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NOAO Approved Programs for 2012B

Approved NOAO Survey Programs

PI Institution Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.

Proposal Title

Desert, Jean-Michel Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2012B-0398 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3

Comparative Exoplanetology of Hot-Jupiter Prototypes

Desert, Jean-Michel Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2012B-0398 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2

Comparative Exoplanetology of Hot-Jupiter Prototypes

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

Mutual Orbits and Masses of Kuiper Belt Binaries and Multiple Systems

Guhathakurta, Puragra University of California, Santa Cruz 2012B-0540 KPNO 4m 13

NEWFIRM Survey of Intermediate Age Populations in M31's Halo: A Test of (Lambda)CDM

Salzer, John Indiana University 2011A-0030 KPNO 2.1m 7.5

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

Stubbs, Christopher Harvard University 2011A-0034 GEM-S GEM-SQ 5.2

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

Wood-Vasey, Michael University of Pittsburgh 2012B-0500 KPNO WIYN 7

Type Ia Supernovae in the Near-Infrared: A Three-Year Survey toward a One Percent Distance Measurement with WIYN+WHIRC

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

Desert, Jean-Michel	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2012B-0398	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	3
Comparative Exoplanetology of Hot-Jupiter Prototypes

Desert, Jean-Michel	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2012B-0398	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	2
Comparative Exoplanetology of Hot-Jupiter Prototypes

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

Guhathakurta, Puragra	University of California, Santa Cruz	2012B-0540	KPNO	4m	13
NEWFIRM Survey of Intermediate Age Populations in M31's Halo: A Test of (Lambda)CDM

Salzer, John	Indiana University	2011A-0030	KPNO	2.1m	7.5
Making Hay with ALFALFA: The Star-Formation Properties of an HI-Selected Galaxy Sample

Stubbs, Christopher	Harvard University	2011A-0034	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	5.2
Spectroscopy of Galaxies in Massive Clusters: Galaxy Properties and Dynamical Cluster Mass Calibration

Wood-Vasey, Michael	University of Pittsburgh	2012B-0500	KPNO	WIYN	7
Type Ia Supernovae in the Near-Infrared: A Three-Year Survey toward a One Percent Distance Measurement with WIYN+WHIRC

Approved Long Term Programs

PI Institution Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.

Proposal Title

Bond, Howard Space Telescope Science Institute 2012A-0388 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 1.5

Intermediate-Luminosity Red Transients: SMARTS Monitoring

Macri, Lucas Texas A & M University 2012B-0055 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 6

Mapping the Nearby Universe: The 2MASS Redshift Survey

Metcalfe, Travis High Altitude Observatory 2011B-0001 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 5

Activity Cycles of Southern Asteroseismic Targets

Phillips, Mark Carnegie Institution of Washington 2011B-0262 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1

Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Followup of Type Ia Supernovae in the Hubble Flow

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

Bond, Howard	Space Telescope Science Institute	2012A-0388	CTIO	1.5m-SVC	1.5
Intermediate-Luminosity Red Transients: SMARTS Monitoring

Macri, Lucas	Texas A & M University	2012B-0055	CTIO	1.5m-SVC	6
Mapping the Nearby Universe: The 2MASS Redshift Survey

Metcalfe, Travis	High Altitude Observatory	2011B-0001	CTIO	1.5m-SVC	5
Activity Cycles of Southern Asteroseismic Targets

Phillips, Mark	Carnegie Institution of Washington	2011B-0262	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1
Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Followup of Type Ia Supernovae in the Hubble Flow

Approved Regular Programs

PI Institution Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.

Proposal Title

Allen, Tom University of Toledo 2011B-0584 KPNO 0.9m 4

Mosaic Imaging of the Cep OB3b Cloud

Allen, Lori National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2012B-0569 CTIO 4m-TBD 2

DECam NEO Search Pilot Project

Anthony-Twarog, Barbara University of Kansas 2012B-0096 KPNO WIYN 1

Constraining the Evolution of Li via the Turnoff Structure of NGC 7789

Antoniou, Vallia Iowa State University 2012B-0426 SSO AAT-SVC 0.6

Classification of X-ray sources detected in the XMM-Newton survey of the SMC

Atlee, David National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2012B-0461 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.4

A Spectroscopic Study of the Contribution of TP-AGB Stars to Integrated NIR Starlight

Axelrod, Tim University of Arizona 2012B-0182 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1

LMC Microlensing Source Stars - Stripped from the SMC?

Baker, Andrew Rutgers University 2012B-0520 CTIO 4m-TBD 1

Deep Public u-band Imaging for the LADUMA Survey

Barlow, Brad Pennsylvania State University 2012B-0214 CTIO SOAR 4

The MUCHFUSS project: Searching for the most massive companions to hot subdwarf stars (follow-up)

Bauer, James California Institute of Technology--JPL 2012B-0221 CTIO SOAR 2

A WISE Long Period Comet Survey - Southern Summer Targets

Beck, Tracy Space Telescope Science Institute 2012B-0238 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.85

Understanding the Jet Launching Mechanism in Young Star Outflows

Beers, Timothy National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2012B-0179 GEM-S GEM-SQ

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

Berger, Edo Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2012B-0103 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.8

Unveiling the Explosion Physics of Nature's Most Luminous Supernovae

Bianco, Federica Las Cumbres Observatory 2012B-0381 CTIO SOAR 1

Multiband monitoring of light echoes from the historical eruptions of Eta Carinae

Bibby, Joanne American Museum of Natural History 2012B-0236 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.13

A WR+BH X-Ray Binary in M74?

Bilikova, Jana University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2012B-0509 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.17

High-resolution Spectroscopic Study of the Complex Nucleus of EGB 6

Biller, Beth Max Planck Institute fuer Astronomie 2012B-0314 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1

Weather on Planets: A Search for Photometric Variability in the Young Exoplanets HR 8799bc

Bloom, Joshua University of California, Berkeley 2012B-0363 CTIO 4m-TBD 2

A Pilot DECam Time-Domain Survey

Bosh, Amanda Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2012B-0542 CTIO SOAR 1

Seasonal Change in Pluto's Atmosphere

Bosh, Amanda Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2012B-0542 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.32

Seasonal Change in Pluto's Atmosphere

Briceno, Cesar University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2012B-0487 KPNO 4m 5

A NEWFIRM JHK variability study of 4-10 Myr members of the Orion OB1 association

Brown, Alexander University of Colorado 2012B-0197 MMT MMT-TBD 3

MMT Hectochelle Spectral Variability of Active Late-type Stars in the Kepler Field (2012B)

Bryngelson, Ginger Clemson University 2012B-0428 KPNO 4m 1

Physics of Supernovae Type Ia at Late Epochs

Burgasser, Adam University of California, San Diego 2012B-0340 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.821

Hunting for Halo Brown Dwarfs in the Catalina Rapid Transient Survey

Canton, Paul University of Oklahoma 2012B-0114 KPNO 4m 4

The ELM Survey: Finding the Shortest Period Binary White Dwarfs

Cauley, Paul Wilson Rice University 2012B-0165 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.7

A Survey of Mass Flows in Herbig Ae/Be Stars

Cenko, S Bradley University of California, Berkeley 2012B-0198 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.15

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

Cenko, S Bradley University of California, Berkeley 2012B-0198 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.15

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

Chatelain, Joseph Georgia State University 2012B-0224 CTIO 0.9m-TBD 7

Light Curves and Low Phase Angle Photometry for Jupiter Trojans.

Crotts, Arlin Columbia University 2012B-0317 CTIO 0.9m-SVC 4

SN 1987A's Vacuum UV/Optical Light Echo Evolution

Crotts, Arlin Columbia University 2012B-0396 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.4

Spectroscopic Evolution of SNR 1987A

Currie, Thayne NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 2012B-0348 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.83

A Panchromatic Study of the Massive Planet and Debris Disk Around beta Pictoris

Cushing, Michael University of Toledo 2012B-0141 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3.6

The Search for Y Dwarfs in the Solar Neighborhood with WISE

Damjanov, Ivana Harvard University 2012B-0427 CTIO 4m-TBD 1.5

The Adaptive Optics Deep Field

Desert, Jean-Michel Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2012A-0497 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.8

Relative atmospheric compositions of a multiplanet system

Desjardins, Tyler University of Western Ontario 2012B-0201 KPNO 4m 3.5

Mapping Star Formation in Dense Environments: H(alpha) Imaging of Compact Galaxy Groups

Dhital, Saurav Vanderbilt University 2012B-0130 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.6

The Extremely Extreme: Searching for Companions in Wide M-dwarf Binaries

Eisenhardt, Peter California Institute of Technology--JPL 2012B-0344 CTIO SOAR 5

The Most Luminous Galaxies Found by WISE

Eisenhardt, Peter California Institute of Technology--JPL 2012B-0344 GEM-S GEM-S 2

The Most Luminous Galaxies Found by WISE

Eisenhardt, Peter California Institute of Technology--JPL 2012B-0344 KPNO WIYN 3.5

The Most Luminous Galaxies Found by WISE

Farihi, Jay University of Leicester 2012B-0140 MMT MMT-TBD 2

The Bulk Composition of Rocky Planetary Debris and a Search for Water

Fassnacht, Christopher University of California, Davis 2012B-0481 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.37

Quantifying the line-of-sight mass distributions to time-delay lenses

Flaherty, Kevin University of Arizona 2012B-0297 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.4

Understanding the Influence of Variable Accretion on Protoplanetary Disk Structure

Foley, Ryan Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2012B-0306 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.35

The Most Precise Distances to Type Ia Supernovae

French, Linda Illinois Wesleyan University 2012B-0341 CTIO 0.9m 7

Photometric Study of Jovian Trojan Asteroids

Gagne, Jonathan University of Montreal 2012B-0356 CTIO SOAR 4

Spectroscopic confirmation of very low-mass stars and brown dwarf candidates in nearby, young moving groups

Galicher, Raphael Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics 2012B-0564 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.36

Completing the follow-ups of the 300 stars International Deep Planet Survey

Galicher, Raphael Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics 2012B-0564 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.21

Completing the follow-ups of the 300 stars International Deep Planet Survey

Ge, Jian University of Florida 2012B-0493 KPNO 2.1m 10

Follow-up of MARVELS Brown Dwarf and Planet Candidates

Gelino, Christopher California Institute of Technology--IPAC 2012B-0275 CTIO SOAR 5

Photometric Follow-up of WISE Brown Dwarf Candidates

Geller, Aaron Northwestern University 2012B-0284 KPNO WIYN 2

Towards A Complete Census of the Solar-Type Binaries in the Young Open Cluster M37

Giammichele, Noemi University of Montreal 2012B-0044 KPNO 4m 4

Understanding the Spectral Evolution of Helium-Line DB White Dwarfs

Gizis, John University of Delaware 2012B-0233 KPNO 2.1m 3.5

A Great Spot on a Kepler L Dwarf

Gizis, John University of Delaware 2012B-0233 MMT MMT-TBD 2

A Great Spot on a Kepler L Dwarf

Gizis, John University of Delaware 2012B-0424 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.9

Completing the nearby L dwarf sample

Gonzalez, Anthony University of Florida 2012B-0470 GEM-N GEM-N 2

The Massive Distant Clusters of Wise Survey (MaDCoWS)

Gonzalez, Anthony University of Florida 2012B-0470 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.2

The Massive Distant Clusters of Wise Survey (MaDCoWS)

Gonzalez, Anthony University of Florida 2012B-0470 KPNO WIYN 5

The Massive Distant Clusters of Wise Survey (MaDCoWS)

Haines, Christopher University of Arizona 2012B-0285 KPNO 0.9m 9

KPNO 0.9m H(alpha) Imaging Survey of ``Transforming Galaxies'' in Local Galaxy Groups

Hartigan, Patrick Rice University 2012B-0166 KPNO 4m 5

The Layered Skin of the Elephant's Trunk

Heinze, Aren State University of New York, Stony Brook 2012B-0468 KPNO 2.1m 7.5

Intensive Multi-Band Photometry to Elucidate Weather on a Spitzer- Identified Variable L-Dwarf

Heinze, Aren State University of New York, Stony Brook 2012B-0530 KPNO 2.1m 0.5

Simultaneous Ground Based Monitoring of Brown Dwarfs Being Observed with Spitzer

Heinze, Aren State University of New York, Stony Brook 2012B-0530 KPNO 2.1m-TBD 5

Simultaneous Ground Based Monitoring of Brown Dwarfs Being Observed with Spitzer

Hillenbrand, Lynne California Institute of Technology-Dept. of Astronomy 2012B-0295 MMT MMT-TBD 1

Connecting Stellar Properties and Aperiodic Photometric Variability Origins in Young Stars

Hinkle, Kenneth National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2012B-0268 KPNO 2.1m 7

Keplerian disks around RV Tauri stars

Horch, Elliott Southern Connecticut State University 2012B-0437 KPNO WIYN 4

A Multiplicity Survey of M35 and M67 with the Differential Speckle Survey Instrument

Howell, Steve NASA Ames Research Center 2012B-0083 KPNO WIYN 7

Speckle and Lucky imaging of Kepler Exoplanet Candidate Host Stars

Howell, Steve NASA Ames Research Center 2012B-0085 KPNO 4m 4

Spectroscopy of Kepler Exoplanet Host Stars

Howell, D. Andrew University of California, Santa Barbara 2012B-0491 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1

Early-time observations of Type Ia supernovae to reveal progenitors and metallicity

Howell, D. Andrew University of California, Santa Barbara 2012B-0497 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.5

Early-time observations of Type Ia supernovae to reveal progenitors and metallicity

Hsieh, Henry University of Hawaii/IfA-CFHT 2012B-0418 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.3

The Sublimation-Driven Nature of Main-Belt Comet Activity

Hsieh, Tien-Hao National Tsing Hua University 2012B-0532 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.47

Studying the Nature of Very Low Luminosity Objects (VeLLOs)

Hufford, Tara University of Georgia 2012B-0174 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 4

Debris disks in the Scorpius-Centaurus OB Association

Indriolo, Nick Johns Hopkins University 2012B-0227 KPNO 4m 4

The Utility of H_3^+ Observations in Diffuse Molecular Clouds

Ingleby, Laura University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2012B-0274 KPNO 4m 6

Peering through the Magnetospheres of Slowly Accreting T Tauri Stars

Jacobson, Seth University of Colorado 2012B-0276 KPNO 2.1m 4

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

Jeon, Yiseul Seoul National University 2012B-0537 KPNO 4m 2.5

Optical Spectroscopic Observation of z~5 Quasar Candidates

Johnson, Christian University of California, Los Angeles 2012B-0312 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.55

A 10,000 Star Survey for Li-rich K Giants in the Galactic Bulge

Kafka, Stella Carnegie Institution of Washington 2012B-0116 GEM-N GEM-N 0.5

The mixing of blue stragglers

Kasliwal, Mansi Carnegie Institution of Washington 2012B-0412 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.48

Rapid Spectroscopy of Elusive Transients and Young Supernovae

Keeney, Brian University of Colorado 2012B-0319 CTIO 4m-TBD 1

Gas and Galaxies in the Cosmic Web: III. Imaging Galaxies Near /COS AGN Fields with DECam

Kelson, Daniel Carnegie Observatories 2012B-0506 CTIO 4m-TBD 2

The Carnegie Spitzer IMACS Survey: 5-band Optical Imaging of the Southern Fields

Kim, Alex Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2012B-0278 SSO AAT-SVC 2

Spectroscopic Diversity in Supernovae Discovered by the Dark Energy Survey

Kriek, Mariska University of California, Berkeley 2012B-0185 MMT MMT-TBD 1

Physical Properties of Galaxies as a Function of Spectral Type

Kriek, Mariska University of California, Berkeley 2012B-0218 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.8

Resolved Kinematics of a Compact z=2.1 Quiescent Galaxy: Evidence for a Rotating Disk?

Kunder, Andrea Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 2012B-0178 CTIO 0.9m 6

CCD Photometry of the M22 RR Lyrae Instability Strip

Kunder, Andrea Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 2012B-0301 SSO AAT-SVC 0.3

Search for Stellar Sub-Structure in the Galactic Bulge

Lada, Charles Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 2012B-0439 KPNO 4m 7

Deep NIR Imaging Surveys of the Nearest GMCs: Determining the Factors that Control the Star Formation Rates in Dense Gas

Landolt, Arlo Louisiana State University 2012B-0006 KPNO 2.1m 28.5

Faint UBVRI Photometric Standard Star Fields: KPNO

Lee, Ting-Hui Western Kentucky University 2012B-0405 CTIO SOAR 2

Chemical Abundances of Compact Planetary Nebulae in the Galactic Disk

Leggett, Sandy Gemini Observatory North 2012B-0118 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.4

Near-Infrared Characterization of the WISE Y Dwarfs

Lena, Davide Rochester Institute of Technology 2012B-0311 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.4

Mapping sub-kpc gas flows in NGC1365

Levitan, David California Institute of Technology-Dept of Physics, Math, Astronomy 2012B-0315 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.86

Orbital Periods for Two Unique, Recently Discovered AM CVn Systems

Li, Rui University of Florida 2012B-0415 KPNO 2.1m 3

Tracing Metallicity of Brown Dwarf/Giant Planet Candidates from MARVELS using EXPERTS

Liu, Guilin Johns Hopkins University 2012B-0170 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.5

Feedback in Unobscured vs. Obscured Quasars

Lonsdale, Carol National Radio Astronomy Observatory Headquarters 2012B-0291 CTIO SOAR 4

The Astrophysics of extreme feedback in WISE-radio selected AGN

Maqueo Chew, Yilen Gomez Vanderbilt University 2012B-0400 KPNO 2.1m 4

A SuperWASP Benchmark Eclipsing Binary with a Very Low-Mass Secondary in the Brown Dwarf Desert

Marois, Christian Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics 2012B-0256 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.35

Further constraining the nature of the enigmatic Fomalhaut b planet candidate with NICI.

McConnell, Nicholas University of California, Berkeley 2012B-0137 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.6

The Most Massive Galaxies and Black Holes

McGee, Sean University of Durham 2012B-0138 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.49

The high redshift progenitors of massive galaxy clusters

Megeath, Tom University of Toledo 2012B-0514 KPNO 4m 4

A Deep Newfirm Survey of the Orion B Cloud

Menanteau, Felipe Rutgers University 2012B-0223 GEM-S GEM-S 1

Mass estimation of four z~1 ACT/SZE Discovered Galaxy Clusters

Menanteau, Felipe Rutgers University 2012B-0223 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.2

Mass estimation of four z~1 ACT/SZE Discovered Galaxy Clusters

Menanteau, Felipe Rutgers University 2012B-0378 CTIO SOAR 3

Optical/NIR Identification of New SZ Galaxy Clusters from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope

Morales-Calderon, Maria California Institute of Technology--IPAC 2012B-0309 KPNO WIYN 4

Characterizing Variable Young Stars in NGC 2264

Mortazavi, S Alireza Johns Hopkins University 2012B-0436 KPNO WIYN 4

SparsePak Kinematics of Tidally Interacting Galaxy Pairs

Mueller, Beatrice Planetary Science Institute 2012B-0455 KPNO 2.1m 12.5

The continuing rotational evolution of comet 2P/Encke

Myers, Adam University of Wyoming 2012B-0337 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.71

Characterizing the Circumgalactic Medium of Low and High Mass Galaxies with Close Quasar Pairs

Myers, Adam University of Wyoming 2012B-0337 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.6

Characterizing the Circumgalactic Medium of Low and High Mass Galaxies with Close Quasar Pairs

Neugent, Kathryn Lowell Observatory 2012B-0129 MMT MMT-TBD 2.5

Determining the Binary Frequency of Wolf-Rayet Stars as a Function of Metallicity

Nidever, David University of Virginia 2012B-0416 CTIO 4m-TBD 2

DECam Magellanic Clouds Survey Pilot Program

Nielsen, Eric University of Hawaii 2012B-0466 GEM-S GEM-SQ 3.3

The Deepest Search for Planets Around Newly Identified Young, Nearby Stars

Oswalt, Terry Florida Institute of Technology 2012B-0355 CTIO SOAR 4

Observational Constraints on the White Dwarf Mass-Radius Relation

Oswalt, Terry Florida Institute of Technology 2012B-0355 KPNO 4m 4

Observational Constraints on the White Dwarf Mass-Radius Relation

Papovich, Casey Texas A & M University 2012B-0482 GEM-N GEM-N 2

A Comprehensive Spectroscopic Survey of z > 4 Galaxies in CANDELS

Papovich, Casey Texas A & M University 2012B-0482 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.15

A Comprehensive Spectroscopic Survey of z > 4 Galaxies in CANDELS

Papovich, Casey Texas A & M University 2012B-0482 GEM-S GEM-S 2

A Comprehensive Spectroscopic Survey of z > 4 Galaxies in CANDELS

Papovich, Casey Texas A & M University 2012B-0482 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.15

A Comprehensive Spectroscopic Survey of z > 4 Galaxies in CANDELS

Patel, Rahul State University of New York, Stony Brook 2012B-0541 KPNO 4m 2.5

Age Diagnostics of New WISE Detected Debris Disk-Host Stars

Patel, Rahul State University of New York, Stony Brook 2012B-0541 SSO AAT-SVC 1

Age Diagnostics of New WISE Detected Debris Disk-Host Stars

Pepper, Joshua Vanderbilt University 2012B-0361 KPNO 2.1m 6.5

Follow-up and Confirmation of Transiting Planet Candidates From the KELT Survey

Pilachowski, Catherine Indiana University 2012B-0077 KPNO 2.1m 7

Fluorine in Metal-Poor Stars with Phoenix

Quinn, Samuel Georgia State University 2012B-0369 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.29

Close visual companions to transiting exoplanet host stars

Rabinowitz, David Yale University 2012B-0070 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.66

Measuring the Rotational Light Curve of (79360) Sila-Nunam : an Eclipsing Binary in the Kuiper Belt

Reed, Mike Missouri State University 2012B-0253 KPNO 2.1m 5.5

Testing theoretical models of subdwarf B stars using multicolor photometry

Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute 2012B-0321 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.35

Spectroscopic Time Series of Carinae's Great Eruption

Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute 2012B-0322 KPNO 4m 8

Light Echoes of Galactic Explosions and Eruptions

Rich, Michael University of California, Los Angeles 2012B-0098 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.225

Hydra I: an odd, double-lobed ``globular cluster''

Richardson, Noel Georgia State University 2012B-0194 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 4

Interactions in the LBV binaries Carinae and HD 5980

Ridgway, Susan National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2012B-0465 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2

The Evolution of the Obscured and Unobscured Quasar Population

Roe, Henry Lowell Observatory 2012B-0088 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.3

Titan's Methane Weather post-Equinox: Seasonal climate change and large storm systems

Roe, Henry Lowell Observatory 2012B-0088 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.2

Titan's Methane Weather post-Equinox: Seasonal climate change and large storm systems

Rogerson, Jesse New York University 2012B-0538 Hale 2

Spectroscopic Follow Up of Variable Quasars

Rupke, David Rhodes College 2012B-0117 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.6

QSO Feedback in Action: The AGN Threshold

Salyk, Colette National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2012B-0433 KPNO 4m 2

CO variability in HAeBe disks: A search for planet-disk interactions

Schirmer, Mischa Gemini Observatory North 2012B-0102 CTIO SOAR 1

Determining the redshift of the strong lens system in the fossil group J0454-0309

Schirmer, Mischa Gemini Observatory North 2012B-0125 CTIO SOAR 2 (DD)

Redshifts of strongly lensed multiple image systems in a high redshift double cluster

Schlawin, Everett Cornell University 2012B-0454 Hale 1

Imager-Corrected NIR Spectro-Photometry of a Hot Jupiter

Schlieder, Joshua Max Planck Institut fur Astrophysik 2012B-0222 KPNO 4m 4

New Low-Mass Members of Nearby Young Moving Groups

Sheffield, Allyson Columbia University 2012B-0386 KPNO 4m 4

Exploring the Origin of M Giant Stars in the Nearby Galactic Halo

Sheppard, Scott Carnegie Institution of Washington 2012B-0289 CTIO 0.9m-SVC 5

Precise Astrometry for Predicting Kuiper Belt Object Occultations

Sheppard, Scott Carnegie Institution of Washington 2012B-0451 CTIO 4m-TBD 1

Beyond the Kuiper Belt Edge

Shivvers, Isaac University of California, Berkeley 2012B-0512 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 1.35

Observationally Constraining the Effects of Orbital Circularization for Stars in Binary Orbits

Siverd, Robert Vanderbilt University 2012B-0536 KPNO 2.1m 14

Revealing the Origins and Fates of Hot Jupiters with Eccentric Eclipsing Binaries

Slater, Colin University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2012B-0566 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.86

Deep follow-up of two new distant satellites of Andromeda

Smith, J. Austin Peay State University 2012B-0232 CTIO 0.9m-TBD 7

Targeted Samples of the Hot Stellar Content in the Southern Sky

Smith, J. Austin Peay State University 2012B-0232 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 6

Targeted Samples of the Hot Stellar Content in the Southern Sky

Sonnenfeld, Alessandro University of California, Santa Barbara 2012B-0230 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.06

Probing dark matter in the Cosmic Horseshoe

Sromovsky, Lawrence University of Wisconsin, Madison 2012B-0246 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.6

Probing Uranus' Atmosphere With Discrete Cloud Observations

Stanghellini, Letizia National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2012B-0191 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.86

Chemical evolution of two Sculptor galaxies through the abundances of planetary nebulae and H II regions

Stauffer, John California Institute of Technology--IPAC 2012B-0106 KPNO 4m 3

The Death Spiral of a 1 Myr Exoplanet?

Storchi-Bergmann, Thaisa Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sol 2012B-0562 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.876

The Co-Evolution of Supermassive Black Holes and Galaxies probed with NIFS

Stringfellow, Guy University of Colorado 2012B-0345 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.45

Is it Alive? Recovering the Supernova Impostor SN1961V

Stringfellow, Guy University of Colorado 2012B-0521 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 4.6

Confirming LBV Candidates Through Variability: A Photometric and Spectroscopic Monitoring Study

Sullivan, Mark University of Oxford 2012B-0552 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.87

The host galaxies of local PTF Type Ia supernovae

Thorman, Paul University of California, Davis 2012B-0448 CTIO 4m-TBD 2

Galaxy and Mass Evolution via Deep u-band Imaging in the Deep Lens Survey

Tokovinin, Andrei Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 2012B-0075 CTIO 1.5m-SVC 0.4

Kappa Fornax, a triple radio-star?

Trafton, Laurence University of Texas, Austin 2012B-0533 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.6

Investigation of Thermal Tides in Uranus' Thermosphere

Tran, Kim-Vy Texas A & M University 2012B-0302 GEM-S GEM-S 3

Mapping Cool Gas In and Around Star-forming Cluster Galaxies at z=1.62

Tran, Kim-Vy Texas A & M University 2012B-0302 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.05

Mapping Cool Gas In and Around Star-forming Cluster Galaxies at z=1.62

Trilling, David Northern Arizona University 2012B-0422 GEM-N GEM-N 2

Finding KBO flyby targets for New Horizons

Trueblood, Mark National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2012B-0057 KPNO 2.1m 5

Long Term Follow-up of Near Earth Objects

Trujillo, Chad Gemini Observatory North 2012B-0568 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.25

Surface Composition of Pluto's Moons Nix and Hydra

Tucker, Brad Australian National University 2012B-0385 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.2

Catching Supernovae in the Act with KISS (Kepler International Supernova Search)

Veilleux, Sylvain University of Maryland 2012B-0093 KPNO 4m 2.5

Neutral Winds in Local Quasar-Dominated Mergers. II.

Walsh, Jonelle University of Texas, Austin 2012B-0208 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.95

Examining Massive Black Holes in Small, High-Dispersion Galaxies

Walter, Frederick State University of New York, Stony Brook 2012B-0280 CTIO SOAR 2

Substellar Mass Objects in Orion OB1b

Willman, Beth Haverford College 2012B-0209 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2

Investigating Overdensities of Cool Stars at the Edge of the Milky Way

Winter, Lisa University of Colorado 2012B-0251 CTIO SOAR 4

Optical Outflows and Emission Line Properties in X-ray Obscured AGNs

Worseck, Gabor University of California Observatories 2012B-0526 Hale 5

Revealing the Proximity Zones of Helium-Reionizing Quasars at ~ 3

Yan, Renbin New York University 2012B-0488 Hale 2

Probing the Warm Ionized Gas in Nearby Early-type Galaxies

Zakamska, Nadia Johns Hopkins University 2012B-0181 MMT MMT-TBD 2

Spectropolarimetry of high-redshift type 2 quasar candidates

Zaritsky, Dennis University of Arizona 2012B-0515 CTIO SOAR 3

Searching for Systematic Effects in SNe Ia Distances

Zhao, Ping Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2012B-0430 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1

The Mass Function of a New Candidate of Quiescent Low-Mass X-ray Binary

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

Allen, Tom	University of Toledo	2011B-0584	KPNO	0.9m	4
Mosaic Imaging of the Cep OB3b Cloud

Allen, Lori	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2012B-0569	CTIO	4m-TBD	2
DECam NEO Search Pilot Project

Anthony-Twarog, Barbara	University of Kansas	2012B-0096	KPNO	WIYN	1
Constraining the Evolution of Li via the Turnoff Structure of NGC 7789

Antoniou, Vallia	Iowa State University	2012B-0426	SSO	AAT-SVC	0.6
Classification of X-ray sources detected in the XMM-Newton survey of the SMC

Atlee, David	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2012B-0461	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.4
A Spectroscopic Study of the Contribution of TP-AGB Stars to Integrated NIR Starlight

Axelrod, Tim	University of Arizona	2012B-0182	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1
LMC Microlensing Source Stars - Stripped from the SMC?

Baker, Andrew	Rutgers University	2012B-0520	CTIO	4m-TBD	1
Deep Public u-band Imaging for the LADUMA Survey

Barlow, Brad	Pennsylvania State University	2012B-0214	CTIO	SOAR	4
The MUCHFUSS project: Searching for the most massive companions to hot subdwarf stars (follow-up)

Bauer, James	California Institute of Technology--JPL	2012B-0221	CTIO	SOAR	2
A WISE Long Period Comet Survey - Southern Summer Targets

Beck, Tracy	Space Telescope Science Institute	2012B-0238	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.85
Understanding the Jet Launching Mechanism in Young Star Outflows

Beers, Timothy	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2012B-0179	GEM-S	GEM-SQ
A Survey for Unrecognized Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars in the Galaxy

Berger, Edo	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2012B-0103	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.8
Unveiling the Explosion Physics of Nature's Most Luminous Supernovae

Bianco, Federica	Las Cumbres Observatory	2012B-0381	CTIO	SOAR	1
Multiband monitoring of light echoes from the historical eruptions of Eta Carinae

Bibby, Joanne	American Museum of Natural History	2012B-0236	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.13
A WR+BH X-Ray Binary in M74?

Bilikova, Jana	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	2012B-0509	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.17
High-resolution Spectroscopic Study of the Complex Nucleus of EGB 6

Biller, Beth	Max Planck Institute fuer Astronomie	2012B-0314	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1
Weather on Planets: A Search for Photometric Variability in the Young Exoplanets HR 8799bc

Bloom, Joshua	University of California, Berkeley	2012B-0363	CTIO	4m-TBD	2
A Pilot DECam Time-Domain Survey

Bosh, Amanda	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	2012B-0542	CTIO	SOAR	1
Seasonal Change in Pluto's Atmosphere

Bosh, Amanda	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	2012B-0542	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.32
Seasonal Change in Pluto's Atmosphere

Briceno, Cesar	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	2012B-0487	KPNO	4m	5
A NEWFIRM JHK variability study of 4-10 Myr members of the Orion OB1 association

Brown, Alexander	University of Colorado	2012B-0197	MMT	MMT-TBD	3
MMT Hectochelle Spectral Variability of Active Late-type Stars in the Kepler Field (2012B)

Bryngelson, Ginger	Clemson University	2012B-0428	KPNO	4m	1
Physics of Supernovae Type Ia at Late Epochs

Burgasser, Adam	University of California, San Diego	2012B-0340	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.821
Hunting for Halo Brown Dwarfs in the Catalina Rapid Transient Survey

Canton, Paul	University of Oklahoma	2012B-0114	KPNO	4m	4
The ELM Survey: Finding the Shortest Period Binary White Dwarfs

Cauley, Paul Wilson	Rice University	2012B-0165	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.7
A Survey of Mass Flows in Herbig Ae/Be Stars

Cenko, S Bradley	University of California, Berkeley	2012B-0198	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.15
Probing the Central Black Holes of Distant, Quiescent Galaxies via Tidal Disruption Flares

Cenko, S Bradley	University of California, Berkeley	2012B-0198	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.15
Probing the Central Black Holes of Distant, Quiescent Galaxies via Tidal Disruption Flares

Chatelain, Joseph	Georgia State University	2012B-0224	CTIO	0.9m-TBD	7
Light Curves and Low Phase Angle Photometry for Jupiter Trojans.

Crotts, Arlin	Columbia University	2012B-0317	CTIO	0.9m-SVC	4
SN 1987A's Vacuum UV/Optical Light Echo Evolution

Crotts, Arlin	Columbia University	2012B-0396	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.4
Spectroscopic Evolution of SNR 1987A

Currie, Thayne	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	2012B-0348	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.83
A Panchromatic Study of the Massive Planet and Debris Disk Around beta Pictoris

Cushing, Michael	University of Toledo	2012B-0141	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	3.6
The Search for Y Dwarfs in the Solar Neighborhood with WISE

Damjanov, Ivana	Harvard University	2012B-0427	CTIO	4m-TBD	1.5
The Adaptive Optics Deep Field

Desert, Jean-Michel	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2012A-0497	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.8
Relative atmospheric compositions of a multiplanet system

Desjardins, Tyler	University of Western Ontario	2012B-0201	KPNO	4m	3.5
Mapping Star Formation in Dense Environments: H(alpha) Imaging of Compact Galaxy Groups

Dhital, Saurav	Vanderbilt University	2012B-0130	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.6
The Extremely Extreme: Searching for Companions in Wide M-dwarf Binaries

Eisenhardt, Peter	California Institute of Technology--JPL	2012B-0344	CTIO	SOAR	5
The Most Luminous Galaxies Found by WISE

Eisenhardt, Peter	California Institute of Technology--JPL	2012B-0344	GEM-S	GEM-S	2
The Most Luminous Galaxies Found by WISE

Eisenhardt, Peter	California Institute of Technology--JPL	2012B-0344	KPNO	WIYN	3.5
The Most Luminous Galaxies Found by WISE

Farihi, Jay	University of Leicester	2012B-0140	MMT	MMT-TBD	2
The Bulk Composition of Rocky Planetary Debris and a Search for Water

Fassnacht, Christopher	University of California, Davis	2012B-0481	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.37
Quantifying the line-of-sight mass distributions to time-delay lenses

Flaherty, Kevin	University of Arizona	2012B-0297	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.4
Understanding the Influence of Variable Accretion on Protoplanetary Disk Structure

Foley, Ryan	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2012B-0306	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.35
The Most Precise Distances to Type Ia Supernovae

French, Linda	Illinois Wesleyan University	2012B-0341	CTIO	0.9m	7
Photometric Study of Jovian Trojan Asteroids

Gagne, Jonathan	University of Montreal	2012B-0356	CTIO	SOAR	4
Spectroscopic confirmation of very low-mass stars and brown dwarf candidates in nearby, young moving groups

Galicher, Raphael	Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics	2012B-0564	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.36
Completing the follow-ups of the 300 stars International Deep Planet Survey

Galicher, Raphael	Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics	2012B-0564	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.21
Completing the follow-ups of the 300 stars International Deep Planet Survey

Ge, Jian	University of Florida	2012B-0493	KPNO	2.1m	10
Follow-up of MARVELS Brown Dwarf and Planet Candidates

Gelino, Christopher	California Institute of Technology--IPAC	2012B-0275	CTIO	SOAR	5
Photometric Follow-up of WISE Brown Dwarf Candidates

Geller, Aaron	Northwestern University	2012B-0284	KPNO	WIYN	2
Towards A Complete Census of the Solar-Type Binaries in the Young Open Cluster M37

Giammichele, Noemi	University of Montreal	2012B-0044	KPNO	4m	4
Understanding the Spectral Evolution of Helium-Line DB White Dwarfs

Gizis, John	University of Delaware	2012B-0233	KPNO	2.1m	3.5
A Great Spot on a Kepler L Dwarf

Gizis, John	University of Delaware	2012B-0233	MMT	MMT-TBD	2
A Great Spot on a Kepler L Dwarf

Gizis, John	University of Delaware	2012B-0424	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.9
Completing the nearby L dwarf sample

Gonzalez, Anthony	University of Florida	2012B-0470	GEM-N	GEM-N	2
The Massive Distant Clusters of Wise Survey (MaDCoWS)

Gonzalez, Anthony	University of Florida	2012B-0470	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.2
The Massive Distant Clusters of Wise Survey (MaDCoWS)

Gonzalez, Anthony	University of Florida	2012B-0470	KPNO	WIYN	5
The Massive Distant Clusters of Wise Survey (MaDCoWS)

Haines, Christopher	University of Arizona	2012B-0285	KPNO	0.9m	9
KPNO 0.9m H(alpha) Imaging Survey of ``Transforming Galaxies'' in Local Galaxy Groups

Hartigan, Patrick	Rice University	2012B-0166	KPNO	4m	5
The Layered Skin of the Elephant's Trunk

Heinze, Aren	State University of New York, Stony Brook	2012B-0468	KPNO	2.1m	7.5
Intensive Multi-Band Photometry to Elucidate Weather on a Spitzer- Identified Variable L-Dwarf

Heinze, Aren	State University of New York, Stony Brook	2012B-0530	KPNO	2.1m	0.5
Simultaneous Ground Based Monitoring of Brown Dwarfs Being Observed with Spitzer

Heinze, Aren	State University of New York, Stony Brook	2012B-0530	KPNO	2.1m-TBD	5
Simultaneous Ground Based Monitoring of Brown Dwarfs Being Observed with Spitzer

Hillenbrand, Lynne	California Institute of Technology-Dept. of Astronomy	2012B-0295	MMT	MMT-TBD	1
Connecting Stellar Properties and Aperiodic Photometric Variability Origins in Young Stars

Hinkle, Kenneth	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2012B-0268	KPNO	2.1m	7
Keplerian disks around RV Tauri stars

Horch, Elliott	Southern Connecticut State University	2012B-0437	KPNO	WIYN	4
A Multiplicity Survey of M35 and M67 with the Differential Speckle Survey Instrument

Howell, Steve	NASA Ames Research Center	2012B-0083	KPNO	WIYN	7
Speckle and Lucky imaging of Kepler Exoplanet Candidate Host Stars

Howell, Steve	NASA Ames Research Center	2012B-0085	KPNO	4m	4
Spectroscopy of Kepler Exoplanet Host Stars

Howell, D. Andrew	University of California, Santa Barbara	2012B-0491	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1
Early-time observations of Type Ia supernovae to reveal progenitors and metallicity

Howell, D. Andrew	University of California, Santa Barbara	2012B-0497	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.5
Early-time observations of Type Ia supernovae to reveal progenitors and metallicity

Hsieh, Henry	University of Hawaii/IfA-CFHT	2012B-0418	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.3
The Sublimation-Driven Nature of Main-Belt Comet Activity

Hsieh, Tien-Hao	National Tsing Hua University	2012B-0532	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.47
Studying the Nature of Very Low Luminosity Objects (VeLLOs)

Hufford, Tara	University of Georgia	2012B-0174	CTIO	1.5m-SVC	4
Debris disks in the Scorpius-Centaurus OB Association

Indriolo, Nick	Johns Hopkins University	2012B-0227	KPNO	4m	4
The Utility of H_3^+ Observations in Diffuse Molecular Clouds

Ingleby, Laura	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	2012B-0274	KPNO	4m	6
Peering through the Magnetospheres of Slowly Accreting T Tauri Stars

Jacobson, Seth	University of Colorado	2012B-0276	KPNO	2.1m	4
Directly Detecting the BYORP effect and further characterization of near- Earth asteroid binaries

Jeon, Yiseul	Seoul National University	2012B-0537	KPNO	4m	2.5
Optical Spectroscopic Observation of z~5 Quasar Candidates

Johnson, Christian	University of California, Los Angeles	2012B-0312	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.55
A 10,000 Star Survey for Li-rich K Giants in the Galactic Bulge

Kafka, Stella	Carnegie Institution of Washington	2012B-0116	GEM-N	GEM-N	0.5
The mixing of blue stragglers

Kasliwal, Mansi	Carnegie Institution of Washington	2012B-0412	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.48
Rapid Spectroscopy of Elusive Transients and Young Supernovae

Keeney, Brian	University of Colorado	2012B-0319	CTIO	4m-TBD	1
Gas and Galaxies in the Cosmic Web: III. Imaging Galaxies Near /COS AGN Fields with DECam

Kelson, Daniel	Carnegie Observatories	2012B-0506	CTIO	4m-TBD	2
The Carnegie Spitzer IMACS Survey: 5-band Optical Imaging of the Southern Fields

Kim, Alex	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	2012B-0278	SSO	AAT-SVC	2
Spectroscopic Diversity in Supernovae Discovered by the Dark Energy Survey

Kriek, Mariska	University of California, Berkeley	2012B-0185	MMT	MMT-TBD	1
Physical Properties of Galaxies as a Function of Spectral Type

Kriek, Mariska	University of California, Berkeley	2012B-0218	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.8
Resolved Kinematics of a Compact z=2.1 Quiescent Galaxy: Evidence for a Rotating Disk?

Kunder, Andrea	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory	2012B-0178	CTIO	0.9m	6
CCD Photometry of the M22 RR Lyrae Instability Strip

Kunder, Andrea	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory	2012B-0301	SSO	AAT-SVC	0.3
Search for Stellar Sub-Structure in the Galactic Bulge

Lada, Charles	Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory	2012B-0439	KPNO	4m	7
Deep NIR Imaging Surveys of the Nearest GMCs: Determining the Factors that Control the Star Formation Rates in Dense Gas

Landolt, Arlo	Louisiana State University	2012B-0006	KPNO	2.1m	28.5
Faint UBVRI Photometric Standard Star Fields: KPNO

Lee, Ting-Hui	Western Kentucky University	2012B-0405	CTIO	SOAR	2
Chemical Abundances of Compact Planetary Nebulae in the Galactic Disk

Leggett, Sandy	Gemini Observatory North	2012B-0118	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.4
Near-Infrared Characterization of the WISE Y Dwarfs

Lena, Davide	Rochester Institute of Technology	2012B-0311	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.4
Mapping sub-kpc gas flows in NGC1365

Levitan, David	California Institute of Technology-Dept of Physics, Math, Astronomy	2012B-0315	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.86
Orbital Periods for Two Unique, Recently Discovered AM CVn Systems

Li, Rui	University of Florida	2012B-0415	KPNO	2.1m	3
Tracing Metallicity of Brown Dwarf/Giant Planet Candidates from MARVELS using EXPERTS

Liu, Guilin	Johns Hopkins University	2012B-0170	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.5
Feedback in Unobscured vs. Obscured Quasars

Lonsdale, Carol	National Radio Astronomy Observatory Headquarters	2012B-0291	CTIO	SOAR	4
The Astrophysics of extreme feedback in WISE-radio selected AGN

Maqueo Chew, Yilen Gomez	Vanderbilt University	2012B-0400	KPNO	2.1m	4
A SuperWASP Benchmark Eclipsing Binary with a Very Low-Mass Secondary in the Brown Dwarf Desert

Marois, Christian	Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics	2012B-0256	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.35
Further constraining the nature of the enigmatic Fomalhaut b planet candidate with NICI.

McConnell, Nicholas	University of California, Berkeley	2012B-0137	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.6
The Most Massive Galaxies and Black Holes

McGee, Sean	University of Durham	2012B-0138	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.49
The high redshift progenitors of massive galaxy clusters

Megeath, Tom	University of Toledo	2012B-0514	KPNO	4m	4
A Deep Newfirm Survey of the Orion B Cloud

Menanteau, Felipe	Rutgers University	2012B-0223	GEM-S	GEM-S	1
Mass estimation of four z~1 ACT/SZE Discovered Galaxy Clusters

Menanteau, Felipe	Rutgers University	2012B-0223	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.2
Mass estimation of four z~1 ACT/SZE Discovered Galaxy Clusters

Menanteau, Felipe	Rutgers University	2012B-0378	CTIO	SOAR	3
Optical/NIR Identification of New SZ Galaxy Clusters from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope

Morales-Calderon, Maria	California Institute of Technology--IPAC	2012B-0309	KPNO	WIYN	4
Characterizing Variable Young Stars in NGC 2264

Mortazavi, S Alireza	Johns Hopkins University	2012B-0436	KPNO	WIYN	4
SparsePak Kinematics of Tidally Interacting Galaxy Pairs

Mueller, Beatrice	Planetary Science Institute	2012B-0455	KPNO	2.1m	12.5
The continuing rotational evolution of comet 2P/Encke

Myers, Adam	University of Wyoming	2012B-0337	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.71
Characterizing the Circumgalactic Medium of Low and High Mass Galaxies with Close Quasar Pairs

Myers, Adam	University of Wyoming	2012B-0337	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	2.6
Characterizing the Circumgalactic Medium of Low and High Mass Galaxies with Close Quasar Pairs

Neugent, Kathryn	Lowell Observatory	2012B-0129	MMT	MMT-TBD	2.5
Determining the Binary Frequency of Wolf-Rayet Stars as a Function of Metallicity

Nidever, David	University of Virginia	2012B-0416	CTIO	4m-TBD	2
DECam Magellanic Clouds Survey Pilot Program

Nielsen, Eric	University of Hawaii	2012B-0466	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	3.3
The Deepest Search for Planets Around Newly Identified Young, Nearby Stars

Oswalt, Terry	Florida Institute of Technology	2012B-0355	CTIO	SOAR	4
Observational Constraints on the White Dwarf Mass-Radius Relation

Oswalt, Terry	Florida Institute of Technology	2012B-0355	KPNO	4m	4
Observational Constraints on the White Dwarf Mass-Radius Relation

Papovich, Casey	Texas A & M University	2012B-0482	GEM-N	GEM-N	2
A Comprehensive Spectroscopic Survey of z > 4 Galaxies in CANDELS

Papovich, Casey	Texas A & M University	2012B-0482	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.15
A Comprehensive Spectroscopic Survey of z > 4 Galaxies in CANDELS

Papovich, Casey	Texas A & M University	2012B-0482	GEM-S	GEM-S	2
A Comprehensive Spectroscopic Survey of z > 4 Galaxies in CANDELS

Papovich, Casey	Texas A & M University	2012B-0482	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.15
A Comprehensive Spectroscopic Survey of z > 4 Galaxies in CANDELS

Patel, Rahul	State University of New York, Stony Brook	2012B-0541	KPNO	4m	2.5
Age Diagnostics of New WISE Detected Debris Disk-Host Stars

Patel, Rahul	State University of New York, Stony Brook	2012B-0541	SSO	AAT-SVC	1
Age Diagnostics of New WISE Detected Debris Disk-Host Stars

Pepper, Joshua	Vanderbilt University	2012B-0361	KPNO	2.1m	6.5
Follow-up and Confirmation of Transiting Planet Candidates From the KELT Survey

Pilachowski, Catherine	Indiana University	2012B-0077	KPNO	2.1m	7
Fluorine in Metal-Poor Stars with Phoenix

Quinn, Samuel	Georgia State University	2012B-0369	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.29
Close visual companions to transiting exoplanet host stars

Rabinowitz, David	Yale University	2012B-0070	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.66
Measuring the Rotational Light Curve of (79360) Sila-Nunam : an Eclipsing Binary in the Kuiper Belt

Reed, Mike	Missouri State University	2012B-0253	KPNO	2.1m	5.5
Testing theoretical models of subdwarf B stars using multicolor photometry

Rest, Armin	Space Telescope Science Institute	2012B-0321	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.35
Spectroscopic Time Series of Carinae's Great Eruption

Rest, Armin	Space Telescope Science Institute	2012B-0322	KPNO	4m	8
Light Echoes of Galactic Explosions and Eruptions

Rich, Michael	University of California, Los Angeles	2012B-0098	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.225
Hydra I: an odd, double-lobed ``globular cluster''

Richardson, Noel	Georgia State University	2012B-0194	CTIO	1.5m-SVC	4
Interactions in the LBV binaries Carinae and HD 5980

Ridgway, Susan	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2012B-0465	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	2
The Evolution of the Obscured and Unobscured Quasar Population

Roe, Henry	Lowell Observatory	2012B-0088	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.3
Titan's Methane Weather post-Equinox: Seasonal climate change and large storm systems

Roe, Henry	Lowell Observatory	2012B-0088	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.2
Titan's Methane Weather post-Equinox: Seasonal climate change and large storm systems

Rogerson, Jesse	New York University	2012B-0538		Hale	2
Spectroscopic Follow Up of Variable Quasars

Rupke, David	Rhodes College	2012B-0117	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.6
QSO Feedback in Action: The AGN Threshold

Salyk, Colette	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2012B-0433	KPNO	4m	2
CO variability in HAeBe disks: A search for planet-disk interactions

Schirmer, Mischa	Gemini Observatory North	2012B-0102	CTIO	SOAR	1
Determining the redshift of the strong lens system in the fossil group J0454-0309

Schirmer, Mischa	Gemini Observatory North	2012B-0125	CTIO	SOAR	2 (DD)
Redshifts of strongly lensed multiple image systems in a high redshift double cluster

Schlawin, Everett	Cornell University	2012B-0454		Hale	1
Imager-Corrected NIR Spectro-Photometry of a Hot Jupiter

Schlieder, Joshua	Max Planck Institut fur Astrophysik	2012B-0222	KPNO	4m	4
New Low-Mass Members of Nearby Young Moving Groups

Sheffield, Allyson	Columbia University	2012B-0386	KPNO	4m	4
Exploring the Origin of M Giant Stars in the Nearby Galactic Halo

Sheppard, Scott	Carnegie Institution of Washington	2012B-0289	CTIO	0.9m-SVC	5
Precise Astrometry for Predicting Kuiper Belt Object Occultations

Sheppard, Scott	Carnegie Institution of Washington	2012B-0451	CTIO	4m-TBD	1
Beyond the Kuiper Belt Edge

Shivvers, Isaac	University of California, Berkeley	2012B-0512	CTIO	1.5m-SVC	1.35
Observationally Constraining the Effects of Orbital Circularization for Stars in Binary Orbits

Siverd, Robert	Vanderbilt University	2012B-0536	KPNO	2.1m	14
Revealing the Origins and Fates of Hot Jupiters with Eccentric Eclipsing Binaries

Slater, Colin	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	2012B-0566	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.86
Deep follow-up of two new distant satellites of Andromeda

Smith, J.	Austin Peay State University	2012B-0232	CTIO	0.9m-TBD	7
Targeted Samples of the Hot Stellar Content in the Southern Sky

Smith, J.	Austin Peay State University	2012B-0232	CTIO	1.5m-SVC	6
Targeted Samples of the Hot Stellar Content in the Southern Sky

Sonnenfeld, Alessandro	University of California, Santa Barbara	2012B-0230	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.06
Probing dark matter in the Cosmic Horseshoe

Sromovsky, Lawrence	University of Wisconsin, Madison	2012B-0246	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.6
Probing Uranus' Atmosphere With Discrete Cloud Observations

Stanghellini, Letizia	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2012B-0191	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.86
Chemical evolution of two Sculptor galaxies through the abundances of planetary nebulae and H II regions

Stauffer, John	California Institute of Technology--IPAC	2012B-0106	KPNO	4m	3
The Death Spiral of a 1 Myr Exoplanet?

Storchi-Bergmann, Thaisa	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sol	2012B-0562	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.876
The Co-Evolution of Supermassive Black Holes and Galaxies probed with NIFS

Stringfellow, Guy	University of Colorado	2012B-0345	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.45
Is it Alive? Recovering the Supernova Impostor SN1961V

Stringfellow, Guy	University of Colorado	2012B-0521	CTIO	1.5m-SVC	4.6
Confirming LBV Candidates Through Variability: A Photometric and Spectroscopic Monitoring Study

Sullivan, Mark	University of Oxford	2012B-0552	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.87
The host galaxies of local PTF Type Ia supernovae

Thorman, Paul	University of California, Davis	2012B-0448	CTIO	4m-TBD	2
Galaxy and Mass Evolution via Deep u-band Imaging in the Deep Lens Survey

Tokovinin, Andrei	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory	2012B-0075	CTIO	1.5m-SVC	0.4
Kappa Fornax, a triple radio-star?

Trafton, Laurence	University of Texas, Austin	2012B-0533	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.6
Investigation of Thermal Tides in Uranus' Thermosphere

Tran, Kim-Vy	Texas A & M University	2012B-0302	GEM-S	GEM-S	3
Mapping Cool Gas In and Around Star-forming Cluster Galaxies at z=1.62

Tran, Kim-Vy	Texas A & M University	2012B-0302	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.05
Mapping Cool Gas In and Around Star-forming Cluster Galaxies at z=1.62

Trilling, David	Northern Arizona University	2012B-0422	GEM-N	GEM-N	2
Finding KBO flyby targets for New Horizons

Trueblood, Mark	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2012B-0057	KPNO	2.1m	5
Long Term Follow-up of Near Earth Objects

Trujillo, Chad	Gemini Observatory North	2012B-0568	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.25
Surface Composition of Pluto's Moons Nix and Hydra

Tucker, Brad	Australian National University	2012B-0385	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.2
Catching Supernovae in the Act with KISS (Kepler International Supernova Search)

Veilleux, Sylvain	University of Maryland	2012B-0093	KPNO	4m	2.5
Neutral Winds in Local Quasar-Dominated Mergers. II.

Walsh, Jonelle	University of Texas, Austin	2012B-0208	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.95
Examining Massive Black Holes in Small, High-Dispersion Galaxies

Walter, Frederick	State University of New York, Stony Brook	2012B-0280	CTIO	SOAR	2
Substellar Mass Objects in Orion OB1b

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