Telescope Nights Nights #Request./ #of # Total#/ #Staff %Staff
Request. Sched. #Sched. Props. Sched. #Sched. Nights Nights
4-m Dark 216 81 2.7 58 25 2.3 7 9
Bright 100 62 1.6 28 13 2.2 4 6
WIYN Dark 93 32 3.0 33 17 2.0
Bright 20 23 0.9 12 8 1.5
2-hour 3 2 1.5 12 7 1.9
2.1-m Dark 92 81 1.1 21 7 3.0 1 1
Bright 223 83 2.7 50 34 1.5 27 32
Coudé Feed 128 150 0.9 16 15 1.1 28 19
0.9-m Dark 96 78 1.2 17 9 1.9 2 3
Bright 71 70 1.0 11 9 1.2 28 40
Schmidt 112 69 1.6 12 8 1.5 4 6
KPNO received 252 proposals from visitors and staff combined; with multiple telescope requests, this totaled 279 separate observing runs. Of these, 17 were long-term proposals; none was granted long-term status. Seven proposals which had previously been granted long-term status were also scheduled. The estimated WIYN time does not include two synoptic proposals for which total time could not be easily estimated. The scheduled time totals include allocations of 1 (4-m), 14 (2.1-m), and 5 (Schmidt) nights which were actually scheduled in January 1997. The request totals do not include expressions of interest for the CCD Mosaic, for which 3 (4-m) and 7 (0.9-m) nights have been set aside for shared-risk observing.
Dick Joyce