Director's Discretionary Time Summary : Semester 2016B GS

The data shown in the tables below summarise the programs that constitute the "Director's Discretionary Time" (DDT) on GS. 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 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-2016B-DD-1	Schirmer		Confirmation of a highly variable fast-period AGN	GMOS-S	3.60
Execution Status:		Dates Taken: 20160901 20160903 20160908 20160909 20160916 20160917		Completion Status: 98%
GS-2016B-DD-2	Salinas		Constraining the origin of globular cluster abundance anomalies with SMC intermediate-age star clusters	GMOS-S	3.10
Execution Status: complete		Dates Taken: 20161103 20161104 20161105 20161106 20161125 20161127 20161128		Completion Status: 100%
GS-2016B-DD-4	Schirmer		Characterizing low-redshift Lyman-alpha blobs	GMOS-S	3.60
Execution Status:		Dates Taken: 20161027 20161030 20161106 20170101 20170309		Completion Status: 45%
GS-2016B-DD-5	Currie		Confirming and Characterizing the Second Exoplanet Discovery with GPI	GPI	5.40
Execution Status:		Dates Taken: 20170220 20170701 20170702		Completion Status: 58%
GS-2016B-DD-6	Smith		DES16C2nm: The highest redshift supernova	Flamingos2	2.00
Execution Status: complete		Dates Taken: 20161109 20170103 20170208		Completion Status: 100%
GS-2016B-DD-8	Esposito		Direct Imaging Confirmation of MWC 758 b: A Young Giant Planet Driving Spiral Arms in its Protoplanetary Disk	GPI	3.50
Execution Status:		Dates Taken:		Completion Status: 0%
GS-2016B-DD-9	Nicholl		Measuring the energetics of the supernova counterpart to a nearby gamma-ray burst	GMOS-S	1.50
Execution Status: complete		Dates Taken: 20170103 20170105		Completion Status: 100%
GS Director's Discretionary Time Queue Band 2
Ref #	PI	Partner	Title	Instrument	Hours allocated
GS-2016B-DD-3	Salinas		Constraining the origin of globular cluster abundance anomalies with SMC intermediate-age star clusters	GMOS-S	3.10
Execution Status:		Dates Taken: 20161103 20161104 20161105 20161122 20161128 20161230 20170101 20170102 20170103 20170104		Completion Status: 61%
GS-2016B-DD-7	Lillo-Box		Looking for the transit of the first exotrojan planet	GMOS-S	4.00
Execution Status:		Dates Taken: 20161208 20161209		Completion Status: 0%

Last updated on: 24 Jul 2020 12:28:16 GMT