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Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
Community Science and Data Center
Gemini Observatory
Kitt Peak National Observatory
Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Proposal Statistics by Instrument
NOIRLab 2020A
 

The following tables list NOIRLab 2020A proposal request statistics for telescopes and instruments in the U.S. ground-based observing system coordinated by NSF NOIRLab. Only proposals submitted to the NOIRLab 2020A TAC are included here.

 
Australian Astronomical Observatory
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
AAT 8 8 17.50 2.50 0.14 2.19
AAOmega 5 5 14.50 2.50 0.17 2.90
HERMES 1 1 1.00 0.00 0.00 1.00
Veloce 2 2 2.00 0.00 0.00 1.00
 
 
Cerro Tololo
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
Blanco CT-4m 29 36 132.46 46.86 0.35 4.57
COSMOS 6 6 22.00 11.00 0.50 3.67
DECam 23 30 110.46 35.86 0.32 3.68
 
CT-0.9m 1 1 8.00 0.00 0.00 8.00
CFIM 1 1 8.00 0.00 0.00 8.00
 
CT-1.5m 19 19 81.50 0.00 0.00 4.29
CHIRON 19 19 81.50 0.00 0.00 4.29
 
SOAR 35 53 114.98 60.70 0.53 3.29
Goodman 21 33 80.08 54.70 0.68 2.43
HRCAM 3 3 4.50 0.00 0.00 1.50
SAMHR 1 1 1.50 0.00 0.00 1.50
SOI 5 6 10.20 6.00 0.59 1.70
Spartan 4 5 9.74 0.00 0.00 1.95
TSpec 5 5 8.96 0.00 0.00 1.79
 
 
Gemini
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
GEM-N 114 177 156.13 39.30 0.25 1.37
ALOPEKE 12 12 22.23 2.31 0.10 1.85
GMOSN 59 93 60.42 33.99 0.56 0.65
GNIRS 21 22 22.46 0.00 0.00 1.02
GRACES 8 8 11.50 2.00 0.17 1.44
MAROON-X 1 1 3.00 0.00 0.00 3.00
NIFS 8 10 13.55 1.00 0.07 1.36
NIRI 20 28 17.37 0.00 0.00 0.62
POLISH2 2 2 4.60 0.00 0.00 2.30
VIS 1 1 1.00 0.00 0.00 1.00
 
GEM-S 105 171 126.83 25.87 0.20 1.21
FLAMINGOS2 18 34 17.06 0.00 0.00 0.50
GMOSS 45 74 47.15 23.49 0.50 0.64
GPI 10 21 4.58 0.00 0.00 0.22
GSAOI 3 3 2.40 0.00 0.00 0.80
IGRINS 27 27 30.77 0.00 0.00 1.14
ZORRO 12 12 24.87 2.38 0.10 2.07
 
 
Kitt Peak
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
KP-0.9m 2 2 15.00 5.00 0.33 7.50
HDI 2 2 15.00 5.00 0.33 7.50
 
WIYN 39 51 128.78 34.70 0.27 3.30
HYDR 5 7 20.50 12.00 0.59 2.93
NEID 24 31 50.68 0.70 0.01 1.63
NESSI 7 7 19.60 0.00 0.00 2.80
SPSPK 2 2 16.00 10.00 0.63 8.00
WHIRC 2 2 10.00 0.00 0.00 5.00
 
 
Las Cumbres Observatory
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
LCOGT-1m 27 34 176.79 1.90 0.01 6.55
NRES 2 2 7.40 0.00 0.00 3.70
Sinistro 25 32 169.39 1.90 0.01 5.29
 
LCOGT-2M 16 21 43.86 8.60 0.20 2.74
FLOYDS 10 10 22.04 2.50 0.11 2.20
Spectral 10 11 21.82 6.10 0.28 1.98
 
 
MT. Wilson, CA
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
CHARA 15 26 71.50 0.00 0.00 4.77
Classic 2 2 5.50 0.00 0.00 2.75
Climb 1 4 2.00 0.00 0.00 0.50
MIRC 8 14 50.00 0.00 0.00 3.57
PAVO 2 2 4.00 0.00 0.00 2.00
VEGA 3 4 10.00 0.00 0.00 2.50
 
 
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
Subaru 6 6 7.80 3.30 0.42 1.30
HDS 1 1 4.00 0.00 0.00 4.00
HSC 5 5 3.80 3.30 0.87 0.76