MDM Telescope Schedule: January 2006 - July 2006


Last updated: May 15, 2006

               MDM OBSERVATORY CONSORTIUM TELESCOPE SCHEDULE

JANUARY 2006

DAY/MOON McGRAW-HILL 1.3m | HILTNER 2.4m
__________________________________________|_____________________________________
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Sun 1 dk Direct/Echelle Fesen/Rudie | CCDS/RETROCAM "QUEUE"
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Mon 2* dk Direct/Echelle Fesen/Rudie | CCDS/RETROCAM "QUEUE"
Tue 3 dk Direct/Templeton Patterson | CCDS/RETROCAM "QUEUE"
Wed 4 dk Direct/Templeton Patterson | CCDS/RETROCAM "QUEUE"
Thu 5 FQd Direct/Templeton Patterson | CCDS/RETROCAM "QUEUE"
Fri 6 br Direct/Templeton Patterson | Modspec/Echelle Thorstensen
Sat 7 br Direct/Templeton Patterson | Modspec/Echelle Thorstensen
Sun 8 br Direct/Templeton Patterson | Modspec/Echelle Thorstensen
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Mon 9 br MkIII/Templeton Thorstensen | Modspec/Echelle Thorstensen
Tue 10 br MkIII/Templeton Thorstensen | Modspec/Echelle Thorstensen
Wed 11 br MkIII/Templeton Thorstensen | Modspec/Echelle Thorstensen
Thu 12 br MkIII/Templeton Thorstensen | Echelle/Direct Thorstensen
Fri 13 Fb MkIII/Templeton Thorstensen | Echelle/Direct Thorstensen
Sat 14 br MkIII/Templeton Thorstensen | Echelle/Direct Thorstensen
Sun 15 br MkIII/Templeton Thorstensen | Echelle/Direct Thorstensen
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Mon 16**br MkIII/Templeton Thorstensen | Echelle/Direct Thorstensen
Tue 17 br MkIII/Templeton Thorstensen | CCDS/RETROCAM "QUEUE"
Wed 18 br MkIII/Templeton Thorstensen | CCDS/RETROCAM "QUEUE"
Thu 19 br MkIII/Templeton Thorstensen | CCDS/RETROCAM "QUEUE"
Fri 20 br MkIII/Templeton Thorstensen | CCDS/RETROCAM "QUEUE"
Sat 21 LQb MkIII/Templeton Thorstensen | CCDS/RETROCAM "QUEUE"
Sun 22 dk MkIII/Templeton Thorstensen | CCDS/RETROCAM "QUEUE"
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Mon 23 dk Templeton/Direct Patterson | 8K Mirabal
Tue 24 dk Templeton/Direct Patterson | 8K Mirabal
Wed 25 dk Templeton/Direct Patterson | 8K Mirabal
Thu 26 dk Templeton/Direct Patterson | 8K Mirabal
Fri 27 dk MkIII/Wilbur Shara | 8K Mirabal
Sat 28 Nd MkIII/Wilbur Shara | 8K Mirabal
Sun 29 dk MkIII/Wilbur Shara | 8K Grainger
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Mon 30 dk MkIII/Wilbur Shara | 8K Grainger
Tue 31 dk MkIII/Wilbur Shara | 8K Grainger
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_________1_________2_________3_________4__|______5_________6_________7_________8
* NEW YEAR'S DAY HOLIDAY
**MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. BIRTHDAY OBSERVED HOLIDAY

ALMANAC SUMMARY:

Jan 01: ST mid = 6 21 ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 1 20 --> 12 22
11.0 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).


Jan 31: ST mid = 8 19 ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 3 42 --> 14 16
10.5 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).



MDM OBSERVATORY CONSORTIUM TELESCOPE SCHEDULE

FEBRUARY 2006

DAY/MOON McGRAW-HILL 1.3m | HILTNER 2.4m
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Wed 1 dk Direct/Echelle An | 8K Sharma
Thu 2 dk " | "
Fri 3 dk " | 8K Stanek
Sat 4 FQb " | "
Sun 5 br " | "
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Mon 6 br " | "
Tue 7 br " | "
Wed 8 br " | "
Thu 9 br CCDS Peterson | "
Fri 10 br " | Direct/Echelle Statler
Sat 11 br " | "
Sun 12 Fb " | "
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Mon 13 br " | "
Tue 14 br " | "
Wed 15 br " | "
Thu 16 br Direct/Echelle An | CCDS/Retrocam Mirabal
Fri 17 br " | "
Sat 18 br " | "
Sun 19 br " | "
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Mon 20 LQb " | 8K Walker
Tue 21 dk " | "
Wed 22 dk " | "
Thu 23 dk " | "
Fri 24 dk " | "
Sat 25 dk " | "
Sun 26 dk " | "
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Mon 27 Nd " | 8K Mateo
Tue 28 dk " | "
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_________1_________2_________3_________4__|______5_________6_________7_________8

ALMANAC SUMMARY:

Feb 01: ST mid = 8 23 ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 3 46 --> 14 20
10.5 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).


Feb 28: ST mid = 10 09 ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 5 53 --> 15 43
9.8 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).



MDM OBSERVATORY CONSORTIUM TELESCOPE SCHEDULE

MARCH 2006

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

ALMANAC SUMMARY:

Mar 01: ST mid = 10 13 ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 5 58 --> 15 46
9.8 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).


Mar 31: ST mid = 12 12 ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 8 19 --> 17 05
8.7 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).



MDM OBSERVATORY CONSORTIUM TELESCOPE SCHEDULE

APRIL 2006

DAY/MOON McGRAW-HILL 1.3m | HILTNER 2.4m
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Sat 1 dk Direct/Templeton Kay | 8K Martini
Sun 2 dk " | "
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Mon 3 dk Visitor Terndrup | "
Tue 4 FQd Visitor Terndrup | "
Wed 5 br Visitor Terndrup | 8K Stanek
Thu 6 br Visitor Terndrup | "
Fri 7 br Visitor Terndrup | "
Sat 8 br Visitor Terndrup | "
Sun 9 br Visitor Terndrup | "
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Mon 10 br Visitor Terndrup | "
Tue 11 br Visitor Terndrup | "
Wed 12 Fb ENGINEERING | TIFKAM McGreer
Thu 13 br ENGINEERING | "
Fri 14 br Thorstensen (Patterson) | "
Sat 15 br " | "
Sun 16 br " | "
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Mon 17 br " | TIFKAM An
Tue 18 br " | "
Wed 19 br " | "
Thu 20 LQd " | 8K Crotts
Fri 21 dk " | "
Sat 22 dk " | "
Sun 23 dk " | "
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Mon 24 dk " | 8K Grainger
Tue 25 dk " | "
Wed 26 dk " | "
Thu 27 Nd " | CCDS Wegner
Fri 28 dk Direct/Templeton Halpern | "
Sat 29 dk " | "
Sun 30 dk " | "
|
_________1_________2_________3_________4__|______5_________6_________7_________8

ALMANAC SUMMARY:

Apr 01: ST mid = 12 15 ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 8 24 --> 17 07
8.7 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).


Apr 30: ST mid = 14 10 ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 10 45 --> 18 22
7.6 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).



MDM OBSERVATORY CONSORTIUM TELESCOPE SCHEDULE

MAY 2006

DAY/MOON McGRAW-HILL 1.3m | HILTNER 2.4m
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Mon 1 dk Direct/Templeton Halpern | CCDS Wegner
Tue 2 dk " | "
Wed 3 dk " | "
Thu 4 FQb " | "
Fri 5 br " | TIFKAM Dietrich
Sat 6 br " | "
Sun 7 br Direct/Templeton Mirabal | "
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Mon 8 br " | ALUMINIZING
Tue 9 br " | ALUMINIZING
Wed 10 br " | ALUMINIZING
Thu 11 br " | ALUMINIZING
Fri 12 Fb " | ENGINEERING/ D.D.
Sat 13 br D.D. | D.D.
Sun 14 br D.D. | D.D.
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Mon 15 br D.D. | Direct/Echelle Shara
Tue 16 br Engineering - mirror clean | "
Wed 17 br Engineering - mirror clean | "
Thu 18 br D.D. | "
Fri 19 LQb Direct/Templeton Patterson | "
Sat 20 dk " | "
Sun 21 dk " | "
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Mon 22 dk " | Direct/Echelle Rafferty
Tue 23 dk " | "
Wed 24 dk " | "
Thu 25 dk " | 8K Stanek
Fri 26 Nd " | "
Sat 27 dk " | "
Sun 28 dk " | "
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Mon 29* dk " | "
Tue 30 dk " | "
Wed 31 dk Mk III/Wilbur Shara | "
|
_________1_________2_________3_________4__|______5_________6_________7_________8
* MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY

ALMANAC SUMMARY:

May 01: ST mid = 14 14 ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 10 50 --> 18 25
7.6 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).


May 31: ST mid = 16 12 ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 13 17 --> 19 56
6.6 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).



MDM OBSERVATORY CONSORTIUM TELESCOPE SCHEDULE

JUNE 2006

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

ALMANAC SUMMARY:

Jun 01: ST mid = 16 16 ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 13 21 --> 19 59
6.6 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).


Jun 30: ST mid = 18 10 ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 15 26 --> 21 55
6.5 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).



MDM OBSERVATORY CONSORTIUM TELESCOPE SCHEDULE

JULY 2006

DAY/MOON McGRAW-HILL 1.3m | HILTNER 2.4m
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Sat 1 dk Direct/Echelle Chaboyer | Direct/Templeton Patterson
Sun 2 FQd " | "
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Mon 3 br D.D. | "
Tue* 4 br D.D. | "
Wed 5 br D.D. | "
Thu 6 br D.D. | "
Fri 7 br D.D. | "
Sat 8 br D.D. | "
Sun 9 br D.D. | "
| "
Mon 10 Fb Direct/Templeton Boettcher | TIFKAM ENGINEERING Depoy
Tue 11 br " | "
Wed 12 br " | "
Thu 13 br " | "
Fri 14 br " | "
Sat 15 br " | D.D.
Sun 16 br " | D.D.
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Mon 17 LQd Direct/Templeton Fleming | CCDS Depoy
Tue 18 dk " | "
Wed 19 dk " | "
Thu 20 dk " | "
Fri 21 dk " | "
Sat 22 dk " | "
Sun 23 dk " | "
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Mon 24 Nd D.D. | "
Tue 25 dk D.D. | "
Wed 26 dk D.D. | "
Thu 27 dk D.D. | "
Fri 28 dk D.D. | "
Sat 29 dk D.D. | "
Sun 30 dk D.D. | "
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Mon 31 dk D.D. | D.D.
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_________1_________2_________3_________4__|______5_________6_________7_________8
* INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY

ALMANAC SUMMARY:

Jul 01: ST mid = 18 14 ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 15 30 --> 22 00
6.5 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).


Jul 31: ST mid = 20 13 ST @eve. and morn. twilight: 17 08 --> 0 23
7.2 hrs twilight-to-twilight (twilight = -18 deg).