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NOAO Approved Programs for 2011A

Approved NOAO Survey Programs

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Proposal Title

Grundy, William Lowell Observatory 2011A-0017 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.5

Mutual Orbits and Masses of Kuiper Belt Binaries and Multiple Systems

Prsa, Andrej Villanova University 2011A-0022 KPNO 4m 7.5

Towards Unprecedented Accuracy of Fundamental Parameters for Kepler Eclipsing Binary Stars

Salzer, John Indiana University 2011A-0030 KPNO 2.1m 13.5

Making Hay with ALFALFA: The Star-Formation Properties of an HI-Selected Galaxy Sample

Stubbs, Christopher Harvard University 2011A-0034 GEM-S GEM-S 4

Spectroscopy of Galaxies in Massive Clusters: Galaxy Properties and Dynamical Cluster Mass Calibration

Stubbs, Christopher Harvard University 2011A-0034 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.55

Spectroscopy of Galaxies in Massive Clusters: Galaxy Properties and Dynamical Cluster Mass Calibration

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

Grundy, William	Lowell Observatory	2011A-0017	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	2.5
Mutual Orbits and Masses of Kuiper Belt Binaries and Multiple Systems

Prsa, Andrej	Villanova University	2011A-0022	KPNO	4m	7.5
Towards Unprecedented Accuracy of Fundamental Parameters for Kepler Eclipsing Binary Stars

Salzer, John	Indiana University	2011A-0030	KPNO	2.1m	13.5
Making Hay with ALFALFA: The Star-Formation Properties of an HI-Selected Galaxy Sample

Stubbs, Christopher	Harvard University	2011A-0034	GEM-S	GEM-S	4
Spectroscopy of Galaxies in Massive Clusters: Galaxy Properties and Dynamical Cluster Mass Calibration

Stubbs, Christopher	Harvard University	2011A-0034	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.55
Spectroscopy of Galaxies in Massive Clusters: Galaxy Properties and Dynamical Cluster Mass Calibration

Approved HST Programs

PI Institution Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.

Proposal Title

Guenther, Hans Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 2010B-0916 CTIO 1.3m 1

Winds, accretion and activity: Deciphering the FUV lines in TW Hya

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

Guenther, Hans	Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory	2010B-0916	CTIO	1.3m	1
Winds, accretion and activity: Deciphering the FUV lines in TW Hya

Approved Chandra Programs

PI Institution Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.

Proposal Title

Tomsick, John University of California, San Diego 2010B-0918 CTIO 4m 1

Census of the Normal Spiral Arm Region

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

Tomsick, John	University of California, San Diego	2010B-0918	CTIO	4m	1
Census of the Normal Spiral Arm Region

Approved Long Term Programs

PI Institution Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.

Proposal Title

Bond, Howard Space Telescope Science Institute 2011A-0103 CTIO 1.0m 7

A Search for Reflection Nebulae around Galactic Cepheids

Bond, Howard Space Telescope Science Institute 2011A-0103 KPNO 2.1m 5

A Search for Reflection Nebulae around Galactic Cepheids

Long, Knox Space Telescope Science Institute 2010A-0243 CTIO 1.3m 0.85

Fighting for accretion: the origing of low states in cataclysmic variables

Metcalfe, Travis High Altitude Observatory 2008B-0039 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 4.5

Activity Cycles of Southern Asteroseismic Targets

Saha, Abhijit National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2011A-0459 KPNO WIYN 8

Confirming the binarity of the RR Lyrae star TU UMa

Sahu, Kailash Space Telescope Science Institute 2011A-0460 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.3

Detecting Isolated Black Holes through Astrometric Microlensing

Trilling, David Northern Arizona University 2010A-0476 CTIO 0.9m 7

High quality optical photometry of NEOs in support of a Warm Spitzer program

Trilling, David Northern Arizona University 2010A-0476 CTIO SOAR 1

High quality optical photometry of NEOs in support of a Warm Spitzer program

Trilling, David Northern Arizona University 2010A-0476 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.8

High quality optical photometry of NEOs in support of a Warm Spitzer program

Winters, Jennifer Georgia State University 2011A-0318 CTIO 1.0m 7

Finding Friends for 1200 Red Dwarfs

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

Bond, Howard	Space Telescope Science Institute	2011A-0103	CTIO	1.0m	7
A Search for Reflection Nebulae around Galactic Cepheids

Bond, Howard	Space Telescope Science Institute	2011A-0103	KPNO	2.1m	5
A Search for Reflection Nebulae around Galactic Cepheids

Long, Knox	Space Telescope Science Institute	2010A-0243	CTIO	1.3m	0.85
Fighting for accretion: the origing of low states in cataclysmic variables

Metcalfe, Travis	High Altitude Observatory	2008B-0039	CTIO	1.5m-SVC	4.5
Activity Cycles of Southern Asteroseismic Targets

Saha, Abhijit	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2011A-0459	KPNO	WIYN	8
Confirming the binarity of the RR Lyrae star TU UMa

Sahu, Kailash	Space Telescope Science Institute	2011A-0460	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.3
Detecting Isolated Black Holes through Astrometric Microlensing

Trilling, David	Northern Arizona University	2010A-0476	CTIO	0.9m	7
High quality optical photometry of NEOs in support of a Warm Spitzer program

Trilling, David	Northern Arizona University	2010A-0476	CTIO	SOAR	1
High quality optical photometry of NEOs in support of a Warm Spitzer program

Trilling, David	Northern Arizona University	2010A-0476	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.8
High quality optical photometry of NEOs in support of a Warm Spitzer program

Winters, Jennifer	Georgia State University	2011A-0318	CTIO	1.0m	7
Finding Friends for 1200 Red Dwarfs

Approved Regular Programs

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Proposal Title

Ardila, David NASA Herschel Science Center 2011A-0266 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.5

Accretion in Close Pre-Main-Sequence Binaries

Asa'D, Randa University of Cincinnati 2011A-0353 CTIO 4m 6

Spectra of star clusters in the LMC as an age indicator.

Auger, Matthew University of California, Santa Barbara 2011A-0424 Keck Keck-II 1

Mining Red Nuggets by Sniggling for EELs

Badenes, Carles Weizmann Institute of Science 2011A-0206 KPNO 4m 4

Spectroscopic follow-up of the SWARMS survey

Baines, Ellyn Naval Research Laboratory 2011A-0099 CHARA 0.5

Measuring K Giant Star Fundamental Parameters Using the CHARA Array

Bakos, Gaspar Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2011A-0207 Keck Keck-I 0.5

Confirmation spectroscopy of HATNet transiting exoplanet candidates using Keck-I/HIRES

Balogh, Michael University of Waterloo 2011A-0127 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.4

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

Barkhouse, Wayne University of North Dakota 2011A-0562 KPNO 2.1m 5

Exploring the Nature of Extended ChaMPx Sources

Barlow, Brad University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2011A-0448 CTIO SOAR 4

The MUCHFUSS project - Searching for the most massive companions to hot subdwarf stars

Barsony, Mary San Francisco State University 2011A-0563 Magellan-I 1

Young Planetary Mass Objects in the Ophiuchi Cloud Core

Bartlett, James California Institute of Technology 2011A-0469 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.1

Planck SZ Clusters: Follow-up of the Planck Galaxy Cluster Catalog

Beck, Tracy Space Telescope Science Institute 2011A-0212 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.45

Circumstellar Gas in Proto-Solar Nebula Analogs: NIFS Observations of Proplyd 253-1536

Beers, Timothy Michigan State University 2011A-0205 GEM-S GEM-SQ 5.94

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

Berger, Edo Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2011A-0274 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.6

Exotic Explosions and Eruptions: Exploring a New Transient Phase-Space with Pan-STARRS

Berger, Edo Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2011A-0275 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.6

Exotic Explosions and Eruptions: Exploring a New Transient Phase-Space with Pan-STARRS

Bian, Fuyan University of Arizona 2011A-0532 GEM-N GEM-N 3

Probing the Most Luminous Lyman Break Galaxies at z~3

Blake, Mel University of North Alabama 2011A-0260 CTIO 1.0m 7

A Search for Variable Stars in Two Old Open Clusters

Bond, Howard Space Telescope Science Institute 2011A-0074 CTIO 1.3m 0.85

SMARTS Monitoring of the Exotic Variable Star V838 Monocerotis

Bornak, Jillian New Mexico State University 2011A-0328 CTIO 1.0m 4

Getting the Windshield DIRTY: Optical/Near-IR Survey of Old Dusty Novae to Study the Assimilation of Dust into the ISM

Bornak, Jillian New Mexico State University 2011A-0328 CTIO SOAR 2

Getting the Windshield DIRTY: Optical/Near-IR Survey of Old Dusty Novae to Study the Assimilation of Dust into the ISM

Boroson, Todd National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2011A-0265 KPNO 4m 6.5

A Systematic Search for the Dynamical Signature of Close Supermassive Binary Black Holes - Continuation

Bowler, Brendan University of Hawaii 2011A-0595 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.7

An Efficient Search for Young Wide Planetary-Mass Companions

Briley, Michael University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh 2011A-0352 CTIO SOAR 3

Deep Mixing in the Most Metal-Rich Globular Red Giants

Britt, Christopher Louisiana State University 2011A-0432 CTIO 1.0m 7

Photometric Calibration and Bright Variables in the Chandra Galactic Bulge Survey

Brown, Alexander University of Colorado 2011A-0269 MMT MMT 1.5

MMT Hectochelle Spectral Variability Study of Active Late-type Stars in the Kepler Field

Bryngelson, Ginger Clemson University 2011A-0189 KPNO WIYN 9

Physics of Supernovae Ia at Late Epochs

Bubar, Eric University of Rochester 2011A-0518 KPNO 4m 3

Where are the Young, Nearby, Northern Associations?

Calzetti, Daniela University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2011A-0139 CTIO 4m 3

The Golden Standard for Star Formation Rate Indicators

Campbell, Ryan Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 2011A-0140 CTIO 1.0m 8

CTIO REU/PIA Observations: Photometry of Polars

Cenko, S Bradley University of California, Berkeley 2011A-0435 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.3

Probing the Central Black Holes of Distant, Quiescent Galaxies via Tidal Disruption Flares

Cenko, S Bradley University of California, Berkeley 2011A-0435 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.3

Probing the Central Black Holes of Distant, Quiescent Galaxies via Tidal Disruption Flares

Chatelain, Joseph Georgia State University 2011A-0187 CTIO 1.0m 7

Are the Greeks and Trojans Different? - Comparing the Brightest Objects in Jupiter's L4 and L5 Swarms

Chu, You-Hua University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2011A-0183 CTIO 4m 3

Exploring Low-Mass Star Formation in Giant Molecular Clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Ciardullo, Robin Pennsylvania State University 2011A-0186 KPNO 4m 6

An Imaging Survey for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment

Ciardullo, Robin Pennsylvania State University 2011A-0292 KPNO WIYN 3

The Kinematics of Virgo's Intracluster Stars

Ciardullo, Robin Pennsylvania State University 2011A-0466 CTIO 4m 3

The Distance to the Antennae Galaxy

Claria, Juan Observatorio Astronomico de Cordoba 2011A-0114 CTIO 1.0m 4

Astrophysical parameters of unstudied or poorly studied galactic open clusters: towards a thorough understanding of the formation and evolution of the galactic disk

Clayton, Geoffrey Louisiana State University 2011A-0085 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.05

Z Umi: A Critical Test of the formation path(s) of R Coronae Borealis Stars

Cobb, Bethany George Washington University 2011A-0383 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.76

Exceptional Swift and Fermi GRBs: Gemini South Targets of Opportunity

Cobb, Bethany George Washington University 2011A-0411 CTIO 1.3m 3.6

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

Constantin, Anca James Madison University 2011A-0174 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.35

Deciphering the least luminous AGN-like LINER and constraining the M_ BH - ^* relation

Cook, Jason NASA Ames Research Center 2011A-0272 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2

Icy grain halos: amorphous or crystalline water ice?

Coughlin, Jeffrey New Mexico State University 2011A-0392 KPNO 4m 6

Radial-Velocity Measurements of Long-Period, Low-Mass Eclipsing Binaries from Kepler

Covey, Kevin Cornell University 2011A-0501 CTIO 1.3m 4

Synoptic Monitoring of Embedded Young Stars: Coordinated ANIDCAM/Spitzer light curves

Crotts, Arlin Columbia University 2011A-0417 CTIO 0.9m-SVC 3.5

Evolution of the Light Echoes of Supernova 1987A

Cummings, Jeff Indiana University 2011A-0366 MMT MMT 1.5

Initial Lithium of Metal-Poor Young Open Clusters and Its Connection To Primordial Lithium

Cushing, Michael California Institute of Technology--JPL 2011A-0467 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.2

Searching for the Coolest Brown Dwarfs in the Solar Neighborhood

De Marco, Orsola Macquarie University 2011A-0430 KPNO 2.1m 5

The Binary Fraction of Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae

Deming, Leo NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 2011A-0226 KPNO 2.1m 7

A Near-infrared Exoplanet Transit and Eclipse Survey

Desai, Shantanu University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2011A-0545 CTIO 4m 17

Optical/NIR Confirmation and Redshift Measurements for South Pole Telescope Selected Galaxy Clusters

Dickinson, Mark National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2011A-0598 Keck Keck-II 1

Spectroscopic confirmation of a population of Herschel-selected ultraluminous infrared galaxies at z > 3

Dieterich, Sergio B Georgia State University 2011A-0340 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.5

Probing Stellar Physics at the Bottom of the Main Sequence: Continuing the Pursuit of Dynamical Masses

Dupuy, Trent Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2011A-0604 Keck Keck-II 1

Resolving the Atmospheres of Substellar Mass Benchmark Binaries at the L/T Dwarf Transition

Eisenhardt, Peter California Institute of Technology--JPL 2011A-0525 CTIO 4m 1

Spectroscopy and Imaging of a Complete Sample of WISE HyperLuminous Galaxy Candidates

Eisenhardt, Peter California Institute of Technology--JPL 2011A-0525 CTIO SOAR 4

Spectroscopy and Imaging of a Complete Sample of WISE HyperLuminous Galaxy Candidates

Eisenhardt, Peter California Institute of Technology--JPL 2011A-0525 GEM-S GEM-S 2

Spectroscopy and Imaging of a Complete Sample of WISE HyperLuminous Galaxy Candidates

Eisenhardt, Peter California Institute of Technology--JPL 2011A-0525 KPNO 4m 4

Spectroscopy and Imaging of a Complete Sample of WISE HyperLuminous Galaxy Candidates

Eisner, Joshua University of Arizona 2011A-0180 CHARA 2.5

Imaging Sub-AU-Sized Regions of Protoplanetary Disks in the near-IR

Epstein, Courtney Ohio State University 2011A-0510 Keck Keck-I 1.5

Testing the Age-Metallicity Relation for the Galactic Disk with CoRoT Red Giants

Finkelstein, Steven Texas A & M University 2011A-0336 CTIO 4m 1

Lyman Alpha Morphologies of LAEs at z ~ 4.4

Fox, Derek Pennsylvania State University 2011A-0533 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.2

Gamma-Ray Bursts: From Progenitors to Probes

Fox, Derek Pennsylvania State University 2011A-0536 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.76

Gamma-Ray Bursts: From Progenitors to Probes

Gal-Yam, Avishay Weizmann Institute of Science 2011A-0111 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.1

Identifying progenitors of core-collapse supernovae

Gallagher, Sarah University of Western Ontario 2011A-0289 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.7

Probing Quasar Outflows with GNIRS HeI* Spectroscopy

Gallagher, Joseph University of Cincinnati 2011A-0456 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.61

A Search for Dust Formation in the CSM Around SN 2010hq

Ge, Jian University of Florida 2011A-0472 KPNO 2.1m 23.5

SDSS-III MARVELS Brown Dwarf and Planet Candidate RV Follow-up

Gebhardt, Karl University of Texas, Austin 2011A-0468 CTIO SOAR 3

The Physical State of Lyman-Alpha Emitters

Gelino, Christopher California Institute of Technology 2011A-0400 CTIO 1.3m 6

Photometric Follow-up of WISE Brown Dwarf Candidates

Gelino, Christopher California Institute of Technology 2011A-0400 CTIO 4m 5

Photometric Follow-up of WISE Brown Dwarf Candidates

Gelino, Christopher California Institute of Technology 2011A-0400 Magellan-II 1

Photometric Follow-up of WISE Brown Dwarf Candidates

Gladders, Michael University of Chicago 2011A-0572 GEM-N GEM-NQ 4.6

Spectroscopy of A Complete Sample of SDSS Lenses

Greene, Jenny University of Texas, Austin 2011A-0155 GEM-N GEM-N 3

Rest-frame Optical Spectra of Narrow-line AGNs at z~ 2

Greene, Jenny University of Texas, Austin 2011A-0170 KPNO WIYN 4

The Hosts of Megamaser Disk Galaxies

Hallinan, Gregg University of California, Berkeley 2011A-0584 GEM-N GEM-N 1.5

Confirming Auroral Emissions on an Ultracool Dwarf

Harker, David University of California, San Diego 2011A-0388 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.32

T-ReCS Comet ToO Initiative 2011A

Hartigan, Patrick Rice University 2010A-0234 CTIO 4m 8

Star Formation, Globules, Outflows and Clusters in Carina OB1

Hebb, Leslie Vanderbilt University 2011A-0348 CTIO 0.9m-SVC 7

Defining the M dwarf Mass-Radius relation as a function of activity and metallicity

Hebb, Leslie Vanderbilt University 2011A-0348 GEM-N GEM-NQ 4

Defining the M dwarf Mass-Radius relation as a function of activity and metallicity

Hebb, Leslie Vanderbilt University 2011A-0348 KPNO 4m 3.5

Defining the M dwarf Mass-Radius relation as a function of activity and metallicity

Heiner, Jonathan Laval University 2011A-0379 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.4

Metals and molecules in HI-selected galaxies

Henry, Alaina University of California, Santa Barbara 2011A-0160 KPNO WIYN 5

Galaxies at the Epoch of Peak Star Formation: Stellar population properties of a WFC3 spectroscopically selected sample

Herrmann, Kimberly Lowell Observatory 2011A-0104 KPNO WIYN 3

Planetary Nebula Kinematics in M101

Hillwig, Todd Valparaiso University 2011A-0345 GEM-S GEM-SQ 3.2

Confirmation of the Mass Donor Star in the Unique Microquasar SS 433

Hinkle, Kenneth National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2011A-0288 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.1

Imaging the debris cloud around the final flash star IRAS15154-5258

Howell, Steve National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2011A-0130 KPNO WIYN 6

Speckle Imaging of Kepler Exoplanet Candidate Host Stars

Howell, Steve National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2011A-0253 KPNO 4m 11.5

Spectroscopy of Kepler Exo-planet Transit Candidate Stars

Howell, D. Andrew University of California, Santa Barbara 2011A-0362 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.45

Optical and UV Spectroscopy of SNe Ia as Probes of Progenitors an Metallicity

Howell, Steve National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2011A-0579 Hale 3

Spectral Characterization of Cataclysmic Variables within the Kepler Field of View

Hsieh, Henry University of Hawaii 2011A-0553 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.4

The Sublimation-Driven Nature of Main-Belt Comet Activity

Huang, Shan Cornell University 2011A-0061 KPNO 2.1m 6.5

Massive Gas-Rich Underluminous Disks in the ALFALFA Survey

Hynes, Robert Louisiana State University 2011A-0485 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.59

Spectroscopic Identification of X-ray Binaries in the Chandra Galactic Bulge Survey

Jackson, Megan Lowell Observatory 2011A-0116 KPNO 4m 4.5

The Stellar Kinematics of Dwarf Irregular Galaxy DDO 125: Is this a galaxy without dark matter?

Jacobson, Seth University of Colorado 2011A-0526 KPNO 2.1m 9.5

Directly detecting the BYORP effect and further characterization of near- Earth asteroid binaries

Jayawardhana, Ray University of Toronto 2011A-0285 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.7

Supermassive Planets or Ultralight Brown Dwarfs? A New Population of Wide Substellar Companions

Jha, Saurabh Rutgers University 2011A-0537 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.78

Adding to the Treasury: Spectroscopic Classification of High-Redshift Supernovae Discovered by HST

Jha, Saurabh Rutgers University 2011A-0537 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.52

Adding to the Treasury: Spectroscopic Classification of High-Redshift Supernovae Discovered by HST

Johnson, Christian University of California, Los Angeles 2011A-0548 CTIO 4m 4

Chemical Abundances and the Formation and Evolution of the Galactic Bulge

Kannappan, Sheila University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2011A-0520 CTIO SOAR 5

Toward a Cosmic Mass Census: Galaxy Dynamics in the RESOLVE Survey

Kartaltepe, Jeyhan National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2011A-0539 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.8 (DD)

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Herschel-selected ULIRGs in GOODS-N at the Peak of Galaxy Assembly

Kaur, Amanpreet Clemson University 2011A-0493 KPNO 4m 1

Spectral classification of novae in M31

Keeney, Brian University of Colorado 2011A-0310 KPNO WIYN 3

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

Khargharia, Juthika University of Colorado 2011A-0282 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.55

The Mass of the Black Hole in XTE J1118+480

Kilic, Mukremin Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 2011A-0088 Keck Keck-I 0.5

The Chemical Composition of an Extrasolar Dwarf Planet

Kleyna, Jan University of Hawaii, Manoa 2011A-0535 CTIO 0.9m-SVC 6

Main Belt Comet Followup with the SMARTS 1.3m

Koopmann, Rebecca Union College 2011A-0316 KPNO 0.9m 7

An H(alpha) Survey of Star Formation in Undergraduate ALFALFA Team Groups and Clusters

Kraus, Stefan University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2011A-0191 GEM-S GEM-S 1

Resolving planet-cleared gaps in transitional/pre-transitional disks with NIR+MIR+sub-mm interferometry

Kulkarni, Shri California Institute of Technology 2010B-0570 KPNO 4m 2

Cosmic Explosions: Census, Systematics, and Beyond

Kulkarni, Shri California Institute of Technology 2011A-0261 KPNO 4m 8

Cosmic Explosions: Census, Systematics, and Beyond

Lada, Elizabeth University of Florida 2011A-0567 CTIO 4m 2

A Census of Embedded Clusters in the Carina Arm

Landolt, Arlo Louisiana State University 2011A-0048 KPNO 2.1m 23

Faint UBVRI Photometric Standard Star fields: KPNO

Landolt, Arlo Louisiana State University 2011A-0049 CTIO 1.0m 32

Faint UBVRI Photometric Standard Star fields: CTIO

Leaman, Ryan University of Victoria 2011A-0425 CTIO 4m 3

Mapping the Structure and Metallicity of the RGB Population in the Dwarf Irregular NGC 6822

Lee, Jae-Woo Sejong University 2011A-0195 CTIO 4m 5

Ca by Photometry of Southern Globular Clusters: Now or Never

Lee, Jae-Woo Sejong University 2011A-0197 KPNO 4m 4

Ca by Photometry of Northern Globular Clusters

Lee, Janice Carnegie Observatories 2011A-0291 CTIO 4m 9

Extending Deep Wide H(alpha) Galaxy Surveys to Higher Redshift with NEWFIRM

Leighly, Karen University of Oklahoma 2011A-0247 KPNO 4m 4

Metastable HeI Absorption: The First Systematic Study of Column Density and Covering Fraction in BALQSOs

Levesque, Emily University of Colorado 2011A-0134 GEM-S GEM-S 2

The Host Environments of Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts

Lidman, Christopher Anglo-Australian Observatory 2011A-0200 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.8

Improving Type Ia supernovae as distance indicators

Limoges, Marie-Michele University of Montreal 2011A-0135 KPNO 2.1m 4.5

A Continuing Census of White Dwarfs Within 40 Parsecs of the Sun

Limoges, Marie-Michele University of Montreal 2011A-0135 KPNO 4m 3.5

A Continuing Census of White Dwarfs Within 40 Parsecs of the Sun

Luhman, Kevin Pennsylvania State University 2011A-0095 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.06

Confirmation of an Edge-on Disk around a Brown Dwarf

Luhman, Kevin Pennsylvania State University 2011A-0102 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.06

Confirmation of a Young Low-mass Quadruple in Taurus

Luhman, Kevin Pennsylvania State University 2011A-0131 Magellan-I 1

Searching for the Bottom of the Initial Mass Function

Luhman, Kevin Pennsylvania State University 2011A-0415 CTIO 4m 5

A Census of the Stellar Population in Upper Scorpius

Ma, Bo University of Florida 2011A-0557 KPNO 2.1m 4

Detecting Rossiter-McLaughlin effect around two transiting exoplanet using EXPERT

Maccarone, Thomas University of Southampton 2011A-0129 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.75

Understanding the Variability of the First Globular Cluster Black Hole

Macri, Lucas Texas A & M University 2011A-0555 KPNO WIYN 3

Cepheids and Long-Period Variables in NGC 4258

Maderak, Ryan Indiana University 2011A-0276 MMT MMT 0.5

Testing the Oxygen vs. Age Relationship in Old Open Clusters: M67 and NGC 188

Mahabal, Ashish California Institute of Technology 2011A-0184 CTIO 1.3m 2.3

Follow-up/light-curves of transients from the Catalina Realtime Transient Survey

Malo, Lison University of Montreal 2011A-0412 CTIO 4m 4

Age-Dating of Low-Mass Candidate members of Nearby Young Kinematic Groups

Mandelbaum, Rachel Princeton University 2011A-0268 KPNO 4m 7

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

Marchesini, Danilo Tufts University 2011A-0514 Keck Keck-II 2

Spectroscopic Confirmation of Monster Galaxies at 3<z<4 with Keck- NIRSPEC

Marchis, Franck SETI Institute/NASA Ames Research Center 2011A-0046 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.67

Refining the Mutual Orbits of Known Multiple Asteroid Moonlets

Marion, Howie Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2011A-0250 Hale 2

Late Time Near-Infrared Spectra from Type Ia Supernovae

Mathieu, Robert University of Wisconsin, Madison 2010B-0501 KPNO WIYN 1.5

A Study of The Binary and Anomalous Stellar Populations in Two Intermediate-Aged Open Clusters

McIntosh, Daniel University of Missouri, Kansas City 2011A-0117 KPNO 2.1m 4.5

Spectroscopic Confirmation of the Ongoing Assembly of Giant Ellipticals

McIntosh, Daniel University of Missouri, Kansas City 2011A-0118 KPNO 2.1m 7.5

Spectroscopy of Gas-rich Major Mergers from the SDSS

McMillan, Robert University of Arizona 2011A-0552 CTIO 4m 4

Astrometry and Photometry of Asteroids and Comets Detected by WISE

McMillan, Robert University of Arizona 2011A-0552 KPNO 4m 4.5

Astrometry and Photometry of Asteroids and Comets Detected by WISE

Meibom, Soren Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2010B-0537 KPNO WIYN 1

The connections between binarity, circumstellar disks, and stellar rotation

Meibom, Soren Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2011A-0304 KPNO WIYN 1

The connections between binarity, circumstellar disks, and stellar rotation

Melis, Carl University of California, San Diego 2011A-0319 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.2

Searching for a Solar system analog in HD 131488

Mikles, Valerie Louisiana State University 2011A-0475 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.84

Measuring the Mass of the Neutron Star Sco X-2 = GX 349+2

Miszalski, Brent University of Hertfordshire 2011A-0204 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.5

A synoptic spectroscopic survey for binary central stars of planetary nebulae

Modjaz, Maryam Columbia University 2011A-0546 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3

Host Galaxy Spectra of Stripped SN from the Palomar Transient Factory: SN Progenitor Diagnostics and the SN-GRB Connection

Modjaz, Maryam Columbia University 2011A-0546 GEM-S GEM-S 2

Host Galaxy Spectra of Stripped SN from the Palomar Transient Factory: SN Progenitor Diagnostics and the SN-GRB Connection

Moffett, Amanda University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2011A-0164 CTIO SOAR 6

Secondary Disks and Disk Regrowth in S0 Galaxies

Moran, Edward Wesleyan University 2011A-0606 KPNO 4m 7

Black Holes in the Milky Way's Backyard

Moran, Edward Wesleyan University 2011A-0606 Hale 2

Black Holes in the Milky Way's Backyard

Muzic, Koraljka University of Toronto 2011A-0144 CTIO 4m 2

Methane-sensitive imaging of substellar objects in the Lupus star forming region

Najarro, Paco Consejo Superior de Investigacions Cientificas 2011A-0609 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.7

Metallicity in the Quintuplet Cluster and the Galactic Center: Evidence for a top-heavy star formation history?

Najita, Joan National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2011A-0185 CTIO 4m 2

Transition Objects: Photoevaporation, Grain Growth, or Planet-Forming Disks?

Nataf, David Ohio State University 2011A-0093 CTIO 4m 2

Does the Milky Way Have an X-Shaped Bulge? A Dynamical Investigation

Naud, Marie-Eve University of Montreal 2011A-0382 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.3

A Planet Search around Young-associations M dwarfs (PSYM survey)

Neilsen, Joseph Harvard University 2011A-0337 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1

A Long Multiwavelength Study of GRS 1915+105: Accretion/Ejection Physics of the Disk Wind and Synchrotron Jet

Nemec, James Camosun College 2010B-0092 CTIO 0.9m 2

RR Lyrae Stars in NGC1841, Reticulum & NGC1466

O'Meara, John Saint Michael's College 2011A-0136 Magellan-II 2

The Optical Depth of the Universe and the Search for Missing Metals at 2.5 < z < 3.4

Oka, Takeshi University of Chicago 2011A-0194 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1

Continued Exploration of the Galactic Center's Central Molecular Zone by H3+ Spectroscopy

Pagnotta, Ashley Louisiana State University 2011A-0386 KPNO 0.9m 7

Testing the Hibernation Hypothesis: Measuring Long-Term Brightness Changes in Northern Classical Novae

Pagnotta, Ashley Louisiana State University 2011A-0410 CTIO 1.0m 7

Testing the Hibernation Hypothesis: Measuring Long-Term Brightness Changes in Southern Classical Novae

Patience, Jennifer University of Exeter 2011A-0225 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2

A NICI survey for exoplanets and disks in the Sco-Cen association

Pena, Maria Instituto de Astronomia 2011A-0163 KPNO 4m 4

Metallicity indicators for metal-poor HII regions and Blue Compact Galaxies

Pereira, Maria University of Arizona 2011A-0597 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.6

RCSJ1419.2+5326: Kinematics of an assembling cluster at z~0.6

Pessev, Peter Gemini Observatory - South 2011A-0405 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3

Do Galaxies care about AGB stars ?

Pettini, Max University of Cambridge 2011A-0054 Keck Keck-I 2

Probing Population III nucleosynthesis with carbon-enhanced DLAs

Pettini, Max University of Cambridge 2011A-0060 Hale 3

A Search for Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor DLAs: Probing Population III Nucleosynthesis

Rawle, Tim University of Arizona 2011A-0083 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.8

The origin of S0 discs in the dense cluster environment

Rawle, Tim University of Arizona 2011A-0395 CTIO 4m 4

Deep Wide-field Near-Infrared Imaging for the Herschel Lensing Survey

Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute 2011A-0458 CTIO 4m 8

Echoes of Historical Supernovae in the Milky Way Galaxy

Roe, Henry Lowell Observatory 2011A-0147 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.9

Titan's Methane Weather post-Equinox: Seasonal climate change and surface geology

Roe, Henry Lowell Observatory 2011A-0147 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.6

Titan's Methane Weather post-Equinox: Seasonal climate change and surface geology

Rothberg, Barry Naval Research Laboratory 2011A-0463 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.8

Unveiling the Young Central Stellar Disk in the Advanced Luminous Infrared Galaxy Arp 193

Sand, David University of California, Santa Barbara 2011A-0280 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.7

Diagnosing youth: Gemini spectroscopy to verify the young stellar populations in Leo IV and Canes Venatici I

Schaefer, Bradley Louisiana State University 2011A-0096 CTIO 0.9m-SVC 3.2

Orbital Period Changes Across the Recent Eruptions of Two Recurrent Novae, the Dynamical Measure of the Ejected Mass, and Whether These Will Become Type Ia Supernovae

Schaefer, Bradley Louisiana State University 2011A-0096 CTIO 1.3m 1.2

Orbital Period Changes Across the Recent Eruptions of Two Recurrent Novae, the Dynamical Measure of the Ejected Mass, and Whether These Will Become Type Ia Supernovae

Schmidt, Samuel University of California-Davis 2011A-0450 CTIO 4m 7

A Near Infrared View Of The Deep Lens Survey

Shemmer, Ohad University of North Texas 2011A-0241 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.55

Weak Line Quasars at High Redshift: Extremely High Accretion Rates or Anemic Broad-Line Regions?

Sheppard, Scott Carnegie Institution of Washington 2011A-0529 CTIO 0.9m-SVC 4.2

Precise Astrometry for Predicting Kuiper Belt Object Occultations

Simon, Michal State University of New York, Stony Brook 2011A-0323 CHARA 2

Stellar Diameters in the Beta Pic Moving Group

Sing, David University of Exeter 2011A-0209 CTIO 1.3m 0.6

Monitoring the Stellar Activity of Transit-Hosting Stars: supporting exoplanet atmosphere observations

Smith, Nathan University of Arizona 2011A-0151 GEM-S GEM-S 2

Resolving the Infrared [Fe II] Emission in Circumstellar LBV Shells with NICI

Smith, Verne National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2011A-0590 Keck Keck-I 1

Characterizing the Stellar-Metallicity versus Planet-Size Relation for Planet-Hosting Stars in the Kepler Data Release

Soderblom, David Space Telescope Science Institute 2011A-0372 KPNO 4m 4

The flaring behavior of G and K dwarfs as seen in the Kepler Q1 data

Stassun, Keivan Vanderbilt University 2011A-0427 Keck Keck-I 0.5

Calibration of Spectral Modeling Techniques for Determining Fundamental Properties of Young Brown Dwarfs

Stringfellow, Guy University of Colorado 2011A-0368 CTIO 4m 10

A Deep Emission Line Study of the Ophiuchus Cloud

Strolger, Louis-Gregory Western Kentucky University 2011A-0416 KPNO 4m 6

Tests of Environmental Effects on SN Ia Production

Su, Kate University of Arizona 2011A-0571 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1

A search for the perturbing planets in large hole debris disks

Subasavage, John Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 2011A-0465 CTIO SOAR 5

Identifying New Nearby White Dwarfs in the Southern Hemisphere

Sullivan, Mark University of Oxford 2011A-0224 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.4

The Host Galaxies of Local PTF Type Ia Supernovae

Szkody, Paula University of Washington 2011A-0143 KPNO 2.1m 3.5

Observations of Accreting White Dwarf Pulsators

Tanvir, Nial University of Leicester 2011A-0228 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.2

Investigating gamma-ray bursts and their use as cosmological probes

Thomas, Cristina Northern Arizona University 2011A-0512 CTIO SOAR 8

Physical Characterization of Warm Spitzer Observed Near-Earth Objects

Thomas, Cristina Northern Arizona University 2011A-0512 KPNO 4m 4

Physical Characterization of Warm Spitzer Observed Near-Earth Objects

Thorman, Paul University of California-Davis 2011A-0550 KPNO 4m 4

Medium-band imaging of a z=0.53 merging cluster

Tilvi, Vithal Arizona State University 2011A-0603 CTIO 4m 6

Narrow-band imaging of z=7.7 Lyman alpha Emitters

Tokovinin, Andrei National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2011A-0002 CTIO 1.3m 1.2

Complete census of wide companions to nearby stars

Trilling, David Northern Arizona University 2011A-0583 GEM-N GEM-N 1

A deep search for further New Horizons targets

Trueblood, Mark National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2011A-0057 KPNO 2.1m 3

Long Term Follow-up of Near Earth Objects

Trujillo, Chadwick Gemini Observatory - North 2011A-0541 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.1

Primordial Solar System Ices

Ueta, Toshiya University of Denver 2011A-0201 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.9

Probing of the Structure of Optically-Thin Proto-Planetary Nebulae with Angular Differential Imaging

Van Der Bliek, Nicole National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2011A-0477 CTIO 4m 4

Deep optical & IR imaging of Musca

Vieira, Joaquin California Institute of Technology 2011A-0589 CTIO SOAR 5

Systematic Followup of High-Redshift Strongly Lensed Dusty Star Forming Galaxies

Vrtilek, Saeqa Dil Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 2011A-0419 GEM-S GEM-S 2

Modulation tomography of the Black Hole source GRS 1716-249

Walter, Frederick State University of New York, Stony Brook 2011A-0365 CTIO 0.9m-SVC 3.5

Photometric Periods of Recent Southern Novae

Walter, Frederick State University of New York, Stony Brook 2011A-0365 CTIO 1.3m 7

Photometric Periods of Recent Southern Novae

Williams, Stephen Georgia State University 2011A-0385 KPNO 4m 6

Spectroscopic Orbits for Kepler FOV Eclipsing Binaries

Winkler, P Frank Middlebury College 2011A-0110 KPNO WIYN 4

Searching for Supernova Remnants in the Most Fertile Galaxy: NGC 6946

Winkler, P. Frank Middlebury College 2011A-0436 GEM-S GEM-S 3

Finding and Characterizing SNRs - Young and Old - in M83

Winkler, P. Frank Middlebury College 2011A-0436 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.25

Finding and Characterizing SNRs - Young and Old - in M83

Wisniewski, John University of Washington 2011A-0106 KPNO 2.1m 6.5

M Dwarf Flares: Exoplanet Implications

Womack, Maria St. Cloud State University 2011A-0470 Keck Keck-II 1

Search for water vapor in a super-Earth exoplanet

Worseck, Gabor University of California, Santa Cruz 2011A-0262 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.5

Surveying the Post-Reionization Universe with Quasar Spectroscopy III

Worseck, Gabor University of California, Santa Cruz 2011A-0264 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.2

Surveying the Post-Reionization Universe with Quasar Spectroscopy III

Worseck, Gabor University of California, Santa Cruz 2011A-0449 KPNO 4m 4

A dedicated quasar survey to identify the sources of He2 reionization

Youichi, Ohyama Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics 2011A-0587 KPNO WIYN 4

Optical Spectroscopy of Galaxies from the AKARI North Ecliptic Pole (NEP) Survey to z ~ 0.5

Young, Leslie Southwest Research Institute 2011A-0301 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2

Pluto's Atmospheric CH_4: Variations in time, space, and altitude

Zabludoff, Ann University of Arizona 2011A-0593 KPNO 4m 4

Tracing the Cosmic Web with Lyman-(alpha) Blobs

Zezas, Andreas Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2011A-0300 KPNO 4m 2.5

Investigation of Supernova Remnants in nearby galaxies

Zhang, Hongxin Lowell Observatory 2011A-0306 CTIO 4m 4

Deep JH Imaging of the LITTLE THINGS Galaxies: Stellar Mass Assembly in Dwarf Galaxies

Zhang, Hongxin Lowell Observatory 2011A-0306 KPNO 4m 6.5

Deep JH Imaging of the LITTLE THINGS Galaxies: Stellar Mass Assembly in Dwarf Galaxies

Zhao, Ping Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2011A-0373 CTIO 1.0m 3

A new Method to Search for quiescent Low-Mass X-ray Binary

Zuckerman, Ben University of California, Los Angeles 2011A-0161 KPNO 4m 4.5

Hunting the Coolest Substellar Dwarfs in the Northern Hemisphere

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

Ardila, David	NASA Herschel Science Center	2011A-0266	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.5
Accretion in Close Pre-Main-Sequence Binaries

Asa'D, Randa	University of Cincinnati	2011A-0353	CTIO	4m	6
Spectra of star clusters in the LMC as an age indicator.

Auger, Matthew	University of California, Santa Barbara	2011A-0424	Keck	Keck-II	1
Mining Red Nuggets by Sniggling for EELs

Badenes, Carles	Weizmann Institute of Science	2011A-0206	KPNO	4m	4
Spectroscopic follow-up of the SWARMS survey

Baines, Ellyn	Naval Research Laboratory	2011A-0099		CHARA	0.5
Measuring K Giant Star Fundamental Parameters Using the CHARA Array

Bakos, Gaspar	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2011A-0207	Keck	Keck-I	0.5
Confirmation spectroscopy of HATNet transiting exoplanet candidates using Keck-I/HIRES

Balogh, Michael	University of Waterloo	2011A-0127	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.4
The transition of galaxy groups from an invigorating environment to a suffocating one

Barkhouse, Wayne	University of North Dakota	2011A-0562	KPNO	2.1m	5
Exploring the Nature of Extended ChaMPx Sources

Barlow, Brad	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	2011A-0448	CTIO	SOAR	4
The MUCHFUSS project - Searching for the most massive companions to hot subdwarf stars

Barsony, Mary	San Francisco State University	2011A-0563		Magellan-I	1
Young Planetary Mass Objects in the Ophiuchi Cloud Core

Bartlett, James	California Institute of Technology	2011A-0469	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	2.1
Planck SZ Clusters: Follow-up of the Planck Galaxy Cluster Catalog

Beck, Tracy	Space Telescope Science Institute	2011A-0212	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.45
Circumstellar Gas in Proto-Solar Nebula Analogs: NIFS Observations of Proplyd 253-1536

Beers, Timothy	Michigan State University	2011A-0205	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	5.94
A Survey for Unrecognized Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars in the Galaxy

Berger, Edo	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2011A-0274	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.6
Exotic Explosions and Eruptions: Exploring a New Transient Phase-Space with Pan-STARRS

Berger, Edo	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2011A-0275	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.6
Exotic Explosions and Eruptions: Exploring a New Transient Phase-Space with Pan-STARRS

Bian, Fuyan	University of Arizona	2011A-0532	GEM-N	GEM-N	3
Probing the Most Luminous Lyman Break Galaxies at z~3

Blake, Mel	University of North Alabama	2011A-0260	CTIO	1.0m	7
A Search for Variable Stars in Two Old Open Clusters

Bond, Howard	Space Telescope Science Institute	2011A-0074	CTIO	1.3m	0.85
SMARTS Monitoring of the Exotic Variable Star V838 Monocerotis

Bornak, Jillian	New Mexico State University	2011A-0328	CTIO	1.0m	4
Getting the Windshield DIRTY: Optical/Near-IR Survey of Old Dusty Novae to Study the Assimilation of Dust into the ISM

Bornak, Jillian	New Mexico State University	2011A-0328	CTIO	SOAR	2
Getting the Windshield DIRTY: Optical/Near-IR Survey of Old Dusty Novae to Study the Assimilation of Dust into the ISM

Boroson, Todd	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2011A-0265	KPNO	4m	6.5
A Systematic Search for the Dynamical Signature of Close Supermassive Binary Black Holes - Continuation

Bowler, Brendan	University of Hawaii	2011A-0595	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	2.7
An Efficient Search for Young Wide Planetary-Mass Companions

Briley, Michael	University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh	2011A-0352	CTIO	SOAR	3
Deep Mixing in the Most Metal-Rich Globular Red Giants

Britt, Christopher	Louisiana State University	2011A-0432	CTIO	1.0m	7
Photometric Calibration and Bright Variables in the Chandra Galactic Bulge Survey

Brown, Alexander	University of Colorado	2011A-0269	MMT	MMT	1.5
MMT Hectochelle Spectral Variability Study of Active Late-type Stars in the Kepler Field

Bryngelson, Ginger	Clemson University	2011A-0189	KPNO	WIYN	9
Physics of Supernovae Ia at Late Epochs

Bubar, Eric	University of Rochester	2011A-0518	KPNO	4m	3
Where are the Young, Nearby, Northern Associations?

Calzetti, Daniela	University of Massachusetts, Amherst	2011A-0139	CTIO	4m	3
The Golden Standard for Star Formation Rate Indicators

Campbell, Ryan	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory	2011A-0140	CTIO	1.0m	8
CTIO REU/PIA Observations: Photometry of Polars

Cenko, S Bradley	University of California, Berkeley	2011A-0435	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.3
Probing the Central Black Holes of Distant, Quiescent Galaxies via Tidal Disruption Flares

Cenko, S Bradley	University of California, Berkeley	2011A-0435	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.3
Probing the Central Black Holes of Distant, Quiescent Galaxies via Tidal Disruption Flares

Chatelain, Joseph	Georgia State University	2011A-0187	CTIO	1.0m	7
Are the Greeks and Trojans Different? - Comparing the Brightest Objects in Jupiter's L4 and L5 Swarms

Chu, You-Hua	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	2011A-0183	CTIO	4m	3
Exploring Low-Mass Star Formation in Giant Molecular Clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Ciardullo, Robin	Pennsylvania State University	2011A-0186	KPNO	4m	6
An Imaging Survey for the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment

Ciardullo, Robin	Pennsylvania State University	2011A-0292	KPNO	WIYN	3
The Kinematics of Virgo's Intracluster Stars

Ciardullo, Robin	Pennsylvania State University	2011A-0466	CTIO	4m	3
The Distance to the Antennae Galaxy

Claria, Juan	Observatorio Astronomico de Cordoba	2011A-0114	CTIO	1.0m	4
Astrophysical parameters of unstudied or poorly studied galactic open clusters: towards a thorough understanding of the formation and evolution of the galactic disk

Clayton, Geoffrey	Louisiana State University	2011A-0085	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.05
Z Umi: A Critical Test of the formation path(s) of R Coronae Borealis Stars

Cobb, Bethany	George Washington University	2011A-0383	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.76
Exceptional Swift and Fermi GRBs: Gemini South Targets of Opportunity

Cobb, Bethany	George Washington University	2011A-0411	CTIO	1.3m	3.6
Optical/IR Follow-Up of Gamma-Ray Bursts from SMARTS

Constantin, Anca	James Madison University	2011A-0174	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.35
Deciphering the least luminous AGN-like LINER and constraining the M_ BH - ^ relation*

Cook, Jason	NASA Ames Research Center	2011A-0272	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	2
Icy grain halos: amorphous or crystalline water ice?

Coughlin, Jeffrey	New Mexico State University	2011A-0392	KPNO	4m	6
Radial-Velocity Measurements of Long-Period, Low-Mass Eclipsing Binaries from Kepler

Covey, Kevin	Cornell University	2011A-0501	CTIO	1.3m	4
Synoptic Monitoring of Embedded Young Stars: Coordinated ANIDCAM/Spitzer light curves

Crotts, Arlin	Columbia University	2011A-0417	CTIO	0.9m-SVC	3.5
Evolution of the Light Echoes of Supernova 1987A

Cummings, Jeff	Indiana University	2011A-0366	MMT	MMT	1.5
Initial Lithium of Metal-Poor Young Open Clusters and Its Connection To Primordial Lithium

Cushing, Michael	California Institute of Technology--JPL	2011A-0467	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.2
Searching for the Coolest Brown Dwarfs in the Solar Neighborhood

De Marco, Orsola	Macquarie University	2011A-0430	KPNO	2.1m	5
The Binary Fraction of Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae

Deming, Leo	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	2011A-0226	KPNO	2.1m	7
A Near-infrared Exoplanet Transit and Eclipse Survey

Desai, Shantanu	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	2011A-0545	CTIO	4m	17
Optical/NIR Confirmation and Redshift Measurements for South Pole Telescope Selected Galaxy Clusters

Dickinson, Mark	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2011A-0598	Keck	Keck-II	1
Spectroscopic confirmation of a population of Herschel-selected ultraluminous infrared galaxies at z > 3

Dieterich, Sergio B	Georgia State University	2011A-0340	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.5
Probing Stellar Physics at the Bottom of the Main Sequence: Continuing the Pursuit of Dynamical Masses

Dupuy, Trent	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2011A-0604	Keck	Keck-II	1
Resolving the Atmospheres of Substellar Mass Benchmark Binaries at the L/T Dwarf Transition

Eisenhardt, Peter	California Institute of Technology--JPL	2011A-0525	CTIO	4m	1
Spectroscopy and Imaging of a Complete Sample of WISE HyperLuminous Galaxy Candidates

Eisenhardt, Peter	California Institute of Technology--JPL	2011A-0525	CTIO	SOAR	4
Spectroscopy and Imaging of a Complete Sample of WISE HyperLuminous Galaxy Candidates

Eisenhardt, Peter	California Institute of Technology--JPL	2011A-0525	GEM-S	GEM-S	2
Spectroscopy and Imaging of a Complete Sample of WISE HyperLuminous Galaxy Candidates

Eisenhardt, Peter	California Institute of Technology--JPL	2011A-0525	KPNO	4m	4
Spectroscopy and Imaging of a Complete Sample of WISE HyperLuminous Galaxy Candidates

Eisner, Joshua	University of Arizona	2011A-0180		CHARA	2.5
Imaging Sub-AU-Sized Regions of Protoplanetary Disks in the near-IR

Epstein, Courtney	Ohio State University	2011A-0510	Keck	Keck-I	1.5
Testing the Age-Metallicity Relation for the Galactic Disk with CoRoT Red Giants

Finkelstein, Steven	Texas A & M University	2011A-0336	CTIO	4m	1
Lyman Alpha Morphologies of LAEs at z ~ 4.4

Fox, Derek	Pennsylvania State University	2011A-0533	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.2
Gamma-Ray Bursts: From Progenitors to Probes

Fox, Derek	Pennsylvania State University	2011A-0536	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.76
Gamma-Ray Bursts: From Progenitors to Probes

Gal-Yam, Avishay	Weizmann Institute of Science	2011A-0111	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.1
Identifying progenitors of core-collapse supernovae

Gallagher, Sarah	University of Western Ontario	2011A-0289	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.7
Probing Quasar Outflows with GNIRS HeI Spectroscopy*

Gallagher, Joseph	University of Cincinnati	2011A-0456	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.61
A Search for Dust Formation in the CSM Around SN 2010hq

Ge, Jian	University of Florida	2011A-0472	KPNO	2.1m	23.5
SDSS-III MARVELS Brown Dwarf and Planet Candidate RV Follow-up

Gebhardt, Karl	University of Texas, Austin	2011A-0468	CTIO	SOAR	3
The Physical State of Lyman-Alpha Emitters

Gelino, Christopher	California Institute of Technology	2011A-0400	CTIO	1.3m	6
Photometric Follow-up of WISE Brown Dwarf Candidates

Gelino, Christopher	California Institute of Technology	2011A-0400	CTIO	4m	5
Photometric Follow-up of WISE Brown Dwarf Candidates

Gelino, Christopher	California Institute of Technology	2011A-0400		Magellan-II	1
Photometric Follow-up of WISE Brown Dwarf Candidates

Gladders, Michael	University of Chicago	2011A-0572	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	4.6
Spectroscopy of A Complete Sample of SDSS Lenses

Greene, Jenny	University of Texas, Austin	2011A-0155	GEM-N	GEM-N	3
Rest-frame Optical Spectra of Narrow-line AGNs at z~ 2

Greene, Jenny	University of Texas, Austin	2011A-0170	KPNO	WIYN	4
The Hosts of Megamaser Disk Galaxies

Hallinan, Gregg	University of California, Berkeley	2011A-0584	GEM-N	GEM-N	1.5
Confirming Auroral Emissions on an Ultracool Dwarf

Harker, David	University of California, San Diego	2011A-0388	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.32
T-ReCS Comet ToO Initiative 2011A

Hartigan, Patrick	Rice University	2010A-0234	CTIO	4m	8
Star Formation, Globules, Outflows and Clusters in Carina OB1

Hebb, Leslie	Vanderbilt University	2011A-0348	CTIO	0.9m-SVC	7
Defining the M dwarf Mass-Radius relation as a function of activity and metallicity

Hebb, Leslie	Vanderbilt University	2011A-0348	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	4
Defining the M dwarf Mass-Radius relation as a function of activity and metallicity

Hebb, Leslie	Vanderbilt University	2011A-0348	KPNO	4m	3.5
Defining the M dwarf Mass-Radius relation as a function of activity and metallicity

Heiner, Jonathan	Laval University	2011A-0379	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.4
Metals and molecules in HI-selected galaxies

Henry, Alaina	University of California, Santa Barbara	2011A-0160	KPNO	WIYN	5
Galaxies at the Epoch of Peak Star Formation: Stellar population properties of a WFC3 spectroscopically selected sample

Herrmann, Kimberly	Lowell Observatory	2011A-0104	KPNO	WIYN	3
Planetary Nebula Kinematics in M101

Hillwig, Todd	Valparaiso University	2011A-0345	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	3.2
Confirmation of the Mass Donor Star in the Unique Microquasar SS 433

Hinkle, Kenneth	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2011A-0288	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.1
Imaging the debris cloud around the final flash star IRAS15154-5258

Howell, Steve	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2011A-0130	KPNO	WIYN	6
Speckle Imaging of Kepler Exoplanet Candidate Host Stars

Howell, Steve	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2011A-0253	KPNO	4m	11.5
Spectroscopy of Kepler Exo-planet Transit Candidate Stars

Howell, D. Andrew	University of California, Santa Barbara	2011A-0362	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.45
Optical and UV Spectroscopy of SNe Ia as Probes of Progenitors an Metallicity

Howell, Steve	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2011A-0579		Hale	3
Spectral Characterization of Cataclysmic Variables within the Kepler Field of View

Hsieh, Henry	University of Hawaii	2011A-0553	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.4
The Sublimation-Driven Nature of Main-Belt Comet Activity

Huang, Shan	Cornell University	2011A-0061	KPNO	2.1m	6.5
Massive Gas-Rich Underluminous Disks in the ALFALFA Survey

Hynes, Robert	Louisiana State University	2011A-0485	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.59
Spectroscopic Identification of X-ray Binaries in the Chandra Galactic Bulge Survey

Jackson, Megan	Lowell Observatory	2011A-0116	KPNO	4m	4.5
The Stellar Kinematics of Dwarf Irregular Galaxy DDO 125: Is this a galaxy without dark matter?

Jacobson, Seth	University of Colorado	2011A-0526	KPNO	2.1m	9.5
Directly detecting the BYORP effect and further characterization of near- Earth asteroid binaries

Jayawardhana, Ray	University of Toronto	2011A-0285	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.7
Supermassive Planets or Ultralight Brown Dwarfs? A New Population of Wide Substellar Companions

Jha, Saurabh	Rutgers University	2011A-0537	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.78
Adding to the Treasury: Spectroscopic Classification of High-Redshift Supernovae Discovered by HST

Jha, Saurabh	Rutgers University	2011A-0537	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.52
Adding to the Treasury: Spectroscopic Classification of High-Redshift Supernovae Discovered by HST

Johnson, Christian	University of California, Los Angeles	2011A-0548	CTIO	4m	4
Chemical Abundances and the Formation and Evolution of the Galactic Bulge

Kannappan, Sheila	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	2011A-0520	CTIO	SOAR	5
Toward a Cosmic Mass Census: Galaxy Dynamics in the RESOLVE Survey

Kartaltepe, Jeyhan	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2011A-0539	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.8 (DD)
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Herschel-selected ULIRGs in GOODS-N at the Peak of Galaxy Assembly

Kaur, Amanpreet	Clemson University	2011A-0493	KPNO	4m	1
Spectral classification of novae in M31

Keeney, Brian	University of Colorado	2011A-0310	KPNO	WIYN	3
Gas and Galaxies in the Cosmic Web: A Galaxy Redshift Survey around HST/COS Target Sight Lines

Khargharia, Juthika	University of Colorado	2011A-0282	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.55
The Mass of the Black Hole in XTE J1118+480

Kilic, Mukremin	Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory	2011A-0088	Keck	Keck-I	0.5
The Chemical Composition of an Extrasolar Dwarf Planet

Kleyna, Jan	University of Hawaii, Manoa	2011A-0535	CTIO	0.9m-SVC	6
Main Belt Comet Followup with the SMARTS 1.3m

Koopmann, Rebecca	Union College	2011A-0316	KPNO	0.9m	7
An H(alpha) Survey of Star Formation in Undergraduate ALFALFA Team Groups and Clusters

Kraus, Stefan	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	2011A-0191	GEM-S	GEM-S	1
Resolving planet-cleared gaps in transitional/pre-transitional disks with NIR+MIR+sub-mm interferometry

Kulkarni, Shri	California Institute of Technology	2010B-0570	KPNO	4m	2
Cosmic Explosions: Census, Systematics, and Beyond

Kulkarni, Shri	California Institute of Technology	2011A-0261	KPNO	4m	8
Cosmic Explosions: Census, Systematics, and Beyond

Lada, Elizabeth	University of Florida	2011A-0567	CTIO	4m	2
A Census of Embedded Clusters in the Carina Arm

Landolt, Arlo	Louisiana State University	2011A-0048	KPNO	2.1m	23
Faint UBVRI Photometric Standard Star fields: KPNO

Landolt, Arlo	Louisiana State University	2011A-0049	CTIO	1.0m	32
Faint UBVRI Photometric Standard Star fields: CTIO

Leaman, Ryan	University of Victoria	2011A-0425	CTIO	4m	3
Mapping the Structure and Metallicity of the RGB Population in the Dwarf Irregular NGC 6822

Lee, Jae-Woo	Sejong University	2011A-0195	CTIO	4m	5
Ca by Photometry of Southern Globular Clusters: Now or Never

Lee, Jae-Woo	Sejong University	2011A-0197	KPNO	4m	4
Ca by Photometry of Northern Globular Clusters

Lee, Janice	Carnegie Observatories	2011A-0291	CTIO	4m	9
Extending Deep Wide H(alpha) Galaxy Surveys to Higher Redshift with NEWFIRM

Leighly, Karen	University of Oklahoma	2011A-0247	KPNO	4m	4
Metastable HeI Absorption: The First Systematic Study of Column Density and Covering Fraction in BALQSOs

Levesque, Emily	University of Colorado	2011A-0134	GEM-S	GEM-S	2
The Host Environments of Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts

Lidman, Christopher	Anglo-Australian Observatory	2011A-0200	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.8
Improving Type Ia supernovae as distance indicators

Limoges, Marie-Michele	University of Montreal	2011A-0135	KPNO	2.1m	4.5
A Continuing Census of White Dwarfs Within 40 Parsecs of the Sun

Limoges, Marie-Michele	University of Montreal	2011A-0135	KPNO	4m	3.5
A Continuing Census of White Dwarfs Within 40 Parsecs of the Sun

Luhman, Kevin	Pennsylvania State University	2011A-0095	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.06
Confirmation of an Edge-on Disk around a Brown Dwarf

Luhman, Kevin	Pennsylvania State University	2011A-0102	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.06
Confirmation of a Young Low-mass Quadruple in Taurus

Luhman, Kevin	Pennsylvania State University	2011A-0131		Magellan-I	1
Searching for the Bottom of the Initial Mass Function

Luhman, Kevin	Pennsylvania State University	2011A-0415	CTIO	4m	5
A Census of the Stellar Population in Upper Scorpius

Ma, Bo	University of Florida	2011A-0557	KPNO	2.1m	4
Detecting Rossiter-McLaughlin effect around two transiting exoplanet using EXPERT

Maccarone, Thomas	University of Southampton	2011A-0129	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.75
Understanding the Variability of the First Globular Cluster Black Hole

Macri, Lucas	Texas A & M University	2011A-0555	KPNO	WIYN	3
Cepheids and Long-Period Variables in NGC 4258

Maderak, Ryan	Indiana University	2011A-0276	MMT	MMT	0.5
Testing the Oxygen vs. Age Relationship in Old Open Clusters: M67 and NGC 188

Mahabal, Ashish	California Institute of Technology	2011A-0184	CTIO	1.3m	2.3
Follow-up/light-curves of transients from the Catalina Realtime Transient Survey

Malo, Lison	University of Montreal	2011A-0412	CTIO	4m	4
Age-Dating of Low-Mass Candidate members of Nearby Young Kinematic Groups

Mandelbaum, Rachel	Princeton University	2011A-0268	KPNO	4m	7
Normalization and scatter of the mass-temperature relation for supermassive galaxy clusters

Marchesini, Danilo	Tufts University	2011A-0514	Keck	Keck-II	2
Spectroscopic Confirmation of Monster Galaxies at 3<z<4 with Keck- NIRSPEC

Marchis, Franck	SETI Institute/NASA Ames Research Center	2011A-0046	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.67
Refining the Mutual Orbits of Known Multiple Asteroid Moonlets

Marion, Howie	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2011A-0250		Hale	2
Late Time Near-Infrared Spectra from Type Ia Supernovae

Mathieu, Robert	University of Wisconsin, Madison	2010B-0501	KPNO	WIYN	1.5
A Study of The Binary and Anomalous Stellar Populations in Two Intermediate-Aged Open Clusters

McIntosh, Daniel	University of Missouri, Kansas City	2011A-0117	KPNO	2.1m	4.5
Spectroscopic Confirmation of the Ongoing Assembly of Giant Ellipticals

McIntosh, Daniel	University of Missouri, Kansas City	2011A-0118	KPNO	2.1m	7.5
Spectroscopy of Gas-rich Major Mergers from the SDSS

McMillan, Robert	University of Arizona	2011A-0552	CTIO	4m	4
Astrometry and Photometry of Asteroids and Comets Detected by WISE

McMillan, Robert	University of Arizona	2011A-0552	KPNO	4m	4.5
Astrometry and Photometry of Asteroids and Comets Detected by WISE

Meibom, Soren	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2010B-0537	KPNO	WIYN	1
The connections between binarity, circumstellar disks, and stellar rotation

Meibom, Soren	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2011A-0304	KPNO	WIYN	1
The connections between binarity, circumstellar disks, and stellar rotation

Melis, Carl	University of California, San Diego	2011A-0319	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.2
Searching for a Solar system analog in HD 131488

Mikles, Valerie	Louisiana State University	2011A-0475	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.84
Measuring the Mass of the Neutron Star Sco X-2 = GX 349+2

Miszalski, Brent	University of Hertfordshire	2011A-0204	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.5
A synoptic spectroscopic survey for binary central stars of planetary nebulae

Modjaz, Maryam	Columbia University	2011A-0546	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	3
Host Galaxy Spectra of Stripped SN from the Palomar Transient Factory: SN Progenitor Diagnostics and the SN-GRB Connection

Modjaz, Maryam	Columbia University	2011A-0546	GEM-S	GEM-S	2
Host Galaxy Spectra of Stripped SN from the Palomar Transient Factory: SN Progenitor Diagnostics and the SN-GRB Connection

Moffett, Amanda	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	2011A-0164	CTIO	SOAR	6
Secondary Disks and Disk Regrowth in S0 Galaxies

Moran, Edward	Wesleyan University	2011A-0606	KPNO	4m	7
Black Holes in the Milky Way's Backyard

Moran, Edward	Wesleyan University	2011A-0606		Hale	2
Black Holes in the Milky Way's Backyard

Muzic, Koraljka	University of Toronto	2011A-0144	CTIO	4m	2
Methane-sensitive imaging of substellar objects in the Lupus star forming region

Najarro, Paco	Consejo Superior de Investigacions Cientificas	2011A-0609	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.7
Metallicity in the Quintuplet Cluster and the Galactic Center: Evidence for a top-heavy star formation history?

Najita, Joan	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2011A-0185	CTIO	4m	2
Transition Objects: Photoevaporation, Grain Growth, or Planet-Forming Disks?

Nataf, David	Ohio State University	2011A-0093	CTIO	4m	2
Does the Milky Way Have an X-Shaped Bulge? A Dynamical Investigation

Naud, Marie-Eve	University of Montreal	2011A-0382	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.3
A Planet Search around Young-associations M dwarfs (PSYM survey)

Neilsen, Joseph	Harvard University	2011A-0337	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1
A Long Multiwavelength Study of GRS 1915+105: Accretion/Ejection Physics of the Disk Wind and Synchrotron Jet

Nemec, James	Camosun College	2010B-0092	CTIO	0.9m	2
RR Lyrae Stars in NGC1841, Reticulum & NGC1466

O'Meara, John	Saint Michael's College	2011A-0136		Magellan-II	2
The Optical Depth of the Universe and the Search for Missing Metals at 2.5 < z < 3.4

Oka, Takeshi	University of Chicago	2011A-0194	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1
Continued Exploration of the Galactic Center's Central Molecular Zone by H3+ Spectroscopy

Pagnotta, Ashley	Louisiana State University	2011A-0386	KPNO	0.9m	7
Testing the Hibernation Hypothesis: Measuring Long-Term Brightness Changes in Northern Classical Novae

Pagnotta, Ashley	Louisiana State University	2011A-0410	CTIO	1.0m	7
Testing the Hibernation Hypothesis: Measuring Long-Term Brightness Changes in Southern Classical Novae

Patience, Jennifer	University of Exeter	2011A-0225	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	2
A NICI survey for exoplanets and disks in the Sco-Cen association

Pena, Maria	Instituto de Astronomia	2011A-0163	KPNO	4m	4
Metallicity indicators for metal-poor HII regions and Blue Compact Galaxies

Pereira, Maria	University of Arizona	2011A-0597	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.6
RCSJ1419.2+5326: Kinematics of an assembling cluster at z~0.6

Pessev, Peter	Gemini Observatory - South	2011A-0405	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	3
Do Galaxies care about AGB stars ?

Pettini, Max	University of Cambridge	2011A-0054	Keck	Keck-I	2
Probing Population III nucleosynthesis with carbon-enhanced DLAs

Pettini, Max	University of Cambridge	2011A-0060		Hale	3
A Search for Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor DLAs: Probing Population III Nucleosynthesis

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