NOAO > Observing Info > Proposals > Magellan Community Access
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NOAO > Observing Info > Proposals > Magellan Community Access |
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As a result of awards made in the NSF's Telescope System Instrumentation Program (TSIP), observing time is being allocated to the astronomical community on the 6.5-meter Magellan telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory. Under the current agreement, we expect time to be available through at least 2010B.
Community access will continue in the upcoming 2008B semester, during which a total of ten classically scheduled nights will be available with the Baade and Clay telescopes. Any scientist may propose without regard to nationality or preferred access through other channels.
All current facility instruments are available for community access. The Magellan Project collaborators maintain instrument pages on their website, including links to instrument manuals, ETCs, etc.
Time is being 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 Magellan, in a single proposal.
Procedures and forms for applying for telescope time can be found at http://www.noao.edu/noaoprop/.
Letizia Stanghellini and Dave Bell serve as NOAO contacts for investigators with questions regarding community access to the Magellan telescopes and proposal preparation. You may reach them both by sending email to magellan@noao.edu.
Observers should review the Las Campanas Visiting Observer Guide and the Magellan homepage for forms, information, and procedures related to their observing runs.
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.
Any publication that results from TSIP-allocated time on the Magellan telescopes should acknowledge the NSF TSIP program, in addition to Magellan acknowledgments. The requested wording for TSIP acknowledgments will be published on the TSIP website.
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