N OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORYAn NOAO press release on the discovery of dozens of potential...

NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY

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

Submitted to the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement No. AST-0132798

May 1, 2003

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

Quarterly Report (2) FY 2003

January 1 – March 31, 2003

These images from CTIO’s Blanco 4-meter telescope show the temporarily named S/2002 N1, one of three moons newly discovered around Neptune. The International Astronomical Union will approve a permanent name for the moon. Image credit: M. Holman, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

Table of Contents

National Optical Astronomy Observatory Quarterly Report (2) FY 2003 January 1 – March 31, 2003*

Submitted to the National Science Foundation under

Cooperative Agreement No. AST-0132798

May 1, 2003

TABLE OF CONTENTS Science Publications Using NOAO Telescopes ...........................................................................1

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

Site Safety Reports Tucson and Kitt Peak Site Safety Report .................................................................................. 5 NOAO South and AURA Observatory Site Safety Report ....................................................... 7

Observing Programs (Semester 2003-A) NOAO Gemini Science Center ............................................................................................... 10 Kitt Peak National Observatory .............................................................................................. 12 Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.............................................................................. 17 Hobby-Eberly Telescope......................................................................................................... 21 Multiple Mirror Telescope ...................................................................................................... 21 W.M. Keck Observatory ......................................................................................................... 21

* Scientific and programmatic highlights of the preceding quarter, including telescope

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

NOAO Quarterly Report Page 1 2nd Quarter FY 2003

SCIENCE PUBLICATIONS USING NOAO TELESCOPES

In the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2002, approximately 88 science papers were published in which at least one NOAO telescope is cited as the source of observational data. Forty-six papers were published using data from CTIO, 39 from KPNO telescopes (including WIYN), and 3 from the Gemini telescopes. Note: As with previous quarterly reports, there is a one-quarter “lag” in publications reporting due to the time needed to research and report publications figures. PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH

Media and Public Information An NOAO press release on the discovery of dozens of potential “proplyd” objects in the Carina Nebula by astronomers from the U. of Colorado (N. Smith, J. Bally, J. Thiel, and J. Morse) using the Blanco 4-m telescope at CTIO was featured jointly with related results from the Keck Observatory in a press conference at the January 2003 AAS meeting in Seattle. (See http://www.noao.edu/outreach/press/pr03/pr0301.html) Subsequent media coverage included the Associated Press and Reuters wire services, CNN-TV Headline News and CNN.com, USA Today, Space.com, and Science magazine. An NOAO press release on a new, more precise estimate for the brightness of Supernova 1006 by astronomers from Middlebury College using data from CTIO was reported by Nature magazine, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Astronomy.com, SpaceflightNow.com, and the Sky & Telescope Web page, and it was a news item in the American Museum of Natural History’s daily digital television feed to science museums. Arizona State Senator Gabrielle Giffords has initiated a variety of legislation related to dark skies. Local astronomers such as Kitt Peak Director Richard Green and members of the International Dark-Sky Association have been aiding the cause by testifying before the legislature and working on the language of the bill. The issue received strong coverage in the Arizona Republic on March 13, which included photos taken at Kitt Peak. A trainer for the State of Michigan Family Independence Agency used a dozen NOAO images to illustrate a conference for managers of the agency, based on the theme “Be a Star of a Manager.” The six two-day conferences were scheduled to be attended by 600 participants. NOAO images also were used for the main conference poster, with full written credit to NOAO/AURA/NSF. The image on the NOAO home page was updated six times, and NOAO images were featured four times as NASA’s “Astronomy Picture of the Day” on the Web. PAEO received and answered approximately 210 requests for information on astronomy and the use of NOAO imagery, and sent out about 3,500 brochures, posters, and packages in response. NOAO press releases issued this past quarter: • “Astronomers Peg Brightness of History’s Brightest Star”

Media and Public Information Summary of Tucson Web Server Hits

January–March 2003 (Hits in Thousands)

Image Gallery Web hits 39Education Web hits 45

NOAO Outreach Web hits 301

Non-PAEO Web hits 1,310

Total NOAO-Tucson Web hits 1,695


• “NASA Should Lead More Focused Program to Reduce Threat from Hazardous Asteroids” • “First Neptune Trojan Discovered” • “Substantial Population of Stellar Cocoons Found in Surprisingly Harsh Environment”

Public Outreach Twelve Girl Scouts and their leaders spent the night on Kitt Peak on March 1 in a program that they billed as “Starry Overnight.” NOAO Public Outreach instituted this variation of the successful Advanced Observing Program (AOP) last year, with the goal of attracting a wider range of young people, especially girls, to experience Kitt Peak for the entire evening. In this case, unfortunately, sky observing was limited

by snow, but the girls spent some time at the Visitor Center telescope and also engaged in hands-on activities from the Family ASTRO program. Educational Outreach staff and a member of the International Dark-Sky Association were on hand to assist with the activities. The Scouts and their leaders then camped in the Visitor Center for the night. Public Outreach staff participated in Project ASTRO this quarter with four sixth-grade teachers and three fifth-grade teachers at Quail Run Elementary and Hendricks Elementary, respectively. More than 140 students participated in astronomy activities in February, and 80 participated in March. Staff from NOAO Public Outreach and Educational Outreach collaborated on a presentation at Cross Middle School on February 17, using a portable planetarium to introduce students to the constellations.

On March 11, Public and Educational Outreach staff again participated jointly in making a presentation to Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) advisors about NOAO outreach activities, including use of the portable planetarium. MESA is college preparation program that strives to increase the number of ethnic minority, low income, and first-generation college-bound students who are eligible to enter a degree program at a university. Advisors subsequently called PAEO to arrange presentations at their individual schools. Public Outreach staff made presentations to a group of 15 people from Elderhostel on March 24-25, including a slide show on the constellations and deep-sky objects, followed by a tour of Kitt Peak. Twenty Biosphere 2 astronomy students toured Kitt Peak with Outreach staff on February 25, visiting the McMath-Pierce solar, the WIYN 3.5-m, and the Mayall 4-m telescopes. On March 19, 16 students in geology and biology and a professor of geology from the U. of Nebraska at Kearney arrived at Kitt Peak for a tour conducted by Outreach staff. The group was treated to a tour of the McMath-Pierce solar, the 2.1-m, and the Mayall 4-m telescopes.

Educational Outreach The second distance learning course for the NOAO Teacher Leaders in Research Based Science Education (TLRBSE) program began in mid-January. The course has been modified in response to

Kitt Peak Visitor Center Summary of Visitors

(3 months ending 3/31/03)

Group/Program Visitors

General public tours-est.* 4,000

Self-guided public tours 2,474

School groups K-12-est.* 130

Special tours 36

Nightly Obs. Program 1,934

Advanced Obs. Program 42

Total Visitors-est. 8,616

* Data lost due to computer error


teacher and evaluator comments arising from last year’s experience. Teachers received a “pre-class assignment” to install Scion or NIH Image software, load a macro, and open an image to ascertain the technical capabilities of the group and to get the teachers started on the software much earlier in the course. The astronomy content of the course was reformulated into three problem-based activities centered on questions to be solved. This approach also models the “best practices” pedagogy we are encouraging the teachers to use. The last two activity sets were changed into group activities, another pedagogical improvement consistent with national education reforms. Midway through the course, the level of teacher learning using the new approach seems to be improved over last year’s group at this stage. NOAO staff attended the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) annual meeting in Philadelphia and gave three TLRBSE-related workshops, each presenting an introductory problem from one of the three developed TLRBSE projects: search for novae, active galactic nuclei, and sunspot evolution. These workshops were open to all NSTA participants, and were completely full, with an attendance of 40 for each workshop. Several of our teacher leaders and their learning colleagues attended each session. The TLRBSE program also had a business/evaluation meeting at NSTA attended by about 60 program participants and its NSF Program Officer, Dr. Wayne Sukow. NOAO education staff also completed the final draft version of a solar educational poster that was the result of collaboration between the TLRBSE staff, led by Connie Walker, and astronomers at NSO on Sacramento Peak. The poster is 3 x 6 feet in size and shows two weeks of solar images in five different wavelengths. The poster is ideal for use in a science research-oriented classroom and will be distributed to the TLRBSE solar research cohort.

Project ASTRO-Tucson, Family ASTRO, and ASTRO-Chile NOAO’s Family ASTRO program showed further early successes this quarter in the Tucson region. Family ASTRO event leaders from both the Sunnyside and Indian Oasis-Baboquivari Unified School Districts held eight successful events at their schools. On average, 10 families attended each event. Race to the Planets and Night Sky Adventure were the most popular themes. Eight more events, using the Moon Mission kit, are scheduled to take place by the end of the calendar year. Ann Durance has written an article for the Indian Oasis-Baboquivari School District’s newspaper on their most recent Family ASTRO event. Comet hunter David Levy gave inspirational talks at Family ASTRO events to families from the Sunnyside and Indian Oasis-Baboquivari Unified School Districts. The NOAO director received a letter of commendation from Sunnyside Unified School District’s science coordinator, highlighting Family ASTRO successes and applauding the efforts of NOAO Family ASTRO staff. Teachers are already applying for the fall 2003 program. Other events involving Family ASTRO this quarter included activities at the Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) Teacher Professional Development workshop. This event also used the STARLAB portable (inflatable) planetarium, which is on long-term loan from Flandrau Science Center. An article in Kiplinger’s Retirement Report featured the Family ASTRO program as one option for families to enjoy astronomy together. Project ASTRO hosted its annual follow-up spring workshop at the home and observatory of David and Wendee Levy. There were 30 participants in this afternoon and evening workshop. An exceptional number of large star parties have been given by ASTRO participants. For example, 150 students and


parents attended a star party at Wakefield Middle School. The ASTRO teacher at this school noted a marked increase in science class performance as a result of Project ASTRO partnership efforts.

ASTRO-Chile continues to expand its program with great enthusiasm in La Serena at CTIO and in Tucson at NOAO. A second workshop took place in which teachers from both countries discussed spectroscopy. Teachers presented different types of spectroscopes, both reflective and transmissive, and demonstrated their applicability in the classroom. Plans are being formulated for a third and fourth workshop on the theme of light pollution, where each group would present results from a study by their students. Long-term plans are to link the two groups with international light pollution education efforts in Austria and Greece.

Other NOAO Educational Outreach Activities The NOAO Spanish Language Materials Center benefitted from the thorough research work of Maria Peña, an undergraduate astronomy student at the U. of Arizona. Peña has compiled an extensive listing of astronomy education materials from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City, and is working with librarians in Tucson and Mexico to add to the list of materials. Several Tucson teachers from the ASTRO-Chile program are reviewing the materials collected by Peña. An annotated bibliography describing the materials has been created in English and Spanish and will be posted to the Web site in third quarter of FY 2003. At the AAS meeting in Seattle, Stephen Pompea organized and led (with Tim Slater, Katherine Garmany, and Jeff Adams) a three-hour workshop titled “Teaching Astronomy for the First Time: A Teaching Excellence Workshop for Graduate Students and Post-Docs.” The workshop was well-attended and introduced effective strategies for teaching astronomy, including activities on leading class discussions, writing effective exams, time-saving approaches, and techniques for a learner-centered astronomy classroom. Pompea was also a co-author on two AAS poster papers related to the ESSENCE project. Doug Isbell and Stephen Pompea met with the Arizona Space Grant directors to promote a closer relationship between NOAO and AZ Space Grant. Pompea agreed to serve as the NOAO Space Grant representative and to review graduate student Space Grant proposals. Pompea is currently advising Space Grant graduate student John Keller, who is pursuing a science education project on how data can be represented and taught to students using sounds. Stephen Pompea, Connie Walker, and Alan Gould (Lawrence Hall of Science) led two successful workshops on teaching about the electromagnetic spectrum at the National Science Teachers Association meeting in Philadelphia. Approximately 90 teachers attended each workshop. The Optical Society of America sponsored the workshops and furnished optics kits and teacher guides to each participant. The workshop was based on Pompea and Gould’s recently published GEMS guide titled “Invisible Universe.” The two Philadelphia optics workshops, coupled with three optics workshops at the 2002 NSTA meeting in San Diego (also sponsored by the OSA), have been “standing room only.” NOAO currently is working with a U. of Arizona graduate student through the Collaboration to Advance Teaching of Technology and Science (CATTS). CATTS fellow Erika Offerdahl is a graduate student in the Conceptual Astronomy and Physics Education Research group at Steward Observatory and is leading a number of local NOAO outreach efforts. For example, Offerdahl, Robert Wilson, and Stephen Pompea gave a day-long planetarium-based program at Cross Middle School in Tucson’s Amphi School District. Six NOAO science staff members participated as specialty and grand judges in the Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair.


TUCSON AND KITT PEAK SITE SAFETY REPORT

OSHA Recordable Occupational Injuries and Illnesses • NOAO Tucson experienced one OSHA recordable injury in the instrument shop on March 25, 2003.

An employee walking between a sheet metal storage rack and an instrument box near the garage door fell and suffered lacerations to the chin and right arm. An accident investigation resulted in a number of corrective actions now in progress. In addition, several other items were addressed, including the creation of a new workers compensation form and ordering biohazard cleanup kits.

• NOAO Kitt Peak experienced a minor vehicle accident involving two Kitt Peak employees. No one

was injured and an internal accident report was filed.

Safety and Health • As an annual requirement, the OSHA 300A log was completed and posted throughout the Tucson and

Kitt Peak facilities before February 1. Guidance was provided to the NSO Sacramento Peak site for completion of their OSHA 300A log.

• The NOAO management committee approved the NOAO contingency plan on January 2, 2003. The

committee agreed to include NSO interests in the document. New documents were added to the plan, including a listing of password-protected employee contact information, Kitt Peak GPS coordinates, and property information. The photo imaging lab designed the CDs, which were copied and distributed to key management. In addition, a monthly off-site backup strategy is now in place for NOAO and NSO engineering data and drawings.

Other risk management activities completed in the second quarter: • Report summarizing the progress of ITT Hartford’s recommendations submitted to AURA.

• Review of actions related to repairing the damaged CTIO Blanco 4-m shutter.

• Inspection visit of the Industrial Commission of Arizona state elevator inspectors. The inspectors stated that they are attempting to classify our in-house engineered elevators in the instrument shop and optics lab. A memo stating their conclusion is forthcoming.

• Preliminary discussions for the SOLIS instrument lift plan.

• Consultation on a number of risk management issues, including fire protection equipment inspections, fire resistant building materials, vehicle and visitor security, eye and hand protection, regulatory posters, industrial hygiene, hazardous materials, oxygen sensors, safe driving, emergency notification, re-stocking of CPR masks in vehicles and first aid kits, ergonomic design, cryogenics, rigging, fire protection issues with the University of Arizona lease, and boiler safety.

• Updated materials for the Central Facilities and Operations (CFO) library, including the Life Safety Code, National Electric Code, and International Building Code.


Education and Training • Nine Kitt Peak employees and tenants attended a two-part American Red Cross First Aid, CPR, and

AED course on January 22 and 29. One Kitt Peak employee completed the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians 16-hour pre-hospital trauma life support provider course.

• At the request of Robert Wilson in NOAO Public Affairs and Education Outreach, the risk management

specialist conducted a risk management presentation at the January 27 docent meeting. The discussion included the revised Kitt Peak emergency manual and other procedures.

• Four Kitt Peak employees attended an ASSE sponsored seminar, “Advanced Fall Protection” on

March 6. We invited the presenters to Kitt Peak on March 17 to inspect our fall protection equipment and to review a number of tasks involving working at heights. The ASSE visit proved invaluable; a few harnesses were decommissioned, and our guests suggested some changes in procedures and equipment use.

• Nine Tucson employees completed the American Red Cross First Aid and CPR course on March 31.

Additional courses are scheduled for May 12 and June 6.

Fire Protection and Prevention • Eleven Kitt Peak employees and three tenants successfully completed basic wild land firefighting S-

130/190 and introduction to fire behavior and basic wild land firefighter training. • Strategy for Kitt Peak perimeter fire mitigation continues with a review of a fire mitigation plan

produced in 1995 that was determined to be useable. A possible partnership was initiated with Richard Clifton, director of the Tohono O’odham Nation Department of Public Safety. Mr. Clifton is investigating options to use wild land firefighters to conduct the clearing of vegetation around critical structures. Permitting and other assessment documentation is under investigation. The current plan is to begin clearing around the telescopes, propane tanks, and other critical structures.

• The Kitt Peak kitchen was supplied with wet chemical fire extinguishers to meet NFPA 10 class K

requirements for commercial kitchens. The facilities staff retrofitted another 500-gallon portable water tank for fire fighting.

Environmental • As an annual requirement, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Hazardous Waste 2002

Facility Annual Report was completed. One-hundred ninety pounds of hazardous waste chemicals were disposed of and the facility was reported as “Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator,” requiring less paperwork and no fees.

• The risk management specialist hosted the Federal Environmental Protection Agency’s inspection of the

Kitt Peak underground petroleum storage tanks on February 25. No citations were issued as a result of CFO’s exemplary record keeping efforts and management.

• Disposed of a number of unneeded chemicals and collaborated with the U of A radiation department

to find a use for several isotopes.


Security • The new electronic access control system is working well. All employees have key cards and the

system appears to be well received by our staff. Distribution of visitor and contractor key cards is progressing. PAEO and CFO jointly prepared a memo for the Director’s Office E-News, informing employees about the locking of the internal doors off the lobby. Most exterior doors will be modified to render the master key useless, which will save considerable expense. The front door and rear door of the main building will have new locksets in the unlikely event of a prolonged power failure.

NOAO SOUTH AND AURA OBSERVATORY SITE SAFETY REPORT

Inspections Planned inspection activities have been carried out in various work locations to reduce hazardous conditions, including: • Improving the access road with new culverts and gravel road surfacing.

• Replacing fire extinguishers. All Halon 1211 extinguishers, a total of fifteen, were replaced by Co2 and Fe-36 units at Cerro Pachón (four), Cerro Tololo (nine), and La Serena (two). New extinguishers were installed in the Gemini telescope, the CTIO Telescopes on Cerro Tololo, the electrical workshop, and computer rooms and terminals in La Serena. The new units installed are all 2kg CO2 units.

• Three tons of batteries from UPS systems, generator rooms, and vehicles were sent to Santiago for recycling by Hidronor Chile S.A., authorized recycling agents.

• Seven planned inspections were carried out at CTIO, four at AOSS, six at SOAR, and eight at Gemini.

Personal Accident Investigation CTIO reported two accidents this quarter. The CTIO instrument maker sustained a cut to his right hand, which resulted in 10 days absence from work. The CTIO draftsman suffered a left elbow contusion, which resulted in a 12-day absence. Gemini, SOAR, and AOSS reported no accidents this quarter.

Vehicle Accident Investigation A pickup truck rollover accident on March 29 involved a member of the Gemini staff.

Training /Talks Training/talks were given on emergency preparation, evacuation plans, fire fighting plans, and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS). The following table shows the topics discussed and the number of participants at each telescope.


Nº Participants

Training Course/Talk CTIO AOSS SOAR GEMINI

Work at altitude 6 16 Security data sheets 6 6 18 Seat belts 22 Evacuation plan 14 Fire plan 14 Vigilance security 9

Emergency Preparation All employees participated in evacuation drills conducted at the Gemini and SOAR telescopes. An evacuation drill was also carried out at the Gemini South Base Facility in La Serena. Yearly maintenance to the CTIO, SOAR, and Gemini facilities fire detection systems was carried out. Production and dissemination of the NOAO contingency plan continues. PowerPoint presentations are being prepared to inform all workers, starting with supervisors and the Cerro Pachón, Cerro Tololo, and La Serena Safety Committees. Activities with Mutual de Seguridad Cámara Chilena de la Construcción (CChC): Staff from the CChC have been working on the coordination of training programs for this current year, with the following courses planned:

• First aid: April 2003 • Rescue brigade: June 2003 • Handling of dangerous material: May 2003 • Ergonomic risks: July 2003 • High mountain defensive driving: October 2003.

Other visits and meetings this quarter: • Inspection visit to Gemini and CTIO by Carlos Vasquez from the CChC. • Coordination meeting with Tomislav Spasejovic to agree on a paramedic work plan. • Work meeting on road safety with the participation of supervisors. • Work security analysis: The new procedure for emergencies for the Gemini South Base Facility have

been brought up to date and implemented, as have the emergency procedures for SOAR.

Occupational Health • The CChC conducted medical control tests for 16 Gemini employees, 2 SOAR employees, 25 CTIO

employees, and 16 AOSS employees. • A written psychological testing program for professional drivers has been initiated. • Work meetings and/or talks were conducted on the specific topics of security data sheets, use of seat

belts, and transit security.


• Three meetings of all three chapters of the Safety Committee (La Serena, Cerro Tololo, and Cerro Pachón) have taken place.

Environmental • Removal of the discharged batteries proceeded, starting with the recycling process at Hidronor Chile

S.A. in Santiago. • The dump on Cerro Tololo is in efficient use. In keeping with sanitary standards, garbage is covered

periodically to avoid insect and rodent infestation. The road and surroundings on Cerro Tololo also are cleaned periodically.

• Collection of magnetic tapes is under way for proper recycling in Santiago. These magnetic tapes

formerly used in CTIO telescopes have been out of use for five years and have been replaced by 8-mm tape.


SEMESTER 2003-A OBSERVING PROGRAMS SIX MONTHS ENDING JULY 31, 2003

NOAO Gemini Science Center

For the six months ending July 31, 2003, 47 U.S. proposals were awarded time on the Gemini telescopes, four of which are thesis programs. The telescope(s) scheduled and number of nights awarded are specified in the following list. (GEM-NQ = Gemini North Queue; GEM-SQ = Gemini South Queue; GEM-N = Gemini North classical. * = Program allocated time in Band 4 of the observing queue, which represents overfill time.)

U.S. Programs (43) Tel. Nights

D. Alves (Columbia U.), E. Wishnow, K. Cook (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory): “Mass Loss from Red Giants in Second-Parameter Globular Clusters”

GEM-NQ 2

S. Balachandran (U. of Maryland), J. Carr (Naval Research Laboratory), B. Carney (U. of North Carolina): “Oxygen in the Early Galaxy”

GEM-SQ 3.8

N. Calvet (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory): “Probing the elusive environment of the inner-disk regions of T Tauri stars via HeI 10830A line profiles”

GEM-SQ *

J. Carr (Naval Research Laboratory), S. Balachandran (U. of Maryland): “Chemical Evolution of the Galactic Center”

GEM-SQ 4.2

I. De Pater (UC Berkeley), M. Showalter (Stanford U.), J. Burns (Cornell U.), B. Macintosh (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory): “Jovian Ring Plane Crossing”

GEM-NQ 1

M. Dietrich, F. Hamann (U. of Florida): “High Redshift Quasars and early Star Formation” GEM-NQ 2.2

E. Ellingson (U. of Colorado), H. Yee, K. Blindert, H. Hoekstra (U. of Toronto): “Rich Optically-Selected Galaxy Clusters at z~1 from the RCS Survey”

GEM-NQ 1.38

X. Fan (U. of Arizona), M. Strauss (Princeton U.), L. Pentericci, H. Rix (Max-Planck Institute fur extraterrestrische Physik): “Constraining the Age of a z=6.40 Quasar with FeII Emission”

GEM-NQ 1

L. Ferrarese (Rutgers U.), B. Peterson, R. Pogge (Ohio State U.), D. Merritt (Rutgers U.), A. Wandel (The Hebrew U.), C. Onken (G) (Ohio State U.): “Understanding Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies”

GEM-NQ 3

A. Fruchter (STScI), N. Tanvir (U. of Hertfordshire), C. Kouveliotou (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), R. Wijers (SUNY, Stony Brook), J. Rhoads (STScI), S. Thorsett (UC Santa Cruz), E. Pian (Instituto di Radioastronomia), S. Wachter (SIRTF), K. Sahu (STScI), P. Vreeswijk (G) (U. of Amsterdam), J. Gorosabel (LAEFF), J. Castro Ceron (G) (STScI), J. Hjorth (Copenhagen U.): “Quick Response to GRBs: probing underlying supernovae and rapid variability”

GEM-SQ 0.8

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

GEM-NQ *

T. Geballe (Gemini Observatory): “The abundance of CO in T-type (methane-dominated) brown dwarfs” GEM-NQ *

K. Gebhardt (U. of Texas, Austin), T. Lauer (NOAO), R. Van Der Marel (STScI): “Black Holes in Brightest Cluster Galaxies”

GEM-NQ 2

K. Gebhardt (U. of Texas, Austin), M. Beasley (Swinburne U.), D. Hanes (Queen’s U.), R. Sharples (U. of Durham), J. Forte (IAFE), T. Bridges (Anglo-Australian Observatory), D. Forbes (Swinburne U.): “Multi-Object Spectroscopy of the GC Systems of Ellipticals”

GEM-NQ 3

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

GEM-NQ 3

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

GEM-SQ 0.8

Programs N % Total

U.S. Programs 43 91%

U.S. Theses 4 9%

Total 47 100%


R. Hynes, E. Robinson (U. of Texas, Austin), P. Charles (U. of Southampton), J. Casares, C. Zurita (G) (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias), M. Garcia, A. Kong (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory), C. Haswell (Open U.), R. Fender (U. of Amsterdam), T. Shahbaz (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias), J. McClintock (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory): “Probing the Accretion Geometry of a Quiescent Black Hole”

GEM-NQ 1

R. Hynes, E. Robinson (U. of Texas, Austin), C. Haswell (Open U.), K. Horne (U. of St. Andrews), P. Charles (U. of Southampton), A. King, D. Rolfe (U. of Leicester): “Understanding Irradiation in Low-mass X-ray Binaries”

GEM-SQ *

D. Jaffe (U. of Texas, Austin), G. Doppmann, T. Greene (NASA Ames Research Center): “Completing A Test of the Age-SED Relation”

GEM-SQ 2

D. Lambert (U. of Texas, Austin), K. Eriksson, B. Gustafsson (Uppsala U.), K. Hinkle (NOAO), N. Ryde (U. of Texas, Austin), R. Wahlin (G), B. Westerlund (Uppsala U.): “Carbon Stars in the Local Group - Detailed Abundance Analysis of Carbon Stars in the LMC”

GEM-SQ 0.8

D. Lambert (U. of Texas, Austin), K. Eriksson, B. Gustafsson (Uppsala U.), G. Harper (U. of Colorado), K. Hinkle (NOAO), N. Ryde (U. of Texas, Austin): “A CO Resonance Scattering Map of alpha Ori’s Circumstellar Shell”

GEM-SQ *

C. Lang (U. of Iowa), K. Johnson (NRAO Headquarters): “Revealing the Hidden Stellar Content of the Quintuplet Cluster”

GEM-NQ 0.25

S. Majewski (U. of Virginia), M. Siegel (STScI), S. Sohn (G), R. Patterson (U. of Virginia): “Dark Matter or Tidal Disruption?: The Cases of the Distant Leo I and Leo II Dwarf Spheroidals”

GEM-NQ 3

M. Malkan (UCLA): “Direct Comparison of Optical and Infrared Searches for High-Redshift Galaxies: How Much of the Young Universe has been Obscured by Dust?”

GEM-NQ 2

M. Meixner (STScI), T. Ueta (Observatoire Royal de Belgique): “High-Resolution Mid-IR Imaging of Northern Proto-Planetary Nebula Candidates”

GEM-NQ 1.5

L. Moustakas (STScI), R. Metcalf (UC Santa Cruz): “Probing Dark Matter Halo Substructure with Strong Lenses”

GEM-SQ 1.5

M. Mumma (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), R. Novak (Iona College): “Search for Methane on Mars”

GEM-SQ 1

J. Najita (NOAO), J. Carr (Naval Research Laboratory): “The Gas Dissipation Timescale in Protoplanetary Disks”

GEM-SQ 5

K. Noll, D. Stephens (STScI), S. Leggett (UKIRT), T. Geballe (Gemini Observatory), M. Marley (NASA Ames Research Center), D. Saumon (Los Alamos): “3-4 (micron) Spectra of L and T Dwarfs”

GEM-NQ 1

P. Nugent, G. Aldering (UC Berkeley), D. Howell (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), M. Phillips (Carnegie Institution of Washington), N. Suntzeff (NOAO), S. Perlmutter (UC Berkeley), C. Smith (CTIO): “Metallicity Effects in the Spectra and Light Curves of Nearby Type Ia Supernovae”

GEM-SQ 1

T. Oka (U. of Chicago), B. McCall (UC Berkeley), T. Geballe (Gemini Observatory), K. Hinkle (NOAO), M. Goto (U. of Hawaii): “Observation of H3

+ and CO toward the Galactic Center” GEM-SQ 2.5

M. Postman (STScI), W. Zheng, H. Ford, N. Benitez (Johns Hopkins U.), G. Illingworth (U. of California Observatories), T. Broadhurst (The Hebrew U.), Z. Tsvetanov, K. Zekser (Johns Hopkins U.), C. Gronwall (Pennsylvania State U.): “Deep Infrared Imaging of ACS Fields: A Search for z > 7 Galaxies”

GEM-N 4

J. Rhoads, S. Malhotra (STScI): “Constraining Reionization with Lyman-(alpha) Galaxies” GEM-NQ 1.7

P. Schechter (MIT): “The anomalous flux ratio in PG1115+080: millilensing or micro?” GEM-NQ 0.1

M. Simon (SUNY, Stony Brook), L. Prato (UCLA): “Mass Ratios in the Young Quadruple HD 98800” GEM-SQ 0.3

V. Smith (U. of Texas El Paso), D. Terndrup (Ohio State U.), K. Cunha (Observatorio Nacional), N. Suntzeff (NOAO), B. Barbuy (IAGUSP), K. Hinkle (NOAO): “Chemical Evolution in the Galactic Bulge: Oxygen to Iron Ratios”

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 1.25


J. Thorstensen, W. Fenton (G) (Dartmouth College), J. Patterson (Columbia U.): “The Enigmatic Cataclysmic Variable V485 Cen”

GEM-NQ *

A. Tokovinin (CTIO), N. van der Bliek, K. Hinkle (NOAO): “Spectro-astrometry of Infrared companions” GEM-SQ 1

T. Tripp, D. Bowen (Princeton U.), J. Prochaska (Carnegie Observatories), E. Jenkins (Princeton U.), B. Savage (U. of Wisconsin Madison), K. Sembach (STScI): “Probing the Nature of Low-Redshift O VI Absorbers with a Deep Galaxy Redshift Survey”

GEM-NQ 2.08

N. Vogt (New Mexico State U.), R. Abraham (U. of Toronto), A. Bunker (U. of Cambridge), R. Bower (U. of Durham), R. Ellis (CalTech-JPL), R. Johnson (ESO), R. McMahon, I. Parry, J. Smith (U. of Cambridge), M. Takamiya (Gemini Observatory): “Near-IR Integral Field Spectroscopy of z~1 Galaxies”

GEM-SQ 1.25

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

GEM-NQ 0.83

D. Weintraub (Vanderbilt U.), J. Kastner (Rochester Institute of Technology), J. Bary (Vanderbilt U.): “Using Emission from Molecular Hydrogen Gas to Measure Masses of Circumstellar Disks of T Tauri Stars”

GEM-SQ 3

U.S. Theses (4) Tel. Nights

J. Dalcanton, P. Yoachim (T) (U. of Washington), R. Bernstein (U. of Michigan): “The Dynamics of Thick Disks: Constraining the Early Evolution of Galaxies”

GEM-NQ 2

M. Geha (T) (UC Santa Cruz), P. Guhathakurta (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics), R. Van Der Marel (STScI): “Two-Dimensional Internal Velocity Fields of Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies”

GEM-NQ 0.6

T. Grav (T), M. Holman (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), J. Kavelaars (DRAO): “Near Infrared Broadband Colors of Irregular Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn”

GEM-N 3

J. Lowenthal (Smith College), N. Bouche (T) (U. Mass), S. Ellison (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile), J. Schaye (Institute for Advanced Study): “Multi-Object Spectroscopy of High Redshift Galaxies near Ly-Alpha Clouds”

GEM-NQ *

Kitt Peak National Observatory

For the six months ending July 31, 2003, a total of 80 observing programs were awarded time on KPNO telescopes. Of the 75 programs awarded to U.S. scientists, 19 (25%) are thesis programs. Telescope(s) scheduled and number of nights awarded are specified in the following tables. (WIYN-SYN = Synoptic/Queue. ** TOO = Target of Opportunity program.)


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

KP-2.1m 4

P. Appleton (California Institute of Technology), M. Lacy (O), M. Im (O), G. Helou (SIRTF), J. Condon (NRAO), D. Shupe (SIRTF): “Completion of a Redshift Survey of VLA-bright Galaxies in the SIRTF FLS Field”

WIYN 2

J. Bechtold (U. of Arizona), B. Jannuzi (NOAO): “The IGM and the Distribution of Galaxies at z~1” KP-4m 0.5

D. Bersier (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), 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 (O) (NOAO): “Searching for Spectroscopic Binaries in Planetary Nebulae”

WIYN 8

B. Carney (U. of North Carolina), A. McWilliam (Carnegie Observatories), D. Latham (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), B. Chaboyer (Dartmouth College): “Halo Subgiants as Cosmological Probes”

KP-4m 5

Program Type N % TotalU.S. Programs 56 70%Foreign Programs 4 5%U.S. Theses 19 24%Foreign Thesis 1 1%

Total 80 100%


P. Cote (Rutgers U.), J. Blakeslee (Johns Hopkins U.), L. Ferrarese, M. Hasegan (G), A. Jordan (G) (Rutgers U.), S. Mei (U. of Paris), D. Merritt (Rutgers U.), D. McLaughlin (STScI), M. Milosavljevic (California Institute of Technology), E. Peng (G) (Johns Hopkins U.), J. Tonry, M. West (U. of Hawaii): “The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey: Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Virgo Galaxies”

KP-4m

KP-2.1m

7.5

3

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

KP-2.1m 5.5

M. Dickinson, C. Papovich (G) (STScI), P. Eisenhardt (U), D. Stern (California Institute of Technology), M. Giavalisco, B. Mobasher, K. Lee (G), C. Kretchmer (G) (STScI): “Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS)”

KP-4m 15

A. Dolphin, A. Saha (NOAO), E. Skillman (U. of Minnesota), F. Thim (NOAO): “Cepheids in the Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy”

WIYN 4

A. Dolphin, A. Saha (NOAO): “Leo I: The Dwarf Galaxy Evolutionary Link?” WIYN 2

P. Eisenhardt (California Institute of Technology), P. Barmby, J. Huang, M. Pahre (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), M. Im (SIRTF), M. Davis (UC Berkeley), M. Rieke (U. of Arizona), E. Wright (UCLA), C. Papovich (U. of Arizona): “A Near-Infrared Survey of the SIRTF/DEEP Groth Strip Field”

KP-4m 5

R. Elston (U. of Florida), P. Eisenhardt, D. Stern (California Institute of Technology), S. Stanford (UC Davis), K. Wu (U. of Florida), M. Dickinson (STScI), H. Spinrad (UC Berkeley), A. Connolly (U. of Pittsburgh), A. Gonzales (G), S. Raines (U. of Florida): “Tracing The Star Formation History of Galaxies from Z=0.4 to 1.7”

KP-4m 6

X. Fan (U. of Arizona), M. Strauss (Princeton U.): “A Survey of z~ 6 Quasars from the SDSS” KP-4m 4

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

KP-2.1m 7.5

D. Gelino, J. Tomsick (UC San Diego): “Studying Low Mass X-Ray Binaries: Revealing the Optical Counterpart in 1747-214 and Measuring the Masses of the Black Holes in 1859+226 and 1009-45”

KP-4m 1.5

C. Gerardy, C. Wheeler, P. Hoflich, H. Marion (U. of Texas, Austin), K. Nomoto (U. of Tokyo), R. Fesen (G) (Dartmouth College), L. Wang (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory): “Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Evolution of Type Ia & Stripped-Envelope Supernovae”

KP-4m-TOO

C. Grillmair (SIRTF), J. Bahcall (Institute for Advanced Study), D. Geisler, W. Gieren (Universidad de Concepcion), E. Grebel (Max Planck Institut fur Astronomie), M. Irwin (U. of Cambridge), K. Johnston (Wesleyan U.), S. Majewski, R. Patterson (U. of Virginia), I. Reid (STScI), D. Spergel, S. Tremaine (Princeton U.): “Mapping Globular Cluster Tidal Streams”

KP-4m 5

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

KP-4m 4

T. Heckman (Johns Hopkins U.), A. Dey, B. Jannuzi (NOAO), C. Martin (CalTech-JPL), R. Rich (UCLA), D. Schiminovich, T. Small, T. Wyder (CalTech-JPL): “Star Formation and Galaxy Building in the ‘Middle Ages’: z~1 to 3”

KP-4m 4

M. Holman, T. Grav (G) (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), J. Kavelaars (DRAO): “Probing the small end of the size distribution of Jupiter’s irregular satellites”

KP-4m 4

D. Hunter (Lowell Observatory), V. Rubin (Carnegie Institution of Washington), L. Sparke (U. of Wisconsin Madison), R. Swaters (Johns Hopkins U.), S. Levine (US Naval Observatory): “The Stellar Velocity Dispersion in Irregular Galaxies: NGC 4449”

KP-4m 3

M. Im, G. Helou, T. Soifer, L. Storrie-Lombardi, L. Yan, P. Choi, D. Fadda (SIRTF): “J-band Imaging of the SIRTF First Look Survey Field.”

KP-2.1m 4

B. Jannuzi, A. Dey, T. Armandroff, E. Ajhar, R. Blum, T. Boroson, C. Claver, I. Dell’Antonio (NOAO), M. Dickinson (STScI), R. Elston (U. of Florida), R. Green (NOAO), P. Hall (U. of Toronto), G. Jacoby, R. Joyce, M. Keane, T. Lauer, R. Lynds, S. Malhotra, R. Mendez, M. Merrill, K. Mighell, J. Najita, E. O’Neil (NOAO), M. Postman (STScI), R. Probst, T. Rector, J. Rhoads, N. Samarasinha (NOAO), A. Sarajedini (Wesleyan U.), D. Hoard (NOAO): “The NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey”

KP-4m 5


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

KP-4m 3

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

WIYN 3

W. Keel (U. of Alabama), L. Frattare (STScI): “Star Clusters and H II Regions in Interacting Galaxies” KP-2.1m 5

R. Kennicutt (U. of Arizona), D. Calzetti (STScI), D. Dale (G) (California Institute of Technology), C. Engelbracht, J. Smith (U. of Arizona): “SINGS: The SIRTF Nearby Galaxies Survey --Physics of the Star-Forming ISM and Galaxy Evolution”

KP-2.1m 3

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

KP-4m 3.5

S. Majewski, M. Skrutskie (U. of Virginia), K. Johnston (Wesleyan U.), J. Crane (G), R. Patterson (U. of Virginia), W. Kunkel (Las Campanas Observatory), M. Weinberg (U. Mass): “Spectroscopy of Stars in the First All-Sky View of the Sagittarius Dwarf+Tail System”

KP-2.1m 9

A. Martel (Johns Hopkins U.): “Do the Most Powerful Radio Galaxies Host the MostMassive Black Holes?” KP-4m 1

J. Milingo (Gettysburg College), R. Henry (U. of Oklahoma), K. Kwitter (Williams College): “Testing the ON cycle via Sulfur in Galactic Type I PNe”

KP-2.1m 5.5

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

KP-4m 6

B. Mobasher (STScI), P. Knezek (NOAO), D. Carter (Liverpool Johns Moores U.): “Fundamental Plane of Dwarf Galaxies in the Coma Cluster”

WIYN 3

B. Mueller, N. Samarasinha (NOAO): “Color Observations of Large Trans-Neptunian Objects as a Function of Rotational Phase”

KP-2.1m 6

K. Nandra (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center): “The Sheep Survey: What kind of objects make thex-ray background?”

KP-4m 3


KP-4m KP-2.1m

2 5.5

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

KP-4m 3

T. Rector (NRAO), G. Jacoby (WIYN): “The Nova Rate in Galaxies of Different Hubble Type” KP-0.9m 3

I. Reid (STScI), K. Cruz (G) (U. of Pennsylvania), J. Liebert (U. of Arizona), P. Allen (U. of Pennsylvania): “Meeting the cool neighbours: covering the sky”

KP-4m KP-2.1m

6 5

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, J. Castro Ceron (G) (STScI), J. Urkia (LAEFF), J. Hjorth (Copenhagen U.), C. Kouveliotou (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), A. Levan (G) (STScI), K. Nelson-Patel (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), L. Strolger (U. of Michigan), N. Tanvir (U. of Hertfordshire): “Gamma-Ray Bursts and their Host Environments”

KP-4m-TOO

KP-2.1m-TOO

WIYN-TOO

A. Rivkin, R. Binzel (MIT), D. Vokrouhlicky (Charles U., Prague), W. Bottke (Southwest Research Institute): “Investigation of Yarkovsky drift upon asteroid families”

KP-4m 4

A. Saha (NOAO), B. Whitmore (STScI), A. Dolphin (NOAO), P. Stetson (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics), S. Casertano, R. Bohlin (STScI), F. Thim (NOAO): “Faint Photometric Standard Fields for HST and Large Ground-Based Telescopes”

WIYN 6

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 Propis (U. of New South Wales), B. Holden (UC Davis), M. Dickinson (STScI): “Masses of Galaxies and Clusters in an X-ray Selected Sample at 0.6 < z < 1.3”

KP-4m 7

J. Stocke, J. Rosenberg, B. Keeney (G) (U. of Colorado): “WIYN/HYDRA SPECTRA OF THE VIRGO CLUSTER BETWEEN 3C 273 AND Q1230+015”

WIYN-2hr 0.25

J. Stocke, J. Rosenberg, B. Keeney (G) (U. of Colorado): “Broad-band and H(alpha) Imaging of Galaxies with QSO Sightline Halo Probes”

KP-2.1m 6

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. Turnshek, D. Vanden Berk, C. Hazard, S. Rao, S. Team (U. of Pittsburgh): “Identification of QSOs for Follow-up QSO Absorption-Line and QSO Clustering Studies”

KP-2.1m 7

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

KP-4m 4

A. Whiting (NOAO), M. Irwin (U. of Cambridge), G. Hau (ESO): “Imaging of Dwarf Galaxy Candidates” KP-2.1m 5

L. Young (New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology), M. Bureau (Columbia U.), L. Van Zee (Indiana U.), T. Statler (Ohio U.): “The Evolution of Elliptical Galaxies: CO content vs. Dust and Isophote Shapes”

KP-2.1m 5

M. Yun (U. Mass), D. Sanders (U. of Hawaii), K. Kawara, S. Oyabu (G) (U. of Tokyo), Y. Taniguchi, T. Murayama (Tohoku U.), Y. Sato (U. of Tokyo): “Spectroscopic investigation of the ISO far-IR (175(micron) & 95(mu)m) sources”

WIYN 3

N. Zacharias, T. Rafferty (O), M. Zacharias (O) (US Naval Observatory): “Extragalactic reference frame link of the UCAC project”

KP-0.9m 8

L. van Zee (Indiana U.), D. Schade (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics), J. Casperson (G) (Indiana U.): “SMUDGES: A Survey for Dwarf Galaxies in the Local Universe”

KP-0.9m 7

Foreign Programs (4)

S. Croom (Anglo-Australian Observatory), S. Warren (Imperial College of Science, Techonology and Medicine), P. Hall (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile), M. Brown, A. Dey, R. Green, B. Jannuzi, M. Smith (NOAO), G. Tiede (U. of Florida), D. Norman (CTIO), E. Hogan (G) (NOAO): “A Deep Wide-Field Infrared Survey for QSOs”

WIYN 3

S. Lopez, M. Plionis (INAOE), S. Maurogordato (L’Observatoire de Nice), S. Basilakos (National Observatory of Athens): “Galaxy aligntments in clusters of galaxies and the LSS”

KP-0.9m 3

I. Smail (U. of Durham), J. Dunlop, R. Ivison (U. of Edinburgh), M. Rowan-Robinson (Imperial College of Science, Techonology and Medicine), S. Eales (U. of Wales, Cardiff), S. Chapman (California Institute of Technology), D. Farrah (Imperial College of Science, Techonology and Medicine), B. Siana (G) (): “Relating Lyman-break and SCUBA Galaxies: A Lyman-break Survey in the SCUBA/BLAST Region.”

KP-4m 3

H. Watarai, H. Matsuhara (The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science), T. Takagi (Imperial College of Science, Techonology and Medicine), J. Sohn (G), H. Lee, S. Pak (Seoul National U.), F. Naofumi (G) (The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science), S. Oyabu (G) (U. of Tokyo): “Search for high-z cluster of galaxies in the North Ecliptic Pole field”

KP-2.1m 4

U.S. Theses (19)

T. Beers (Michigan State U.), N. Christlieb (Universitat Hamburg), J. Rhee (U. of Virginia), S. Ryan (Open U.), M. Bessell (Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics), S. Rossi (IAGUSP), T. Sevastyanenko (T) (Michigan State U.): “A “Quick Survey” for Halo Giants with [Fe/H] -2.5”

KP-4m 4.5


T. Beers (Michigan State U.), N. Christlieb (Universitat Hamburg), S. Rossi (IAGUSP), J. Rhee (U. of Virginia), S. Ryan (Open U.), B. Marsteller (T) (Michigan State U.): “Indentification and Analysis of Metal-Poor Carbon-Enhanced Stars in the Halo of the Galaxy”

KP-2.1m 4

J. Cami, F. Salama (NASA Ames Research Center), T. Snow (U. of Colorado), P. Ehrenfreund, N. Cox (T) (U. of Amsterdam), N. Boudin (CFA, Palermo, ESTEC, MPE), L. Biennier, E. Peeters (NASA Ames Research Center): “A survey of broad Diffuse Interstellar Bands”

KP-2.1m 4

R. Elston (U. of Florida), S. Stanford (Lawrence Livermore National Lab.), P. Eisenhardt (California Inst. of Technology), J. Mohr (U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), A. Dey, B. Jannuzi (NOAO), D. Stern (California Institute 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 20.5

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

KP-4m 8

G. Hill (U. of Texas, Austin), S. Rawlings, E. Mitchell (T) (U. of Oxford), C. Willott (U. of Victoria), R. McClure (U. of Edinburgh): “The Dynamic Cluster Environments of Radio Galaxies”

KP-4m 5

A. Hopkins, A. Connolly, A. Conti, J. Gardner, S. Schmidt (T) (U. of Pittsburgh): “Infrared Glimpses of the High Redshift Universe”

KP-4m 4

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: Finishing the Northern Field”

KP-4m 5

R. Knop (Vanderbilt U.), S. Perlmutter, G. Aldering (UC Berkeley), R. Ortman (T), E. Smith (T) (Vanderbilt U.), P. Nugent, G. Goldhaber (UC Berkeley), R. Gibbons (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), B. Lee (UC Berkeley), V. Prasad (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), A. Spadafora, L. Wang, A. Howell (UC Berkeley): “Host Galaxy Images for High Redshift Supernovae”

WIYN 3

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

KP-2.1m 7.5

M. Lopez-Morales (T), J. Clemens, B. Carney (U. of North Carolina): “An accurate RV-curve for the new low-mass, double-lined, detached eclipsing binary ROTSEJ522155.16+335604.1”

KP-4m 1.5

A. Matkovic (T), R. Guzman (U. of Florida): “Testing The Galaxy Harassment Scenario for The Formation of Cluster Dwarf Ellipticals”

WIYN 2

S. McGaugh, J. Kim (T) (U. of Maryland), E. De Blok (U. of Wales, Cardiff): “Surface photometry of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies with Good Rotation Curves”

KP-2.1m 3

H. Osborne (T), T. Harrison (New Mexico State U.), S. Howell (PSI), B. McNamara (New Mexico State U.): “Determining CV Secondary Star Masses through Infrared Ellipsoidal Variations”

KP-2.1m 4

T. Rector (NRAO), D. Londish (T) (U. of Sydney): “The Discovery of a New Class of AGN?” KP-2.1m 4

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

KP-4m WIYN

2 4

J. Simon (T), A. Leroy (T), A. Bolatto, L. Blitz (UC Berkeley): “A High-Resolution Kinematic Study of the Low Mass Spiral NGC 4605”

WIYN 1

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

KP-2.1m 6

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

KP-4m 4

Foreign Thesis (1)

D. Welch, S. Bickerton (T) (McMaster U.), J. Kavelaars (DRAO): “Detection of Low-Mass Kuiper-Belt Objects by Stellar Occultations using WIYN/Hydra”

WIYN 6


Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

For the six months ending July 31, 2003, 71 observing programs were awarded time on CTIO telescopes. Of the 61 U.S. programs, 12 (20%) are thesis programs. Telescope(s) and number of nights scheduled are specified in the following tables. (CT = Curtis-Schmidt; TOO = Target of Opportunity program)


T. Corwin (U. of North Carolina, Charlotte), G. Bono (Oss. Astronomico di Roma), J. Storm (Astrophys. Institut Potsdam): “Near-Infrared Photometry of RR Lyrae Variables in the Galatic Bulge”

CT-1.3m 6.1

P. Cote (Rutgers U.), J. Blakeslee (Johns Hopkins U.), L. Ferrarese, A. Jordan (G) (Rutgers U.), S. Mei (U. of Paris), D. Merritt (Rutgers U.), M. Milosavljevic (California Institute of Technology), E. Peng (G) (Johns Hopkins U.), J. Tonry, M. West (U. of Hawaii): “SDSS Photometry for Galactic Globular Clusters and an Empirical Calibration of the (g’-z’)-[Fe/H] Relation for Old Stellar Populations”

CT-0.9m 5

D. DePoy, J. Marshall (G) (Ohio State U.): “Infrared Spectroscopy of 2MASS Selected Red AGN” CT-4m 3

L. French (Illinois Wesleyan U.): “BVRI Photometry of Jovian Trojan Asteroids” CT-0.9m 14

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

TOO

D. Gelino, J. Tomsick (UC San Diego): “Studying Low Mass X-Ray Binaries: Revealing the Optical Counterpart in 1747-214 and Measuring the Masses of the Black Holes in 1859+226 and 1009-45”

CT-4m 3

E. Gillespie (U. of Arizona), L. Van Zee (Indiana U.), R. Dave (U. of Arizona), J. Fulbright (Carnegie Institution of Washington), P. Stetson (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics): “New ‘Local Groups’: Searching for Extremely Faint Dwarf Satellites Around Spiral Galaxies”

CT-4m 3

J. Gizis, B. Riaz (G) (U. of Delaware): “New Nearby M Dwarfs from 2MASS and ROSAT” CT-1.5m 5

A. Gonzalez (U. of Florida), A. Zabludoff, D. Zaritsky (U. of Arizona): “Extending the Fundamental Plane using Intracluster Light”

CT-4m 4

P. Goudfrooij (STScI), C. Maraston, D. Thomas, R. Bender (Max-Planck Institute fur extraterrestrische Physik), R. Saglia (Ludwig-Maximilian Universitat-Muchen): “The Calibration of the CaII triplet with Bulge Globular Clusters”

CT-1.5m 4

C. Grillmair (SIRTF), J. Bahcall (Institute for Advanced Study), D. Geisler, W. Gieren (Universidad de Concepcion), E. Grebel (Max Planck Institut fur Astronomie), M. Irwin (U. of Cambridge), K. Johnston (Wesleyan U.), S. Majewski, R. Patterson (U. of Virginia), I. Reid (STScI), D. Spergel, S. Tremaine (Princeton U.): “Mapping Globular Cluster Tidal Streams”

CT-4m 6

J. Grindlay, P. Edmonds, J. McClintock, P. Zhao, M. Garcia (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), A. Cool (San Francisco State U.), S. Wachter, D. Hoard (NOAO), P. Green, B. Wilkes, J. Drake, V. Kashyap (Harvard-Smithsonian Center 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”

CT-4m 5

M. Holman (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), J. Kavelaars (DRAO), T. Grav (G) (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), B. Gladman (U. of British Columbia), P. Nicholson (Cornell U.), J. Petit (Observatoire de Besancon): “A Wider Search for Small Distant Moons of Neptune”

CT-4m 4

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

CT-1.5m 7

J. Hughes (Everett Community College), G. Wallerstein (U. of Washington): “High-Metallicity Globular Clusters: Age Spreads and RR Lyrae Properties”

CT-0.9m 7

E. Jensen (Swarthmore College), D. Koerner (Northern Arizona U.), R. Whitaker (U) (Swarthmore College), B. Biller (G) (U. of Arizona): “The nearest young stars: expanding the sample”

CT-4m 3

Program Type N % TotalU.S. Programs 49 69%Foreign Programs 8 11%U.S. Theses 12 17%Foreign Theses 2 3%Total 71 100%


P. Knezek (NOAO), M. Disney (U. of Wales, Cardiff), B. Pritzl (NOAO), K. Freeman (ANU), J. Gallagher (U. of Wisconsin Madison), M. Grossi (G) (U. of Wales, Cardiff): “Evolution of Extreme Gas-Rich Galaxies”

CT-1.3m 1.8

K. Krisciunas (CTIO), N. Suntzeff, P. Candia (O) (NOAO), M. Phillips (Las Campanas Observatory), D. DePoy (Ohio State U.), M. Hamuy (Carnegie Observatories), R. Smith (NOAO): “Light Curves and Spectrophotometry of Bright Supernovae”

CT-1.3m 4.5

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

CT-0.9m 14

S. Majewski, M. Skrutskie (U. of Virginia), K. Johnston (Wesleyan U.), J. Crane (G), R. Patterson (U. of Virginia), W. Kunkel (Las Campanas Observatory), M. Weinberg (U. Mass): “Spectroscopy of Stars in the First All-Sky View of the Sagittarius Dwarf+Tail System”

CT-1.5mCT-4m

4 4

G. Mallen-Ornelas (Princeton U.), S. Seager (Institute 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 (O) (Universidad Iberoamericana): “The EXPLORE Project: A Deep Search for Transiting Extrasolar Planets”

CT-4m 18

B. McLean (STScI), J. Yus (O) (Gemini Observatory), B. Bucciarelli (O) (Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino), E. Costa (O) (Universidad de Chile), G. Massone (O) (Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino): “Photometric Calibrators for the Second Generation Guide Star Catalog”

CT-0.9m 3

G. Meurer (Johns Hopkins U.), H. Ferguson (STScI), R. Webster (U. of Melbourne), R. Kennicutt (U. of Arizona), 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 9

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

CT-4m 4

S. Mohanty, L. Hartmann (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): “Exploring the `Brown Dwarf Desert’ in Upper Scorpius”

CT-4m 3

K. Nandra (NASA GSFC): “Sheep: The Search for the High-Energy Extragalactic Population” CT-1.5mCT-4m

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D. Norman (CTIO), D. Wittman (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies), N. Van Der Bliek (NOAO), D. Loomba (U. of New Mexico), M. Smith (NOAO): “A NIR Search for Quasars in the Deep Lens Survey”

CT-4m 2


CT-1.5m 2

P. Nugent (UC Berkeley): “UV Observations of Hubble Flow Type Ia Supernovae” CT-1.3m 4.8

J. Orosz (San Diego State U.), M. Van Den Berg (Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera), F. Verbunt (U. of Utrecht): “Long-term variability in two remarkable members and X-ray sources of M 67”

CT-1.3m 1.53

B. Penprase (Pomona College), R. Quadri (G) (Yale U.), B. Brown (U) (Harvey Mudd College), A. Ates (G) (Pomona College): “Extinction and Abundances within HII regions of M83 and NGC 1313”

CT-1.5mCT-1.3mCT-0.9m

3 1.2 4

B. Peterson (Ohio State U.), L. Ferrarese (Rutgers U.), R. Pogge, C. Onken (G) (Ohio State U.): “Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies”

CT-4m 1

C. Pilachowski (Indiana U.), C. Sneden (U. Texas, Austin): “Carbon Isotope Ratios in Omega Centauri Giants” CT-4m 2

C. Pilachowski (Indiana U.): “Infalling Planetesimals in Young Star Clusters” CT-4m 5

B. Pritzl (NOAO), H. Smith (Michigan State U.), M. Catelan (Pontificia Univ. Catolica de Chile), A. Sweigart (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center): “Variable Stars in the Second-Parameter Globular Cluster M62”

CT-1.3m 0.97

I. Reid (STScI), K. Cruz (G) (U. of Pennsylvania), J. Liebert (U. of Arizona), P. Allen (U. of Pennsylvania): “Meeting the cool neighbours: covering the sky”

CT-1.5mCT-4m

4 4

J. Rhoads, A. Fruchter (STScI), M. Merrill (NOAO), I. Burud, J. Castro Ceron (G) (STScI), J. Urkia (LAEFF), J. Hjorth (Copenhagen U.), C. Kouveliotou (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), A. Levan (G) (STScI), K. Nelson-Patel (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), L. Strolger (U. of Michigan), N. Tanvir (U. of

CT-4m-TOO


Hertfordshire): “Gamma-Ray Bursts and their Host Environments”

B. Rodgers (Gemini Observatory): “Near-infrared observations of the young eclipsed star KH 15D and other HAEBEs”

CT-4m 2

R. Schiavon (UC Santa Cruz), J. Rose (U. of North Carolina), S. Courteau, L. MacArthur (G) (U. of British Columbia), B. Castilho (CNPq): “Spectroscopic Ages and Metal Abundances of Globular Clusters”

CT-4m 4

J. Smith (U. of Michigan), D. Tucker (FNAL): “Southern Standard Stars for the u’g’r’i’z’ System” CT-0.9m 14

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

CT-4m 4

J. Stauffer (SIRTF), B. Jones (UC Santa Cruz), D. Navascues (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid), D. Backman (Franklin & Marshall College), A. Muench (SIRTF): “The Spectral Energy Distributions of Young K & M Dwarfs in Open Clusters”

CT-4m 3

B. Twarog, B. Anthony-Twarog (U. of Kansas): “Probing the Chemical Properties of Metal-Rich Globular Clusters”

CT-0.9m 7

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

CT-4m 14

S. Wachter, L. Rebull, A. Muench, S. Fajardo-Acosta, W. Reach, A. Noriega-Crespo, M. Burgdorf, D. Hoard, D. Padgett, S. Stolovy, L. Cambresy, J. Rho (SIRTF), T. Jarrett (CalTech-JPL), S. Ramirez (SIRTF): “Characterizing the Young Stellar Population in Chamaeleon II with MOSAIC and SIRTF”

CT-4m 2

G. Wallerstein (U. of Washington), S. Adrievsky, V. Kovtyukh (Odessa State U.): “A high Resolution Abundance Study of NGC 6388”

CT-4m 4

A. Whiting (CTIO), K. Olsen (NOAO), N. Suntzeff (CTIO), B. Miller (Gemini Observatory): “Chasing the High Radial-Velocity Tail”

CT-1.3m 0.6

P. Winkler (Middlebury College), K. Long (STScI), P. Ghavamian (Rutgers U.), P. Student (U) (Middlebury College): “Probing Shocks in the SN 1006 Supernova Remnant”

CT-1.5m 7

P. Zhao, J. Grindlay (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), T. Abbott (CTIO), H. Cohn, P. Lugger (Indiana U.), S. Laycock (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): “ChaMPlane Survey: Spectroscopy and Calibration Follow-up”

CT-4m CT-1.3m

3 3.6

Foreign Programs (8)

E. Gawiser (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile), J. Maza (Universidad de Chile), E. Treister (G) (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile), C. Urry, P. Coppi (Yale U.), F. Castander (IEEC): “A Square-Degree Deep Multiwavelength Survey for Protogalaxies at z=3”

CT-4m 3

D. Geisler, J. Arenas, W. Gieren (Universidad 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 3

R. Hynes (U. of Southampton): “Understanding Irradiation and Dipping Behavior inLow Mass X-ray Binaries” CT-4m 2

H. Maitzen (Universitat Wien [U. of Vienna]), E. Paunzen (Universitat Wien [U. of Vienna]): “Photometric search for classical chemically peculiar stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud and open clusters of the Milky Way”

CT-0.9m 3

J. Maza (Universidad de Chile), P. Hall, E. Gawiser, J. Willis, E. Treister (G), F. Barrientos, L. Infante (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile), P. Van Dokkum, C. Urry (Yale U.), D. Minniti (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile), F. Castander (IEEC), P. Coppi (Yale U.): “A Wide, Deep Near-IR Survey for Galaxies at 1<z<4”

CT-4m 6

B. Santiago (UFRGS), G. Melo (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), C. Dutra (IAGUSP), E. Bica (UFRGS): “Spectral analysis of inner bulge giants in recently discovered low- extinction windows”

CT-4m 2


R. Smith (U. of Waterloo), J. Lucey, S. Moore (U. of Durham): “Infrared colours of faint cluster galaxies: A square-degree ISPI survey of the Centaurus cluster”

CT-4m 2

A. Stephens (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile), G. Tiede (U. of Florida), J. Frogel (NASA HQ), M. Catelan (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile): “The Stellar Populations in the Galactic Bulge”

CT-4m 3

U.S. Theses (12)

K. Allers (T), D. Jaffe (U. of Texas, Austin), N. Van Der Bliek (CTIO), F. Allard (CRAL): “Young Jupiter-Mass Objects in Nearby Molecular Clouds”

CT-4m 4

J. Bally, N. Smith, J. Walawender (T) (U. of Colorado): “A Census of Proplyds, Silhouette Disks, and Outflows in the Carina Nebula”

CT-4m 2

T. Beers (Michigan State U.), N. Christlieb (Universitat Hamburg), S. Rossi (IAGUSP), J. Rhee (U. of Virginia), S. Ryan (Open U.), B. Marsteller (T) (Michigan State U.): “Identification and Analysis of Metal-Poor Carbon-Enhanced Stars in the Halo of the Galaxy”

CT-1.5m 5

T. Beers (Michigan State U.), N. Christlieb (Universitat Hamburg), J. Rhee (U. of Virginia), S. Ryan (Open U.), M. Bessell (Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics), S. Rossi (IAGUSP), T. Sevastyanenko (T) (Michigan State U.): “A “Quick Survey” for Halo Giants with [Fe/H] -2.5”

CT-4m 9

J. Cooke (T) (UC San Diego), E. Gawiser (Yale U.), A. Wolfe (UC San Diego), J. Prochaska (UC Santa Cruz): “Search for High Redshift Galaxies Associated with Damped Ly Absorbers”

CT-4m 2

P. Frinchaboy (T), S. Majewski (U. of Virginia), W. Kunkel (Las Campanas Observatory), R. Phelps (Cal State Sacramento), M. Skrutskie, H. Rocha-Pinto (U. of Virginia): “The Absolute Space Motions of Galactic Clusters”

CT-4m 6

P. Green (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), A. Lacluyze (T) (Michigan State U.), R. Cameron (Chandra X-ray Center), W. Barkhouse, A. Verma (T) (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory), R. Smith, B. Jannuzi (NOAO), J. Baldwin (Michigan State U.), B. Wilkes, H. Tananbaum (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): “Evolution of Accretion Power from the ChaMP”

CT-4m 1

N. Homeier (T) (U. of Wisconsin Madison), R. Blum (NOAO), P. Conti (U. of Colorado), A. Pasquali (ESO), A. Damineli (IAGUSP): “Near-Infrared Discovery of Galactic Wolf-Rayet Stars”

CT-4m 2

P. Lira, J. Maza (Universidad de Chile), J. Woo (T), C. Urry (Yale U.), R. Van Der Marel (STScI): “The AGN-Galaxy Connection”

CT-4m 2

H. Schwarz, A. Whiting, H. Monteiro (T) (NOAO): “Spectroscopy of old, interacting Planetary Nebulae” CT-1.5m 2

J. Simmerer (T) (U. of Texas, Austin), T. Beers (Michigan State U.), C. Sneden (U. of Texas, Austin): “The Chemical History of the Galactic Thick Disk”

CT-4m 4

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

CT-1.5m 7

Foreign Theses (2)

D. Geisler (Universidad de Concepcion), D. Minniti (Pontificia Univ. Catolica de Chile), G. Harris (U. of Waterloo), W. Harris (McMaster U.), T. Puzia (G) (Ludwig-Maximilian Universitat-Muchen), U. Alvensleben (Georg-August Universitat, Goettingen), M. Rejkuba (ESO), T. Richtler (Universidad de Concepcion), N. Noel (T) (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile): “IR Imaging of NGC 5128 Globular Clusters”

CT-4m 2

S. Wolk (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), M. Fernandez (Inst. Astrofisica de Andalucia [IAA]), N. Huelamo (T), C. Broeg (T) (Max-Planck Institute fur extraterrestrische Physik): “Rotational period distribution in young, low star density regions: the TW association”

CT-1.3m 3


Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory and

6.5-m Telescope at the Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory Five programs were awarded time on the MMT in Semester 2003-A, including two U.S. thesis programs. All five programs awarded time on the HET were U.S. proposals. Public observing time on the HET and MMT is supported by a six-year grant provided by the NSF. MMT Nights U.S. Programs (2)

A. Dobrzycki (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): “Chandra Observation of HS 1603+3820 - A Bright, High Redshift Quasar with Very Rich Associated Absorption”

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

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Foreign Program (1)

Y. Izotov (O) (Main Astronomical Observatory), T. Thuan (O) (U. of Virginia), N. Guseva (O) (Main Astronomical Observatory): “The Wolf-Rayet stellar populations in low-metallicity star-forming galaxies”

2

U.S. Theses (2)

D. Turnshek, S. Rao, D. Nestor (T) (U. of Pittsburgh): “A Survey for Low-Redshift High Column Density QSO Absorption Line Systems”

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S. Veilleux, D. Rupke (T) (U. of Maryland): “Superwinds in Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies: The Spring Sample” 2 HET Nights U.S. Programs (5)

D. Bowen (Princeton U.), T. Heckman (Johns Hopkins U.), D. York (U. of Chicago): “Mg II QSO absorption systems: galaxy halos or metal enriched IGM?”

2

M. Giampapa (NOAO), J. Liebert (U. of Arizona), N. Reid (STScI), K. Cruz (G) (U. of Pennsylvania): “Emission line variability in a newly discovered 2MASS star”

0.6

M. Lemmon (Texas A&M U.): “Search for tropospheric absorbers on Titan” 0.4

F. Ma, M. Yuan (G), Z. Shang (G) (U. of Texas, Austin): “A Radio-Loud Quasar in Transition to a Broad Absorption Line Quasar?”

0.3

J. Orosz (San Diego State U.), M. Van Den Berg (Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera), F. Verbunt (U. of Utrecht): “Long-term variability in two remarkable members and X-ray sources of M 67”

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W.M. Keck Observatory Under the recent NSF-funded Telescope System Instrumentation Program (TSIP), public observing time has been made available on the two Keck telescopes. For the six months ending July 31, 2003, seven scientific programs were awarded time on the Keck telescopes. Six programs were awarded to U.S. scientists, including one thesis program. PIs, collaborators, program titles, and and number of nights awarded are specified in the following tables. U.S. Programs (5) Tel. Nights C. Deliyannis (Indiana U.), R. Jeffries (Keele U.), A. Steinhauer (G) (Indiana U.): “Beryllium Abundances in NGC 6633”

Keck-I 2

M. Dickinson (STScI), D. Elbaz (CEA Saclay), R. Chary (SIRTF Science Center), B. Mobasher (STScI), M. Giavalisco (STScI), D. Stern (CalTech-JPL): “Star forming galaxies at \mbox\boldmath z ~ 2 in the GOODS/HDF-N”

Keck-II 2

M. Giampapa (NOAO): “Rotational velocities of solar-type stars in M67” Keck-I 1


P. Hall (Princeton U.), D. Hutsemekers (Universite de Liege): “Redshifted Troughs in Broad Absorption Line Quasars: Testing the Rotating Disk Wind Model”

Keck-I 1

S. Malhotra, J. Rhoads (STScI), A. Dey, B. Jannuzi (NOAO): “Lyman Alpha Galaxies and Galaxy Formation Scenarios”

Keck-II 1

Foreign Program (1)

M. Drinkwater (U. of Queensland), K. Bekki, W. Couch (U. of New South Wales), H. Ferguson (STScI), M. Gregg (UC Davis), M. Hilker (Universitat Bonn), B. Jones (U. of Nottingham), S. Phillipps (U. of Bristol): “The Origin of Ultra Compact Dwarf Galaxies in Virgo”

Keck-II 2

U.S. Thesis (1)

R. Mastrapa (T), J. Emery (G), R. Brown (U. of Arizona): “Mapping the distribution of crystalline water ice on the surface of Europa using high-resolution near infrared spectroscopy”

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