Information for ING Users

Please use this acknowledgement in papers prepared based on data obtained with ING telescopes.

See the online documentation areas for further details on the WHT, INT and JKT, and the data archive.

Astronomers from EU countries and Associated States other than the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Spain, applying for ING telescope time through the standard peer-review process, should read the Announcement of Access to the ING Telescopes Under the EU Access Programme.

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Applying For Telescope Time

Time is allocated on a semester basis; the A-semester runs from 1st February to 31st July, and the B-semester from 1st August to 31st January. Approximately 5% of ING telescope time is available for large-scale international projects through the International Time Programme, and this is administered on an annual basis.

Half nights are not scheduled, and for the INT and JKT, the minimum duration of observing runs is 4 and 5 nights respectively, unless explicity agreed in advance by the Director of ING or the Head of Astronomy.

There are four separate time-allocation panels for the ING telescopes:

For UK, Irish and Portuguese applicants, the Panel for the Allocation of Telescope Time, PATT
For Spanish applicants, the Comité para la Asignación de Tiempo, CAT
For Dutch applicants, the NFRA Programme Committee, NFRAPC
For International Time Programme applicants, the International Scientific Committee, CCI

Please refer to the web pages of each time allocation panel for further details on proposal submission and deadlines.
Detailed information for UK PATT applicants is available here.

Signal may be used to calculate exposure times for any telescope-instrument-detector combination.

The following moonlight diagrams will be useful in helping you plan your observations.

Refer to the Instrumentation page for details of instrumentation options offered for the forthcoming semester.

At the end of your observing run please fill in this feedback form.

Last update: September 1, 2000

Ian Skillen