Meurer (Johns Hopkins U.), H. Ferguson (STScI), R. Webster (U. of Melbourne), R. Kennicutt (U. of Ariz.), P. Knezek, S. Oey (STScI), C. Smith (NOAO), M. Drinkwater (U. of Melbourne), K. Freeman (Australian National U.), V. Kilborn (G) (U. of Melbourne), M. Putman (G) (Australian National U.), L. Staveley-Smith (Australia Telescope National Facility), M. Meyer (G), A. Karrick (G) (U. of Melbourne): “Star Formation in H i Selected Galaxies”

CT-1.5m 8

R. Millis, M. Buie (Lowell Obs.), E. Chiang (Inst. for Advanced Study), J. Elliot, S. Kern (G) (MIT), D. Trilling (U. of Pennsylvania), R. Wagner , L. Wasserman (Lowell Obs.): “Deep Ecliptic Survey”

CT-4m 4

B. Mobasher (STScI), J. Afonso (Imperial College of Science, Techonology and Medicine), M. Sullivan (U. of Durham): “Comparison of Star-Formation Diagnostics”

CT-4m 2

H. Monteiro (CTIO): “Imaging of Halos” CT-0.9m 1

J. Muzerolle, E. Young (U. of Ariz.): “Young Cluster Disk Survey: Characterizing the Stellar Populations”

CT-1.5m 3

D. Norman (NOAO): “Continuing photometric follow-up of DLS Transients” CT-1.5m 8

D. Norman (NOAO): “The Luminosity Function of Quasars in the Early Universe...” CT-4m 1

P. Nugent (UC Berkeley): “UV Observations of Hubble Flow Type Ia Supernovae” CT-1.0m 3

K. Olsen (NOAO): “The Warp of the LMC” CT-0.9m 5

C. Palma (Pennsylvania State U.), M. Siegel (STScI), S. Majewski, R. Patterson, S. Sohn (G) (U. of Virginia), W. Kunkel (Las Campanas Obs.): “Tracing the Spatial Distribution of Stars in the Phoenix Dwarf Galaxy Beyond the Tidal Radius”

CT-4m 2

J. Parker (Southwest Research Inst.), B. Elmegreen (IBM), J. Harris, N. King (STScI), P. Massey (Lowell Obs.), K. Olsen (NOAO): “The Magellanic Cloud Massive Star SpectroscopicSurvey: Field Stars and the IMF”

CT-4m 8

J. Patterson, J. Kemp (Columbia U.), W. Shook (Gemini Obs.): “Last Rites for Binary Stars” CT-0.9m 14

J. Rhee (U. of Virginia), T. Beers (Michigan State U.): “New Metal-Poor Giants and Horizontal-Branch Stars from the HK-II Survey”

CT-1.5m 5

J. Rhoads, A. Fruchter (STScI), M. Merrill (NOAO), I. Burud (STScI): “Gamma-Ray Bursts and their Host Environments”

CT-4m-TOO

K. Sahu (STScI), P. Sackett (Kapteyn Astronomical Inst.), M. Albrow (U. of Canterbury), J. Beaulieu (IAP), J. Menzies (South African Astronomical Obs.), J. Caldwell (Max Planck Institut fur Astronomie), K. Horne (U. of St. Andrews), J. Wambsganss (Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam), J. Greenhill (U. of Tasmania), A. Williams (Perth Obs.): “PLANET II: Search for Extra-Solar Planets through Microlensing using a Worldwide Network”

CT-0.9m 14

R. Samec (Bob Jones U.), D. Hube (U. of Alberta), D. Faulkner (U. of South Carolina), W. Van Hamme (Florida International U.): “Solar-Type Eclipsing Binary Systems with Impacting Gas Streams”

CT-0.9m 8

J. Schombert (U. of Oregon), K. Rakos (U. Wien), H. Maitzen (U. Wien): “Age/Metallicity Calibration for Old Stellar Populations”

CT-1.5m 7

H. Schwarz (CTIO), K. Exter, D. Pollacco (Queens U. Belfast): “Gravitational Redshift Masses for White Dwarfs”

CT-4m 4

H. Schwarz (CTIO), H. Monteiro (IAGUSP): “Deep Imaging of NGC 6369” CT-0.9m 1

J. Smith (U. of Michigan), D. Tucker (U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign): “Southern Standard Stars for the u'g'r'i'z' System”

CT-0.9m 7

N. Smith, R. Gehrz, K. Davidson (U. of Minnesota): “Variability in the Near-IR Spectrum of Eta Carinae”

CT-4m 3


K. Stassun, R. Mathieu (U. of Wisconsin Madison): “A Spectroscopic and Photometric Study of Newly Discovered Pre-Main- Sequence Eclipsing Binaries in Orion”

CT-0.9m 10

N. Suntzeff (NOAO), B. Schmidt (Australia Telescope National Facility), C. Stubbs (U. of Washington), R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), A. Filippenko (UC Berkeley), P. Garnavich (U. of Notre Dame), A. Riess (STScI), J. Tonry (U. of Hawaii), R. Smith (NOAO), K. Krisciunas (CTIO), M. Phillips (Carnegie Inst. of Washington), A. Clocchiatti (Pontificia Univ. Catolica de Chile), B. Leibundgut, J. Spyromilio (ESO), B. Barris (U. of Hawaii), W. Li (UC Berkeley), C. Hogan, G. Miknaitis (U. of Washington), S. Holland (U. of Notre Dame), S. Jha, T. Matheson (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), J. Sollerman (ESO), P. Challis (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), S. Pompea (NOAO), A. Becker (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies), A. Rest (U. of Washington), J. Quinn (G) (U. of Notre Dame), J. Gallagher (G) : “The w Project: Measuring the Equation of State of the Universe”

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12 15

N. Suntzeff (NOAO), B. Schmidt (Australia Telescope National Facility), K. Krisciunas (CTIO): “Optical Spectrophotometry of Sirius”

CT-1.5m 3

J. Tyson (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies), G. Bernstein (U. of Michigan), I. Dell Antonio (NOAO), D. Wittman, D. Kirkman, G. Kochanski (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies), T. Lauer (NOAO), T. Broadhurst (UC Berkeley), R. Cen (Princeton U.), J. Cohen (Calif. Inst. of Technology), A. Gonzalez, R. Guhathakurta (UC Santa Cruz), W. Hu (Inst. for Advanced Study), N. Kaiser (U. of Hawaii), J. Miralda-Escude (U. of Pennsylvania), R. Schommer (NOAO), D. Spergel (Princeton U.), G. Squires (Calif. Inst. of Technology), C. Stubbs, A. Becker (U) (U. of Washington), D. Loomba (G) , J. Kubo (G) : “Deep Lens Survey”

CT-4m 4

N. Van Der Bliek (NOAO), C. Student 1 2 & 3 (U), C. Student 4 & 5 (U), C. Student 1 & 2 (CTIO), A. Layden (Bowling Green State U.), A. Whiting (CTIO), R. Smith (U) (NOAO): “Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program: Observations of RR Lyrae Variables”

CT-0.9m 8

E. Verner, M. Sahu (NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr.), F. Bruhweiler (Catholic U. of America): “Probing the Chemical History of the Early Universe through FeII lines”

CT-4m 2

S. Wachter, D. Hoard (U. of Washington): “X-ray Transients: Exploring the Physics of Accretion Disk Instabilities “

CT-1.0m 3

S. Wachter (U. of Washington), P. Kaaret (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), S. Corbel (CEA), D. Hoard (U. of Washington): “Optical Monitoring of the X-ray Transient X1608-52 “

CT-1.0m 2.8

A. Walker (NOAO), G. Bono (Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma): “Calibration of Stromgren-Ca photometry for the HB and RGB stars in the Carina Dwarf Galaxy”

CT-0.9m 2

A. Whiting (CTIO), D. Norman (NOAO): “Surface Photometry of Extragalactic Light in Galaxy Clusters” CT-1.5m 4

Foreign Programs (17) Tel. Nights

F. Castander, J. Maza, E. Treister (G) (Univ. de Chile), P. Coppi (Yale U.), E. Gawiser (UC San Diego): “A Comparative Study of AGN and Star-Forming Galaxies from z=0 to z=5”

CT-4m 4

E. Costa (Univ. de Chile), R. Mendez (ESO), T. Henry (Georgia State U.): “BVRI Photometry of Recently Discovered Nearby (Distance < 20 pc) Southern Stars”

CT-1.5m 13

S. Demers (U. of Montreal), P. Battinelli (Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma), W. Kunkel (Las Campanas Obs.), P. Frinchaboy (G) (U. of Virginia): “The kinematics of the intermediate-age halo of Local Group galaxy NGC 6822”

CT-4m 3

M. Faundez-Abans , M. De Oliveira-Abans (CNPq), V. Reshetnikov (St. Petersburg St. U.): “Kinematics of Polar Ring Galaxies”

CT-1.5m 4

D. Geisler, J. Arenas, W. Gieren (Univ. de Concepcion), V. Smith (U. of Texas El Paso), S. Majewski (U. of Virginia): “Photometric Followup of Space Interferometry Mission Grid Giant Star Candidates”

CT-0.9m 7

D. Geisler, J. Arenas, W. Gieren (Univ. de Concepcion), V. Smith (U. of Texas El Paso), S. Majewski (U. of Virginia): “Photometric Followup of Space Interferometry Mission Grid Giant Star Candidates”

CT-0.9m 4

D. Gilbank, I. Smail, R. Bower (U. of Durham), J. Kneib (Obs. de Midi-Pyrenees): “The Galaxy Populations in Supercluster Environments at z~1”

CT-4m 2


D. James (LAOG), J. Barnes, A. Cameron (U. of St. Andrews): “Differential Rotation on the M-dwarf HK Aqr”

CT-4m 2

T. Lebzelter (Universitat Wien [U. of Vienna]), K. Hinkle (NOAO), P. Wood (Australian National U.), R. Joyce (NOAO): “Atmospheric dynamics in Globular Cluster LPVs “

CT-1.0m 0.9

R. Mennickent, G. Pietrzynski, W. Gieren (Univ. de Concepcion): “Revealing the nature of blue variable stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud”

CT-1.5m 4

A. Piatti, D. Geisler (Univ. de Concepcion), D. Clark (U. of Florida): “Chemical Evolution of the Large Magellanic Cloud”

CT-0.9m 4

H. Quintana, J. Willis, G. Galaz (Pontificia Univ. Catolica de Chile), M. Pierre* (CEA): “Completing MOSAIC II observations of the X-ray Multi-mirror (XMM) Large Scale Structure (LSS) survey field.”

CT-4m 2

M. Ruiz (Univ. de Chile): “Atmospheres of Cool White Dwarfs” CT-0.9m 8

T. Shanks, P. Outram, N. Metcalfe (U. of Durham), B. Boyle, S. Croom (Anglo-Australian Obs.): “A UV Survey for z~3 Galaxies”

CT-4m 1

A. Stephens (Pontificia Univ. Catolica de Chile), J. Frogel (Ohio State U.): “Globular Cluster Metallicities & Ages - Calibration via IR Spectroscopy of MC Giants”

CT-4m 4

G. Tancredi (Depto. Astron., Fac. Ciencias), J. Fernandez, F. Artigue (U) (Facultad de Ciencias): “The size distribution of Jupiter Family Comets”

CT-1.5m 2

C. Tappert , R. Mennickent (Univ. de Concepcion), B. Gaensicke (U. of Southampton): “The period distribution of precataclysmic binaries”

CT-0.9m 13

U.S. Theses (13) Tel. Nights

K. Bjorkman, J. Wisniewski (T) (U. of Toledo), A. Magalhaes (IAGUSP), J. Bjorkman (U. of Toledo): “Search for Circumstellar Disks in LMC/SMC Clusters”

CT-0.9mCT-1.5m

5 10

A. Crotts (Columbia U.), P. Bouchet (CTIO), S. Heathcote (NOAO), S. Lawrence (Hofstra U.), B. Sugerman (T) (Columbia U.), N. Suntzeff (NOAO): “Evolution of SN 1987A into a Supernova Remnant”

CT-4m 2

K. Cruz (T) (U. of Pennsylvania), I. Reid (STScI), J. Kirkpatrick (Calif. Inst. of Technology): “Understanding Near-Infrared Spectra of L Dwarfs”

CT-4m 4

P. Gomez, K. Romer (Carnegie Mellon U.), M. Runyan (T) (Calif. Inst. of Technology), W. Holzapfel (UC Berkeley), J. Peterson (Carnegie Mellon U.), J. Ruhl (UC Santa Barbara): “Photometric Redshifts of Sunyaev-Zeldovich Clusters”

CT-4m 3

R. Grouchy (T), R. Buta (U. of Alabama): “Properties of Nonbarred Ringed Galaxies” CT-1.5m 5

T. Henry, W. Jao (T), J. Subasavage (T) (Georgia State U.), J. Bean (U) (Goergia Technology Research Inst.), D. Koerner (U. of Pennsylvania), P. Ianna, J. Bartlett (T) (U. of Virginia), E. Costa (Univ. de Chile), R. Mendez (ESO), A. Miranda (CTIO): “Perturbations in CTIOPI and Preparations for CTIOPI2”

CT-0.9m 21

M. Kilic (T), D. Winget, T. Von Hippel (U. of Texas, Austin), C. Claver (NOAO): “Identification of Cool White Dwarfs in the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey: Extension to the Equatorial Field”

CT-4m 4

C. Kouveliotou (NASA Marshall Space Flight Ctr.), S. Wachter (U. of Washington), J. Rhoads (STScI), E. Rol (T) (U. of Amsterdam), R. Wijers (SUNY, Stony Brook), A. Fruchter (STScI), N. Tanvir (U. of Hertfordshire), P. Vreeswijk (T) (U. of Amsterdam): “ToO Gamma-Ray Burst Counterpart Observations”

CT-1.0m 1

J. Pizagno (T), K. Sellgren (Ohio State U.): “2 (micron) Continuum and H2 1-0 S(1) Imaging of Reflection Nebulae”

CT-4m 3

A. Sarajedini, E. Lada (U. of Florida), D. Zaritsky (U. of Ariz.), R. Probst, K. Olsen (NOAO), G. Tiede, A. Grocholski (T) (U. of Florida): “The LMC in Space and Time: An infrared reconnaissance”

CT-4m 3

J. Silverman (T) (Smithsonian Astrophysical Obs.), P. Green, B. Wilkes (Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics), P. Smith (U. of Ariz.), B. Jannuzi (NOAO): “Is the dawn of the quasar epoch between 3<z<5?”

CT-4m 2


C. Stubbs (U. of Washington), K. Cook (Lawrence Livermore National Lab.), S. Hawley (U. of Washington), D. Welch (McMaster U.), C. Alcock (U. of Pennsylvania), K. Mighell (NOAO), A. Becker (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies), C. Nelson (G) (UC Berkeley), A. Drake (Lawrence Livermore National Lab.), A. Rest (T), G. Miknaitis (G) (U. of Washington), S. Keller (Lawrence Livermore National Lab.): “A Next Generation Microlensing Survey of the LMC”

CT-4m 15

J. Subasavage (T), W. Jao (T), T. Henry (Georgia State U.), J. Bean (U) (Georgia Technology Research Inst.): “Proper Motion Stars for CTIOPI2”

CT-0.9m 7

Foreign Theses (4) Tel. Nights

W. Gieren, R. Munoz (T), G. Pietrzynski (Univ. de Concepcion), A. Walker (NOAO), F. Bresolin (U. of Hawaii): “A survey for Cepheid variables in the Sculptor Group spiral NGC 7793”

CT-4m 4

K. Oliveira, A. Costa (T) (UFRGS), O. Giovannini (UCS - Dep. Fisica e Quinica): “The Instability Strip Limits of ZZ Ceti Stars”

CT-1.5m 5

O. Schnurr (T), N. St-Louis, A. Moffat, C. Foellmi (T) (U. of Montreal): “WNLh Stars - The Most Massive Stars in the Universe?”

CT-1.5m 16

K. Zwintz (T) (Universitat Wien [U. of Vienna]), W. Weiss (U.Wien), T. Kallinger (G) (U.Wien Vien): “Pulsating Pre-Main Sequence Stars In Young Open Clusters”

CT-0.9m 14

Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory and Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory (MMT) 6.5-m Telescope

HETProgram N % Total

U.S. Programs 3 100%

Foreign Programs 0 0%Total 3 100%

MMTProgram Type N % Total

U.S. Programs 4 67%

Graduate Theses 2 33%Total 6 100%

HET

U.S. Programs (3) Nights

K. Krisciunas, N. Suntzeff (NOAO), M. Phillips (Las Campanas Obs.), M. Hamuy (G) (Carnegie Observatories), C. Smith (NOAO), D. DePoy (Ohio State U.): “Near-Infrared and Optical Light Curves of Bright Supernovae “

1

K. Stassun, R. Mathieu (U. of Wisconsin Madison): “A Spectroscopic and Photometric Study of Newly Discovered Pre-Main- Sequence Eclipsing Binaries in Orion”

3

D. Turnshek, S. Rao (U. of Pittsburgh): “The Kinematics of the Neutral Gas in Low-Redshift Damped Lyman-Alpha Galaxies “

2

MMT

U.S. Programs (4) Nights

V. Kulkarni (U. of South Carolina), D. York (U. of Chicago), J. Lauroesch (Northwestern U.), A. Crotts (Columbia U.), O. Nakamura (U. of Tokyo), P. Khare (Utkal U.): “The Evolution of Metals and Dust in Damped Lyman-alpha Quasar Absorbers”

3

P. Massey (Lowell Obs.), K. Degioia-Eastwood (NSF), N. King (STScI): “The Evolution and Physical Parameters of Massive Stars at High Metallicity: O Stars in the Andromeda Galaxy”

2.5

S. Schuler (G), J. King (UNLV): “Chromospheric Activity and Lithium Abundance Scatter in the Young Open Cluster M35”

2


T. Statler (Ohio U.), L. Young (New Mexico Inst. of Mining & Technology): “The Evolution of CO-Rich Elliptical Galaxies: Stellar and Ionized Gas Kinematics”

2

Graduate Theses (2) Nights

W. Forrest (U. of Rochester), B. Hoffman (U. of Ariz.), E. Furlan (T) (Cornell U.), D. Watson (U. of Rochester), K. Uchida (Cornell U.): “Mid-infrared Observations of Protostellar and Protoplanetary Disks in Taurus”

2

S. Veilleux, D. Rupke (T) (U. of Maryland): “Superwinds in Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies: The Fall Sample” 2
