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Director's Discretionary Time Summary : Semester 2012A Gemini North and Gemini South

The data shown in the tables below summarise the programs that constitute the "Director's Discretionary Time" (DDT) on Gemini North and Gemini South. DDT proposals are typically for time-critical observations which cannot wait for the normal proposal cycle (e.g. unexpected astronomical events) or for testing the feasibility of a technique or of a program. See the DDT web page for more information. DDT proposals may be submitted at any time by any astronomer world-wide.

The regular program queue for 2012A is available here.

In other respects - contact scientist support, Phase II definitions, Gemini Science Archive data distribution - DDT programs are similar to other Gemini queue programs.

This report is generated daily (see the bottom of the page for the current timestamp). The pages linked via Execution Status are updated approximately every 4 hours. Note that the completion fraction may change as the time accounting is adjusted during the quality assessment process.


The columns in the table for Gemini North are:
Ref # Gemini reference number (note that this is different from any internal National TAC reference number). Click on it to see the proposal abstract (when available).
PI Name of Principal Investigator. (If a joint proposal, the name of the primary contact for the entire program is listed).
Partner Partner (UH = University of Hawaii, GS=Gemini staff) or country (US, UK, CA, CL, AU, AR, BR) to which time will be charged. If a joint proposal, all contributors are shown.
Title The title of the science program.
Instrument Name of the instrument(s) required.
Hours Allocated Time allocated to the program (if a joint proposal, this is the total time for the program).
Execution Status Click on this hyperlink to see the current status of each observation in the program.
Data Taken The UT date(s) on which data were taken.
Completion Status This shows an estimate of the fraction of allocated time that has been used. Note that this is a preliminary estimate and is only an indication of the completion state of the program. The completion state may not reflect the formal time accounting. Also note that some programs may be completed in less than the allocated time (e.g. if conditions were better than requested or if the request was overestimated).

The assigned support staff (Gemini Contact Scientists and National Office staff) for each Gemini North ODB and Gemini South ODB program are listed in the interactive 'snapshots' of the Observing Database (ODB).

GN Director's Discretionary Time Queue Band 1
Ref # PI Partner Title Instrument Hours
allocated
GN-2012A-DD-1 Moskovitz Pre-encounter spectroscopy of near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 GMOS 3.00
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20120302
Completion Status:
100%
GN-2012A-DD-2 Liu Near-IR Spectroscopy of an Extraordinary Brown Dwarf Binary at the T/Y Transition NIRI 0.40
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20120401
Completion Status:
100%
GN-2012A-DD-3 Stencel Post Eclipse Verification GNIRS data for epsilon Aurigae GNIRS 0.50
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20120418
Completion Status:
100%
GN-2012A-DD-4 Humphreys Thermal Infrared Observations of SN2011ht -- Peculiar Type IIn or Impostor? NIRI 1.00
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20120411 20120503
Completion Status:
100%
GN-2012A-DD-5 Fraser Determining Shape, Size and Atmospheric Extent of the Unusual Kuiper Belt Object Quaoar by Stellar Occultation GMOS 0.90
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20120710
Completion Status:
100%
GN-2012A-DD-6 Janson Spectroscopic follow-up of planet and brown dwarf candidates in Sco-Cen NIFS+Altair 6.00
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20120608 20120609 20120620 20120621 20120622 20120623 20120626 20120627 20120630
Completion Status:
100%
GN-2012A-DD-7 Leggett An Exploration of the 1-micron Spectral Region of Y Dwarfs GMOS / NIRI 4.50
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20120528 20120604 20120605 20120606 20120609 20120612 20120613
Completion Status:
100%
GN-2012A-DD-8 Howell High-resolution Speckle imaging of Kepler Earth-analog Candidates GNIRS 10.00
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20120727 20120728
Completion Status:
100%

The columns in the table for Gemini South are:
Ref # Gemini reference number (note that this is different from any internal National TAC reference number). Click on it to see the proposal abstract (when available).
PI Name of Principal Investigator. (If a joint proposal, the name of the primary contact for the entire program is listed).
Partner Partner (UH = University of Hawaii, GS=Gemini staff) or country (US, UK, CA, CL, AU, AR, BR) to which time will be charged. If a joint proposal, all contributors are shown.
Title The title of the science program.
Instrument Name of the instrument(s) required.
Hours Allocated Time allocated to the program (if a joint proposal, this is the total time for the program).
Execution Status Click on this hyperlink to see the current status of each observation in the program.
Data Taken The UT date(s) on which data were taken.
Completion Status This shows an estimate of the fraction of allocated time that has been used. Note that this is a preliminary estimate and is only an indication of the completion state of the program. The completion state may not reflect the formal time accounting. Also note that some programs may be completed in less than the allocated time (e.g. if conditions were better than requested or if the request was overestimated).

The assigned support staff (Gemini Contact Scientists and National Office staff) for each Gemini North ODB and Gemini South ODB program are listed in the interactive 'snapshots' of the Observing Database (ODB).

GS Director's Discretionary Time Queue Band 1
Ref # PI Partner Title Instrument Hours
allocated
GS-2012A-DD-1 Matsuura Searching for dust formation in the ejecta of a very nearby supernova, SN 2011ja TReCS 2.90
Execution Status Dates Taken:
Completion Status:
0%
GS-2012A-DD-2 Trujillo Distant Solar System Objects GMOS-S 1.40
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20120418 20120419
Completion Status:
100%
GS-2012A-DD-3 Farihi A Remnant Planetary System with Signatures of Both Giant and Rocky Planets GMOS-S 2.20
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20120425 20120501 20120507 20120520 20120521 20120524 20120715
Completion Status:
100%
GS-2012A-DD-4 Fraser Determining Shape, Size and Atmospheric Extent of the Unusual Kuiper Belt Object Quaoar by Stellar Occultation GMOS-S 1.80
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20120706 20120712 20120713
Completion Status:
100%
GS-2012A-DD-5 Rest The Pre-Eruption Nature of Eta Carinae GMOS-S 10.50
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20120614 20120620 20120622 20120707 20120708
Completion Status:
100%
GS-2012A-DD-6 Hasegawa Constraint of surface roughness on the surface of 162173 1999JU3 TReCS 1.00
Execution Status active Dates Taken:
20120610
Completion Status:
0%
GS-2012A-DD-7 Kuroda Visible Spectroscopy of potential target candidates for Hayabusa 2 GMOS-S 1.40
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20120622 20120625 20120709 20120710
Completion Status:
100%
GS-2012A-DD-8 Sugita Rotationally-Resolved Visible Spectroscopic Observations of Asteroid 1999JU3 GMOS-S 6.00
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20120624 20120625 20120626 20120627 20120705 20120706
Completion Status:
100%
GS-2012A-DD-9 Romani Orbital Kinematics of an Extreme Black Widow GMOS-S 2.25
Execution Status Dates Taken:
Completion Status:
0%

 

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