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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 2020B
 

The following tables list NOIRLab 2020B 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 2020B TAC are included here.

 
Australian Astronomical Observatory
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
AAT 9 9 18.20 7.00 0.38 2.02
AAOmega 5 5 13.00 7.00 0.54 2.60
MINERVA 1 1 1.50 0.00 0.00 1.50
Veloce 3 3 3.70 0.00 0.00 1.23
 
 
Cerro Tololo
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
Blanco CT-4m 25 23 96.40 28.00 0.29 3.86
COSMOS 3 4 11.00 8.00 0.73 2.75
DECam 22 19 85.40 20.00 0.23 4.49
 
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 16 16 80.79 0.00 0.00 5.05
CHIRON 16 16 80.79 0.00 0.00 5.05
 
SOAR 36 43 90.28 40.50 0.45 2.51
Goodman 23 28 60.38 30.50 0.51 2.16
HRCAM 4 2 5.00 0.00 0.00 2.50
SAMI 2 2 4.00 3.00 0.75 2.00
SOI 3 3 7.20 7.00 0.97 2.40
Spartan 5 5 7.74 0.00 0.00 1.55
TSpec 3 3 5.96 0.00 0.00 1.99
 
 
Gemini
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
GEM-N 93 131 119.54 21.84 0.18 1.29
ALOPEKE 14 14 17.49 1.52 0.09 1.25
GMOSN 44 63 49.92 16.97 0.34 0.79
GNIRS 15 18 17.89 0.00 0.00 0.99
GRACES 8 9 9.47 0.00 0.00 1.05
MAROON-X 4 4 6.60 0.00 0.00 1.65
NIFS 1 1 1.24 0.00 0.00 1.24
NIRI 14 20 13.18 0.00 0.00 0.66
VIS 2 2 3.75 3.35 0.89 1.88
 
GEM-S 92 132 109.64 15.39 0.14 1.19
FLAMINGOS2 18 27 17.01 0.00 0.00 0.63
GMOSS 37 58 35.36 14.28 0.40 0.61
GSAOI 6 8 5.36 0.00 0.00 0.67
IGRINS 26 27 39.42 0.00 0.00 1.46
ZORRO 12 12 12.49 1.11 0.09 1.04
 
 
Kitt Peak
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
KP-0.9m 4 7 28.00 7.00 0.25 7.00
HDI 4 7 28.00 7.00 0.25 4.00
 
WIYN 41 54 110.99 31.23 0.28 2.71
HYDR 6 9 24.10 15.00 0.62 2.68
NEID 26 32 58.99 6.73 0.11 1.84
NESSI 7 7 16.40 0.00 0.00 2.34
ODI 3 5 9.50 9.50 1.00 1.90
WHIRC 1 1 2.00 0.00 0.00 2.00
 
 
Las Cumbres Observatory
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
LCOGT-1m 22 25 151.31 15.40 0.10 6.88
NRES 2 2 7.30 0.00 0.00 3.65
Sinistro 20 23 144.01 15.40 0.11 6.26
 
LCOGT-2M 12 13 21.97 0.00 0.00 1.83
FLOYDS 7 7 12.55 0.00 0.00 1.79
Spectral 6 6 9.42 0.00 0.00 1.57
 
 
MT. Wilson, CA
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
CHARA 17 28 56.50 7.00 0.12 3.32
Classic 3 3 9.50 4.00 0.42 3.17
MIRC 12 22 41.00 0.00 0.00 1.86
PAVO 2 2 3.00 0.00 0.00 1.50
VEGA 1 1 3.00 3.00 1.00 3.00
 
 
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
Subaru 7 7 9.71 3.10 0.32 1.39
HDS 1 1 2.00 0.00 0.00 2.00
HSC 6 6 7.71 3.10 0.40 1.29