From: Tony Spadafora (ALSpadafora@lbl.gov)
Date: Wed Sep 11 2002 - 11:28:43 PDT
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NOAO 2003A PROPOSAL INFORMATION
BIG CHANGES: 12 nights on Keck telescopes available in 2003A
Tip/Tilt Imager available on WIYN
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Dear Colleague:
Proposal forms and information for observing time requests for the
2003A semester (February - July 2003 at Gemini North and South,
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Kitt Peak National
Observatory, and for Community Access time with the 10-m telescopes
of the W.M. Keck Observatory, the Hobby-Eberly Telescope and the 6.5-m
telescope at the MMT Observatory, are available at our website at:
http://www.noao.edu/noaoprop/noaoprop.html
Standard observing proposals for all nighttime facilities available
through NOAO in 2003A are due by the end of Monday, September 30, 2002.
The International Gemini Observatory has issued a Call for Proposals
for 2003A. With emphasis being placed on commissioning, 55% of the
time on Gemini North and 45% of the time on Gemini South will be
available for science programs. For more information on applying for
U.S. Gemini time, see:
http://www.noao.edu/gateway/gemini/
As a result of the the first year of the NSF's Telescope System
Instrumentation Program (TSIP), a total of twelve nights will be
available to the community this semester on the two 10-m telescopes
of the W.M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea. For more information on
applying for Keck time through NOAO, see:
http://www.noao.edu/gateway/keck/
The WIYN Tip-Tilt Module, which has delivered corrected images with
FWHM as good as 0.25 arcsec, will be available for general use in
2003A. New developments at CTIO include the upcoming first light for
the Infrared SidePort Imager (ISPI) on the Blanco 4-m.
For information about all telescopes and instruments available through
NOAO, including links to instrument pages and manuals, see:
http://www.noao.edu/noaoprop/help/facilities.html
There are three options for proposal submission:
1) through the Web form including all supporting text and figures, or
2) by email using a customized LaTeX template created by the Web
form after filling out the necessary general, investigator, and run
information, or
3) by using Gemini's Phase-I Tool, or PIT (for proposals that request
Gemini time only). The tool, which runs on Solaris, Linux, and
Windows platforms, can be downloaded from:
http://www.us-gemini.noao.edu/sciops/P1help/p1Index.html
Please note that the web and email options are available for all
proposals (including Gemini), while the PIT is only for proposals that
request just Gemini time. PIT-submitted proposals will be converted
to LaTeX at NOAO. To ensure a smooth translation, please see the
guidelines at:
http://www.noao.edu/noaoprop/help/pit.html
Questions about the proposal form or the proposal process may be
directed to noaoprop-help@noao.edu. Questions specific to an
observing run may be sent to the site, either ctio@noao.edu or
kpno@noao.edu, or to keck@noao.edu, het@noao.edu or mmt@noao.edu for
questions pertaining to community-access time. Gemini related questions
may be sent directly to the USGP Instrument Scientist listed at
http://www.noao.edu/usgp/noaosupport.html or to usgemini@noao.edu.
The NOAO Observing Proposal Team
PS We apologize for any duplicate mailings. Reply to this message
if you wish to send a correction to us.
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