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Observing Request Statistics... (1Jun95)
August 1995 - January 1996
(from CTIO, NOAO Newsletter No. 42, June 1995)

4-m Telescope: 157 nights available
  Requests     Nights Requested
Dark  Bright  Dark    Bright  Instrument   Nights    %
 6      4      22      25        Argus        47   11.3
 2      1       6       1       CF/CCD         7    1.7
31     13     100      45       CS/CCD       145   34.9
 2      9       8      34      Ech/CCD        42   10.1
 0      6       0      20    IR/Imager        20    4.8
 0     12       0      39       IR/IRS        39    9.4
22      2      77       5       PF/CCD        82   19.8
 1      0       4       0    PF/Plates         4    1.0
 5      3      17      12         AF-P        29    7.0
--     --     ---     ---                    ---   ----
69     50     234     181                    415    100%

                        Now     Last Semester   Semester Before Last
No. of requests         119            96              114
No. of nights requested 415           321              391
Oversubscription       2.64          2.10             3.05
Average request        3.49          3.34             3.43


1.5-m Telescope: 170 nights available
  Requests     Nights Requested
Dark  Bright  Dark    Bright  Instrument   Nights     %
 1      1       9       8       ASCAP         17     4.6
20      2      97      17      CF/CCD        114    31.0
 7      6      37      24      CS/CCD         61    16.6
 0      7       0      34     Ech/CCD         34     9.2
 0     18       0      92    IR/Imager        92    25.0
 0      2       0      13       IR/IRS        13     3.5
 2      3      10      12         RF-P        22     6.0
 0      3       0      15      Visitor        15     4.1
--     --     ---     ---                    ---    ----
30     42     153     215                    368    100%

                        Now     Last Semester   Semester Before Last
No. of requests          72            55               58
No. of nights requested 368           272              267
Oversubscription       2.16          1.62             1.58
Average request        5.11          4.95             4.60


1-m Telescope: 179 nights available
  Requests      Nights Requested
Dark  Bright   Dark   Bright   Instrument    Nights    %
 3      5       24      70        ASCAP        94    81.7
 0      3        0      21    IR/Imager        21    18.3
 -      -       --      --                    ---    ----
 3      8       24      91                    115    100%

                        Now      Last Semester   Semester Before Last
No. of requests          11              14              12
No. of nights requested 115             151             103
Oversubscription       0.64            0.90            0.58
Average request       10.45           10.79            8.58


0.9-m Telescope: 174 nights available
  Requests      Nights Requested
Dark   Bright  Dark    Bright  Instrument    Nights    %
 19      12    138      77      CF/CCD         215    100%

                        Now      Last Semester   Semester Before Last
No. of requests          31              39               37
No. of nights requested 215             281              210
Oversubscription       1.24            1.61             1.24
Average request        6.94            7.21             5.68


Schmidt Telescope: 108 nights available
     CF/CCD   14 requests for   155 nights     100%

                        Now       Last Semester   Semester Before Last
No. of requests          14              9                20
No. of nights requested 155             86               122
Oversubscription       1.21           0.80              1.16
Average request       11.07           9.56              6.10


0.6-m Telescope: 181 nights available
     Visitor  1 request for   14 nights      100%

                        Now
No. of requests           1
No. of nights requested  14
Oversubscription       0.08
Average request       14.00

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