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Director's Discretionary Time Summary : Semester 2012A 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-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: 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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