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1. CCI INTERNATIONAL TIME (2004) CALL FOR PROPOSALS
2. Opportunities/Questionnaire for Narrow Band Imaging with the INT
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CCI INTERNATIONAL TIME (2004) CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The International Scientific Committee (CCI) of the Roque de los Muchachos
(ORM) and Teide (OT) observatories invites applications for International Time
Programmes (ITP) on telescopes installed at these Observatories. The ITP offers
up to 5% of the observing time, evenly spread throughout the year and the lunar
cycle, at the telescopes listed below. An ITP proposal can request observing time
over a period of up to two subsequent years. Full details of the scheme for night-time
telescopes can be found at
http://www.iac.es/gabinete/cci/tinoc1.htm
Proposals are considered on an annual cycle and the closing date for submission
of proposals to the 2004 ITP is Friday 6th February, for projects which may start
during the fall of the same year.
Proposers must bear in mind that specific instrumentation may not be available
at all times and that the CCI does not schedule the observing time as this is
done by the corresponding technical committees of each telescope or group of telescopes.
The aim of the ITP is to encourage large-scale international scientific projects
of the highest quality, which cannot easily be accommodated within other time
allocation schemes. Proposals should be international in their range of participants
and are expected to involve astronomers from at least two of the European countries
that have signed the Agreements for Cooperation in Astrophysics. They can
include astronomers from scientific institutions in any of the countries
associated with the EC's Framework Programmes and may entitle them to reimbursement
of travel and accommodation costs related to their participation in the observing
programme. Moreover, such proposals can include astronomers from scientific
institutions from any other country in the world, but this does not entail the
right to reimbursement of their expenses.
The observing programmes should concentrate on a single large-scale astronomical
investigation. Proposals that would benefit from the use of more than one facility,
and which would be unlikely to obtain the necessary observing time through the usual
time allocation panels because of the scale of the project, or because of the
difficulty to coordinate several telescopes, are especially encouraged. However,
collaborative international projects that require the use of a single facility
are also welcome.
Scientific excellence is a prime consideration. Each proposal will be assessed
scientifically by the CCI, which reserves the right not to make an award on one or
more telescopes if the quality of the proposals is not adequate to justify their use.
The CCI may award time to one or more projects. Once a project is selected, and
with the agreement of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, any Spanish
institution shall have the right to join the programme if it wishes.
Annual brief progress reports will be required by the CCI from successful applicants.
On completion of the programme, and not later than two years after the final period
of observing time, a full report should be submitted to the CCI for publication in
its Annual Report.
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Opportunities/Questionnaire for Narrow Band Imaging on the INT
As of semester 2003B the INT is being operated as a single instrument
telescope, the instrument being the Wide Field Camera (WFC). The
community is reminded that the available filters for the WFC comprise a good
range of narrow band filters suitable for exploitation of bright time. The current
list includes the following ING owned filters (filter central_wavelength/bandpass);
OII 3737/100
HeII 4686/100
OIII 5008/100
Halpha 6568/95
SII 6725/80
plus the following privately owned filters which are also available to the
ING community (filter central_wavelength/bandpass owner/email);
Halpha redshifted 9190/50 Alfonso Aragon Salamanca
(Alfonso.Aragon@nottingham.ac.uk)
Halpha redshifted 8160/50 Alfonso Aragon Salamanca
(Alfonso.Aragon@nottingham.ac.uk)
OIII redshifted 5027/60 Nial Tanvir
(nrt@star.herts.ac.uk)
For these privately owned filters prospective applicants should first contact
the appropriate owner.
In addition the ING is seeking to expand the choice of available filters and is
actively pursuing the purchase of the following filters in
collaboration with John Beckman at the IAC;
Hbeta broad 4861/170
Hbeta narrow 4861/30
As part of this on-going process we are anxious to hear from individuals
who have a need for filters not listed above. Please send any suggestions for
additional filters to
Romano Corradi (INT Telescope Manager) rcorradi@ing.iac.es Robert Greimel
(WFC Instrument Specialist) greimel@ing.iac.es
Suggestions may be sent at any time but should include a brief statement of
scientific interest plus a short technical description of the
filters required (minimally central_wavelength and bandpass).
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