Mark Trueblood, Director, Winer Observatory

Mark Trueblood, Director

Mark Trueblood was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1948. He became interested in astronomy when his parents took him out into the night to show him auroras, Echo balloon satellites, lunar eclipses, and other night time phenomena. He read Texereau's book on telescope mirror making when he was 11, and when he was 12, he ordered a mirror making kit from Edmund Scientific Company and ground, polished, and figured a 6-inch f/8 mirror for a Newtonian telescope. He then made the telescope using parts purchased from the Edmund catalog using money from his allowance and from mowing lawns. The mirror was over corrected into a hyperbola, but with the help of the local amateur astronomy club and a commercial firm, the mirror was finally done before he was 14. Mark got the telescope working, but lost interest in telescope making and astronomy until graduate school, where he met Andrew J. Tomer at Wesleyan University.

It was Andy, with the encouragement of Irv Winer, who got Mark interested in telescope building and astronomy again. Andy introduced Mark to Sky & Telescope magazine, to using arc welders, vertical milling machines, and lathes, and to many of the practical aspects of telescope design and construction. Once hooked on this part of amateur astronomy, Mark became interested in astrophysics, optics, and other aspects of astronomy and instrument building that took him to a Master's Degree in astronomy and his job of 22 years at the US national observatory (NOAO) of overseeing the design and construction of instruments for the 8-m Gemini telescopes, and later, for NOAO's 4-m telescopes. Mark's educational and career highlights are summarized below.

In May 2001, the International Astronomical Union honored Mark by naming asteroid number 15522 'Trueblood' upon the recommendation of the asteroid's discoverer, Charles W. Juels, MD of Fountain Hills, Arizona. Dr. Juels discovered the asteroid on December 14, 1999 whereupon the Minor Planet Center gave it the provisional designation 1999 XX136 and announced the official name in Minor Planet Circular 42675. When the orbit was known with sufficient accuracy that it was unlikely to be lost, it was given the number 15522 and Dr. Juels was given the right for the next 10 years to propose a name. Mark is honored that he chose to name his discovery after him. You can view various images and diagrams of the orbit in the links below:

An interactive plot of the orbit of 15522 Trueblood - requires java
An image of 15522 Trueblood
A downloadable movie

Education

AB-ScB Physics (cum laude), Brown University, 1971
Graduate school, Wesleyan University, 1972
MS Astronomy, University of Maryland, 1983

Affiliations

Member, American Astronomical Society and its Division for Planetary Sciences
Member 1990 - present, Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA)
Member 1999-2002, Sonoita Astronomy Club
Member, Friends of MIRA (Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy)
Life Member, International Amateur-Professional Photoelectric Photometry
Member 1988 - present, International Dark-sky Association
Member 1977-2003, International Occultation Timing Association (IOTA)
Member 1987-1989, American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics, Technical Committee on Space Science and Astronomy

Awards and Honors

Executive Director's Award, International Dark-Sky Association
Naming of minor planet 15522 'Trueblood' by the IAU

Invited Talks

Group	Date	Title
Saguaro Astronomy Club	2015.03.06	Science at the Winer Observatory
NOAO Docents	2012.11.13	Tracking Rocks from Space
NOAO Friday Lunch Talk	2012.03.02	Tracking Rocks from Space
Cong. Ron Barber	2008.02.04	Project Asteroid
Society for Astronomical Sciences (Robert Crawford lead author)	2004.05.23	Statistical Properties of a Two-Stage Procedure for Creating Sky Flats
Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association Beginners' Lecture	2003.01.03	Building a Backyard Observatory
Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association Main Lecture	2003.01.03	Exploring the Universe with the Gemini Observatory
Huachuca Astronomy Club	2002.11.22	Building, Operating, and Maintaining a Robotic Observatory
Apollo Rendezvous	2002.06.15	Workshop: Backyard Observatories
Apollo Rendezvous	2002.06.15	Building, Operating, and Maintaining a Robotic Observatory
Saint Paul's School Annual Sears Lecture	2002.04.12	Exploring the Universe with the Gemini Observatory
Riverside Telescope Makers Convention	1998.05.30	Building a Commercial Observatory
Annual IOTA Meeting	1994.05.07	Using GPS for Occultations
Fairborn IAPPP Symposium	1987.02.12	High Speed Photometer Interface for the MicroVAX Q-Bus

Research Interests

Near Earth Objects (asteroids whose orbits bring them near the Earth)
Minor Planet Astrometry (refining the orbits of asteroids)
Minor Planet Photometry (brightness and color of asteroids)
Minor Planet Occultations (timing the disappearance of asteroids behind the Moon)
Epistemology and the Problem of Consciousness

Positions Held

1983-, Winer Observatory, Director
2012-2013, University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, assigned to the OSIRIS-REx Mission as a scheduling specialist
1990-2012, Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy:
- 2010-2012, Project Manager, NOAO System Technology Center, overseeing instrument development for NOAO observatories
- 1994-2010, Project Engineer, NOAO Gemini Science Center, overseeing US instrument development for the 8m Gemini telescopes
- 1990-94, Senior Scientific Programmer, National Solar Observatory, developing the data archive for the Global Oscillation Network Group project
1981-1990, Ford Aerospace Corporation
- 1990, Program Manager, opportunity manager for a $100 million, 200 person contract for operations at NASA/GSFC
- 1988-1990, Program Manager, GOES I-M Telemetry and Command System (GIMTACS) contract project manager
- 1987-1988, Section Supervisor, assigned to the Systems, Engineering, and Analysis Support (SEAS) contract at NASA/GSFC
- 1985-1987, Program Manager, Hubble Space Telescope control center (PORTS) contract program manager
- 1984-1985, PORTS Deputy Program Manager, Hubble Space Telescope control center (PORTS) contract
- 1983-1984, POCC Applications Support System (PASS) Program Manager
- 1981-1983, Senior programmer/analyst responsible for the PORTS Virtual Interface Processor software
1979-1981, General Electric Space Systems Division, Analyst/Computer Applications, Landsat D ground system
1974-1978, The Dilks Company, Senior Programmer Analyst, instrument data acquisition and display system for airport control towers for the FAA
1974-1978, Computer Sciences Corporation, software engineering for NASA/GSFC and EPA projects
1974-1983, Consultant to LeSchack Associates, Ltd., software engineering of remote sensing geophysics applications
1972-1974, Smithsonian Institution, metrology lab technician
1971-1972, Wesleyan University, teaching assistant in the Physics Department
1970-1971, Fedco Audio Labs, part-time job as a gaffer on remote-location audio recording events
Summer 1971, Environmental Protection Agency, worked in Water Quality Office on oil spill reporting
Summer 1970, Brown University, Department of Physics, NSF research grant working on Josephson junctions
Summer 1969, University of Massachusetts, Department of Physics, NSF research grant working on P-N junction diodes as low temperature thermometers
Summer 1968, Sheridan Associates, programmer, small business management information system
Summer 1967, Procter and Gamble, programmer, researched critical path algorithms for project management
Summer 1966, Procter and Gamble, programmer, multiple regression studies of market testing techniques for advertising

Books

Trueblood, Mark and Genet, Russell Merle, Telescope Control, Willmann-Bell (Richmond: 1998)
Trueblood, Mark and Genet, Russell M., Microcomputer Control of Telescopes, Willmann-Bell (Richmond: 1985)

Papers, Articles, and Software

Christopher C.M. Kyba, Kai Pong Tong,...,Mark Trueblood,...; 2015, "Worldwide variations in artificial skyglow", Scientific Reports, 5 : 8409, DOI: 10.1038/srep08409.
Russell Genet,...,Mark Trueblood,...; 2014, "Kitt Peak Speckle Interferometry of Close Visual Binary Stars", Proc. 33rd Annual Conference of the Society for Astronomical Sciences, pp. 77-91.
Paul Martini, J. Elias, D. Sprayberry, M.A. Derwent, R. Gonzales, J.A. Mason, T.P. O'Brien, D.P. Pappalardo, R.W. Pogge, R. Stoll, R. Zhelem, P. Daly, M. Fitzpatrick, J.R. George, M. Hunten, R. Marshall, G. Poczulp, S. Rath, R. Seaman, Mark Trueblood, and K. Zelaya; 2014, KOSMOS and COSMOS: New facility instruments for the NOAO 4-m telescopes, arxiv.org/abs/1407.4541.
Joshua Pepper, Robert J. Siverd, Thomas G. Beatty, B. Scott Gaudi, Keivan G. Stassun, Jason Eastman, Karen Collins, David W. Latham, Allyson Bieryla, Lars A. Buchhave, Eric L.N. Jensen, Mark Manner, Kaloyan Penev, Justin R. Crepp, Phillip A. Cargile, Saurav Dhital, Michael L. Calkins, Gilbert A. Esquerdo, Perry Berlind, Benjamin J. Fulton, Rachel street, Bo Ma, Jian Ge, Ji Wang, Qingqing Mao, Alexander J.W. Richert, Andrew Gould, Darren L. DePoy, John F. Kielkopf, Jennifer L. Marshall, Richard W. Pogge, Robert P. Stefanik, Mark Trueblood, Patricia Trueblood; 2013, KELT-3b: A HOT JUPITER TRANSITING A V=9.8 LATE-F STAR, ApJ, 773,64.
Robert J. Siverd, Thomas G. Beatty, Joshua Pepper, Jason D. Eastman, Karen Collins, Allyson Bieryla, David W. Latham, Lars A. Buchhave, Eric L.N. Jensen, Justin R.Crepp, Rachel Street, Keivan G. Stassun, B. Scott Gaudi, Perry Berland, Michael L. Calkens, D.L. DePoy, Gilbert A. Esquerdo, Benjamin J. Fulton, Gabor Furesz, John C. Geary, Andrew Gould, Leslie Hebb, John F. Kielkopf, Jennifer L. Marshall, Richard Pogge, K.Z. Stanek, Robert P. Stefanik, Andrew H. Szentgyorgyi, Mark Trueblood, Patricia Trueblood, Amelia M. Stutz, and Jennifer L. van Saders, 2012, KELT-1b: A STRONGLY IRRADIATED, HIGHLY INFLATED, SHORT PERIOD 27 JUPITER-MASS COMPANION TRANSITING A MID-F STAR, ApJ, 761, 2, 123.
Kenneth J. Mighell, Morgan Rehnberg, Robert Crawford, Mark Trueblood, and Larry A. Lebofsky, 2012, PhAst: An IDL Astronomical Image Viewer Optimized for Astrometry of Near Earth Objects, PASP, 124, 1360-1368.
Joshua Pepper, Robert J. Siverd, Thomas G. Beatty, B. Scott Gaudi, Keivan G. Stassun, Jason Eastman, Karen Collins, David W. Latham, Allyson Bieryla, Lars A. Buchhave, Eric L.N. Jensen, Mark Manner, Kaloyan Penev, Justin R. Crepp, Phillip A. Cargile, Saurav Dhital, Michael L. Calkins, Gilbert A. Esquerdo, Perry Berlind, Benjamin J. Fulton, Rachel street, Qingqing Mao, Alexander J.W. Richert, Andrew Gould, Darren L. DePoy, John F. Kielkopf, Jennifer L. Marshall, Richard W. Pogge, Robert P. Stefanik, Mark Trueblood, Patricia Trueblood; 2012, KELT-3b: A HOT JUPITER TRANSITING A V=9.8 LATE-F STAR, http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.1031.
Thomas G. Beatty, Joshua Pepper, Robert J. Siverd, Jason D. Eastman, Allyson Bieryla, David W. Latham, Lars A. Buchhave, Eric L.N. Jensen, Mark Manner, Keivan G. Stassun, B. Scott Gaudi, Perry Berlind, Michael L. Calkins, Karen Collins, Darren L. DePoy, Gilbert A. Esquerdo, Benjamin J. Fulton, Gabor Furesz, John C. Geary, Andrew Gould, Leslie Hebb, John F. Kielkopf, Jennifer L. Marshall, Richard Pogge, K.Z. Stanek, Robert P. Stefanik, Rachel Street, Andrew H. Szentgyorgyi, Mark Trueblood, Patricia Trueblood, and Amelia M. Stutz; 2012, KELT-2Ab: A HOT JUPITER TRANSITING THE BRIGHT (V=8.77) PRIMARY STAR OF A BINARY SYSTEM, ApJ Lett., 756, 2, L39.
Robert J. Siverd, Thomas G. Beatty, Joshua Pepper, Jason D. Eastman, Karen Collins, Allyson Bieryla, David W. Latham, Lars A. Buchhave, Eric L.N. Jensen, Justin R. Crepp, Rachel Street, Keivan G. Stassun, B. Scott Gaudi, Perry Berlind, Michael L. Calkins, D.L. DePoy, Gilbert A. Esquerdo, Benjamin J. Fulton, Gabor Furesz, John C. Geary, Andrew Gold, Leslie Hebb, John F. Kielkopf, Jennifer L. Marshall, Richard Pogge, K.Z. Stanek, Robert P. Stefanik, Andrew H. Szentgyorgyi, Mark Trueblood, Patricia Trueblood, Amelia M. Stutz, Jennifer L. van Saders; 2012, KELT-1b: A Strongly Irradiated, Highly Inflated, Short Period, 27 Jupiter-mass Companion Transiting a mid-F Star, arxiv.org/pdf/1206.1635.pdf (submitted to ApJ).
Thomas G. Beatty, Joshua Pepper, Robert J. Siverd, Jason D. Eastman, Allyson Bieryla, David W. Latham, Lars A. Buchhave, Eric L.N. Jensen, Mark Manner, Keivan G. Stassun, B. Scott Gaudi, Perry Berlind, Michael L. Calkins, Karen Collins, Darren L. DePoy, Gilbert A. Esquerdo, Benjamin J. Fulton, Gabor Furesz, John C. Geary, Andrew Gould, Leslie Hebb, John F. Kielkopf, Jennifer L. Marshall, Richard Pogge, K.Z. Stanek, Robert P. Stefanik, Rachel Street, Andrew H. Szentgyorgyi, Mark Trueblood, Patricia Trueblood, Amelia M. Stutz; 2012, KELT-2Ab: A Hot Jupiter Transiting the Bright (V=8.77) Primary Star of a Binary System, arxiv.org/pdf/1206.1592.pdf (submitted to ApJ Lett).
Rehnberg, Morgan; Crawford, R.; Trueblood, M.; Mighell, K., 2012, BAAS, AAS Meeting #219, #145.02
Rehnberg, Morgan; Crawford, R.; Trueblood, M.; Mighell, K., 2011, PhAst: Display and Analysis of FITS Images, Astrophysics Source Code Library, record asc1:1112.006, Bibliographic Code: 2011asc1.soft12006R
Trueblood, Mark; Lebofsky, Larry; and Crawford, Robert, 2010, NEO Characterization Science Case For a Low Resolution Spectrograph, arXiv/IM/1012/1012.2570.pdf.
Eastman, Jason; Gaudi, B. Scott; Trueblood, Mark; and Trueblood, Patricia, 2010, "DEMONEX: The DEdicated MONitor of EXotransits" in "Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes III", ed. by Stepp, Larry M.; Gilmozzi, Roberto; and Hall, Helen J., Proc. of SPIE, 7733, pp. 7733J-1 to 7733J-8.
Joshua Pepper, Richard W. Pogge, D.L. DePoy, J.L. Marshall, K.Z. stanek, Amelia M. Stutz, Shawn Poindexter, Robert Siverd, Thomas P. O'Brien, Mark Trueblood, and Patricia Trueblood; 2008, The Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope (KELT): A Small Robotic Telescope for Large-Area Synoptic Surveys, arxiv.org/pdf/0704.0460.pdf.
Pepper, Joshua; Pogge, Richard, W.; DePoy, D.L.; Marshall, J.L.; Stanek, K.Z.; Stutz, Amelia M.; Poindexter, Shawn; Siverd, Robert; O'Brien, Thomas P.; Trueblood, Mark; and Trueblood, Patricia, 2007, "The Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope (KELT): A Small Robotic Telescope for Large-Area Synoptic Surveys", PASP, 119, 858, pp. 923-935.
Smith, R.C.; Dickinson, M.; Lowry, S.; Miller, C.J.; Trueblood, M.; and Valdes, F., 2007, "The NOAO End-to-End Data Management System: An Overview" in "Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XVI ASP Conference Series", Vol. 376, proceedings of the conference held 15-18 October 2006 in Tucson, Arizona, USA. Edited by Richard A. Shaw, Frank Hill and David J. Bell, p. 615.
Pepper, J.; Pogge, R.; DePoy, D.L.; Marshall, J.L.; Stanek, K.; Stutz, A.; Trueblood, M.; and Trueblood, P., 2007, "Early Results from the KELT Transit Survey" in "Transiting Extrasolar Planets Workshop ASP Conference Series", Vol. 366, Proceedings of the conference held 25-28 September, 2006 at the Max Plank Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany. Edited by C. Afonso, D. Weldrake, and Th. Henning. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, p. 27.
Joshua Pepper, Richard Pogge, D.L. DePoy, J.L. Marshall, Amelia Stutz, Mark Trueblood, Pat Trueblood, and Kris Stanek; 2006, KELT: Early Results from the KELT Transit Survey, arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0611947.pdf.
Trueblood, M., 2006, Book Review: "Killer Rocks from Outer Space: Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites; by Steven N. Koppes", Meteorite, 12, 2, 40.
Crawford, Robert W. and Trueblood, M., 2004, "Statistical Properties of a Two-Stage Procedure for Creating Sky Flats" in "Proceedings for the 23rd Annual Conference of the Society for Astronomical Sciences", Mais, D., Kenyon, D. A., and Warner, B. D., eds., 151-161.
Pilachowski, C. and Trueblood, M., 1998, "Telescopes of the 21st Century", Mercury, 27, 5, 10.
Trueblood, M., Erdwurm, W., and Pintar, J.A., 1995, "Storing and Distributing GONG Data", in Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems IV, Shaw, R.A., Payne, H.E., and Hayes, J.J.E., eds., ASP Conference Series Volume 77, p. 185.
Trueblood, Mark, 1995, "Avoiding Clouds: GPS Keeps Astronomers Under Clear Skies", GPS World, 6, 6, 32.
Trueblood, Mark, 1994, "Call for Amateur HST Observing Proposals", IAPPPC, 54, 28.
Trueblood, Mark, 1993, "In the Shadow of the Asteroid", GPS World, 4, 11, 22.
Boyd, L.J., Epand, D., Bresina, J., Drummond, M., Swanson, K., Crawford, D.L., Genet, D.R., Henry, G.W., McCook, G.P., Neely, W., Schmidtke, P., Smith, D.P., and Trueblood, M., 1993, "Automatic Telescope Instruction Set 1993", IAPPPC, 53, 23.
Trueblood, Mark, 1992, "The Case for Automatic Photoelectric Telescopes Using High Speed Photometers", in Automated Telescopes for Photometry and Imaging, Adelman, Saul J., Dukes, Jr., Robert J., and Adelman, Carol J., eds., ASP Conference Series Volume 28 (San Francisco: 1992), p. 149.
Trueblood, Mark, "Reduction, Storage and Distribution of Helioseismic Data for the GONG Network", IAPPPC, 45, 45.
Genet, Russell M.; Genet, David R.; Talent, David L.; Drummond, Mark; Hine, Butler P.; Boyd, Louis J.; and Trueblood, Mark, 1991, "Multi-Use Lunar Telescopes" in "Robotic Telescopes in the 1990's; Proceedings of the Symposium 103rd Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific", University of Wyoming, Laramie, June 22-24, 1991 (A93-36457 14-89), 289-303.
Trueblood, Mark, 1991, "Linear Position Transducer Helps Mobile Observatory Focus On The Stars", manuscript circulated privately.
Tomer, Andrew J., and Trueblood, Mark, 1989, "A Motorized Cassegrain Secondary", Telescope Making, 45, 6.
Tomer, Andrew J., and Trueblood, Mark, 1989, "Anaheim Automation Helps Focus on the Stars", Anaheim Automation NEWS, 7,1,1.
Trueblood, Mark, "A New Facility for Remote Location Astronomy", poster paper presented at the January, 1989 AAS meeting, listed in the Bulletin of the AAS, Volume 20, p.952, September 1988.
Trueblood, Mark, and Genet, Russell M., 1988, "Real-Time Control", Sky & Telescope, 76, 5, 537.
Trueblood, Mark, and Genet, Russell M., 1988, "Where Is the Telescope Mounting Headed?", Sky & Telescope,76,5,565.
Trueblood, Mark, 1987, "In the Shadow of an Asteroid: High Resolution Graphics Help Control a Mobile Telescope", manuscript circulated privately. Rewritten by Deborah Hotteling, 1988, "The Mystery of Asteroids", Computer Graphics World, October, p. 88.
Trueblood, Mark, 1987, "A High-Speed Photometer Interface for the MicroVAX Q-Bus", p. 325 in Hayes, D.S., Genet, D.R., and Genet, R.M., eds., New Generation Small Telescopes, Fairborn Press (Mesa)
Trueblood, Mark, 1987, "Special Halley Issue", Letter to the Editor, Sky & Telescope, 73, 6, 581.
Trueblood, Mark, 1986, "Highlighting Halley's: Inexpensive Image Processing Helps Astronomers Unlock the Universe", Computer Graphics World, September.
Trueblood, Mark, 1986, "Use of Navigation Receivers at the Winer Mobile Observatory", manuscript circulated privately.
Trueblood, Mark, 1985, "Image Processing at the Winer Mobile Observatory", manuscript circulated privately.
Trueblood, Mark, 1985, "Winer Mobile Observatory: Mid-1985 Progress Report", IAPPP Communications, 22, 14.
Genet, Russell M., Boyd, Louis J., and Trueblood, Mark, 1985, "Stepper Motor Control of Small Telescopes", Sky & Telescope, Part I (April, 69, 4, 350), Part II (May, 69, 5, 448)
Trueblood, Mark, "The Space Telescope Payload Operations Control Center" in Genet and Genet, eds., Microcomputers in Astronomy - II, Fairborn Observatory (Fairborn: 1984), 11.
Boyd, Louis J., Genet, Russell M., and Trueblood, Mark, 1984, "Telescopes for Microcomputer Control", Telescope Making, 22, 28.
Trueblood, Mark, "Three Components Make Stable Crystal Oscillator", EDN Magazine, July 1972.

Minor Planet Circulars

An electronic version can be found under Minor Planet Electronic Circulars

51593, 1 (2004); Trueblood, M.
52502, 11 (2004); Trueblood, M.
56161, 8 (2006); Schwartz, M; Merlin, J.-C.; Ory, M.; Holvercem, P.R.; Trueblood, M.; Crawford, R.
74062, 1 (2011); Buie, M.W.; Wasserman, L.H.; Williams, K.A.; Trueblood, M.; Tedesco, E.; Lebofsky, L.; Crawford, R.
74837, 1 (2011); Buie, M.W.; Wittman, D.; Gladman, B.; Trilling, D.E.; Wasserman, L.H.; Trueblood, M.; Parker, J.; Bieryla, A.; Parker, J. Wm.; Jones, R.L.; Petit, J.-M.; Kavelaars, J.; van Laerhoven, C.; Bell, D.; Crawford, R.
75413, 1 (2011); Buie, M.W.; Wittman, D.; Parker, J.W.; Wasserman, L.H.; Trueblood, M.; Rehnberg, M.; Crawford, R.; Bieryla, A.; Gladman, B.; Jones, L.; Dell'Antonio, L.; Becker, A.
76780, 2 (2011); Buie, M.W.; Wittman, D.; Gladman, B.; Trilling, D.E.; Wasserman, L.H.; Trueblood, M.; Lebofsky, L.; Crawford, R.; Rehnberg, M.
77198, 1 (2011); Buie, M.W.; Wittman, D.; Gladman, B.; Trilling, D.E.; Wasserman, L.H.; Trueblood, M.; Richmond, M.; Rehnberg, M.; Crawford, R.
77960, 1 (2012); Buie, M.W.; Allen, R.L.; Wittman, D.; Wasserman, L.H.; Trueblood, M.; Gelderman, R.; Ammons, S.M.; Lebofsky, L.; Crawford, R.; Vorobjov, T.; Wong, K.; French, D.; Zabludoff, A.; Probst, R.; Allen, L.; Rehnberg, M.; Stringfellow, G.S.
78363, 1 (2012); Buie, M.W.; Wasserman, L.H.; Trueblood, M.; Gelderman, R.; Vorobjov, T.; Lebofsky, L.; Crawford, R.; Rehnberg, M.
79168, 1 (2012); Buie, M.W.; Wittman, D.; Parker, J.W.; Wasserman, L.H.; Trueblood, M.; Gelderman, R.; Vorobjov, T.; Rehnberg, M.; Crawford, R.
79488, 1 (2012); Buie, M.W.; Gladman, B.; Trilling, D.E.; Wasserman, L.H.; Williams, K.A.; Trueblood, M; McMillan, R.S.; Gelderman, R.; Larsen, J.A.; Masiero, J.R.; Porter, G.; Butler, K.D.; Vorobjov, T.
79760, 1 (2012); Buie, M.W.; Wittman, D.; Gladman, B.; Wasserman, L.H.; Trueblood, M.; Gelderman, R.; Vorobjov, T.; Mighell, K; Romero, P; Crawford, R.; Rehnberg, M.

Runs on Professional Telescopes

For the runs listed below, proposals were submitted. For the Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) 2.1-m telescope, the proposals were reviewed and ranked by a Time Allocation Committee (TAC) against other proposals from the professional community across the nation. When special observing opportunities arise, we request Director's Discretionary (DD) time, which the KPNO Director uses as he sees fit.

NOAO was forced by budgetary constraints to close the KPNO 2.1-m telescope after July 2014. Our team then applied for time on the University of Arizona (UA) Bok 2.3-m telescope, with its 90Prime 1-degree square prime focus camera. Although still located on Kitt Peak, the telescope is owned by the Arizona Board of Regents and is operated by Steward Observatory. Steward Observatory also allocates nights using a TAC, comprised of faculty representatives from the universities governed by the Arizona Board of Regents. We designate nights on this telescope using Steward in place of KPNO in the Observatory column. Also note that Steward semesters run from January 1 through June 30 (Semester A) and July 1 through December 31 (Semester B) while KPNO semesters are offset by a month (Feb 1 through July 31, etc.). We have also been awarded time on the 1.8-m Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) on Mt. Graham in eastern Arizona.

Observatory Semester Telescope Abstract Dates (UT) Total Nights Night Logs (UT)

KPNO 2008B 2.1-m 2008B-0009 Jan 21-23, 2009 3 (TAC) 2009-01-21, 2009-01-22, 2009-01-23

KPNO 2009B 2.1-m 2009B-0256 Aug 19-20, 2009 & Jan 8, 2010 2.5 (TAC) 2009-08-19, 2009-08-20, 2010-01-08

WIYN 2010A 0.9-m DD Time Mar 8, Apr 19, May 20, Jun 6, Jul 6-8, 2010 7 (DD) N/A

KPNO 2010A 2.1-m 2010A-0074 Mar 11, Apr 9, May 18, 2010 3 (TAC) 2010-03-11, 2010-04-09, 2010-05-18

KPNO 2010B 2.1-m 2010B-0030 Sep 14, Oct 8, Dec 10, 2010 and Jan 28, 2011 4 (TAC) 2010-09-14, 2010-10-08, 2010-12-10, 2010-01-28

WIYN 2011A 0.9-m DD Time Feb 8, Feb 27, Apr 29, and May 29, 2011 4 (DD) N/A

KPNO 2011A 2.1-m 2011A-0057 Mar 3, May 4, and Jul 1, 2011 3 (TAC) 2011-03-03, 2011-05-04, 2011-07-01

KPNO 2011B 2.1-m 2011B-0019 Oct 27, Nov 22-23, 2011 and Jan 18, 2012 4 (TAC) 2011-10-27, 2011-11-22, 2011-11-23, 2012-01-18

KPNO 2012A 2.1-m 2012A-0056 Feb 18-20, Apr 10-11 (T&E) & 27, and Jun 13-14, 2012 6 (TAC) + 2 T&E 2012-02-18, 2012-02-19, 2012-02-20, 2012-04-27, 2012-06-13, 2012-06-14

KPNO 2012B 2.1-m 2012B-0057 Oct 10-11, Dec 16-17, 2012 and Jan 8-9, 2013 5 (TAC) 2012-10-10, 2012-10-11, 2012-12-16, 2012-12-17, 2013-01-08, 2013-01-09

KPNO 2013A 2.1-m 2013A-0044 Apr 11-12 and Jun 8-10, 2013 5 (TAC) 2013-04-11, 2013-04-12, 2013-06-08, 2013-06-09, 2013-06-10

KPNO 2013A 2.1-m DD Time Jun 16, 2013 1 (DD) 2013-06-16

KPNO 2013B 2.1-m 2013B-0009 Oct 10-12 and Dec 5-7, 2013 6 (TAC)

KPNO 2014A 2.1-m 2014A-0085 Feb 5-6, Apr 4-5, and May 22-23, 2014 6 (TAC)

Steward 2014B 2.3-m Bok 2014B Oct 25-27 and Nov 23-25, 2014 6 (TAC) 2014-10-25, 2014-10-26, 2014-10-27

Steward 2015A 2.3-m Bok 2015A Feb 14-16 and Apr 22-24, 2015 6 (TAC) 2014-11-22, 2014-11-24, 2014-11-25

Steward 2015B 2.3-m Bok Dec 18-19, 2015 2 (TAC)

Steward 2015B 1.8-m VATT Nov 12-14 and Dec 13-14, 2015 5 (TAC)

Observatory	Semester	Telescope	Abstract	Dates (UT)	Total Nights	Night Logs (UT)
KPNO	2008B	2.1-m	2008B-0009	Jan 21-23, 2009	3 (TAC)	2009-01-21, 2009-01-22, 2009-01-23
KPNO	2009B	2.1-m	2009B-0256	Aug 19-20, 2009 & Jan 8, 2010	2.5 (TAC)	2009-08-19, 2009-08-20, 2010-01-08
WIYN	2010A	0.9-m	DD Time	Mar 8, Apr 19, May 20, Jun 6, Jul 6-8, 2010	7 (DD)	N/A
KPNO	2010A	2.1-m	2010A-0074	Mar 11, Apr 9, May 18, 2010	3 (TAC)	2010-03-11, 2010-04-09, 2010-05-18
KPNO	2010B	2.1-m	2010B-0030	Sep 14, Oct 8, Dec 10, 2010 and Jan 28, 2011	4 (TAC)	2010-09-14, 2010-10-08, 2010-12-10, 2010-01-28
WIYN	2011A	0.9-m	DD Time	Feb 8, Feb 27, Apr 29, and May 29, 2011	4 (DD)	N/A
KPNO	2011A	2.1-m	2011A-0057	Mar 3, May 4, and Jul 1, 2011	3 (TAC)	2011-03-03, 2011-05-04, 2011-07-01
KPNO	2011B	2.1-m	2011B-0019	Oct 27, Nov 22-23, 2011 and Jan 18, 2012	4 (TAC)	2011-10-27, 2011-11-22, 2011-11-23, 2012-01-18
KPNO	2012A	2.1-m	2012A-0056	Feb 18-20, Apr 10-11 (T&E) & 27, and Jun 13-14, 2012	6 (TAC) + 2 T&E	2012-02-18, 2012-02-19, 2012-02-20, 2012-04-27, 2012-06-13, 2012-06-14
KPNO	2012B	2.1-m	2012B-0057	Oct 10-11, Dec 16-17, 2012 and Jan 8-9, 2013	5 (TAC)	2012-10-10, 2012-10-11, 2012-12-16, 2012-12-17, 2013-01-08, 2013-01-09
KPNO	2013A	2.1-m	2013A-0044	Apr 11-12 and Jun 8-10, 2013	5 (TAC)	2013-04-11, 2013-04-12, 2013-06-08, 2013-06-09, 2013-06-10
KPNO	2013A	2.1-m	DD Time	Jun 16, 2013	1 (DD)	2013-06-16
KPNO	2013B	2.1-m	2013B-0009	Oct 10-12 and Dec 5-7, 2013	6 (TAC)
KPNO	2014A	2.1-m	2014A-0085	Feb 5-6, Apr 4-5, and May 22-23, 2014	6 (TAC)
Steward	2014B	2.3-m Bok	2014B	Oct 25-27 and Nov 23-25, 2014	6 (TAC)	2014-10-25, 2014-10-26, 2014-10-27
Steward	2015A	2.3-m Bok	2015A	Feb 14-16 and Apr 22-24, 2015	6 (TAC)	2014-11-22, 2014-11-24, 2014-11-25
Steward	2015B	2.3-m Bok		Dec 18-19, 2015	2 (TAC)
Steward	2015B	1.8-m VATT		Nov 12-14 and Dec 13-14, 2015	5 (TAC)

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