MDM OBSERVATORY CONSORTIUM TELESCOPE SCHEDULE

Updated 06/15/2026 (Halpern)
 
                         2026 AUGUST
 
  DAY/MOON            McGRAW-HILL 1.3m                 HILTNER 2.4m  
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Sat  1  br 87  
Sun  2  br 79  
 
Mon  3  br 69  
Tue  4  br 58  
Wed  5  dk LQ  
Thu  6  dk 36  
Fri  7  dk 25  
Sat  8  dk 16  
Sun  9  dk 08  
 
Mon 10  dk 03  
Tue 11  dk new 
Wed 12  dk 00  
Thu 13  dk 03  
Fri 14  dk 08  
Sat 15  dk 15  
Sun 16  dk 23  
 
Mon 17  dk 32  
Tue 18  dk 42  
Wed 19  br FQ  
Thu 20  br 61  
Fri 21  br 70  
Sat 22  br 78  
Sun 23  br 85  
 
Mon 24  br 92  
Tue 25  br 96  
Wed 26  br 99  
Thu 27  br full
Fri 28  br 99  
Sat 29  br 95  
Sun 30  br 89  
 
Mon 31  br 81     MIRAGE      
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          MDM OBSERVATORY CONSORTIUM TELESCOPE SCHEDULE
 
                         2026 SEPTEMBER
 
  DAY/MOON            McGRAW-HILL 1.3m                 HILTNER 2.4m  
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Tue  1  br 72     MIRAGE        
Wed  2  br 61     MIRAGE        
Thu  3  br LQ     MIRAGE                           CHαS     Schiminovich
Fri  4  dk 38     Templeton   Terndrup             CHαS     Schiminovich 
Sat  5  dk 27     Templeton   Terndrup             CHαS     Schiminovich  
Sun  6  dk 18     Templeton   Terndrup             CHαS     Schiminovich  
 
Mon  7* dk 10     Templeton   Bregman              CHαS     Schiminovich  
Tue  8  dk 04     Templeton   Bregman              CHαS     Schiminovich  
Wed  9  dk 01     Templeton   Bregman              OSMOS    Proxy Queue  
Thu 10  dk new    MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue  
Fri 11  dk 02     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue
Sat 12  dk 05     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue  
Sun 13  dk 11     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue  
 
Mon 14  dk 18     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue  
Tue 15  dk 26     Templeton   Terndrup             OSMOS    Proxy Queue  
Wed 16  dk 35     Templeton   Terndrup             OSMOS    Proxy Queue  
Thu 17  dk 44     Templeton   Terndrup             OSMOS    Proxy Queue  
Fri 18  br FQ     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Bregman  
Sat 19  br 63     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Bregman   
Sun 20  br 72     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Bregman  
 
Mon 21  br 80     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Bregman  
Tue 22  br 87     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Bregman  
Wed 23  br 93     MIRAGE         
Thu 24  br 98     MIRAGE         
Fri 25  br full   MIRAGE      
Sat 26  br 100    MIRAGE        
Sun 27  br 97     MIRAGE       
 
Mon 28  br 91     Templeton   Thorstensen          OSMOS    Thorstensen 
Tue 29  br 84     Templeton   Thorstensen          OSMOS    Thorstensen
Wed 30  br 74     Templeton   Thorstensen          OSMOS    Thorstensen
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          MDM OBSERVATORY CONSORTIUM TELESCOPE SCHEDULE
 
                         2026 OCTOBER
 
  DAY/MOON            McGRAW-HILL 1.3m                 HILTNER 2.4m  
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Thu  1  br 64     Templeton   Thorstensen          OSMOS    Thorstensen
Fri  2  br LQ     Templeton   Thorstensen          OSMOS    Thorstensen  
Sat  3  dk 41     Templeton   Thorstensen          OSMOS    Thorstensen
Sun  4  dk 30     Templeton   Thorstensen          OSMOS    Thorstensen
 
Mon  5  dk 20     Templeton   Thorstensen          OSMOS    Thorstensen
Tue  6  dk 12     Templeton   Thorstensen          OSMOS    Thorstensen
Wed  7  dk 06     Templeton   Thorstensen          OSMOS    Thorstensen 
Thu  8  dk 02     Templeton   Terndrup             OSMOS    Fesen  
Fri  9  dk new    Templeton   Terndrup             OSMOS    Fesen
Sat 10  dk 01     Templeton   Terndrup             OSMOS    Fesen
Sun 11  dk 03     Templeton   Terndrup             OSMOS    Fesen
 
Mon 12  dk 07     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Bregman  
Tue 13  dk 13     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Bregman  
Wed 14  dk 20     Templeton   Bregman              OSMOS    Bregman  
Thu 15  dk 28     Templeton   Bregman              OSMOS    Bregman  
Fri 16  dk 36     Templeton   Bregman              OSMOS    Bregman  
Sat 17  dk FQ     Templeton   Bregman              OSMOS    Proxy Queue
Sun 18  br 55     Templeton   Bregman              OSMOS    Proxy Queue
 
Mon 19  br 65     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue       
Tue 20  br 74     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue 
Wed 21  br 82     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue  
Thu 22  br 90     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue    
Fri 23  br 95     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue   
Sat 24  br 99     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue    
Sun 25  br full   MIRAGE          

Mon 26  br 98     MIRAGE         
Tue 27  br 94     MIRAGE         
Wed 28  br 86     MIRAGE        
Thu 29  br 77     MIRAGE                           CHαS     Schiminovich
Fri 30  br 67     MIRAGE                           CHαS     Schiminovich
Sat 31  br 56     MIRAGE                           CHαS     Schiminovich
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          MDM OBSERVATORY CONSORTIUM TELESCOPE SCHEDULE
 
                         2026 NOVEMBER
 
  DAY/MOON            McGRAW-HILL 1.3m                 HILTNER 2.4m
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Sun  1  dk LQ     MIRAGE                           CHαS     Schiminovich
 
Mon  2  dk 34     MIRAGE                           CHαS     Schiminovich   
Tue  3  dk 24     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue    
Wed  4  dk 16     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue    
Thu  5  dk 09     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue    
Fri  6  dk 04     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue    
Sat  7  dk 01     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue    
Sun  8  dk new    MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue   
 
Mon  9  dk 01     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue                   
Tue 10  dk 04     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue
Wed 11  dk 08     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue 
Thu 12  dk 14     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue
Fri 13  dk 21     Templeton   Bregman              OSMOS    Fesen
Sat 14  dk 29     Templeton   Bregman              OSMOS    Fesen  
Sun 15  dk 38     Templeton   Bregman              OSMOS    Fesen
 
Mon 16  dk FQ     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Bregman
Tue 17  br 57     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Bregman  
Wed 18  br 67     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Bregman   
Thu 19  br 76     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Bregman   
Fri 20  br 85     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Bregman
Sat 21  br 92     MIRAGE         
Sun 22  br 97     MIRAGE        
 
Mon 23  br full   MIRAGE        
Tue 24  br 99     MIRAGE         
Wed 25  br 96
Thu 26* br 89  
Fri 27* br 81  
Sat 28  br 71  
Sun 29  br 60  
 
Mon 30  dk LQ     Templeton   Bregman
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          MDM OBSERVATORY CONSORTIUM TELESCOPE SCHEDULE
 
                         2026 DECEMBER
 
  DAY/MOON            McGRAW-HILL 1.3m                 HILTNER 2.4m  
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Tue  1  dk 38     Templeton   Bregman
Wed  2  dk 28     Templeton   Bregman              CHαS     Schiminovich
Thu  3  dk 20     Templeton   Terndrup             CHαS     Schiminovich
Fri  4  dk 13     Templeton   Terndrup             CHαS     Schiminovich
Sat  5  dk 07     Templeton   Terndrup             CHαS     Schiminovich
Sun  6  dk 03     Templeton   Terndrup             CHαS     Schiminovich

Mon  7  dk 01     Templeton   Thorstensen          OSMOS    Thorstensen
Tue  8  dk new    Templeton   Thorstensen          OSMOS    Thorstensen
Wed  9  dk 01     Templeton   Thorstensen          OSMOS    Thorstensen 
Thu 10  dk 04     Templeton   Thorstensen          OSMOS    Thorstensen 
Fri 11  dk 09     Templeton   Thorstensen          OSMOS    Thorstensen  
Sat 12  dk 15     Templeton   Thorstensen          OSMOS    Thorstensen  
Sun 13  dk 22     Templeton   Thorstensen          OSMOS    Thorstensen 
 
Mon 14  dk 31     Templeton   Terndrup             OSMOS    Proxy Queue
Tue 15  dk 40     Templeton   Terndrup             OSMOS    Proxy Queue 
Wed 16  br FQ     Templeton   Terndrup             OSMOS    Proxy Queue 
Thu 17  br 60     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue 
Fri 18  br 70     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue 
Sat 19  br 80     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue 
Sun 20  br 88     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue  
 
Mon 21  br 95     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue
Tue 22  br 99     MIRAGE        
Wed 23  br full
Thu 24* br 98  
Fri 25* br 92  
Sat 26  br 85  
Sun 27  br 75  
 
Mon 28**br 65  
Tue 29**br 54  
Wed 30**dk LQ  
Thu 31**dk 34
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          MDM OBSERVATORY CONSORTIUM TELESCOPE SCHEDULE
 
                         2027 JANUARY
 
  DAY/MOON            McGRAW-HILL 1.3m                 HILTNER 2.4m  
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Fri  1* dk 25  
Sat  2  dk 17  
Sun  3  dk 11  

Mon  4  dk 06                                      CHαS     Schiminovich
Tue  5  dk 02                                      CHαS     Schiminovich
Wed  6  dk 00     Templeton   Micolta              CHαS     Schiminovich
Thu  7  dk new    Templeton   Micolta              CHαS     Schiminovich
Fri  8  dk 02     Templeton   Micolta              CHαS     Schiminovich 
Sat  9  dk 05     Templeton   Terndrup             CHαS     Schiminovich 
Sun 10  dk 10     Templeton   Terndrup             CHαS     Schiminovich 
 
Mon 11  dk 16     Templeton   Terndrup             OSMOS    Proxy Queue
Tue 12  dk 24     Templeton   Terndrup             OSMOS    Proxy Queue
Wed 13  dk 33     Templeton   Bregman              OSMOS    Proxy Queue
Thu 14  dk 43     Templeton   Bregman              OSMOS    Proxy Queue
Fri 15  br FQ     Templeton   Bregman              OSMOS    Proxy Queue
Sat 16  br 65     Templeton   Bregman              OSMOS    Proxy Queue  
Sun 17  br 75     Templeton   Bregman              OSMOS    Proxy Queue  
 
Mon 18**br 85     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue  
Tue 19  br 92     MIRAGE                           OSMOS    Proxy Queue 
Wed 20  br 98     MIRAGE                   
Thu 21  br full   MIRAGE         
Fri 22  br 99     MIRAGE          
Sat 23  br 95     MIRAGE          
Sun 24  br 89     MIRAGE          
 
Mon 25  br 80     MIRAGE        
Tue 26  br 71     Templeton   Terndrup 
Wed 27  br 61     Templeton   Terndrup 
Thu 28  br LQ     Templeton   Terndrup             CCDS     Kay
Fri 29  dk 41     Templeton   Terndrup             CCDS     Kay     
Sat 30  dk 32     Templeton   Bregman              CCDS     Kay
Sun 31  dk 23     Templeton   Bregman              CCDS     Kay
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