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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Given ongoing developments related to the COVID-19 pandemic, <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/aZBICp81lrtQ1DWxCPY1fN?domain=eso.org">ESO has postponed the proposal submission deadline for Period 106</a> from 26 March to <b>23 April 12:00 CEST</b> (8pm Australian Eastern Standard Time, 6pm Australian Western Standard Time). </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Furthermore, to minimise the risk of infection the presence of staff has been significantly reduced at the La Silla Paranal Observatory over the past week leading to a number of restrictions to the ongoing science operation. As a consequence <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Tc5HCq71mwfLKW37tXGcAF?domain=eso.org">science operation will cease at all ESO observatory sites</a> from 23 March 2020 until further notice.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Stuart Ryder, AAL<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>ESO Period 106 Call for Proposals<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released the Call for Proposals for Period 106 (for observations between 1 October 2020 – 31 March 2021). Under the terms of the Strategic Partnership between ESO and Australia, Australian-based astronomers have access to the facilities of the La Silla and Paranal Observatories, specifically the:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>3.6-m telescope (<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/5MAqCr81nytwP9YDS4UtcA?domain=eso.org">3.6</a>);<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>New Technology Telescope (<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Gui0Cvl1rKiOpX5ySAnStL?domain=eso.org">NTT</a>);<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Very Large Telescope (<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/1rTFCwV1vMf0JpmRT10vqt?domain=eso.org">VLT</a>);<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Very Large Telescope Interferometer (<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/JhWjCxngwOfmnOVQtW0diJ?domain=eso.org">VLTI</a>);<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/owmvCyojxQT6qnwytP6Ctg?domain=eso.org">VISTA</a>); and<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>VLT Survey Telescope (<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/VaDrCzvkyVC8QLZmcMWukg?domain=eso.org">VST</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Proposals for ESO time (in late August, Oct and Dec 2020) to use the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment (<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/aKu3CANpgjCrLYX1CB8j0p?domain=apex-telescope.org/">APEX</a>) antenna on Chajnantor will also be considered on the same basis as those from any ESO member state.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Complete details on how to apply can be found at the <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/eKmcCQnMBZfBMxpNt0RqVl?domain=eso.org">P106 Call for Proposals web page</a>. All applicants should consult the <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/23uACD1vlpTjNPzOIvvkJb?domain=eso.org">Call for Proposals document for Period 106</a>, and will require an <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Ue5_CE8wmrt1VP26fk6CCd?domain=eso.org/">ESO User Portal</a> account to submit proposals. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>A wealth of information for Australian applicants can be found on AAL’s <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/b9PvCGv0oyCWKgRLCPSL6x?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au">Australian ESO Forum</a>. Any questions about policies or the practical aspects of proposal preparation should be addressed to the ESO Observing Programmes Office, <a href="mailto:opo@eso.org">opo@eso.org</a>. Applicants who may wish to seek advice on proposal or observing strategies, optimal choice of instrument, etc. are invited to contact AAL’s ESO Program Manager at <a href="mailto:Stuart.Ryder@astronomyaustralia.org.au">Stuart.Ryder@astronomyaustralia.org.au</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>ESO will normally only cover the observing expenses for 1 observer per Visitor Mode run. However there have been cases where ESO has agreed to waive the costs of flights and accommodation within Chile for a student who accompanies their supervisor. Supervisors awarded observing time at La Silla Paranal Observatory in Visitor Mode are encouraged to contact the Visiting Astronomers section with any request for student support before submitting their Travel Form.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>What's new in Period 106?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Applicants are strongly encouraged to review the expected changes in instrumentation offered and procedures for Period 106 given in <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/MenkCJyBrGfp3XvQHYDBSb?domain=eso.org">Sec. 1.1 of the Call for Proposals</a>. Among the items likely to be of most interest to the Australian community are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>New web-based proposal submission tool:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> Period 105 marked the transition away from the traditional ESOFORM LaTeX proposal file, to a new web-based Phase 1 tool (“p1”). Among the many new features on offer are the ability for the PI and Co-Is to edit proposals collaboratively; pull-down menus for selecting instrument options; querying Simbad for target information; and the ability to update submitted proposals right up to the deadline! See the <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/FuetCROND2unjV1gu2amd2?domain=eso.org">ESO Messenger article</a> for an overview of the new features, and try out the <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/d_QICL7EwMfNyvrYF4-qUC?domain=eso.org">p1demo</a> tool. Applicants who submitted a proposal in P105 using p1 will be able to “clone” the proposal for P106, which will pre-populate most of the fields and highlight those fields that will need to be updated.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>New Large Programme proposals accepted in P106</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>: Since Period 104, Large Programme proposals are only being accepted once per year during even Periods. Large Programmes can be requested to start either in P106 or in P107, but the programme can extend at most over four consecutive semesters (currently up to Period 109). ESO strives to execute Large Programmes over shorter periods of time (aiming at two semesters by default), while maintaining the ceiling set by ESO Council of 30% of the observing time allocated to Large Programmes. To that end Large Programme requests should not extend over a number of Periods larger than that set by their scientific requirements. All ongoing Large Programmes at the 3.6-m telescope will be completed during Period 105; therefore, Large Programme proposals for HARPS are encouraged.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Updating of ESO User Portal Profiles</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>: ESO is now requesting <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/qRvTCMwGxOtxMl16HYVeDI?domain=eso.org">all science users provide more detailed information</a> in their User Portal profile, including gender, year of PhD, ORCID and a series of keywords for specifying scientific and technical expertise. <b>Users failing to do this will not be able to submit a proposal as PI and/or as CoI in P106.</b><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>ESO Proposal Anonymisation:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> ESO strongly encourages applicants to begin formulating the scientific rationales in their proposals taking into account the anonymisation rules and principles of <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/MxmOCNLJyQUVDR8Mig0xID?domain=eso.org">Dual-Anonymous Peer Review</a> (DAPR). While DAPR will be implemented in full in the future and proposal anonymisation is <i>not mandatory in Period 106</i>, applicants should use this opportunity as a “dry run” to practice writing proposals in the required style.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Visitor focus availability</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>: The Nasmyth A focus of UT1 is available for a Visitor Instrument during Period 106 until the start of preparatory work for the arrival of MOONS. In addition, a visitor focus for an interferometric instrument is available in the VLTI laboratory. Interested users should consult <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/17hkCOMKzVT5zGj2fBSJSL?domain=eso.org">Section 3 of the Call for Proposals</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Survey Telescopes availability:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> P106 and P107 are the last periods for which the operation of the VST is guaranteed under the current agreement between ESO and INAF. P107 is also expected to be the last period of VIRCAM operations before the start of the modifications required at VISTA for the installation of 4MOST.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>SOFI availability:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> The installation and commissioning of SoXS (the Son of X-Shooter) on the NTT is expected to start during P106. As a consequence, SOFI will be decommissioned one month beforehand.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>nFLASH</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>: Pending a successful commissioning in Q1 2020 nFLASH on APEX will contain two receivers replacing the PI230 and FLASH receivers: nFLASH230 (200-270 GHz) and nFLASH460 (385-500 GHz). Both are dual polarization receivers, and <i>can only be used independently in P106</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>______________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Dr. Stuart Ryder<br>Program Manager (Mon, Wed, Fri)<br>Astronomy Australia Ltd.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>T: +61 (02) 9372 4843<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>M: +61 (0419) 970834 <br>E: </span><a href="mailto:stuart.ryder@astronomyaustralia.org.au"><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>stuart.ryder@astronomyaustralia.org.au</span></a><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>W: </span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/SoPCCP7LAXfv8lR5Tk2ilR?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au/"><span style='color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>www.astronomyaustralia.org.au</span></a><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>O: c/o AAO, 105 Delhi Rd, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='margin-left:5.4pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=66 valign=top style='width:49.25pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><img border=0 width=38 height=35 style='width:.3958in;height:.368in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D5EE2C.06571640" alt="aal_logo_notext"></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=510 valign=top style='width:382.7pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>AAL is committed to equity and diversity and endeavours to create an environment in which every individual is treated with dignity and respect.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>