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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 2021A
 

The following tables list NOIRLab 2021A 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 2021A TAC are included here.

 
Australian Astronomical Observatory
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
AAT 7 7 16.00 4.00 0.25 2.29
AAOmega 6 6 13.00 4.00 0.31 2.17
HERMES 1 1 3.00 0.00 0.00 3.00
 
 
Cerro Tololo
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
Blanco CT-4m 25 26 92.90 28.00 0.30 3.72
COSMOS 7 7 23.00 3.00 0.13 3.29
DECam 18 19 69.90 25.00 0.36 3.68
 
CT-0.9m 2 2 10.50 0.00 0.00 5.25
CFIM 2 2 10.50 0.00 0.00 5.25
 
CT-1.5m 17 17 74.40 5.00 0.07 4.38
CHIRON 17 17 74.40 5.00 0.07 4.38
 
SOAR 33 45 77.74 20.34 0.26 2.36
Goodman 21 31 45.77 20.34 0.44 1.48
HRCAM 1 1 3.00 0.00 0.00 3.00
SAMHR 2 2 2.50 0.00 0.00 1.25
SOI 2 2 2.20 0.00 0.00 1.10
Spartan 3 3 9.11 0.00 0.00 3.04
TSpec 6 6 15.16 0.00 0.00 2.53
 
 
Gemini
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
GEM-N 137 190 182.92 34.46 0.19 1.34
ALOPEKE 11 11 11.42 0.97 0.08 1.04
GMOSN 67 100 77.69 29.85 0.38 0.78
GNIRS 23 23 30.62 0.62 0.02 1.33
GRACES 5 5 4.22 0.00 0.00 0.84
MAROON-X 18 18 36.41 2.02 0.06 2.02
NIFS 3 3 2.30 0.00 0.00 0.77
NIRI 12 20 8.38 0.00 0.00 0.42
POLISH2 6 6 8.48 0.00 0.00 1.41
VIS 4 4 3.40 1.00 0.29 0.85
 
GEM-S 101 142 98.19 15.55 0.16 0.97
FLAMINGOS2 14 22 9.51 0.00 0.00 0.43
GMOSS 41 67 39.04 15.03 0.38 0.58
GSAOI 7 10 4.55 0.00 0.00 0.46
IGRINS 31 31 32.27 0.00 0.00 1.04
ZORRO 12 12 12.82 0.52 0.04 1.07
 
 
Kitt Peak
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
KP-0.9m 3 3 18.00 8.00 0.44 6.00
HDI 3 3 18.00 8.00 0.44 6.00
 
WIYN 19 22 66.83 26.00 0.39 3.52
NEID 12 13 27.53 0.00 0.00 2.12
NESSI 4 4 10.30 0.00 0.00 2.58
 
 
Las Cumbres Observatory
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
LCOGT-1m 25 33 149.13 35.34 0.24 5.97
NRES 3 3 7.00 0.00 0.00 2.33
Sinistro 22 30 142.13 35.34 0.25 4.74
 
LCOGT-2M 19 20 43.45 12.20 0.28 2.29
FLOYDS 10 10 14.33 2.10 0.15 1.43
MuSCAT3 5 5 19.60 6.90 0.35 3.92
Spectral 5 5 9.52 3.20 0.34 1.90
 
 
Mount Kent Observatory
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
MINERVA-A 6 7 31.20 0.00 0.00 5.20
MINERVA 6 7 31.20 0.00 0.00 4.46
 
 
MT. Wilson, CA
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
CHARA 18 33 59.50 0.00 0.00 3.31
Classic 2 2 5.50 0.00 0.00 2.75
MIRC 13 23 39.00 0.00 0.00 1.70
PAVO 4 7 12.00 0.00 0.00 1.71
VEGA 1 1 3.00 0.00 0.00 3.00
 
 
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
Subaru 6 6 10.30 4.40 0.43 1.72
HSC 5 5 8.30 4.40 0.53 1.66
IRCS 1 1 2.00 0.00 0.00 2.00