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NOAO Approved Programs for 2019B

Approved NOAO Survey Programs

PI Institution Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.

Proposal Title

Dell'Antonio, Ian Brown University 2019A-0308 CTIO 4m 9

LoVoCCS: the Local Volume Complete Cluster Survey

Drlica-Wagner, Alex Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 2019A-0305 CTIO 4m 21

DECam Dwarf Galaxy Survey

Hardegree-Ullman, Kevin California Institute of Technology--IPAC 2019A-0364 CTIO SOAR 5

Atmospheric Survey of Giant Exoplanets Discovered by TESS

Penny, Matthew Ohio State University 2019A-0315 CTIO 4m 4

Multi-band Imaging Survey for High-Alpha PlanetS (MISHAPS): Surveying the demographics of transiting hot Jupiters in the alpha-rich Galactic bulge

Trilling, David Northern Arizona University 2019A-0337 CTIO 4m 4.5

The Deep DECam Outer Solar System Survey (DDOSSS)

43.5

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

Dell'Antonio, Ian	Brown University	2019A-0308	CTIO	4m	9
LoVoCCS: the Local Volume Complete Cluster Survey

Drlica-Wagner, Alex	Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory	2019A-0305	CTIO	4m	21
DECam Dwarf Galaxy Survey

Hardegree-Ullman, Kevin	California Institute of Technology--IPAC	2019A-0364	CTIO	SOAR	5
Atmospheric Survey of Giant Exoplanets Discovered by TESS

Penny, Matthew	Ohio State University	2019A-0315	CTIO	4m	4
Multi-band Imaging Survey for High-Alpha PlanetS (MISHAPS): Surveying the demographics of transiting hot Jupiters in the alpha-rich Galactic bulge

Trilling, David	Northern Arizona University	2019A-0337	CTIO	4m	4.5
The Deep DECam Outer Solar System Survey (DDOSSS)

43.5

Approved Fermi Programs

PI Institution Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.

Proposal Title

Massaro, Francesco Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino 2018B-0934 CTIO 4m 1

THE OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPIC CAMPAIGN OF GAMMA-RAY BLAZAR CANDIDATES: 10 YRS AFTER THE FERMI LAUNCH

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

Massaro, Francesco	Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino	2018B-0934	CTIO	4m	1
THE OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPIC CAMPAIGN OF GAMMA-RAY BLAZAR CANDIDATES: 10 YRS AFTER THE FERMI LAUNCH

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Approved Long Term Programs

PI Institution Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.

Proposal Title

Chomiuk, Laura Michigan State University 2018A-0145 MtWilson CHARA 3

Imaging the Evolution and Expansion of Nova Ejecta

Dawson, William Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 2018A-0273 CTIO 4m 10

PALS: Paralensing Survey of Intermediate Mass Black Holes

Ellis, Tyler Louisiana State University 2019A-0155 MtWilson CHARA 4

Radii of late type-dwarfs, exoplanet hosts, and exoplanet host candidates

Gallenne, Alexandre European Southern Observatory 2019A-0071 MtWilson CHARA 4

Multiplicity of Galactic Cepheids from long-baseline interferometry

Gallenne, Alexandre European Southern Observatory 2019A-0071 CTIO 4m 5

Multiplicity of Galactic Cepheids from long-baseline interferometry

Greenbaum, Alexandra University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2019A-0206 MtWilson CHARA 4

Orbits of Moving Group Binaries at Small Angular Separations with CHARA

Malhotra, Sangeeta NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 2018B-0327 CTIO 4m 5

Lyman Alpha Galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization

Moskovitz, Nicholas Lowell Observatory 2017B-0111 CTIO SOAR 4

The Mission Accessible Near-Earth Object Survey (MANOS)

Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute 2018B-0122 CTIO 4m 2.5

Photometric Time Series of Carinae's Great Eruption

Richardson, Noel University of Toledo 2017B-0088 MtWilson CHARA 2

Weighing Evolved Massive Stars in Binary systems with Interferometry

Roettenbacher, Rachael Yale University 2019A-0116 MtWilson CHARA 9

Interferometrically Detecting and Measuring Differential Rotation on the Spotted Giant Andromedae

Tokovinin, Andrei National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2018A-0004 CTIO SOAR 7

Dynamics of resolved triple systems and ``fast'' binaries

59.5

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

Chomiuk, Laura	Michigan State University	2018A-0145	MtWilson	CHARA	3
Imaging the Evolution and Expansion of Nova Ejecta

Dawson, William	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	2018A-0273	CTIO	4m	10
PALS: Paralensing Survey of Intermediate Mass Black Holes

Ellis, Tyler	Louisiana State University	2019A-0155	MtWilson	CHARA	4
Radii of late type-dwarfs, exoplanet hosts, and exoplanet host candidates

Gallenne, Alexandre	European Southern Observatory	2019A-0071	MtWilson	CHARA	4
Multiplicity of Galactic Cepheids from long-baseline interferometry

Gallenne, Alexandre	European Southern Observatory	2019A-0071	CTIO	4m	5
Multiplicity of Galactic Cepheids from long-baseline interferometry

Greenbaum, Alexandra	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	2019A-0206	MtWilson	CHARA	4
Orbits of Moving Group Binaries at Small Angular Separations with CHARA

Malhotra, Sangeeta	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	2018B-0327	CTIO	4m	5
Lyman Alpha Galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization

Moskovitz, Nicholas	Lowell Observatory	2017B-0111	CTIO	SOAR	4
The Mission Accessible Near-Earth Object Survey (MANOS)

Rest, Armin	Space Telescope Science Institute	2018B-0122	CTIO	4m	2.5
Photometric Time Series of Carinae's Great Eruption

Richardson, Noel	University of Toledo	2017B-0088	MtWilson	CHARA	2
Weighing Evolved Massive Stars in Binary systems with Interferometry

Roettenbacher, Rachael	Yale University	2019A-0116	MtWilson	CHARA	9
Interferometrically Detecting and Measuring Differential Rotation on the Spotted Giant Andromedae

Tokovinin, Andrei	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2018A-0004	CTIO	SOAR	7
Dynamics of resolved triple systems and ``fast'' binaries

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Approved Regular Programs

PI Institution Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.

Proposal Title

Agueros, Marcel Columbia University 2019B-0272 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.89

Monitoring H-alpha and TiO Emission of M Dwarfs in the TESS Southern Continuous Viewing Zone

Andrews, Jennifer University of Arizona 2019B-0343 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.24

Spectrophotometric Time Series of Eta Carinae's Great Eruption

Antunano Martin, Arrate University of Leicester 2019B-0416 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1

Characterising Jupiter’s Equatorial Zone Disturbance and the Deep Atmosphere via Gemini-Juno Comparisons

Arcavi, Iair Tel Aviv University 2019B-0172 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.27

Mapping the Diversity and Emission Mechanisms of SMBH-Related Transients

Aydi, Elias Michigan State University 2019B-0283 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.4

Investigating shocks and outflow structure in Galactic novae

Barrientos, Felipe Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile 2019B-1008 CTIO 4m 2

Lyman Alpha Galaxies in the Epoch of Reoinization (LAGER)

Bassett, Robert Swinburne University of Technology 2019B-0109 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.21

The Great Escape: Mapping LyC and Ionization Conditions in HII regions

Beck, Tracy Space Telescope Science Institute 2019B-0153 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.32

Is Binary Orbital Motion Triggering Mass Outflow Ejections?

Beck, Tracy Space Telescope Science Institute 2019B-0166 GEM-N GEM-NQ 3.48

Investigating the Nature of Very Young Brown Dwarfs

Bianconi, Matteo University of Birmingham 2019B-0415 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.2

GMOS Discovery of Kilonova Counterparts to Strongly-lensed Binary Neutron Star (NS-NS) and Neutron Star- Black Hole (NS- BH) Mergers in LIGO/Virgo’s Third Observing Run (O3)

Blackman, Ryan Yale University 2019B-0358 KPNO WIYNQ 2

K2 & TESS Exoplanet Mass Measurements with NEID

Blake, James University of Leicester 2019B-0157 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.55

Saturn after the Summer Solstice: Evolution in the northern hemisphere

Bostroem, K. Azalee University of California, Davis 2019B-0212 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.59

Progenitors of Type II Supernovae from Nebular Spectra

B�zard, Bruno Observatoire de Paris 2019B-0052 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.4

Search for methyl radicals in Titan's atmosphere

Carr, John Eureka Scientific 2019B-0140 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.38

Where is the Water in Herbig AeBe Disks?

Chanchaiworawit, Krittapas University of Florida 2019B-0446 LBT LBT-SVC 0.5

New Cosmic Distance Indicator from High-z Starburst Galaxies: HII Galaxies at z~1.5

Chene, Andre-Nicolas Gemini Observatory North 2019B-0178 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.98

Microlensing black holes and their masses from Gaia

Ciardullo, Robin Pennsylvania State University 2019B-0168 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.36

An M31 Open Cluster with a Planetary Nebula? Testing the Minimum Stellar Mass for Hot-Bottom Burning

Clayton, Geoffrey Louisiana State University 2019B-0044 CTIO 4m 5

Search for the coldest Magellanic RCB stars; The early supergiant phase after WD merger

Colon, Knicole NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 2019B-0280 KPNO WIYN 6

Photometric Characterization of K2 and TESS Exoplanets with WIYN

Colon, Knicole NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 2019B-0280 KPNO WIYNQ 0.2

Photometric Characterization of K2 and TESS Exoplanets with WIYN

Crossfield, Ian Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2019B-0163 KPNO WIYNQ 1.59

A NEID mass for a Small TESS Atmospheric Target

Douglas, Stephanie Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2019B-0105 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1

Stellar rotation and multiplicity with TESS and Gemini

Dragomir, Diana Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2019B-0242 SSO AAT 3

Maximizing the TESS Mission's Yield of Temperate Planets

Evans, Nancy Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2018B-0039 MtWilson CHARA 1

The Dynamical Mass of Polaris, the Nearest Cepheid: The Periastron Campaign

Fletcher, Leigh University of Leicester 2019B-0117 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.65

A Neptunian Summer: Atmospheric Characterisation in Preparation for JWST

Fouchet, Thierry Observatoire de Paris 2019B-0248 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.4

Searching for ammonia originating from the rings in Saturn's atmosphere

Frederick, Sara University of Maryland 2019B-0399 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.83

The Real-Time Appearance of the BLR in a New Class of Changing-Look LINERs Discovered by ZTF

Fuchs, Guido W. University of Kassel 2019B-0129 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.7

The condensation of stellar dust: Investigating the role of TiO and TiO2 in the S-type AGB star NP Aur

Geha, Marla Yale University 2019B-0267 SSO AAT 3

The SAGA Project: A Continued Search for Dwarf Galaxy Satellites Around Milky Way Analogs

Gelino, Christopher California Institute of Technology--IPAC 2019B-0377 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.43

Determining the low-mass cutoff for star formation

Graham, Melissa L. University of Washington 2019B-0252 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.25

Constraining the Fraction of Type Ia Supernovae with Non-Degenerate Companions

Green, Paul Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2019B-0246 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.86

Changing-Look Quasars: Radical Changes in Accretion Rate?

Gruen, Daniel Stanford University 2019B-0203 GEM-S GEM-SQ 4.05

Empowering optical cluster cosmology with GMOS

Hajduk, Marcin University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn 2019B-0053 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.2

CK Vul still alive - precessing jet and ongoing mass loss

Hartman, Zachary Lowell Observatory 2019B-0369 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.71

Examining the Higher Order Multiplicity of Halo Wide Binaries

Hermes, Jj Boston University 2019B-0125 CTIO SOAR 4

Measuring the endpoints of stellar rotation with TESS

Howell, Steve NASA Ames Research Center 2019B-0046 KPNO WIYNQ 4

K2 and TESS Exoplanet Validation and Characterization: Small Planets and Host Systems

Howell, Steve NASA Ames Research Center 2019B-0054 GEM-S GEM-SQ 7

K2 and TESS Exoplanet Validation and Characterization: Small, Rocky Planets, Host Star Systems

Humphreys, Roberta University of Minnesota 2019B-0442 LBT LBT-SVC 0.5

eta Car Analogs in Nearby Galaxies

Jha, Saurabh Rutgers University 2019B-0182 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.73

Spectroscopy of Type Iax Supernovae

Kareta, Theodore Lunar and Planetary Lab 2019B-0202 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.48

Unraveling the History of the Quadrantid Meteor Shower with Gemini South

Kartaltepe, Jeyhan Rochester Institute of Technology 2019B-0449 LBT LBT-SVC 2

Probing the Environment of Distant Star-Forming Galaxies

Kelly, Patrick University of Minnesota 2019B-0370 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.2

Measuring the Light Curve of an Extremely Magnified Individual Star at Redshift z=1.49

Kilic, Mukremin University of Oklahoma, Norman 2019B-0066 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.22

Double Degenerates in the Solar Neighborhood

Kilpatrick, Charles University of California, Santa Cruz 2019B-0261 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.3

Identifying the Progenitors of Astrophysical Transients

Kilpatrick, Charles University of California, Santa Cruz 2019B-0445 LBT LBT-SVC 1

Probing the Physical Properties of Galactic Supernovae with Light Echoes

Kim, Bokyoung Georgia State University 2019B-0326 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.62

Mid-resolution spectroscopy for high-velocity, low-mass white dwarf candidates in the local Galactic halo

Kraus, Adam University of Texas, Austin 2019B-0341 KPNO WIYNQ 6

Unveiling the Impact of Binary Stars on Planet Occurrence with Gaia

Kunder, Andrea Saint Martin's University 2019B-0191 SSO AAT 2

Confirmation of a nuclear feature in the inner Galaxy

Lacy, Mark NRAO Headquarters 2019B-0174 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.92

An IFU study of the jet-galaxy interaction in Minkowski's Object

LaMassa, Stephanie Space Telescope Science Institute 2019B-0152 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.3

The Hunt for Red Quasars: Unveiling Luminous Obscured Black Hole Growth

Lee, Chien-Hsiu National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2019B-0210 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1

Chasing fast and recurrent M31 novae from ZTF and ANTARES

Lee, Gwang-Ho University of Arizona 2019B-0394 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.36

Mapping the Declining Winds in Post-Starburst Galaxies with GMOS

Leggett, Sandy Gemini Observatory North 2019B-0070 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.84

Searching for an Additional Heat Source in 350K Brown Dwarf Atmospheres Using 2-micron Imaging

Luhman, Kevin Pennsylvania State University 2019B-0124 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.6

Characterizing a New Nearby Young Association

Maccarone, Thomas Texas Technical University 2019B-0133 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.36

A new detached binary compact object

Martinez, Raquel University of Texas, Austin 2019B-0381 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.14

Spectroscopic Confirmation of the Wide Orbit Planetary-Mass Companion [SCH06] J0359+2009 B

Martinez, Clara Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 2019B-0403 CTIO 4m 3

The hunt of RR Lyrae stars in ultra-faint systems

Martinez, Clara Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 2019B-0403 CTIO SOAR 2

The hunt of RR Lyrae stars in ultra-faint systems

McCully, Curtis Las Cumbres Observatory 2019B-0192 GEM-S GEM-SQ 3.6

Optical to IR Observations of the Next Kilonovae

Melis, Carl University of California, San Diego 2019B-0207 GEM-S GEM-SQ 3.34

Gemini-South Polluted White Dwarf Survey

Molnar, Larry Calvin College 2019B-0320 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.18

Contact Binaries Undergoing Tidal Instability?

Moskovitz, Nicholas Lowell Observatory 2019B-0143 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2

The Mission Accessible Near-Earth Object Survey (MANOS)

Murray-Clay, Ruth University of California, Santa Cruz 2019B-0450 LBT LBT-SVC 2

Constraining Neptune’s Migration: Surfaces of Resonant TNOs

Najita, Joan National Optical Astronomy Observatory 2019B-0225 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.15

Probing the Planet Formation Status of Disks with the MIR HCN/Water Ratio

Nielsen, Eric Stanford University 2019B-0367 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.68

Orbits of Moving Group Binaries: Constraining the Ages of Planet-Hosting Moving Groups using GPI NRM, Zorro, and 'Alopeke

Nisak, Azmain Georgia State University 2019B-0402 CTIO SOAR 3

Confirmation of New Candidate Members in Young Open Clusters IC 2602 and IC 2391

Nitta, Atsuko Gemini Observatory North 2019B-0308 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.65

White dwarf stars as tracers of stellar, galactic, and planetary evolution

Nugroho, Stenanus Queen's University Belfast 2019B-0226 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 1

Resolving the Atmosphere of Ultra Hot Jupiter using GRACES

Papovich, Casey Texas A & M University 2019B-0080 CTIO 4m 3

DECam u-Band Imaging of the HETDEX/SHELA field

patience, Jennifer Arizona State University 2019B-0356 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.24

GPI Deep Imaging of the Newly Resolved HD 98363 Disk

Placco, Vinicius University of Notre Dame 2019B-0069 CTIO 4m 5

Identification of Low-Metallicity Stars from Narrow-Band Photometry

Pontoppidan, Klaus Space Telescope Science Institute 2019B-0187 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.24

Warm organics in the youngest protoplanetary disks

Prichard, Laura Space Telescope Science Institute 2019B-0448 LBT LBT-SVC 1.5

Direct detection of Lyman continuum flux from a population of high redshift galaxies

Rest, Armin Space Telescope Science Institute 2019B-0334 CTIO 4m 3.5

Light Echoes of the Crab Supernova (SN 1054)

Roettenbacher, Rachael Yale University 2019B-0137 MtWilson CHARA 5

Interferometric Imaging of the Spotted Star Geminorum with Simultaneous Spectropolarimetry

Salyk, Colette Vassar College 2019B-0216 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.41

Location and Kinematics of Water Vapor in Planet-forming Regions

Salzer, John Indiana University 2019B-0444 LBT LBT-SVC 0.5

Using NIR Spectroscopy to Derive a More Precise Estimate of the Primordial Helium Abundance

Sand, David University of Arizona 2019B-0092 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.55

Rapid Spectroscopy of Very Young Supernovae Discovered by the D<40 Mpc Survey

Santiago, Basilio Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sul 2019B-0376 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.447

Brown dwarf benchmark candidates in the Dark Energy Survey and Gaia DR2

Scarlata, Claudia University of Minnesota 2019B-0016 CTIO 4m 8

The demographics of Extreme Emission Line galaxies

Schaefer, Gail Georgia State University 2019B-0260 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.07

The Dynamical Mass of Polaris, the Nearest Cepheid: The Periastron Campaign

Scharwaechter, Julia Gemini Observatory North 2019B-0208 GEM-N GEM-NQ 2.2

Probing the effect of AGN feedback on multiple gas phases in the Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS)

Shara, Michael American Museum of Natural History 2019B-0256 CTIO 4m 4

Magellanic Clouds' Contact and Cataclysmic Binaries

Shaw, Aarran University of Alberta 2019B-0421 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.6

Determining the nature of Very Faint X-ray Transients

Sheppard, Scott Carnegie Institution of Washington 2019B-0408 CTIO 4m 5

Extreme Trans-Neptunian Objects: Making a More Uniform Survey

Shporer, Avi Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2019B-0147 KPNO WIYNQ 0.5

Radial Velocity Confirmation of TESS Warm Jupiter Candidates

Shporer, Avi Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2019B-0147 SSO AAT 2

Radial Velocity Confirmation of TESS Warm Jupiter Candidates

Shultz, Matthew University of Delaware 2019B-0429 MtWilson CHARA 3

Spatially Resolving the Centrifugal Magnetospheres of Magnetic Hot Stars

Sinclair, James Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2019B-0328 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.08

High spatial and spectral TEXES mapping of Jupiter's auroral regions

Singer, Leo NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 2019B-0321 GEM-S GEM-SQ 2.09

Black and Gold: Discovering and Characterizing Infrared Counterparts to Neutron Star Mergers

Stefansson, Gudmundur Pennsylvania State University 2019B-0259 KPNO WIYNQ 0.8

Rossiter-McLaughlin Measurements of the Neptune-size M-dwarf planet GJ 3470b

Suess, Katherine University of California, Berkeley 2019B-0194 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.77

Characterizing the sizes and morphologies of z~0.6 gas-rich recently-quenched galaxies

Tamada, Nozomu Ehime University 2019B-0118 CTIO SOAR 2

Systematic exploration of optical counterparts of DLAs at z > 2

Tejos, Nicolas Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile 2019B-0185 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.51

Rapid Imaging and Spectroscopic Follow-up of Fast Radio Bursts

Tetarenko, Bailey University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2019B-0065 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.93

Mapping the structure of black hole accretion discs with Gemini/ GMOS

Tollefson, Joshua University of California, Berkeley 2019B-0428 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.5

Imaging Neptune's New Dark Spot from the Ground

Troja, Eleonora University of Maryland 2019B-0224 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.43

Off-axis afterglows from compact binary mergers

Troja, Eleonora University of Maryland 2019B-0274 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1

Mapping the diversity of neutron star mergers with rapid Gemini observations of short gamma-ray bursts

Tsang, Constantine Southwest Research Institute 2019B-0086 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.6

Io's Atmospheric Response to Sunlight after Jupiter Eclipses

von Hippel, Ted Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 2019B-0162 GEM-N GEM-N-SVC 0.71

Characterizing a substellar companion to a young white dwarf with unusual infrared excess

Vrijmoet, Eliot Halley Georgia State University 2019B-0184 CTIO SOAR 2

Orbital Architectures of M Dwarf Systems

Walsh, Gregory West Virginia University 2019B-0351 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.14

Exploring SMBH Binary Evolution in Spheroidal Post-Merger Galaxies

Wang, Feige University of California, Santa Barbara 2019B-0112 GEM-S GEM-SQ 3.15

Searching for Quasars Deep Into the Epoch of Reionization

Wang, Sharon Xuesong Carnegie Institution of Washington 2019B-0268 KPNO WIYNQ 2

RVxTESS: Characterizing Stellar Activity on M Dwarfs with Simultaneous TESS and NEID Observations

Ward-Duong, Kimberly University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2019B-0390 GEM-S GEM-SQ 0.65

Investigating an Unusually Cool, Old Brown Dwarf with the Gemini Planet Imager

Winn, Josh Princeton University 2019B-0266 KPNO WIYNQ 2

Validation of TESS Exoplanet Candidates

Wright, Jason Pennsylvania State University 2019B-0127 KPNO WIYNQ 0.8

Measuring the Ultimate RV Standard Star: NEID Observations of the Sun at Night

Wyatt, Sam University of Arizona 2019B-0175 GEM-N GEM-NQ 1.6

Constraining Type Ia Supernova Physics with Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Xu, Siyi Gemini Observatory North 2019B-0237 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.97

The Gaia View of Dust Disks around White Dwarfs

Yang, Jinyi University of Arizona 2019B-0102 GEM-S GEM-SQ 1.45

Probing Cosmic Reionization History with New z>6.5 Luminous Quasars

Zakamska, Nadia Johns Hopkins University 2019B-0214 GEM-N GEM-NQ 0.8

Extreme quasar feedback at the peak of the galaxy formation epoch

Zenteno, Alfredo Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 2019B-0323 CTIO 4m 12

The DECam eROSITA Survey (DeROSITAS)

Zezas, Andreas Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2019B-0146 CTIO 4m 4

Investigation of Supernova Remnants in nearby galaxies

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

Agueros, Marcel	Columbia University	2019B-0272	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.89
Monitoring H-alpha and TiO Emission of M Dwarfs in the TESS Southern Continuous Viewing Zone

Andrews, Jennifer	University of Arizona	2019B-0343	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.24
Spectrophotometric Time Series of Eta Carinae's Great Eruption

Antunano Martin, Arrate	University of Leicester	2019B-0416	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1
Characterising Jupiter’s Equatorial Zone Disturbance and the Deep Atmosphere via Gemini-Juno Comparisons

Arcavi, Iair	Tel Aviv University	2019B-0172	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.27
Mapping the Diversity and Emission Mechanisms of SMBH-Related Transients

Aydi, Elias	Michigan State University	2019B-0283	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.4
Investigating shocks and outflow structure in Galactic novae

Barrientos, Felipe	Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile	2019B-1008	CTIO	4m	2
Lyman Alpha Galaxies in the Epoch of Reoinization (LAGER)

Bassett, Robert	Swinburne University of Technology	2019B-0109	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.21
The Great Escape: Mapping LyC and Ionization Conditions in HII regions

Beck, Tracy	Space Telescope Science Institute	2019B-0153	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.32
Is Binary Orbital Motion Triggering Mass Outflow Ejections?

Beck, Tracy	Space Telescope Science Institute	2019B-0166	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	3.48
Investigating the Nature of Very Young Brown Dwarfs

Bianconi, Matteo	University of Birmingham	2019B-0415	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.2
GMOS Discovery of Kilonova Counterparts to Strongly-lensed Binary Neutron Star (NS-NS) and Neutron Star- Black Hole (NS- BH) Mergers in LIGO/Virgo’s Third Observing Run (O3)

Blackman, Ryan	Yale University	2019B-0358	KPNO	WIYNQ	2
K2 & TESS Exoplanet Mass Measurements with NEID

Blake, James	University of Leicester	2019B-0157	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.55
Saturn after the Summer Solstice: Evolution in the northern hemisphere

Bostroem, K. Azalee	University of California, Davis	2019B-0212	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.59
Progenitors of Type II Supernovae from Nebular Spectra

B�zard, Bruno	Observatoire de Paris	2019B-0052	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.4
Search for methyl radicals in Titan's atmosphere

Carr, John	Eureka Scientific	2019B-0140	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.38
Where is the Water in Herbig AeBe Disks?

Chanchaiworawit, Krittapas	University of Florida	2019B-0446	LBT	LBT-SVC	0.5
New Cosmic Distance Indicator from High-z Starburst Galaxies: HII Galaxies at z~1.5

Chene, Andre-Nicolas	Gemini Observatory North	2019B-0178	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.98
Microlensing black holes and their masses from Gaia

Ciardullo, Robin	Pennsylvania State University	2019B-0168	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.36
An M31 Open Cluster with a Planetary Nebula? Testing the Minimum Stellar Mass for Hot-Bottom Burning

Clayton, Geoffrey	Louisiana State University	2019B-0044	CTIO	4m	5
Search for the coldest Magellanic RCB stars; The early supergiant phase after WD merger

Colon, Knicole	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	2019B-0280	KPNO	WIYN	6
Photometric Characterization of K2 and TESS Exoplanets with WIYN

Colon, Knicole	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	2019B-0280	KPNO	WIYNQ	0.2
Photometric Characterization of K2 and TESS Exoplanets with WIYN

Crossfield, Ian	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	2019B-0163	KPNO	WIYNQ	1.59
A NEID mass for a Small TESS Atmospheric Target

Douglas, Stephanie	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2019B-0105	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1
Stellar rotation and multiplicity with TESS and Gemini

Dragomir, Diana	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	2019B-0242	SSO	AAT	3
Maximizing the TESS Mission's Yield of Temperate Planets

Evans, Nancy	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2018B-0039	MtWilson	CHARA	1
The Dynamical Mass of Polaris, the Nearest Cepheid: The Periastron Campaign

Fletcher, Leigh	University of Leicester	2019B-0117	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.65
A Neptunian Summer: Atmospheric Characterisation in Preparation for JWST

Fouchet, Thierry	Observatoire de Paris	2019B-0248	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.4
Searching for ammonia originating from the rings in Saturn's atmosphere

Frederick, Sara	University of Maryland	2019B-0399	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.83
The Real-Time Appearance of the BLR in a New Class of Changing-Look LINERs Discovered by ZTF

Fuchs, Guido W.	University of Kassel	2019B-0129	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.7
The condensation of stellar dust: Investigating the role of TiO and TiO2 in the S-type AGB star NP Aur

Geha, Marla	Yale University	2019B-0267	SSO	AAT	3
The SAGA Project: A Continued Search for Dwarf Galaxy Satellites Around Milky Way Analogs

Gelino, Christopher	California Institute of Technology--IPAC	2019B-0377	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	2.43
Determining the low-mass cutoff for star formation

Graham, Melissa L.	University of Washington	2019B-0252	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.25
Constraining the Fraction of Type Ia Supernovae with Non-Degenerate Companions

Green, Paul	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2019B-0246	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.86
Changing-Look Quasars: Radical Changes in Accretion Rate?

Gruen, Daniel	Stanford University	2019B-0203	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	4.05
Empowering optical cluster cosmology with GMOS

Hajduk, Marcin	University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn	2019B-0053	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.2
CK Vul still alive - precessing jet and ongoing mass loss

Hartman, Zachary	Lowell Observatory	2019B-0369	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	2.71
Examining the Higher Order Multiplicity of Halo Wide Binaries

Hermes, Jj	Boston University	2019B-0125	CTIO	SOAR	4
Measuring the endpoints of stellar rotation with TESS

Howell, Steve	NASA Ames Research Center	2019B-0046	KPNO	WIYNQ	4
K2 and TESS Exoplanet Validation and Characterization: Small Planets and Host Systems

Howell, Steve	NASA Ames Research Center	2019B-0054	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	7
K2 and TESS Exoplanet Validation and Characterization: Small, Rocky Planets, Host Star Systems

Humphreys, Roberta	University of Minnesota	2019B-0442	LBT	LBT-SVC	0.5
eta Car Analogs in Nearby Galaxies

Jha, Saurabh	Rutgers University	2019B-0182	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.73
Spectroscopy of Type Iax Supernovae

Kareta, Theodore	Lunar and Planetary Lab	2019B-0202	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.48
Unraveling the History of the Quadrantid Meteor Shower with Gemini South

Kartaltepe, Jeyhan	Rochester Institute of Technology	2019B-0449	LBT	LBT-SVC	2
Probing the Environment of Distant Star-Forming Galaxies

Kelly, Patrick	University of Minnesota	2019B-0370	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.2
Measuring the Light Curve of an Extremely Magnified Individual Star at Redshift z=1.49

Kilic, Mukremin	University of Oklahoma, Norman	2019B-0066	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.22
Double Degenerates in the Solar Neighborhood

Kilpatrick, Charles	University of California, Santa Cruz	2019B-0261	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.3
Identifying the Progenitors of Astrophysical Transients

Kilpatrick, Charles	University of California, Santa Cruz	2019B-0445	LBT	LBT-SVC	1
Probing the Physical Properties of Galactic Supernovae with Light Echoes

Kim, Bokyoung	Georgia State University	2019B-0326	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.62
Mid-resolution spectroscopy for high-velocity, low-mass white dwarf candidates in the local Galactic halo

Kraus, Adam	University of Texas, Austin	2019B-0341	KPNO	WIYNQ	6
Unveiling the Impact of Binary Stars on Planet Occurrence with Gaia

Kunder, Andrea	Saint Martin's University	2019B-0191	SSO	AAT	2
Confirmation of a nuclear feature in the inner Galaxy

Lacy, Mark	NRAO Headquarters	2019B-0174	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.92
An IFU study of the jet-galaxy interaction in Minkowski's Object

LaMassa, Stephanie	Space Telescope Science Institute	2019B-0152	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.3
The Hunt for Red Quasars: Unveiling Luminous Obscured Black Hole Growth

Lee, Chien-Hsiu	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2019B-0210	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1
Chasing fast and recurrent M31 novae from ZTF and ANTARES

Lee, Gwang-Ho	University of Arizona	2019B-0394	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.36
Mapping the Declining Winds in Post-Starburst Galaxies with GMOS

Leggett, Sandy	Gemini Observatory North	2019B-0070	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.84
Searching for an Additional Heat Source in 350K Brown Dwarf Atmospheres Using 2-micron Imaging

Luhman, Kevin	Pennsylvania State University	2019B-0124	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	2.6
Characterizing a New Nearby Young Association

Maccarone, Thomas	Texas Technical University	2019B-0133	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.36
A new detached binary compact object

Martinez, Raquel	University of Texas, Austin	2019B-0381	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.14
Spectroscopic Confirmation of the Wide Orbit Planetary-Mass Companion [SCH06] J0359+2009 B

Martinez, Clara	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory	2019B-0403	CTIO	4m	3
The hunt of RR Lyrae stars in ultra-faint systems

Martinez, Clara	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory	2019B-0403	CTIO	SOAR	2
The hunt of RR Lyrae stars in ultra-faint systems

McCully, Curtis	Las Cumbres Observatory	2019B-0192	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	3.6
Optical to IR Observations of the Next Kilonovae

Melis, Carl	University of California, San Diego	2019B-0207	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	3.34
Gemini-South Polluted White Dwarf Survey

Molnar, Larry	Calvin College	2019B-0320	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.18
Contact Binaries Undergoing Tidal Instability?

Moskovitz, Nicholas	Lowell Observatory	2019B-0143	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	2
The Mission Accessible Near-Earth Object Survey (MANOS)

Murray-Clay, Ruth	University of California, Santa Cruz	2019B-0450	LBT	LBT-SVC	2
Constraining Neptune’s Migration: Surfaces of Resonant TNOs

Najita, Joan	National Optical Astronomy Observatory	2019B-0225	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	2.15
Probing the Planet Formation Status of Disks with the MIR HCN/Water Ratio

Nielsen, Eric	Stanford University	2019B-0367	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	2.68
Orbits of Moving Group Binaries: Constraining the Ages of Planet-Hosting Moving Groups using GPI NRM, Zorro, and 'Alopeke

Nisak, Azmain	Georgia State University	2019B-0402	CTIO	SOAR	3
Confirmation of New Candidate Members in Young Open Clusters IC 2602 and IC 2391

Nitta, Atsuko	Gemini Observatory North	2019B-0308	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.65
White dwarf stars as tracers of stellar, galactic, and planetary evolution

Nugroho, Stenanus	Queen's University Belfast	2019B-0226	GEM-N	GEM-N-SVC	1
Resolving the Atmosphere of Ultra Hot Jupiter using GRACES

Papovich, Casey	Texas A & M University	2019B-0080	CTIO	4m	3
DECam u-Band Imaging of the HETDEX/SHELA field

patience, Jennifer	Arizona State University	2019B-0356	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.24
GPI Deep Imaging of the Newly Resolved HD 98363 Disk

Placco, Vinicius	University of Notre Dame	2019B-0069	CTIO	4m	5
Identification of Low-Metallicity Stars from Narrow-Band Photometry

Pontoppidan, Klaus	Space Telescope Science Institute	2019B-0187	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.24
Warm organics in the youngest protoplanetary disks

Prichard, Laura	Space Telescope Science Institute	2019B-0448	LBT	LBT-SVC	1.5
Direct detection of Lyman continuum flux from a population of high redshift galaxies

Rest, Armin	Space Telescope Science Institute	2019B-0334	CTIO	4m	3.5
Light Echoes of the Crab Supernova (SN 1054)

Roettenbacher, Rachael	Yale University	2019B-0137	MtWilson	CHARA	5
Interferometric Imaging of the Spotted Star Geminorum with Simultaneous Spectropolarimetry

Salyk, Colette	Vassar College	2019B-0216	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	2.41
Location and Kinematics of Water Vapor in Planet-forming Regions

Salzer, John	Indiana University	2019B-0444	LBT	LBT-SVC	0.5
Using NIR Spectroscopy to Derive a More Precise Estimate of the Primordial Helium Abundance

Sand, David	University of Arizona	2019B-0092	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.55
Rapid Spectroscopy of Very Young Supernovae Discovered by the D<40 Mpc Survey

Santiago, Basilio	Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sul	2019B-0376	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.447
Brown dwarf benchmark candidates in the Dark Energy Survey and Gaia DR2

Scarlata, Claudia	University of Minnesota	2019B-0016	CTIO	4m	8
The demographics of Extreme Emission Line galaxies

Schaefer, Gail	Georgia State University	2019B-0260	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.07
The Dynamical Mass of Polaris, the Nearest Cepheid: The Periastron Campaign

Scharwaechter, Julia	Gemini Observatory North	2019B-0208	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	2.2
Probing the effect of AGN feedback on multiple gas phases in the Close AGN Reference Survey (CARS)

Shara, Michael	American Museum of Natural History	2019B-0256	CTIO	4m	4
Magellanic Clouds' Contact and Cataclysmic Binaries

Shaw, Aarran	University of Alberta	2019B-0421	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.6
Determining the nature of Very Faint X-ray Transients

Sheppard, Scott	Carnegie Institution of Washington	2019B-0408	CTIO	4m	5
Extreme Trans-Neptunian Objects: Making a More Uniform Survey

Shporer, Avi	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	2019B-0147	KPNO	WIYNQ	0.5
Radial Velocity Confirmation of TESS Warm Jupiter Candidates

Shporer, Avi	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	2019B-0147	SSO	AAT	2
Radial Velocity Confirmation of TESS Warm Jupiter Candidates

Shultz, Matthew	University of Delaware	2019B-0429	MtWilson	CHARA	3
Spatially Resolving the Centrifugal Magnetospheres of Magnetic Hot Stars

Sinclair, James	Jet Propulsion Laboratory	2019B-0328	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.08
High spatial and spectral TEXES mapping of Jupiter's auroral regions

Singer, Leo	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	2019B-0321	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	2.09
Black and Gold: Discovering and Characterizing Infrared Counterparts to Neutron Star Mergers

Stefansson, Gudmundur	Pennsylvania State University	2019B-0259	KPNO	WIYNQ	0.8
Rossiter-McLaughlin Measurements of the Neptune-size M-dwarf planet GJ 3470b

Suess, Katherine	University of California, Berkeley	2019B-0194	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.77
Characterizing the sizes and morphologies of z~0.6 gas-rich recently-quenched galaxies

Tamada, Nozomu	Ehime University	2019B-0118	CTIO	SOAR	2
Systematic exploration of optical counterparts of DLAs at z > 2

Tejos, Nicolas	Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile	2019B-0185	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.51
Rapid Imaging and Spectroscopic Follow-up of Fast Radio Bursts

Tetarenko, Bailey	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	2019B-0065	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.93
Mapping the structure of black hole accretion discs with Gemini/ GMOS

Tollefson, Joshua	University of California, Berkeley	2019B-0428	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.5
Imaging Neptune's New Dark Spot from the Ground

Troja, Eleonora	University of Maryland	2019B-0224	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.43
Off-axis afterglows from compact binary mergers

Troja, Eleonora	University of Maryland	2019B-0274	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1
Mapping the diversity of neutron star mergers with rapid Gemini observations of short gamma-ray bursts

Tsang, Constantine	Southwest Research Institute	2019B-0086	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.6
Io's Atmospheric Response to Sunlight after Jupiter Eclipses

von Hippel, Ted	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	2019B-0162	GEM-N	GEM-N-SVC	0.71
Characterizing a substellar companion to a young white dwarf with unusual infrared excess

Vrijmoet, Eliot Halley	Georgia State University	2019B-0184	CTIO	SOAR	2
Orbital Architectures of M Dwarf Systems

Walsh, Gregory	West Virginia University	2019B-0351	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.14
Exploring SMBH Binary Evolution in Spheroidal Post-Merger Galaxies

Wang, Feige	University of California, Santa Barbara	2019B-0112	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	3.15
Searching for Quasars Deep Into the Epoch of Reionization

Wang, Sharon Xuesong	Carnegie Institution of Washington	2019B-0268	KPNO	WIYNQ	2
RVxTESS: Characterizing Stellar Activity on M Dwarfs with Simultaneous TESS and NEID Observations

Ward-Duong, Kimberly	University of Massachusetts, Amherst	2019B-0390	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	0.65
Investigating an Unusually Cool, Old Brown Dwarf with the Gemini Planet Imager

Winn, Josh	Princeton University	2019B-0266	KPNO	WIYNQ	2
Validation of TESS Exoplanet Candidates

Wright, Jason	Pennsylvania State University	2019B-0127	KPNO	WIYNQ	0.8
Measuring the Ultimate RV Standard Star: NEID Observations of the Sun at Night

Wyatt, Sam	University of Arizona	2019B-0175	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	1.6
Constraining Type Ia Supernova Physics with Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Xu, Siyi	Gemini Observatory North	2019B-0237	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.97
The Gaia View of Dust Disks around White Dwarfs

Yang, Jinyi	University of Arizona	2019B-0102	GEM-S	GEM-SQ	1.45
Probing Cosmic Reionization History with New z>6.5 Luminous Quasars

Zakamska, Nadia	Johns Hopkins University	2019B-0214	GEM-N	GEM-NQ	0.8
Extreme quasar feedback at the peak of the galaxy formation epoch

Zenteno, Alfredo	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory	2019B-0323	CTIO	4m	12
The DECam eROSITA Survey (DeROSITAS)

Zezas, Andreas	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	2019B-0146	CTIO	4m	4
Investigation of Supernova Remnants in nearby galaxies

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Approved Testing and Engineering Programs

PI Institution Prop. ID Site Tel. Nts.

Proposal Title

Schweiker, Heidi WIYN Observatory 2019B-0906 KPNO WIYN 4

T&E

Schweiker, Heidi WIYN Observatory 2019B-0907 KPNO WIYN 4

Shutdown

Schweiker, Heidi WIYN Observatory 2019B-0908 KPNO WIYN 13

NEID port commissioning

Schweiker, Heidi WIYN Observatory 2019B-0909 KPNO WIYN 36

NEID Instrument Commissioning

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

Schweiker, Heidi	WIYN Observatory	2019B-0906	KPNO	WIYN	4
T&E

Schweiker, Heidi	WIYN Observatory	2019B-0907	KPNO	WIYN	4
Shutdown

Schweiker, Heidi	WIYN Observatory	2019B-0908	KPNO	WIYN	13
NEID port commissioning

Schweiker, Heidi	WIYN Observatory	2019B-0909	KPNO	WIYN	36
NEID Instrument Commissioning

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Approved Testing and Engineering Programs

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Proposal Title

Cooke, Jeffrey Swinburne University of Technology 2019B-1012 CTIO 4m 3

All-wavelength search for FRB counterparts and fast transients

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

Cooke, Jeffrey	Swinburne University of Technology	2019B-1012	CTIO	4m	3
All-wavelength search for FRB counterparts and fast transients

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