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Director's Discretionary Time Summary : Semester 2009A 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 2009A 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-2009A-DD-1 Mattila Infrared outburst in Arp 299 NIRI 0.67
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20090502 20090526 20090527		 Completion Status:
100%
GN-2009A-DD-2 Michaud The Gemini Legacy Survey GMOS / NIRI+AltairLGS 2.00
Execution Status active Dates Taken:
Completion Status:
0%
GN-2009A-DD-3 Lafreniere Follow-up imaging of a 15 Mjup candidate companion to a massive star NIRI+Altair 0.50
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20090611 20090612		 Completion Status:
100%
GN-2009A-DD-5 Kasliwal PTF09abq : A Transient in the Gap between Novae and Supernovae GMOS 1.50
Execution Status complete / SToO Dates Taken:
20090704		 Completion Status:
100%
GN-2009A-DD-6 Janson Follow-up of the best planet candidates from the NIRI B-star survey NIRI+Altair 2.20 [r10A]
Execution Status complete / rollover Dates Taken:
20090730 20090804 20090926 20090927		 Completion Status:
100%
GN-2009A-DD-7 Hammel Gemini/Michelle Imaging of Jupiter after the 2009 Impact Michelle 9.00
Execution Status Dates Taken:
20090722 20090724 20090725 20090727		 Completion Status:
43%
GN Director's Discretionary Time Queue Band 2
Ref # PI Partner Title Instrument Hours
allocated
GN-2009A-DD-4 Lafreniere Follow-up spectroscopy of a 20 Mjup companion to a massive star NIFS+Altair / NIRI+Altair 2.85
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20090627 20090702 20090703 20090805		 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-2009A-DD-1 Davidge Suppressing the Red Menace: Using NICI to Probe the Circumstellar Envelope of Alpha Orionis NICI 3.50
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20090206 20090308 20100219		 Completion Status:
100%
GS-2009A-DD-3 Clayton Imaging the Evolutionary History of R Coronae Borealis GMOS-S 1.10
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20090323		 Completion Status:
100%
GS-2009A-DD-5 Zuckerman Unveiling the nature of an extreme mid-infrared excess, main sequence A-type star TReCS 2.40
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20090427		 Completion Status:
100%
GS-2009A-DD-6 Crabtree NICI Imaging of Eta Carinae for PIO NICI 2.00
Execution Status active Dates Taken:
Completion Status:
0%
GS-2009A-DD-8 Christensen Retiring the Impact Risk of Near-Earth Asteroid 2009 LU2 GMOS-S 0.50
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20090702		 Completion Status:
100%
GS-2009A-DD-9 Orton Gemini South Observations of Jupiter: 2009 Impact TReCS 3.00
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20090724		 Completion Status:
100%
GS Director's Discretionary Time Queue Band 2
Ref # PI Partner Title Instrument Hours
allocated
GS-2009A-DD-4 Maxted A new class of compact binary star GMOS-S 6.00
Execution Status complete Dates Taken:
20090415 20090416 20090417 20090418 20090422		 Completion Status:
100%
GS-2009A-DD-7 Whelan 2MASS1207-3932: A Unique Opportunity to Capture the First Image of an Outflow from a Young Brown Dwarf GMOS-S 5.00
Execution Status active Dates Taken:
Completion Status:
0%

 

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