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Semester 2025A Submission

  1. UH Hilo TAC: Rules and Procedures
  2. UH TAC: Procedures
  3. UH Hilo TAC: Submission Form (tar file)

Semester 2025A: Program Allocation

Prop ID PI Telescope/Instr. Requested/
Eq. Nights		 Allocated/
Eq. Nights		 Notes
UHH1 N. Drakos Keck II/DEIMOS 1 n 1 n Grey Time ok.
UHH2 M. Takamiya Keck II/OSIRIS 2 x 0.5n 2 x 0.5n Any Moon.
  • Total Allocation for 2025A: 2 nights
  • Total possible allocation remaining for 2025B: 4 nights

Semester 2024B: Program Allocation

Prop ID PI Telescope/Instr. Requested/
Eq. Nights		 Allocated/
Eq. Nights		 Notes
UHH1 N. Drakos Keck II/MOSFIRE 1 n 1 n No Moon restriction but scheduling constraint for educational purpose.
  • Total Allocation for 2024A: 1 night
  • Total Allocation for 2024B: 1 night
  • Total allocation for 2024: 2 nights

Semester 2024A: Program Allocation

Prop ID PI Telescope/Instr. Requested/
Eq. Nights		 Allocated/
Eq. Nights		 Notes
UHH1 N. Drakos Keck II/MOSFIRE 1 n 1 n Grey time ok.
  • Total Allocation for 2024A: 1 night
  • Total remaining allocation for 2024B: 5 nights

Semester 2023B: no time requested

No proposals but for the record...

Semester 2023A: no time requested

No proposals but for the record...

Semester 2022B: Program Allocation

Prop ID PI Telescope/Instr. Requested/
Eq. Nights		 Allocated/
Eq. Nights		 Notes
UHH-1 M. Takamiya UH2.2/SNIFS 5 nights 4 nights Beware: Schedule constraints
UHH-2 R. Griffiths Subaru/FOCAS 0.5 nights 0.5 night
  • Total Allocation for 2022B: 4.5 nights
  • Total not allocated for 2022: 6 nights – 1.5 nights - 4.5 nights = 0 nights

Semester 2022A: Program Allocation

Prop ID PI Telescope/Instr. Requested/
Eq. Nights		 Allocated/
Eq. Nights		 Notes
UHH1 A. Conrad Gemini NIRI/Altair 7h 7h Bright time OK
UHH2 R. Griffiths Keck KCWI 0.5 n 0.5 n Dark Time
  • Total Allocation for 2022A: 1.5 night
  • Total not allocated for 2022: 6 nights - 1.5n = 4.5 nights

Semester 2021B: Program Allocation

Prop ID PI Telescope/Instr. Requested/
Eq. Nights		 Allocated/
Eq. Nights		 Notes
UHH1 R. Griffiths Keck/KCWI 0.5 night 0.5 night End of semester scheduling constraint.
  • Total Allocation for 2021B: 1 night
  • Total not allocated for 2021: 6 n - (1n + 0.5n) = 4.5 nights

Semester 2021A: Program Allocation

Prop ID PI Telescope/Instr. Requested/
Eq. Nights		 Allocated/
Eq. Nights		 Notes
UHH1 R. Griffiths Keck2/KCWI 1 n 1n Half nights ok if scheduling is a problem
  • Total Allocation for 2021A: 1 night
  • Total not allocated yet for 2021: 5 nights

Semester 2020A: Program Allocation

Prop ID PI Telescope/Instr. Requested/
Eq. Nights		 Allocated/
Eq. Nights		 Notes
UHH1 K. Cooksey Keck II/KCWI 2 nights 2 nights 2 separate nights
UHH2 R. Griffiths Keck II/NIRC2 0.5 night 0.5 night End of semester
  • Total Allocation for 2020A: 2.5 nights
  • Not allocated for 2020: 3.5 nights available for 2020B

Semester 2019B: Program Allocation

Prop ID PI Telescope/Instr. Requested/
Eq. Nights		 Allocated/
Eq. Nights		 Notes
UHH1 K. Cooksey Keck II/KCWI 2 nights 1 night Schedule: Early 2020
UHH2 R. Griffiths Keck II/NIRC2 0.5 nights 0.5 night Instr. Config will need LGS.
  • Total Allocation for 19B: 1.5 nights on Keck II
  • Not allocated for 2019: 6 nights – 1.5 nights = 4.5 nights

Semester 2019A: No time requested

  • No time requested

Semester 2018B: Program Allocation

Prop ID PI Telescope/Instr. Requested/
Eq. Nights		 Allocated/
Eq. Nights		 Notes
UHH1 M. Takamiya Keck I/OSIRIS-LGS 1 n / 1 n 1 night Gray time
UHH2 R.P. Martin CFHT/SITELLE 9.1hr / 1.40 n 9.1hr / 1.40 n Band A queue

: For CFHT SITELLE, 1 QSO night = 6.5 hours.

  • Total Allocation for 18B: 1 night (gray) on Keck I, 9.1 hours (1.40 night) (dark-gray) on CFHT

Semester 2018A: Program Allocation

Prop ID PI Telescope/Instr. Requested/
Eq. Nights		 Allocated/
Eq. Nights		 Notes
UHH1 M. Takamiya Keck I/OSIRIS-LGS 1n / 1n 0.5n / 0.5n
  • Total Allocation for 18A: 0.5 night on Keck I

Semester 2017B: Program Allocation

Prop ID PI Telescope/Instr. Allocated/
Eq. Nights		 Notes
UHH1 K. Cooksey Keck I/HIRESb 1 night Metallicity Distribution of the Circumgalactic Medium: Evolution from Unimodal to Bimodal and the Rare Enriched Systems
UHH3 R.P. Martin CFHT/SITELLE 8 hours /1.23n Nebular Abundance Fluctuations in M31 and M33
UHH4 M. Takamiya Keck I/OSIRIS-LGS 1 night Physical Properties of the ISM in z ∼ 0.8 Star-Forming Galaxies

Semester 2017A: Program Allocation

Prop ID PI Telescope/Instr. Allocated/
Eq. Nights		 Notes
UHH1 K. Cooksey Keck I/HIRESb 1 night Metallicity Distribution of the Circumgalactic Medium: Evolution from Unimodal to Bimodal and the Rare Enriched Systems
UHH2 R. Griffiths Gemini/GMOS 1 night An Unusual Gravitational Lens found in a HST WFC3 image
UHH3 R.P. Martin CFHT/SITELLE 7.1 hours SIGNALS: Nebular physics in the late-type galaxy NGC6822 |