NOAO > Observing Info > Proposals > AAT Community Access
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NOAO > Observing Info > Proposals > AAT Community Access |
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As a result of a time-exchange initiated between NOAO/CTIO and the Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO), observing time is being allocated to the NOAO community on the 3.9-m Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT). The agreement is expected to continue at a rate of 20 nights/year.
Community access will continue in the 2014A semester during which ten classically-scheduled nights will be available. Any scientist may propose without regard to nationality or preferred access through other channels.
All facility instruments are available for this program.
AAO maintains instrument pages on their website, including links to instrument manuals, etc. Please also check their page with observing information.
Time will be awarded through the usual NOAO proposal process, with the same proposal form, policies, and due dates as for other NOAO-coordinated facilities.
Investigators may request telescope time on any combination of facilities available through NOAO, including the AAT, in a single proposal. Proposals will be reviewed by the NOAO TAC, and those approved will be forwarded to AAO for scheduling. Notifications of awarded time will be sent in conjunction with those for other NOAO-coordinated facilities.
Procedures and forms for applying for telescope time can be found at http://www.noao.edu/noaoprop/.
For questions regarding community access to the AAT and proposal preparation, please send email to noaoprop-help@noao.edu. For instrumentation questions (only), you may also directly contact the appropriate AAO Instrument Scientists.
All data obtained under this program may be placed in NOAO's data archives and made publicly available under the same ground rules as data obtained at NOAO telescopes.
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