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Director's Discretionary Time Summary : Semester 2017B 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-2017B-DD-1 Singer Hunt for near-infrared photons from an exceptional LIGO/Virgo event Flamingos2 / GMOS-S 10.00
Execution Status: complete Dates Taken:
20170818 20170820 20170822 20170827 20170828 20170829 20170830 20170831 20170901 20170903 20170904 20170905 20170906		 Completion Status:
100%
GS-2017B-DD-2 Andersen Spatially resolving a rare low-mass brown dwarf binary candidate Flamingos2 0.50
Execution Status: complete Dates Taken:
20170917		 Completion Status:
100%
GS-2017B-DD-3 Troja Characterizing the exceptional optical/IR counterpart of GRB170817A Flamingos2 / GMOS-S 8.50
Execution Status: SToO Dates Taken:
20170831 20170901 20170902		 Completion Status:
19%
GS-2017B-DD-4 Chornock Continued Gemini-South observations of the counterpart to short GRB 170817A Flamingos2 8.50
Execution Status: complete / SToO Dates Taken:
20170828 20170829 20170830 20170831 20170901 20170902 20170903 20170905 20170907 20170908 20170912		 Completion Status:
100%
GS-2017B-DD-5 Smith Strong-lensing Galaxy Clusters GMOS / GMOS-S 5.20
Execution Status: RToO Dates Taken:
Completion Status:
0%
GS-2017B-DD-6 Singer Completing the light curve of an exceptional transient associated with a LIGO/Virgo event Flamingos2 / GMOS-S 9.75
Execution Status: complete / RToO Dates Taken:
20170915 20170916		 Completion Status:
100%
GS-2017B-DD-7 Meech Interstellar Interloper GMOS / GMOS-S 3.50
Execution Status: complete Dates Taken:
20171026 20171027		 Completion Status:
100%
GS-2017B-DD-8 Guzik First Interstellar Comet in Solar System GMOS / GMOS-S 9.70
Execution Status: RToO Dates Taken:
Completion Status:
0%
GS-2017B-DD-9 Chornock Late-time NIR Template Observations of GW170817 Flamingos2 2.80
Execution Status: complete Dates Taken:
20171215 20171217 20171219 20171220 20171221 20171222 20171223		 Completion Status:
100%
GS-2017B-DD-10 Balogh Completion of highest priority GOGREEN clusters GMOS / GMOS-S 4.60
Execution Status: complete Dates Taken:
20180110 20180111 20180114 20180115 20180116 20180117 20180118		 Completion Status:
100%

 

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