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NOAO and NASA Work Together
NOAO collaborates with
NASA Space Observatories,
the Hubble Space Telescope,
Chandra,
Spitzer,
and Fermi,
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 Fermi Cycle 3, HST Cycle 18, Spitzer Cycle 7, and Chandra Cycle 12 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 Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (formerly GLAST) was launched Jun 11, 2008. In recognition of the importance of optical observations enabled by NOAO to the scientific exploration by Fermi, the Fermi-NOAO cooperative arrangement commits observing time on NOAO telescopes for observations in support of Fermi related science programs.
Through proposals submitted via the Fermi Guest Investigator (GI) Cycle 3 program, proposers can obtain access to the Fermi 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 Fermi GI program will be scheduled during NOAO observing semesters 2011A and 2011B. Successful proposals submitted to the NOAO proposal process could be implemented in semester 2010B 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 Fermi funding must be submitted by the proposers, using appropriate forms and processes, to both NOAO and the Fermi Guest Investigator (GI) program in order to be considered for NOAO observing time and funding by NASA/Fermi. The deadline for Fermi GI program Cycle 3 proposals is Feburary 5, 2010. The next deadline for standard NOAO proposals (and therefore for ToO proposals to NOAO) is March 31, 2010. The next deadline for NOAO Survey Program proposals is September 15, 2010.
Proposers interested in NOAO observing time related to their Fermi proposal, but not requiring Survey or ToO observations, need only submit one proposal to the Fermi GI program (no NOAO proposal required).
Detailed information regarding the Fermi GI (Guest Investigator) program can be found at: http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/proposals/.
Investigators who apply for Cycle 18 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 18 proposals at http://www.stsci.edu/hst/proposing/docs/cycle18announce . The deadline for Cycle 17 Phase I proposals is February 26, 2010 8:00 pm EST. Time is available in the 2011A and 2011B 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 12 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 12 proposals are due
March 18, 2010 6:00 p.m. EDT, and investigators may obtain further
information at the Chandra website:
http://asc.harvard.edu/.
Chandra Cycle 12 will be of one year duration, and NOAO allocations
for approved Chandra programs will be scheduled in the
2011A and 2011B semesters.
Telescopes and Instruments available are listed below.
The Spitzer Cycle 7 Call for Proposals is expected to be released in January 2010 with proposals due in April 2010. This page will be updated at that time.
Investigators applying for Spitzer Cycle 6 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 2010A and 2010B 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 6 proposals are due on February 6, 2009 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 2010B through 2011B semesters (August 2010 through January 2012) for NASA proposers. The availability of items marked with a question mark is uncertain.
Five percent of the available time roughly corresponds to:
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, Fermi, and NOAO Survey programs together.
The designation "res." means that use of the instrument will be restricted.
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