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Director's Discretionary Time Summary : Semester 2008B GN

The data shown in the tables below summarise the programs that constitute the "Director's Discretionary Time" (DDT) on GN. 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.

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-2008B-DD-1 McDermid Connecting stars and ionized gas with integral-field spectroscopy GMOS / NIFS / NIFS+Altair 10.00
Execution Status: complete Dates Taken:
20081222 20081223 20090109 20090112 20090124 20090126 20090127		 Completion Status:
100%
GN-2008B-DD-2 Michaud The Gemini Legacy Survey NIRI+AltairLGS 4.00
Execution Status: Dates Taken:
20080916 20080917 20080918 20080919		 Completion Status:
61%
GN-2008B-DD-3 Tanvir Observations of new Galactic SGR 0501+4516 GMOS / NIRI 7.00
Execution Status: RToO Dates Taken:
20080823 20080826 20080901 20090128 20090227 20090312 20090326 20090327 20090401 20090403		 Completion Status:
100%
GN-2008B-DD-4 Graham L-prime Imaging of an Exoplanet Candidate NIRI 15.80 [r09B]
Execution Status: rollover Dates Taken:
20080916 20080917 20080918 20081031 20081102 20091015 20091016 20091018 20091104 20091211 20091212 20091213 20091214 20091224 20091225		 Completion Status:
85%
GN-2008B-DD-6 Foley Observations of the Low-Luminosity Type Ia Supernova SN 2008ha GMOS / NIRI 5.00 [r09B]
Execution Status: complete / rollover / SToO Dates Taken:
20081126 20081127 20081203 20081217 20081223 20090107 20090129 20090130 20090131 20090201 20090203 20090617 20090701 20090702		 Completion Status:
100%
GN-2008B-DD-7 Kasliwal A intriguing optical transient in M81 GMOS 1.50
Execution Status: complete / SToO Dates Taken:
20081216 20081218		 Completion Status:
100%
GN-2008B-DD-8 van Dokkum The brightest known ultra-compact galaxy NIRI 0.50
Execution Status: complete Dates Taken:
20081222 20081223		 Completion Status:
100%
GN Director's Discretionary Time Queue Band 2
Ref # PI Partner Title Instrument Hours
allocated
GN-2008B-DD-5 Mothe Diniz Re-observation of asteroid 77828 GMOS 1.30
Execution Status: complete Dates Taken:
20081203		 Completion Status:
100%

 

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