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NOAO Approved Programs for 2009A

Approved NOAO Survey Programs

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Proposal Title

Gonzalez, Anthony University of Florida 2008A-0038 KPNO 4m 22.5

A NEWFIRM Survey of the SDWFS/NDWFS Field

Grindlay, Jonathan Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2006B-0021 CTIO 4m 8

ChaMPlane II: Optical spectra and IR imaging identification of ChaMPlane X-ray sources

Miller, Christopher Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 2005B-0045 KPNO 4m 8

Optical Follow-up of the XMM Cluster Survey: The XCS-NOAO Survey

Van Dokkum, Pieter Yale University 2008A-0035 KPNO 4m 35

The NEWFIRM medium-band survey: accurate redshifts for 40,000 K-selected galaxies

PI	*Institution*	*Prop. ID*	*Site*	*Tel.*	*Nts.*
*Proposal Title*

Gonzalez, Anthony	University of Florida	2008A-0038	KPNO	4m	22.5
A NEWFIRM Survey of the SDWFS/NDWFS Field

Grindlay, Jonathan	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2006B-0021	CTIO	4m	8
ChaMPlane II: Optical spectra and IR imaging identification of ChaMPlane X-ray sources

Miller, Christopher	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory	2005B-0045	KPNO	4m	8
Optical Follow-up of the XMM Cluster Survey: The XCS-NOAO Survey

Van Dokkum, Pieter	Yale University	2008A-0035	KPNO	4m	35
The NEWFIRM medium-band survey: accurate redshifts for 40,000 K-selected galaxies

Approved HST Programs

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Proposal Title

Bond, Howard Space Telescope Science Institute 2008B-0920 CTIO 1.3m 0.95

The Luminous Galactic Cepheid RS Puppis: A Geometric Distance from ts Nested Light Echoes

PI	*Institution*	*Prop. ID*	*Site*	*Tel.*	*Nts.*
*Proposal Title*

Bond, Howard	Space Telescope Science Institute	2008B-0920	CTIO	1.3m	0.95
The Luminous Galactic Cepheid RS Puppis: A Geometric Distance from ts Nested Light Echoes

Approved Chandra Programs

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Proposal Title

Flaccomio, Ettore Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica 2008B-0956 KPNO 4m 3.5

V2129: a close look at a CTTS

Green, Paul Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2008B-0957 KPNO 4m 3

Two to Tango? Binary Quasars, their environments, and the merger hypothesis

Grindlay, Jonathan Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2008B-0955 CTIO 4m 5

Completing the Galactic Bulge Latitude Survey

Herczeg, Gregory California Institute of Technology 2008B-0952 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 1.8

Constraining the Effects of HIgh Energy Photons on Photo-Planetary Disk Chemistry and Evolution

Jonker, Peter Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2008B-0954 CTIO 4m 3

Completing the Galactic Bulge Survey

Long, Knox Space Telescope Science Institute 2008B-0958 MMT MMT 1

The Luminous Supernova Remnant in NGC4449

Orio, Marina Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino 2008B-0953 CTIO 4m 3

CP Puppis, a template for the secular evolution of novae

PI	*Institution*	*Prop. ID*	*Site*	*Tel.*	*Nts.*
*Proposal Title*

Flaccomio, Ettore	Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica	2008B-0956	KPNO	4m	3.5
V2129: a close look at a CTTS

Green, Paul	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2008B-0957	KPNO	4m	3
Two to Tango? Binary Quasars, their environments, and the merger hypothesis

Grindlay, Jonathan	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2008B-0955	CTIO	4m	5
Completing the Galactic Bulge Latitude Survey

Herczeg, Gregory	California Institute of Technology	2008B-0952	CTIO	1.5m-SVC	1.8
Constraining the Effects of HIgh Energy Photons on Photo-Planetary Disk Chemistry and Evolution

Jonker, Peter	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2008B-0954	CTIO	4m	3
Completing the Galactic Bulge Survey

Long, Knox	Space Telescope Science Institute	2008B-0958	MMT	MMT	1
The Luminous Supernova Remnant in NGC4449

Orio, Marina	Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino	2008B-0953	CTIO	4m	3
CP Puppis, a template for the secular evolution of novae

Approved Long Term Programs

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Proposal Title

Burgasser, Adam Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2008B-0290 CTIO 4m 6

The Brown Dwarf Kinematics Project: Parallaxes for Southern Low Luminosity Brown Dwarfs

Davidson, Kris University of Minnesota 2009A-0056 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1

Eta Carinae's Continuing Instability and Recovery - The 2009 ``Event''

Geller, Aaron University of Wisconsin, Madison 2009A-0161 KPNO WIYN 7

A Study Of Anomalous Stars and Binary Populations Within Open Clusters: Tests Of Theoretical Models

Hillwig, Todd Valparaiso University 2008B-0418 CTIO 0.9m-SVC 5

Determining the System Parameters for Poorly Studied Binary Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae

Hillwig, Todd Valparaiso University 2008B-0418 CTIO 1.3m 6

Determining the System Parameters for Poorly Studied Binary Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae

Huchra, John Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2009A-0267 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 4

Mapping the Nearby Universe: The 2MASS Redshift Survey

Jackson, Megan Lowell Observatory 2008B-0090 KPNO 4m 4.5

The Stellar Structure of Dwarf Galaxies

Metcalfe, Travis High Altitude Observatory 2008B-0039 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 5

Activity Cycles of Southern Asteroseismic Targets

Smith, Nathan University of California, Berkeley 2008B-0119 CTIO SOAR 1.5

IR Variability of Eta Carinae: The 2009 Event

PI	*Institution*	*Prop. ID*	*Site*	*Tel.*	*Nts.*
*Proposal Title*

Burgasser, Adam	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	2008B-0290	CTIO	4m	6
The Brown Dwarf Kinematics Project: Parallaxes for Southern Low Luminosity Brown Dwarfs

Davidson, Kris	University of Minnesota	2009A-0056	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1
Eta Carinae's Continuing Instability and Recovery - The 2009 ``Event''

Geller, Aaron	University of Wisconsin, Madison	2009A-0161	KPNO	WIYN	7
A Study Of Anomalous Stars and Binary Populations Within Open Clusters: Tests Of Theoretical Models

Hillwig, Todd	Valparaiso University	2008B-0418	CTIO	0.9m-SVC	5
Determining the System Parameters for Poorly Studied Binary Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae

Hillwig, Todd	Valparaiso University	2008B-0418	CTIO	1.3m	6
Determining the System Parameters for Poorly Studied Binary Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae

Huchra, John	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2009A-0267	CTIO	1.5m-SVC	4
Mapping the Nearby Universe: The 2MASS Redshift Survey

Jackson, Megan	Lowell Observatory	2008B-0090	KPNO	4m	4.5
The Stellar Structure of Dwarf Galaxies

Metcalfe, Travis	High Altitude Observatory	2008B-0039	CTIO	1.5m-SVC	5
Activity Cycles of Southern Asteroseismic Targets

Smith, Nathan	University of California, Berkeley	2008B-0119	CTIO	SOAR	1.5
IR Variability of Eta Carinae: The 2009 Event

Approved Regular Programs

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Proposal Title

Aldering, Greg Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2009A-0182 CTIO SOAR 3

Host Galaxies of Hubble Flow Type Ia Supernovae

Allen, Peter Pennsylvania State University 2009A-0173 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.53

A Survey for Faint, Close, Low-Mass Tertiaries to Nearby Spectroscopic Binaries

Andersen, Morten California Institute of Technology 2009A-0365 CTIO 4m 3

Optical spectroscopy of candidate pre-main sequence stars in the Trifid Nebula : Disk properties in a massive star-forming environment

Andrews, Jennifer Louisiana State University 2009A-0316 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.45

A Comprehensive Study of Dust Formation in Type II Supernovae with HST, Spitzer and Gemini

Balogh, Michael University of Waterloo 2009A-0221 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1

The transition of galaxy groups from an invigorating environment to a suffocating one

Barnes, Kate Indiana University 2009A-0224 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1

Star Formation Activity in the Outer Disk of a Sample of ``Normal'' Spiral Galaxies

Bary, Jeff Colgate University 2009A-0209 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.76

A Phoenix Variability Study of the He I 1.083 um Accretion/Outflow Signature in a 10 Myr T Tauri Star

Bayliss, Matthew University of Chicago 2009A-0414 CTIO SOAR 4

A Continuing Targeted Search for Strongly Lensed u-band Dropout Galaxies

Beck, Tracy Space Telescope Science Institute 2009A-0317 CTIO SOAR 3

Investigating Hot Water in YSO Disks using Cross Dispersed IR Spectroscopy

Beck, Tracy Space Telescope Science Institute 2009A-0323 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2

Spatially Resolving Molecular Hydrogen Emission in Planet-forming Disks

Beers, Timothy Michigan State University 2009A-0249 CTIO SOAR 6

A Survey for Unrecognized Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars in the Galactic Halo

Berger, Edo Harvard University 2009A-0084 KPNO 4m 1.5

The Lifetime of Magnetic Fields in Fully Convective Brown Dwarfs

Bian, Fuyan University of Arizona 2009A-0311 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2

Clustering of z~3 Lyman Break Galaxies in NOAO Deep Wide Field: Tracing the Evolution of the Large Scale Structure

Bilikova, Jana University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2009A-0438 GEM-N GEM-N 2

IR Excesses of Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae

Biller, Beth University of Hawaii 2009A-0142 CTIO 4m 1

A Systematic Survey for Very Young Planetary Mass Objects

Bloom, Joshua University of California, Berkeley 2009A-0216 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.7

Concerted Follow-up of Swift and Fermi GRBs (Gemini South)

Bond, Howard Space Telescope Science Institute 2009A-0275 CTIO 1.3m 2.1

SMARTS Monitoring of Luminous Red Transients

Bridges, Terry Anglo-Australian Observatory 2009A-0135 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.6

Dynamical Modelling of the Dark Halo, Black Hole, and Orbital Structure in NGC4649

Brown, Michael E. California Institute of Technology 2009A-0122 CTIO 1.3m 0.5

Icy Dwarf Planets in the Southern Skies

Buckley-Geer, Elizabeth Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 2009A-0222 KPNO 4m 4

An Imaging and Spectroscopic Survey of Bright Strongly-Lensed Galaxies in the SDSS

Buckley-Geer, Elizabeth Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 2009A-0222 KPNO WIYN 3

An Imaging and Spectroscopic Survey of Bright Strongly-Lensed Galaxies in the SDSS

Burke, David Stanford University 2009A-0114 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 2.2

Towards Precision Photometry for Large Scale Surveys

Burke, David Stanford University 2009A-0114 CTIO 4m 3

Towards Precision Photometry for Large Scale Surveys

Buta, Ronald University of Alabama 2009A-0101 KPNO 2.1m 3.5

A Study of Bar Strengths in Early-Type Disk Galaxies

Butler, Paul Carnegie Institution of Washington 2009A-0338 Keck Keck-I 2

The Search for Terrestrial Mass Planets

Campbell, Ryan Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 2009A-0003 CTIO 1.0m 7

CTIO REU/PIA Observations: Photometry of Polars

Caputo, Daniel University of Missouri, Columbia 2009A-0162 GEM-N GEM-N 2

NIRI/Altair imaging of PAH bands around carbon stars: determining the formation and processing mechanisms of organic molecules.

Chung, Sun Mi University of Florida 2009A-0411 Magellan-I 1

Star Formation in the Bullet Cluster

Ciardullo, Robin Pennsylvania State University 2009A-0272 CTIO 4m 3

The Distance to the Antennae Galaxy

Close, Laird University of Arizona 2009A-0248 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2

The First Thermal Images of the Planetary Mass Prototype Object 2M1207b: Does it have an Edge-On Disk?

Clowe, Douglas Ohio University 2009A-0137 CTIO 4m 7

Applying Weak Lensing Tomography to EDisCS

Cobb, Bethany University of California, Berkeley 2009A-0318 CTIO 1.3m 7.2

Optical/IR Follow-Up of Gamma-Ray Bursts from SMARTS

Cohen, Roger University of Florida 2009A-0191 CTIO 1.0m 4

Blue Straggler Variability in Galactic Globular Clusters

Collins, Karen University of Louisville 2009A-0384 CTIO 1.3m 0.1

Disk Wall Variability in Pre-Main Sequence Disks

Cook, Jason Southwest Research Institute 2009A-0372 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2

Searching for Gaseous CO in Pluto's Atmosphere

Cotera, Angela SETI Institute/NASA Ames Research Center 2009A-0237 CTIO SOAR 3

Massive Stars in the Galactic Center: NIR Spectroscopy of Newly Discovered Emission Line Stars

Crossfield, Ian University of California, Los Angeles 2009A-0120 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.4

Thermal Emission from a Non-transiting Extrasolar Planet

Crotts, Arlin Columbia University 2009A-0075 CTIO 0.9m-SVC 2

The Echo from Supernova 1987A

Cruz, Kelle California Institute of Technology 2009A-0259 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.5

Confirming Cluster Membership for Nearby Young Brown Dwarfs

Cunha, Katia National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2009A-0308 GEM-S GEM-S 4

Chemical Evolution within 2pc of the Central Galactic Black Hole

Daddi, Emanuele Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique 2008B-0151 Keck Keck-II 1.5

Gas rich massive disk galaxies at z=1.5 in GOODS-North: spatially resolved H-alpha kinematics

Dello Russo, Neil Johns Hopkins University 2009A-0186 Keck Keck-II 1

The Volatile Chemistry of Comets C/2007 N3 Lulin and 22P/Kopff

Deming, Drake NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 2009A-0078 KPNO 2.1m 7

An Exoplanet Radius and Transit Timing Survey

Depoy, D Texas A & M University 2009A-0154 CTIO 1.0m 6

Engineering Tests and Initial Calibration of DECam CCDs

Dey, Arjun National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2009A-0253 GEM-N GEM-N 2

The Temperature, Ionization, and Metallicity of a Protogalactic Lyman Alpha `Blob'

Dey, Arjun National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2009A-0253 Keck Keck-I 1

The Temperature, Ionization, and Metallicity of a Protogalactic Lyman Alpha `Blob'

Dickinson, Mark National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2009A-0429 KPNO 4m 5

Deep near-infrared imaging of the Extended Groth Strip

Dieterich, Sergio Georgia State University 2009A-0178 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.06

GJ 433: Resolving a Suspected Binary Near the Stellar/Substellar Boundary

Doppmann, Greg National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2009A-0452 MMT MMT 2

Origin of the Hot Compact Excess in Circumstellar Disks

Dowell, Jayce Indiana University 2009A-0226 KPNO 2.1m 4.5

Deciphering the Origins of Unusually Extended HI Disks and Their Connection to Damped Lyman-alpha Systems

Duchene, Gaspard University of California, Berkeley 2009A-0279 CTIO 1.3m 1.4

Optical/infrared ancillary photometry of young stars for the Herschell Key Project GASPS

Dupke, Renato University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2009A-0231 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.1

An extensive study of the Fossil Groups of galaxies

Dupree, Andrea Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2009A-0227 GEM-S GEM-S 3

Fast Winds from Stars in M4

Egami, Eiichi University of Arizona 2009A-0406 Keck Keck-II 2

Identifying z~7 Galaxies in the Subaru Deep Field Ultra-Deep z'-Band Image

Farihi, Jay University of Leicester 2009A-0057 Keck Keck-I 2

The Origin of Metals in Cool White Dwarfs: Disrupted Minor Planets or Interstellar Gas?

Feldmeier, John Youngstown State University 2009A-0210 KPNO 4m 5

Searching for Planetary Nebulae in Ursa Major: Studies of the Tully- Fisher relation and Intracluster Light

Fitzgerald, Michael Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 2009A-0412 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.33

Tracing Asymmetries in a Newly Discovered Debris Disk

Ford, Holland Johns Hopkins University 2009A-0326 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1

Spectroscopy of an Exceptionally Bright Candidate Galaxy at z~6 in Abell 1703

French, Linda Illinois Wesleyan University 2009A-0233 CTIO 0.9m-SVC 6

Photometric Survey of L5 Trojan Asteroids

French, Linda Illinois Wesleyan University 2009A-0233 CTIO 1.0m 7

Photometric Survey of L5 Trojan Asteroids

Gal-Yam, Avishay Weizmann Institute of Science 2009A-0089 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.1

Identifying progenitors of core-collapse supernovae

Gauthier, Jean-Rene University of Chicago 2009A-0291 Magellan-II 2

Probing the Gaseous Halos of SDSS Galaxies at z<0.4

Ge, Jian University of Florida 2009A-0344 KPNO 2.1m 20.5

Follow-up of planet candidates from the SDSS-III MARVELS planet survey

Gerardy, Christopher Florida State University 2009A-0310 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.68

Mapping the Kinematic Structure of Radioactive Ejecta in Type Ia Supernovae

Gerardy, Christopher Florida State University 2009A-0310 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.36

Mapping the Kinematic Structure of Radioactive Ejecta in Type Ia Supernovae

Gies, Douglas Georgia State University 2009A-0247 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.5

Angular Momentum of Newborn Massive Stars in M17

Gies, Douglas Georgia State University 2009A-0255 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 7

Massive Eclipsing Binary Stars

Graham, James University of California, Berkeley 2009A-0364 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.7

L-prime Imaging of an Exoplanet Candidate

Greissl, Julia University of Arizona 2009A-0424 CTIO SOAR 3

Probing the IMF Beyond the Milky Way: Spectroscopy of Two Young Super- Star Clusters in NGC 5253 and NGC4038/9

Harrison, Thomas New Mexico State University 2009A-0009 CTIO 0.9m-SVC 0.2

The Ages of Globular Clusters and the Population II Distance Scale

Harrison, Thomas New Mexico State University 2009A-0009 CTIO 4m 2

The Ages of Globular Clusters and the Population II Distance Scale

Harrison, Thomas New Mexico State University 2009A-0009 KPNO 4m 6.5

The Ages of Globular Clusters and the Population II Distance Scale

Harrison, Thomas New Mexico State University 2009A-0016 CTIO 0.9m-SVC 0.6

An Astrometric Calibration of Population II Distance Indicators

Hennawi, Joseph University of California, Berkeley 2009A-0422 GEM-N GEM-NQ 4

Spectroscopy of Giant Arcs Behind the Strongest Lenses in the Universe

Herrmann, Kimberly Lowell Observatory 2009A-0082 KPNO WIYN 2

The Stellar Kinematics of Outer Disks: Evidence for Halo Substructure?

Hinkle, Kenneth National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2009A-0115 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 5.5

Orbital Survey of Red Giant - White Dwarf SNe Ia Progenitors

Holberg, Jay University of Arizona 2009A-0309 KPNO 0.9m 4

Calibrating Observations made with the NASA Kepler Discovery Mission

Holberg, Jay University of Arizona 2009A-0309 KPNO 2.1m 3

Calibrating Observations made with the NASA Kepler Discovery Mission

Howell, Steve National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2009A-0052 KPNO WIYN 3

Speckle Imaging of Kepler Exo-planet Transit Candidate Stars

Howell, Paul Boston University 2009A-0201 KPNO 2.1m 8

Angular Momentum Correlation between Hosts and Satellites of Isolated SDSS Disk Galaxies

Indriolo, Nick University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2009A-0130 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.2

Investigating the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate Near Supernova Remnants Using H_3^+

Johnson, Christian Indiana University 2009A-0230 CTIO 4m 3

Chemical Evolution in Omega Centauri

Joyce, Richard National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2009A-0270 KPNO WIYN 2

Narrowband IR Imaging of Final Flash Stars

Kane, Stephen California Institute of Technology 2009A-0289 CTIO 1.0m 14

Photometric monitoring of known southern exoplanets for transit signatures

Kaplan, David University of California, Santa Barbara 2009A-0258 CTIO SOAR 2

Chicago: Chasing the Identification of ASCA Galactic Objects - Near-IR Spectroscopy

Kawara, Kimiaki University of Tokyo 2009A-0125 KPNO 0.9m 4

Cosmic Optical Background

Keeney, Brian University of Colorado 2009A-0207 KPNO 0.9m 2

Gas and Galaxies in the Cosmic Web: A Galaxy Redshift Survey around HST/COS Target Sight Lines

Keeney, Brian University of Colorado 2009A-0207 KPNO WIYN 6

Gas and Galaxies in the Cosmic Web: A Galaxy Redshift Survey around HST/COS Target Sight Lines

Kelly, Patrick Stanford University 2009A-0136 KPNO 2.1m 4

Photometric Calibration of Subaru Massive Cluster Survey Fields

Keremedjiev, Mark University of Florida 2009A-0156 KPNO 2.1m 6.5

On-Sky Demonstration of Speckle Stabilization for SPIFS

Kobulnicky, Henry University of Wyoming 2009A-0160 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.2

Establishing the Missing Link: Validating New Transition/Debris Disk Objects

Kulkarni, Varsha University of South Carolina 2009A-0441 MMT MMT 3

Structure of Interstellar Matter in Distant Galaxies

Landolt, Arlo Louisiana State University 2009A-0049 CTIO 1.0m 24

Faint UBVRI Photometric Standard Star fields: CTIO

Landolt, Arlo Louisiana State University 2009A-0050 KPNO 2.1m 14.5

Faint UBVRI Photometric Standard Star fields: KPNO

Lepine, Sebastien American Museum of Natural History 2009A-0436 CTIO 4m 2

Completing the inventory of the nearest 20pc: spectral classification of 1,178 candidate nearby stars

Lucey, John University of Durham 2009A-0140 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.6

The origin of S0 disks in the dense cluster environment

Luhman, Kevin Pennsylvania State University 2009A-0022 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.25

Estimating the Mass of a Young Substellar Companion

Luhman, Kevin Pennsylvania State University 2009A-0083 GEM-S GEM-S 2

Improving the Mass Estimates of Young Brown Dwarfs

Lynds, Roger National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2009A-0086 KPNO 4m 1

Precursors to Galaxy Merging

Majewski, Steven University of Virginia 2009A-0423 GEM-N GEM-N 3

A New Problem for Lambda-CDM on Small Scales: Too Many Tidally Disrupting dSphs?

Majewski, Steven University of Virginia 2009A-0423 Keck Keck-II 2

A New Problem for Lambda-CDM on Small Scales: Too Many Tidally Disrupting dSphs?

Mandelbaum, Rachel Institute for Advanced Study 2009A-0110 KPNO 4m 4

Normalization and scatter of the mass-temperature relation for supermassive galaxy clusters

Marois, Christian Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics 2009A-0245 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.55

A Volume-Limited Direct Imaging Exoplanet Survey of Young & Nearby Early-Type Stars (IDPS survey).

Marzke, Ronald San Francisco State University 2009A-0432 MMT MMT 2

The Faint End of the Red Sequence in the Coma Cluster: A Comprehensive Spectroscopic Survey from the Core to the Virial Radius

Matheson, Thomas National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2009A-0264 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.27

Revealing the Heart of the Explosion: Nebular-Phase Spectroscopy of Type I Supernovae

Matheson, Thomas National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2009A-0265 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.2

Constraining the Hubble Constant with a Type II Supernova

McIntosh, Daniel University of Missouri, Kansas City 2009A-0107 KPNO WIYN 3

In Search of Remnants from Gas-Rich Major Mergers

Meech, Karen University of Hawaii 2009A-0315 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.6

Rotation Period for Comet P/Hartley 2, Support for the EPOXI Mission

Meibom, Soren Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2009A-0431 KPNO WIYN 2

The Connections between Binarity, Circumstellar Disks, and Stellar Rotation

Meiring, Joseph University of Louisville 2009A-0440 CTIO SOAR 4

Searching for the Host Galaxies of Sub-Damped Lyman-(alpha) Systems.

Merline, William Southwest Research Institute 2009A-0450 GEM-N GEM-N 2

High-Resolution AO Imaging of Asteroids/Satellites

Miller, Adam University of California, Berkeley 2009A-0302 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.9

Late-time Observations of the Extremely Luminous Supernova 2008es

Montgomery, Michael University of Texas, Austin 2009A-0194 CTIO SOAR 4

Measuring Convection on the Surface of a Pulsating White Dwarf

Montgomery, Michael University of Texas, Austin 2009A-0194 KPNO 2.1m 6.5

Measuring Convection on the Surface of a Pulsating White Dwarf

Nestor, Daniel University of Cambridge 2009A-0158 KPNO WIYN 3

An unbiased survey of galactic superwind environments at 0.4 < z < 0.8

Nkundabakura, Pheneas University of the Free State 2009A-0063 CTIO SOAR 0.5

Identification for possible high energy blazars among the unidentified EGRET objects: detemination of the redshift of 3EG 0706-3837 and 3EG J0821-5814 using the Goodman SOAR Spectrograph

Norris, Mark University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2009A-0297 CTIO SOAR 4

Unified Analysis of Spheroid and Disk Dynamics in S0s

O'Meara, John St. Michael's College 2009A-0184 Keck Keck-I 1

LRIS Imaging of z > 2.3 Damped Lyman-(alpha) Systems

Oka, Takeshi University of Chicago 2009A-0454 GEM-S GEM-S 4

The physical extent of the diffuse gas in the Central Molecular Zone from H_3^+ and CO spectroscopy

Oyabu, Shinki Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 2009A-0399 KPNO 2.1m 4.5

New survey for Active Galactic Nuclei using AKARI mid-infrared all sky survey

Packham, Christopher University of Florida 2009A-0064 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.5

High spatial resolution mid-infrared observations of LIRGs

Parejko, John Drexel University 2009A-0363 KPNO 2.1m 4.5

Investigating the properties of interacting void galaxies from the SDSS

Parker, Joel Southwest Research Institute 2009A-0218 KPNO WIYN 3

Resonance in the Kuiper Belt: The History of the Outer Solar System

Parker, Alex University of Victoria 2009A-0236 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.82

Weighing KBOs: Characterizing Kuiper Belt Binaries

Parker, A/Prof Macquarie University 2009A-0405 CTIO 4m 5

A new Galactic Bulge Planetary Nebulae Luminosity Function

Peng, Eric Peking University 2009A-0313 MMT MMT 2.5

A Deep Spectroscopic Survey of the Virgo Cluster Core

Perrin, Marshall University of California, Los Angeles 2009A-0202 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.4

Resolved Imaging of Two New Protoplanetary Disks around Young Fe stars

Perrin, Marshall University of California, Los Angeles 2009A-0202 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.2

Resolved Imaging of Two New Protoplanetary Disks around Young Fe stars

Pettini, Max University of Cambridge 2009A-0060 Keck Keck-I 1

The Most Metal-Poor DLAs as Probes of Early Nucleosynthesis

Posselt, Bettina Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2009A-0098 CTIO 0.9m 7

Constraining the radius of the neutron star RX J0806.4-4123

Pott, Jorg-Uwe W. M. Keck Observatory 2009A-0085 Keck Keck-I 0.5

Studying Seyfert AGN at highest angular resolution with the Keck Interferometer

Pott, Jorg-Uwe W. M. Keck Observatory 2009A-0085 Keck Keck-II 0.5

Studying Seyfert AGN at highest angular resolution with the Keck Interferometer

Pryor, Carlton Rutgers University 2009A-0407 KPNO 4m 3

Search for QSOs and AGNs behind dwarf galaxies of the Milky Way

Rest, Armin Harvard University 2008B-0482 CTIO SOAR 1.5

Geometric Distances to Cepheids with Light Echoes

Rest, Armin Harvard University 2009A-0341 CTIO 4m 8

Echoes of Historical Supernovae in the Milky Way Galaxy

Rest, Armin Harvard University 2009A-0383 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.4

Echoes of Historic Milky Way Supernovae: Spectroscopy of the Kepler, RCW 86, and SN1006 SNe at maximum light

Reynolds, Mark University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2009A-0292 MMT MMT 1

K-band photometry of XTE J1118+480 in Quiescence

Rhee, Jaehyon Purdue University 2009A-0356 KPNO 2.1m 5.5

Purdue Ultra Metal-Poor Star Survey (PUMPSS). Discovery of Very Metal- Poor Stars in the Galaxy

Rho, Jeonghee California Institute of Technology 2009A-0359 CTIO SOAR 2

Near-infrared Imaging of Spitzer Detected Supernova Remnants: Molecular hydrogen and Dust destruction

Richter, Matthew University of California-Davis 2009A-0269 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.95

Dust Emission in Edge-on Protoplanetary Disks

Richter, Matthew University of California-Davis 2009A-0271 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.8

CO Fundamental Absorption in Edge-on Protoplanetary Disks

Ridgway, Susan Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 2009A-0416 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.8 (DD)

Deep rest-frame optical imaging of Type 2 quasar host galaxies

Rivkin, Andrew Johns Hopkins University 2009A-0176 KPNO 2.1m 6

Small Koronis-Family Asteroids as a Probe of Space Weathering

Roche, Nathan University of Pennsylvania 2009A-0277 GEM-N GEM-NQ 4.3

Kinematics of extremely high velocity dispersion E/S0 galaxies in the SDSS

Roe, Henry Lowell Observatory 2009A-0123 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1

Titan methane weather at Equinox: Seasonal climate change and surface geology

Rosenberg, Jessica George Mason University 2009A-0195 KPNO 4m 3

Determining the Baryonic Properties of Low Redshift Galaxies

Saha, Abhijit National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2009A-0147 GEM-N GEM-N 3

The Ancient stellar population of Leo A.

Sakamoto, Tsuyoshi Japan Spaceguard Association 2009A-0223 KPNO 2.1m 5.5

Stellar kinematics of Galactic disk: Short-period Mira stars

Sand, David University of Arizona 2009A-0389 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.7

Spectroscopy of Hostless Supernovae Candidates

Schmidt, Edward University of Nebraska 2009A-0058 KPNO 2.1m 4.5

The Nature of Small Amplitude Cepheid-Like Variable Stars

Scholz, Alexander University of St. Andrews 2009A-0067 CTIO 4m 4

The rotation of brown dwarfs: photometric monitoring in NGC2547

Seth, Anil Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2009A-0095 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.05

Surveying Nearby Nuclear Star Clusters

Shapley, Alice University of California, Los Angeles 2009A-0335 KPNO 4m 6

Unveiling The Red Proto-cluster Population at z=2.3

Shemmer, Ohad University of North Texas 2009A-0174 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.6

Lineless Quasars at High Redshift: Extremely High Accretion Rate Sources?

Sheppard, Scott Carnegie Institution of Washington 2009A-0312 CTIO 0.9m-SVC 3.5

Precise Astrometry for Predicting Kuiper Belt Object Occultations

Sheppard, Scott Carnegie Institution of Washington 2009A-0339 CTIO 4m 3

A Survey for L5 Neptune Trojans

Sheppard, Scott Carnegie Institution of Washington 2009A-0339 CTIO SOAR 0.5

A Survey for L5 Neptune Trojans

Sinnott, Brendan McMaster University 2009A-0190 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.2

Optical Spectroscopy of the Light Echo System of SN1987A

Skemer, Andrew University of Arizona 2009A-0285 CTIO 1.3m 1.3

The Periodicity of Extinction Events in VV Ser: A Map of Dust Structures in the Inner-Rim of a Herbig Be Disk

Smith, Nathan University of California, Berkeley 2009A-0254 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.4

Dust in the SN1987A-analog SBW1 in Carina

Sneden, Christopher University of Texas, Austin 2009A-0211 KPNO WIYN 2

Searching for Abundance Anomalies in the Old, Metal-rich Open Cluster NGC 6791

Stassun, Keivan Vanderbilt University 2009A-0096 CTIO 1.0m 5

Fundamental Properties of a New Low-Mass Pre-Main-Sequence Ecliping Binary System

Stassun, Keivan Vanderbilt University 2009A-0096 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 0.7

Fundamental Properties of a New Low-Mass Pre-Main-Sequence Ecliping Binary System

Stevenson, Rachel University of Hawaii 2009A-0417 CTIO SOAR 1

Hydrated Hildas - The Search for Liquid Water in the Early Solar System

Stevenson, Rachel University of Hawaii 2009A-0417 KPNO 2.1m 4

Hydrated Hildas - The Search for Liquid Water in the Early Solar System

Stott, John Liverpool John Moores University 2009A-0149 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.63

The XCS/DXS search for the highest redshift galaxy clusters

Tal, Tomer Yale University 2009A-0350 CTIO 4m 3

H(alpha) Observations of Gravitationally Interacting Ellipticlas

Tanvir, Nial University of Leicester 2009A-0145 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.29

Rapid observations of gamma-ray bursts

Thanjavur, Karun University of Victoria 2009A-0126 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.47

The relative distribution of visible and dark matter in galaxy groups selected by gravitational lensing

Thorman, Paul University of New Mexico 2009A-0393 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.7

Identifying High-z QSOs in the Deep Lens Survey

Tokovinin, Andrei Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 2009A-0069 CTIO SOAR 3

Orbital spins in multiple stars

Torres, Manuel Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2009A-0061 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.4

The primary role of the SW Sextantis stars in the evolution of cataclysmic variables

Troutman, Matthew Clemson University 2009A-0280 GEM-S GEM-S 1

Using Spectro-Astrometry to Trace Gas in the Inner Disk of Young Intermediate-mass Stars

Tytler, David University of California, San Diego 2009A-0281 Magellan-II 2

Measuring Winds from Galaxies using Absorption in Pairs of QSOs

Tzanavaris, Panayiotis Johns Hopkins University 2009A-0360 CTIO 4m 2

Groups around Groups: Multi-Object Spectroscopy of Hickson Compact Groups

Vaccaro, Todd Francis Marion University 2009A-0415 KPNO 4m 4

Low Mass Eclipsing Binaries and LP133-373's Tertiary White Dwarf.

Van Dyk, Schuyler Spitzer Science Center 2009A-0421 CTIO 1.3m 1.9

Light Curves for Core-Collapse Supernovae

Wachter, Stefanie California Institute of Technology 2009A-0278 CTIO SOAR 3

The Nature of Mid-Infrared Circumstellar Shells discovered with the Spitzer Space Telescope

Walker, Alistair Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 2009A-0116 CTIO 4m 3

Luminosity Functions of Evolved Populations in Galactic Globular Clusters

Walter, Frederick State University of New York, Stony Brook 2009A-0117 GEM-S GEM-S 2

Space Motions of Nearby Field Brown Dwarfs

Webb, Tracy McGill University 2009A-0219 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.18

Spectroscopy of Infrared Galaxies in Clusters to z = 1

Webb, Tracy McGill University 2009A-0220 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.33

Spectroscopy of Infrared Galaxies in Clusters to z = 1

Weissman, Paul California Institute of Technology-JPL 2009A-0409 CTIO 0.9m-SVC 4

CCD Photometry of Comet-Asteroid Transition Object 107P/Wilson- Harrington

Wilking, Bruce University of Missouri, St. Louis 2009A-0257 KPNO WIYN 4

Spectroscopic Confirmation of Young Stars in the Serpens Molecular Cloud: Placing Spitzer and Chandra in Context

Williams, T Rutgers University 2009A-0152 CTIO 0.9m-SVC 1

Cold Dark Matter and the Structure of Spiral Galaxies

Wilson, Gillian University of California, Riverside 2009A-0327 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.6

The Gemini Cluster Astrophysics Spectroscopic Survey (GCLASS)

Winkler, P. Frank Middlebury College 2009A-0446 Magellan-I 2

Searching for Young Supernova Remnants in the Most Fertile Galaxies

Winn, Josh Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2009A-0164 Keck Keck-I 0.5

Measurement of Exoplanetary Spin-Orbit Angles

Wisniewski, John University of Washington 2009A-0200 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.17

New Dust Production in V838 Monocerotis

Yang, Bin University of Hawaii 2009A-0166 KPNO 2.1m 3.5

U-band Photometry of Jovian Trojan Asteroids

Yang, Yujin University of Arizona 2009A-0380 CTIO 4m 4

Determining the Nature of Extended Lyman Alpha Nebulae

Zaritsky, Dennis University of Arizona 2009A-0118 GEM-S GEM-S 2

The Mysterious Case of MCG -01-31-002

Zaritsky, Dennis University of Arizona 2009A-0256 KPNO 2.1m 1

Exploring Possible Variations in the Fine Structure Constant

Zepf, Steve Michigan State University 2009A-0204 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.75

A GMOS Study [of the Optical Spectrum] of the Black Hole Hosting Globular Cluster RZ2109

Zuckerman, Ben University of California, Los Angeles 2009A-0181 CTIO 4m 6

Hunting the Coolest Substellar Dwarfs

Zwintz, Konstanze Universitat Wien (University of Vienna) 2009A-0062 CTIO 1.0m 14

Watching stellar evolution in `real time': the case of HR 5999

PI	*Institution*	*Prop. ID*	*Site*	*Tel.*	*Nts.*
*Proposal Title*

Aldering, Greg	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	2009A-0182	CTIO	SOAR	3
Host Galaxies of Hubble Flow Type Ia Supernovae

Allen, Peter	Pennsylvania State University	2009A-0173	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.53
A Survey for Faint, Close, Low-Mass Tertiaries to Nearby Spectroscopic Binaries

Andersen, Morten	California Institute of Technology	2009A-0365	CTIO	4m	3
Optical spectroscopy of candidate pre-main sequence stars in the Trifid Nebula : Disk properties in a massive star-forming environment

Andrews, Jennifer	Louisiana State University	2009A-0316	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	2.45
A Comprehensive Study of Dust Formation in Type II Supernovae with HST, Spitzer and Gemini

Balogh, Michael	University of Waterloo	2009A-0221	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1
The transition of galaxy groups from an invigorating environment to a suffocating one

Barnes, Kate	Indiana University	2009A-0224	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1
Star Formation Activity in the Outer Disk of a Sample of ``Normal'' Spiral Galaxies

Bary, Jeff	Colgate University	2009A-0209	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.76
A Phoenix Variability Study of the He I 1.083 um Accretion/Outflow Signature in a 10 Myr T Tauri Star

Bayliss, Matthew	University of Chicago	2009A-0414	CTIO	SOAR	4
A Continuing Targeted Search for Strongly Lensed u-band Dropout Galaxies

Beck, Tracy	Space Telescope Science Institute	2009A-0317	CTIO	SOAR	3
Investigating Hot Water in YSO Disks using Cross Dispersed IR Spectroscopy

Beck, Tracy	Space Telescope Science Institute	2009A-0323	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	2
Spatially Resolving Molecular Hydrogen Emission in Planet-forming Disks

Beers, Timothy	Michigan State University	2009A-0249	CTIO	SOAR	6
A Survey for Unrecognized Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars in the Galactic Halo

Berger, Edo	Harvard University	2009A-0084	KPNO	4m	1.5
The Lifetime of Magnetic Fields in Fully Convective Brown Dwarfs

Bian, Fuyan	University of Arizona	2009A-0311	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	2
Clustering of z~3 Lyman Break Galaxies in NOAO Deep Wide Field: Tracing the Evolution of the Large Scale Structure

Bilikova, Jana	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	2009A-0438	GEM-N	GEM-N	2
IR Excesses of Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae

Biller, Beth	University of Hawaii	2009A-0142	CTIO	4m	1
A Systematic Survey for Very Young Planetary Mass Objects

Bloom, Joshua	University of California, Berkeley	2009A-0216	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.7
Concerted Follow-up of Swift and Fermi GRBs (Gemini South)

Bond, Howard	Space Telescope Science Institute	2009A-0275	CTIO	1.3m	2.1
SMARTS Monitoring of Luminous Red Transients

Bridges, Terry	Anglo-Australian Observatory	2009A-0135	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.6
Dynamical Modelling of the Dark Halo, Black Hole, and Orbital Structure in NGC4649

Brown, Michael E.	California Institute of Technology	2009A-0122	CTIO	1.3m	0.5
Icy Dwarf Planets in the Southern Skies

Buckley-Geer, Elizabeth	Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory	2009A-0222	KPNO	4m	4
An Imaging and Spectroscopic Survey of Bright Strongly-Lensed Galaxies in the SDSS

Buckley-Geer, Elizabeth	Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory	2009A-0222	KPNO	WIYN	3
An Imaging and Spectroscopic Survey of Bright Strongly-Lensed Galaxies in the SDSS

Burke, David	Stanford University	2009A-0114	CTIO	1.5m-SVC	2.2
Towards Precision Photometry for Large Scale Surveys

Burke, David	Stanford University	2009A-0114	CTIO	4m	3
Towards Precision Photometry for Large Scale Surveys

Buta, Ronald	University of Alabama	2009A-0101	KPNO	2.1m	3.5
A Study of Bar Strengths in Early-Type Disk Galaxies

Butler, Paul	Carnegie Institution of Washington	2009A-0338	Keck	Keck-I	2
The Search for Terrestrial Mass Planets

Campbell, Ryan	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory	2009A-0003	CTIO	1.0m	7
CTIO REU/PIA Observations: Photometry of Polars

Caputo, Daniel	University of Missouri, Columbia	2009A-0162	GEM-N	GEM-N	2
NIRI/Altair imaging of PAH bands around carbon stars: determining the formation and processing mechanisms of organic molecules.

Chung, Sun Mi	University of Florida	2009A-0411		Magellan-I	1
Star Formation in the Bullet Cluster

Ciardullo, Robin	Pennsylvania State University	2009A-0272	CTIO	4m	3
The Distance to the Antennae Galaxy

Close, Laird	University of Arizona	2009A-0248	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	2
The First Thermal Images of the Planetary Mass Prototype Object 2M1207b: Does it have an Edge-On Disk?

Clowe, Douglas	Ohio University	2009A-0137	CTIO	4m	7
Applying Weak Lensing Tomography to EDisCS

Cobb, Bethany	University of California, Berkeley	2009A-0318	CTIO	1.3m	7.2
Optical/IR Follow-Up of Gamma-Ray Bursts from SMARTS

Cohen, Roger	University of Florida	2009A-0191	CTIO	1.0m	4
Blue Straggler Variability in Galactic Globular Clusters

Collins, Karen	University of Louisville	2009A-0384	CTIO	1.3m	0.1
Disk Wall Variability in Pre-Main Sequence Disks

Cook, Jason	Southwest Research Institute	2009A-0372	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	2
Searching for Gaseous CO in Pluto's Atmosphere

Cotera, Angela	SETI Institute/NASA Ames Research Center	2009A-0237	CTIO	SOAR	3
Massive Stars in the Galactic Center: NIR Spectroscopy of Newly Discovered Emission Line Stars

Crossfield, Ian	University of California, Los Angeles	2009A-0120	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.4
Thermal Emission from a Non-transiting Extrasolar Planet

Crotts, Arlin	Columbia University	2009A-0075	CTIO	0.9m-SVC	2
The Echo from Supernova 1987A

Cruz, Kelle	California Institute of Technology	2009A-0259	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	2.5
Confirming Cluster Membership for Nearby Young Brown Dwarfs

Cunha, Katia	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2009A-0308	GEM-S	GEM-S	4
Chemical Evolution within 2pc of the Central Galactic Black Hole

Daddi, Emanuele	Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique	2008B-0151	Keck	Keck-II	1.5
Gas rich massive disk galaxies at z=1.5 in GOODS-North: spatially resolved H-alpha kinematics

Dello Russo, Neil	Johns Hopkins University	2009A-0186	Keck	Keck-II	1
The Volatile Chemistry of Comets C/2007 N3 Lulin and 22P/Kopff

Deming, Drake	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	2009A-0078	KPNO	2.1m	7
An Exoplanet Radius and Transit Timing Survey

Depoy, D	Texas A & M University	2009A-0154	CTIO	1.0m	6
Engineering Tests and Initial Calibration of DECam CCDs

Dey, Arjun	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2009A-0253	GEM-N	GEM-N	2
The Temperature, Ionization, and Metallicity of a Protogalactic Lyman Alpha `Blob'

Dey, Arjun	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2009A-0253	Keck	Keck-I	1
The Temperature, Ionization, and Metallicity of a Protogalactic Lyman Alpha `Blob'

Dickinson, Mark	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2009A-0429	KPNO	4m	5
Deep near-infrared imaging of the Extended Groth Strip

Dieterich, Sergio	Georgia State University	2009A-0178	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.06
GJ 433: Resolving a Suspected Binary Near the Stellar/Substellar Boundary

Doppmann, Greg	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2009A-0452	MMT	MMT	2
Origin of the Hot Compact Excess in Circumstellar Disks

Dowell, Jayce	Indiana University	2009A-0226	KPNO	2.1m	4.5
Deciphering the Origins of Unusually Extended HI Disks and Their Connection to Damped Lyman-alpha Systems

Duchene, Gaspard	University of California, Berkeley	2009A-0279	CTIO	1.3m	1.4
Optical/infrared ancillary photometry of young stars for the Herschell Key Project GASPS

Dupke, Renato	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	2009A-0231	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	2.1
An extensive study of the Fossil Groups of galaxies

Dupree, Andrea	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2009A-0227	GEM-S	GEM-S	3
Fast Winds from Stars in M4

Egami, Eiichi	University of Arizona	2009A-0406	Keck	Keck-II	2
Identifying z~7 Galaxies in the Subaru Deep Field Ultra-Deep z'-Band Image

Farihi, Jay	University of Leicester	2009A-0057	Keck	Keck-I	2
The Origin of Metals in Cool White Dwarfs: Disrupted Minor Planets or Interstellar Gas?

Feldmeier, John	Youngstown State University	2009A-0210	KPNO	4m	5
Searching for Planetary Nebulae in Ursa Major: Studies of the Tully- Fisher relation and Intracluster Light

Fitzgerald, Michael	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	2009A-0412	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.33
Tracing Asymmetries in a Newly Discovered Debris Disk

Ford, Holland	Johns Hopkins University	2009A-0326	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1
Spectroscopy of an Exceptionally Bright Candidate Galaxy at z~6 in Abell 1703

French, Linda	Illinois Wesleyan University	2009A-0233	CTIO	0.9m-SVC	6
Photometric Survey of L5 Trojan Asteroids

French, Linda	Illinois Wesleyan University	2009A-0233	CTIO	1.0m	7
Photometric Survey of L5 Trojan Asteroids

Gal-Yam, Avishay	Weizmann Institute of Science	2009A-0089	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.1
Identifying progenitors of core-collapse supernovae

Gauthier, Jean-Rene	University of Chicago	2009A-0291		Magellan-II	2
Probing the Gaseous Halos of SDSS Galaxies at z<0.4

Ge, Jian	University of Florida	2009A-0344	KPNO	2.1m	20.5
Follow-up of planet candidates from the SDSS-III MARVELS planet survey

Gerardy, Christopher	Florida State University	2009A-0310	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.68
Mapping the Kinematic Structure of Radioactive Ejecta in Type Ia Supernovae

Gerardy, Christopher	Florida State University	2009A-0310	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.36
Mapping the Kinematic Structure of Radioactive Ejecta in Type Ia Supernovae

Gies, Douglas	Georgia State University	2009A-0247	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.5
Angular Momentum of Newborn Massive Stars in M17

Gies, Douglas	Georgia State University	2009A-0255	CTIO	1.5m-SVC	7
Massive Eclipsing Binary Stars

Graham, James	University of California, Berkeley	2009A-0364	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.7
L-prime Imaging of an Exoplanet Candidate

Greissl, Julia	University of Arizona	2009A-0424	CTIO	SOAR	3
Probing the IMF Beyond the Milky Way: Spectroscopy of Two Young Super- Star Clusters in NGC 5253 and NGC4038/9

Harrison, Thomas	New Mexico State University	2009A-0009	CTIO	0.9m-SVC	0.2
The Ages of Globular Clusters and the Population II Distance Scale

Harrison, Thomas	New Mexico State University	2009A-0009	CTIO	4m	2
The Ages of Globular Clusters and the Population II Distance Scale

Harrison, Thomas	New Mexico State University	2009A-0009	KPNO	4m	6.5
The Ages of Globular Clusters and the Population II Distance Scale

Harrison, Thomas	New Mexico State University	2009A-0016	CTIO	0.9m-SVC	0.6
An Astrometric Calibration of Population II Distance Indicators

Hennawi, Joseph	University of California, Berkeley	2009A-0422	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	4
Spectroscopy of Giant Arcs Behind the Strongest Lenses in the Universe

Herrmann, Kimberly	Lowell Observatory	2009A-0082	KPNO	WIYN	2
The Stellar Kinematics of Outer Disks: Evidence for Halo Substructure?

Hinkle, Kenneth	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2009A-0115	CTIO	1.5m-SVC	5.5
Orbital Survey of Red Giant - White Dwarf SNe Ia Progenitors

Holberg, Jay	University of Arizona	2009A-0309	KPNO	0.9m	4
Calibrating Observations made with the NASA Kepler Discovery Mission

Holberg, Jay	University of Arizona	2009A-0309	KPNO	2.1m	3
Calibrating Observations made with the NASA Kepler Discovery Mission

Howell, Steve	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2009A-0052	KPNO	WIYN	3
Speckle Imaging of Kepler Exo-planet Transit Candidate Stars

Howell, Paul	Boston University	2009A-0201	KPNO	2.1m	8
Angular Momentum Correlation between Hosts and Satellites of Isolated SDSS Disk Galaxies

Indriolo, Nick	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	2009A-0130	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.2
Investigating the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate Near Supernova Remnants Using H_3^+

Johnson, Christian	Indiana University	2009A-0230	CTIO	4m	3
Chemical Evolution in Omega Centauri

Joyce, Richard	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2009A-0270	KPNO	WIYN	2
Narrowband IR Imaging of Final Flash Stars

Kane, Stephen	California Institute of Technology	2009A-0289	CTIO	1.0m	14
Photometric monitoring of known southern exoplanets for transit signatures

Kaplan, David	University of California, Santa Barbara	2009A-0258	CTIO	SOAR	2
Chicago: Chasing the Identification of ASCA Galactic Objects - Near-IR Spectroscopy

Kawara, Kimiaki	University of Tokyo	2009A-0125	KPNO	0.9m	4
Cosmic Optical Background

Keeney, Brian	University of Colorado	2009A-0207	KPNO	0.9m	2
Gas and Galaxies in the Cosmic Web: A Galaxy Redshift Survey around HST/COS Target Sight Lines

Keeney, Brian	University of Colorado	2009A-0207	KPNO	WIYN	6
Gas and Galaxies in the Cosmic Web: A Galaxy Redshift Survey around HST/COS Target Sight Lines

Kelly, Patrick	Stanford University	2009A-0136	KPNO	2.1m	4
Photometric Calibration of Subaru Massive Cluster Survey Fields

Keremedjiev, Mark	University of Florida	2009A-0156	KPNO	2.1m	6.5
On-Sky Demonstration of Speckle Stabilization for SPIFS

Kobulnicky, Henry	University of Wyoming	2009A-0160	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.2
Establishing the Missing Link: Validating New Transition/Debris Disk Objects

Kulkarni, Varsha	University of South Carolina	2009A-0441	MMT	MMT	3
Structure of Interstellar Matter in Distant Galaxies

Landolt, Arlo	Louisiana State University	2009A-0049	CTIO	1.0m	24
Faint UBVRI Photometric Standard Star fields: CTIO

Landolt, Arlo	Louisiana State University	2009A-0050	KPNO	2.1m	14.5
Faint UBVRI Photometric Standard Star fields: KPNO

Lepine, Sebastien	American Museum of Natural History	2009A-0436	CTIO	4m	2
Completing the inventory of the nearest 20pc: spectral classification of 1,178 candidate nearby stars

Lucey, John	University of Durham	2009A-0140	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.6
The origin of S0 disks in the dense cluster environment

Luhman, Kevin	Pennsylvania State University	2009A-0022	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.25
Estimating the Mass of a Young Substellar Companion

Luhman, Kevin	Pennsylvania State University	2009A-0083	GEM-S	GEM-S	2
Improving the Mass Estimates of Young Brown Dwarfs

Lynds, Roger	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2009A-0086	KPNO	4m	1
Precursors to Galaxy Merging

Majewski, Steven	University of Virginia	2009A-0423	GEM-N	GEM-N	3
A New Problem for Lambda-CDM on Small Scales: Too Many Tidally Disrupting dSphs?

Majewski, Steven	University of Virginia	2009A-0423	Keck	Keck-II	2
A New Problem for Lambda-CDM on Small Scales: Too Many Tidally Disrupting dSphs?

Mandelbaum, Rachel	Institute for Advanced Study	2009A-0110	KPNO	4m	4
Normalization and scatter of the mass-temperature relation for supermassive galaxy clusters

Marois, Christian	Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics	2009A-0245	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.55
A Volume-Limited Direct Imaging Exoplanet Survey of Young & Nearby Early-Type Stars (IDPS survey).

Marzke, Ronald	San Francisco State University	2009A-0432	MMT	MMT	2
The Faint End of the Red Sequence in the Coma Cluster: A Comprehensive Spectroscopic Survey from the Core to the Virial Radius

Matheson, Thomas	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2009A-0264	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.27
Revealing the Heart of the Explosion: Nebular-Phase Spectroscopy of Type I Supernovae

Matheson, Thomas	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2009A-0265	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.2
Constraining the Hubble Constant with a Type II Supernova

McIntosh, Daniel	University of Missouri, Kansas City	2009A-0107	KPNO	WIYN	3
In Search of Remnants from Gas-Rich Major Mergers

Meech, Karen	University of Hawaii	2009A-0315	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.6
Rotation Period for Comet P/Hartley 2, Support for the EPOXI Mission

Meibom, Soren	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2009A-0431	KPNO	WIYN	2
The Connections between Binarity, Circumstellar Disks, and Stellar Rotation

Meiring, Joseph	University of Louisville	2009A-0440	CTIO	SOAR	4
Searching for the Host Galaxies of Sub-Damped Lyman-(alpha) Systems.

Merline, William	Southwest Research Institute	2009A-0450	GEM-N	GEM-N	2
High-Resolution AO Imaging of Asteroids/Satellites

Miller, Adam	University of California, Berkeley	2009A-0302	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.9
Late-time Observations of the Extremely Luminous Supernova 2008es

Montgomery, Michael	University of Texas, Austin	2009A-0194	CTIO	SOAR	4
Measuring Convection on the Surface of a Pulsating White Dwarf

Montgomery, Michael	University of Texas, Austin	2009A-0194	KPNO	2.1m	6.5
Measuring Convection on the Surface of a Pulsating White Dwarf

Nestor, Daniel	University of Cambridge	2009A-0158	KPNO	WIYN	3
An unbiased survey of galactic superwind environments at 0.4 < z < 0.8

Nkundabakura, Pheneas	University of the Free State	2009A-0063	CTIO	SOAR	0.5
Identification for possible high energy blazars among the unidentified EGRET objects: detemination of the redshift of 3EG 0706-3837 and 3EG J0821-5814 using the Goodman SOAR Spectrograph

Norris, Mark	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	2009A-0297	CTIO	SOAR	4
Unified Analysis of Spheroid and Disk Dynamics in S0s

O'Meara, John	St. Michael's College	2009A-0184	Keck	Keck-I	1
LRIS Imaging of z > 2.3 Damped Lyman-(alpha) Systems

Oka, Takeshi	University of Chicago	2009A-0454	GEM-S	GEM-S	4
The physical extent of the diffuse gas in the Central Molecular Zone from H_3^+ and CO spectroscopy

Oyabu, Shinki	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency	2009A-0399	KPNO	2.1m	4.5
New survey for Active Galactic Nuclei using AKARI mid-infrared all sky survey

Packham, Christopher	University of Florida	2009A-0064	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.5
High spatial resolution mid-infrared observations of LIRGs

Parejko, John	Drexel University	2009A-0363	KPNO	2.1m	4.5
Investigating the properties of interacting void galaxies from the SDSS

Parker, Joel	Southwest Research Institute	2009A-0218	KPNO	WIYN	3
Resonance in the Kuiper Belt: The History of the Outer Solar System

Parker, Alex	University of Victoria	2009A-0236	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.82
Weighing KBOs: Characterizing Kuiper Belt Binaries

Parker, A/Prof	Macquarie University	2009A-0405	CTIO	4m	5
A new Galactic Bulge Planetary Nebulae Luminosity Function

Peng, Eric	Peking University	2009A-0313	MMT	MMT	2.5
A Deep Spectroscopic Survey of the Virgo Cluster Core

Perrin, Marshall	University of California, Los Angeles	2009A-0202	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.4
Resolved Imaging of Two New Protoplanetary Disks around Young Fe stars

Perrin, Marshall	University of California, Los Angeles	2009A-0202	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.2
Resolved Imaging of Two New Protoplanetary Disks around Young Fe stars

Pettini, Max	University of Cambridge	2009A-0060	Keck	Keck-I	1
The Most Metal-Poor DLAs as Probes of Early Nucleosynthesis

Posselt, Bettina	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2009A-0098	CTIO	0.9m	7
Constraining the radius of the neutron star RX J0806.4-4123

Pott, Jorg-Uwe	W. M. Keck Observatory	2009A-0085	Keck	Keck-I	0.5
Studying Seyfert AGN at highest angular resolution with the Keck Interferometer

Pott, Jorg-Uwe	W. M. Keck Observatory	2009A-0085	Keck	Keck-II	0.5
Studying Seyfert AGN at highest angular resolution with the Keck Interferometer

Pryor, Carlton	Rutgers University	2009A-0407	KPNO	4m	3
Search for QSOs and AGNs behind dwarf galaxies of the Milky Way

Rest, Armin	Harvard University	2008B-0482	CTIO	SOAR	1.5
Geometric Distances to Cepheids with Light Echoes

Rest, Armin	Harvard University	2009A-0341	CTIO	4m	8
Echoes of Historical Supernovae in the Milky Way Galaxy

Rest, Armin	Harvard University	2009A-0383	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.4
Echoes of Historic Milky Way Supernovae: Spectroscopy of the Kepler, RCW 86, and SN1006 SNe at maximum light

Reynolds, Mark	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	2009A-0292	MMT	MMT	1
K-band photometry of XTE J1118+480 in Quiescence

Rhee, Jaehyon	Purdue University	2009A-0356	KPNO	2.1m	5.5
Purdue Ultra Metal-Poor Star Survey (PUMPSS). Discovery of Very Metal- Poor Stars in the Galaxy

Rho, Jeonghee	California Institute of Technology	2009A-0359	CTIO	SOAR	2
Near-infrared Imaging of Spitzer Detected Supernova Remnants: Molecular hydrogen and Dust destruction

Richter, Matthew	University of California-Davis	2009A-0269	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.95
Dust Emission in Edge-on Protoplanetary Disks

Richter, Matthew	University of California-Davis	2009A-0271	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.8
CO Fundamental Absorption in Edge-on Protoplanetary Disks

Ridgway, Susan	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory	2009A-0416	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.8 (DD)
Deep rest-frame optical imaging of Type 2 quasar host galaxies

Rivkin, Andrew	Johns Hopkins University	2009A-0176	KPNO	2.1m	6
Small Koronis-Family Asteroids as a Probe of Space Weathering

Roche, Nathan	University of Pennsylvania	2009A-0277	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	4.3
Kinematics of extremely high velocity dispersion E/S0 galaxies in the SDSS

Roe, Henry	Lowell Observatory	2009A-0123	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1
Titan methane weather at Equinox: Seasonal climate change and surface geology

Rosenberg, Jessica	George Mason University	2009A-0195	KPNO	4m	3
Determining the Baryonic Properties of Low Redshift Galaxies

Saha, Abhijit	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2009A-0147	GEM-N	GEM-N	3
The Ancient stellar population of Leo A.

Sakamoto, Tsuyoshi	Japan Spaceguard Association	2009A-0223	KPNO	2.1m	5.5
Stellar kinematics of Galactic disk: Short-period Mira stars

Sand, David	University of Arizona	2009A-0389	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.7
Spectroscopy of Hostless Supernovae Candidates

Schmidt, Edward	University of Nebraska	2009A-0058	KPNO	2.1m	4.5
The Nature of Small Amplitude Cepheid-Like Variable Stars

Scholz, Alexander	University of St. Andrews	2009A-0067	CTIO	4m	4
The rotation of brown dwarfs: photometric monitoring in NGC2547

Seth, Anil	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2009A-0095	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	2.05
Surveying Nearby Nuclear Star Clusters

Shapley, Alice	University of California, Los Angeles	2009A-0335	KPNO	4m	6
Unveiling The Red Proto-cluster Population at z=2.3

Shemmer, Ohad	University of North Texas	2009A-0174	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.6
Lineless Quasars at High Redshift: Extremely High Accretion Rate Sources?

Sheppard, Scott	Carnegie Institution of Washington	2009A-0312	CTIO	0.9m-SVC	3.5
Precise Astrometry for Predicting Kuiper Belt Object Occultations

Sheppard, Scott	Carnegie Institution of Washington	2009A-0339	CTIO	4m	3
A Survey for L5 Neptune Trojans

Sheppard, Scott	Carnegie Institution of Washington	2009A-0339	CTIO	SOAR	0.5
A Survey for L5 Neptune Trojans

Sinnott, Brendan	McMaster University	2009A-0190	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.2
Optical Spectroscopy of the Light Echo System of SN1987A

Skemer, Andrew	University of Arizona	2009A-0285	CTIO	1.3m	1.3
The Periodicity of Extinction Events in VV Ser: A Map of Dust Structures in the Inner-Rim of a Herbig Be Disk

Smith, Nathan	University of California, Berkeley	2009A-0254	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.4
Dust in the SN1987A-analog SBW1 in Carina

Sneden, Christopher	University of Texas, Austin	2009A-0211	KPNO	WIYN	2
Searching for Abundance Anomalies in the Old, Metal-rich Open Cluster NGC 6791

Stassun, Keivan	Vanderbilt University	2009A-0096	CTIO	1.0m	5
Fundamental Properties of a New Low-Mass Pre-Main-Sequence Ecliping Binary System

Stassun, Keivan	Vanderbilt University	2009A-0096	CTIO	1.5m-SVC	0.7
Fundamental Properties of a New Low-Mass Pre-Main-Sequence Ecliping Binary System

Stevenson, Rachel	University of Hawaii	2009A-0417	CTIO	SOAR	1
Hydrated Hildas - The Search for Liquid Water in the Early Solar System

Stevenson, Rachel	University of Hawaii	2009A-0417	KPNO	2.1m	4
Hydrated Hildas - The Search for Liquid Water in the Early Solar System

Stott, John	Liverpool John Moores University	2009A-0149	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.63
The XCS/DXS search for the highest redshift galaxy clusters

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