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PI's are requested to examine the schedules well in advance
of their run, and contact their Support Astronomer for advice
on planning observations and instrumental/detector setup.
Please inform your Support Astronomer of who will be
carrying out the observations for your programme. Note
that inexperienced observers, for example untrained students,
must NOT be sent alone to make the observations.
CAT, NL and UK observers should be aware that there are
override programmes active in this semester which could
affect your programme. A summary of these override programmes
and the procedure by which they are triggered and carried out
is given at:
http://www.ing.iac.es/Astronomy/observing/overrides.html
Observers are reminded that INT Wide Field Camera runs have
Telescope Operator (TO) support for the first two nights only,
and that the JKT is a single-user telescope without TO support.
Experienced INT IDS observers may also be asked to limit their
TO requirements to the first two nights.
Observers bringing visitor instruments should allow enough
time after the run to supervise packing of their equipment.
ING will allocate a contact person who will verify the contents
and address to which the equipment is to be sent. A Contents
Verification Form should be attached to each package/box being
shipped from the ING (details).
Travel and Accommodation
Travel and accommodation on La Palma can be arranged through the
booking form. It is the observers own
responsibility to arrange the travel to La Palma.
For further information, please refer to the travel
section.
Computing Services
A Solaris guest account and laptop network access are provided by default. For any additional computing requirements (e.g.if you are bringing your own instrumentation and computers, or you require additional guest accounts), please complete the
Computing Services Request Form for Visiting Astronomers.
Information on available software for reducing/analysing data while
at the ING can be found on the
Astronomy Software pages.
Visitor Programme
We now run a full seminar and visitor programme, and we invite
all CAT, NL and UK observers to spend some time before or after
their run at the ING sea-level office in Santa Cruz to give a
seminar on their research or instrumentation work. Such a visit
may also allow discussions of your run with, for example, your
Support Astronomer. We have office and computing facilities for
visitors, and a good library, so you can start reducing your data
or read up on those journals of the past months. ING may well be
able to cover your extra costs if your observing grant does not;
just ask the Seminar Organizer, Johan Knapen (knapen@ing.iac.es),
when you contact him to set up your visit.
The sea-level office is located in Edificio Mayantigo, close
to the harbour in Santa Cruz de La Palma (
picture,
map).
Visiting astronomers are invited to submit short articles with scientific
highlights achieved with the ING telescopes to the ING Newsletter.
Submissions deadlines are 15 July and 15 January. Please contact Javier
Mendez (jma@ing.iac.es).
Public Understanding of Science at ING
ING carries out several Public Understanding of Science activities (see
our Public Information web pages for more
details). Producing astonishing, colourful astronomical images is one of
our current projects, and you might be interested in joining while
observing on La Palma. For targets and more information please visit this
web page
