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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 2024B
 

The following tables list NOIRLab 2024B 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 2024B TAC are included here.

 
Cerro Tololo
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
Blanco CT-4m 27 35 110.97 24.00 0.22 4.11
DECam 22 27 83.30 24.00 0.29 3.09
NEWFIRM 6 8 27.67 0.00 0.00 3.46
 
CT-1.5m 7 7 29.37 0.00 0.00 4.20
CHIRON 7 7 29.37 0.00 0.00 4.20
 
SOAR 39 47 77.34 12.08 0.16 1.98
Goodman 31 36 63.57 12.08 0.19 1.77
HRCAM 1 1 1.50 0.00 0.00 1.50
Spartan 2 2 1.78 0.00 0.00 0.89
TripleSpec4.1 7 8 10.49 0.00 0.00 1.31
 
 
Gemini
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
GEM-N 143 234 158.56 30.52 0.19 1.07
ALOPEKE 11 11 9.18 0.00 0.00 0.83
GMOSN 78 133 60.54 27.98 0.46 0.52
GNIRS 35 52 36.87 0.40 0.01 0.82
MAROON-X 24 24 41.49 2.14 0.05 1.73
TEXES 11 14 10.48 0.00 0.00 0.75
 
GEM-S 108 187 106.80 27.30 0.26 0.92
FLAMINGOS2 30 53 22.63 0.00 0.00 0.53
GHOST 14 14 20.23 2.64 0.13 1.45
GMOSS 67 108 52.53 23.26 0.44 0.65
GSAOI 2 2 1.49 0.00 0.00 0.75
ZORRO 10 10 9.92 1.40 0.14 0.99
 
 
Kitt Peak
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
WIYN 40 43 76.94 0.00 0.00 1.92
HYDRB 1 1 2.00 0.00 0.00 2.00
HYDRR 1 1 3.00 0.00 0.00 3.00
NEID 33 34 54.59 0.00 0.00 1.61
NESSI 5 5 9.35 0.00 0.00 1.87
WHIRC 1 2 8.00 0.00 0.00 4.00
 
 
Las Campanas Observatory
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
Baade (Magellan I) 3 3 5.00 1.00 0.20 1.67
FIRE 2 2 4.00 0.00 0.00 2.00
IMACS 1 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 
Clay (Magellan II) 2 6 1.50 1.50 1.00 0.75
M2FS 1 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
MIKE 1 5 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.10
 
 
Las Cumbres Observatory
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
LCOGT-1m 21 26 97.80 0.00 0.00 4.66
NRES 6 6 14.68 0.00 0.00 2.45
Sinistro 15 20 83.12 0.00 0.00 4.16
 
LCOGT-2M 8 9 20.40 0.00 0.00 2.55
FLOYDS 3 3 7.12 0.00 0.00 2.37
MuSCAT3 5 6 13.28 0.00 0.00 2.21
 
 
Mount Kent Observatory
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
MINERVA-A 3 3 25.20 0.00 0.00 8.40
MINERVA 3 3 25.20 0.00 0.00 8.40
 
 
MT. Wilson, CA
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
CHARA 27 42 102.10 8.40 0.08 3.78
Classic 1 1 2.50 0.00 0.00 2.50
MIRC/MYS 19 32 74.00 0.00 0.00 2.31
PAVO 1 1 1.50 0.00 0.00 1.50
SPICA - shared risk 7 8 24.10 8.40 0.35 3.01
 
 
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
Subaru 4 5 6.00 0.00 0.00 1.50
HDS 2 2 3.00 0.00 0.00 1.50
SCEXAO 1 2 2.00 0.00 0.00 1.00
SCEXAO+CHARIS 1 1 1.00 0.00 0.00 1.00
 
 
W.M. Keck Observatory
Telescope/Instrument Proposals Runs Total Nights Dark Nights Percentage Dark Avg. Nights per Run
Keck-I 10 12 10.00 6.00 0.60 1.00
HIRESb 1 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
HIRESr 1 1 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.50
KPF 1 1 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
LRIS-ADC 3 4 3.00 3.00 1.00 0.75
MOSFIRE 2 3 2.50 1.50 0.60 0.83
OSIRIS-LGS 2 2 2.50 0.00 0.00 1.25
 
Keck-II 9 10 9.50 3.50 0.37 1.06
KCWI 4 4 4.00 3.50 0.88 1.00
NIRC2-NGS 2 3 2.00 0.00 0.00 0.67
NIRSPAO-NGS 1 1 2.00 0.00 0.00 2.00
NIRSPEC 2 2 1.50 0.00 0.00 0.75