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NOAO and NASA Work Together
NOAO collaborates with
NASA Space Observatories,
the Hubble Space Telescope,
Chandra,
Spitzer,
and GLAST,
to provide investigators with complementary
ground-based observations in support of their
programs.
Investigators can obtain time on facilities available through NOAO through proposals for GLAST Cycle 1, HST Cycle 17, Spitzer Cycle 5, and Chandra Cycle 10 programs. This collaboration allows proposers to avoid the double jeopardy inherent in having to pass through two separate TAC processes, and provides access to facilities essential to obtaining complementary ground-based O/IR data without regard to institutional affiliation. The time awarded through this process will not be extended or augmented to account for losses due to bad weather. In such cases, investigators may wish to submit a new proposal to the NOAO TAC.
The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is currently scheduled for launch in early 2008. In recognition of the importance of optical observations enabled by NOAO to the scientific exploration by GLAST, the GLAST-NOAO cooperative arrangement commits observing time on NOAO telescopes for observations in support of GLAST related science programs.
Through proposals submitted via the GLAST Guest Investigator (GI) Cycle 1 program, proposers can obtain access to the GLAST survey data product, research funding, and allocations of observing time on most of the facilities to which NOAO provides access. Please note that proposers desiring Target of Opportunity (ToO) observations on NOAO facilities or NOAO time allocations under the NOAO Survey Program must also submit a complete proposal via the NOAO proposal system. Successful proposals for NOAO observing time submitted via the GLAST GI program will be scheduled during NOAO observing semesters 08B and 09A. Successful proposals submitted to the NOAO proposal process could be implemented in semester 08A as well. The details of this opportunity are slightly different than from previous arrangements with NASA space observatories.
NOAO, ToO, and Survey Program proposals requesting GLAST funding must be submitted by the proposers, using appropriate forms and processes, to both NOAO and the GLAST Guest Investigator (GI) program in order to be considered for NOAO observing time and funding by NASA/GLAST. The deadline for GLAST GI program Cycle 1 proposals is September 7, 2007. The next deadline for standard NOAO proposals (and therefore for ToO proposals to NOAO) is October 1, 2007. The next deadline for NOAO Survey Program proposals is September 17, 2007.
Proposers interested in NOAO observing time related to their GLAST proposal, but not requiring Survey or ToO observations, need only submit one proposal to the GLAST GI program (no NOAO proposal required).
Detailed information regarding the GLAST GI (Guest Investigator) program can be found at: http://glast.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/proposals/.
Investigators who apply for Cycle 17 observations with the Hubble Space Telescope can also apply for time at the listed NOAO facilities in the same proposal, with a cap of approved time at 5% of the total available NOAO time. Check the announcement for Cycle 17 proposals at http://www.stsci.edu/hst/proposing/docs/cycle17announce . The deadline for Cycle 17 Phase I proposals is March 7, 2008 8:00 pm EST. Time is available in the 2009A and 2009B semesters only. Not all instruments and telescopes currently available at NOAO will be available in future semesters. HST proposers are restricted to only the instruments and telescopes listed below.
Investigators applying for Chandra Cycle 10 GO programs may also request
time at the listed NOAO facilities in the same proposal, with a cap of
approved time at 5% of the total available NOAO time. The key criterion
in the award of NOAO time is that the x-ray and optical data form a
coherent database such that both sets of data are required to meet the
scientific goals of the proposal. Chandra Cycle 10 proposals are due
March 20, 2008 6:00 p.m. EDT, and investigators may obtain further
information at the Chandra website:
http://asc.harvard.edu/.
Chandra Cycle 10 will be of one year duration, and NOAO allocations
for approved Chandra programs will be scheduled in the
2009A and 2009B semesters.
Telescopes and Instruments available are listed below.
Investigators applying for Spitzer Cycle 5 programs may also request time at the listed NOAO facilities in the same proposal, with a cap of approved time at 5% of the total available NOAO time. The award of NOAO time will be subject to approval by the NOAO Director. The primary criterion for the award of NOAO time is that both Spitzer and NOAO data are required to meet the scientific objects of the proposal. The highest priority for the award of NOAO time will be given to programs that plan to publicly release the NOAO data in a timely manner (shorter than the usual 18-month NOAO proprietary period) and that create databases likely to have broad application. NOAO observing time will be allocated in the 2009A and 2009B NOAO semesters. Not all instruments and telescopes currently available at NOAO will be available in future semesters. Spitzer proposers are restricted to only the instruments and telescopes listed below. Spitzer Cycle 5 proposals are due on November 16, 2007 at 5pm PST. For further information, see the Spitzer website at http://spitzer.caltech.edu/.
The following table gives a summary of what is expected to be available at NOAO during the 2008B through 2009B semesters (August 2008 through January 2010) for NASA proposers. The availability of items marked with a question mark is uncertain. For further information on instruments and telescopes to be available at CTIO in future semesters, see www.ctio.noao.edu/telescopes/TheFuture/crystal_ball.html.
Five percent of the available time roughly corresponds to:
NOAO time on Keck and Magellan facilities, available through the NOAO proposal process, is not available through this program.
Time with the mosaic cameras may be limited by the Director to no more than 50% of all available dark time with these instruments pre-allocated to HST, Chandra, Spitzer, GLAST, and NOAO Survey programs together.
The designation "res." means that use of the instrument will be restricted.
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