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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">CSIRO invites proposals for observing time </span><span style="color:black; font-size:12pt">for the 2020OCT semester </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">(October 2020
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Proposals can be submitted </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">for observations with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), </span></p>
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<span style="color:black; font-size:12pt">Parkes 64-m telescope, </span><span style="color:black; font-size:12pt">Tidbinbilla 70-m and 34-m antennas, and the Long Baseline Array (VLBI).</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">The deadline for all proposals is 07:00 UT (17:00 AEST), Tuesday 16 June 2020.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Proposals must be submitted using the online proposal application system, OPAL (<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/t_LCCxngwOfKGqzKH84qJF?domain=opal.atnf.csiro.au/">http://opal.atnf.csiro.au/</a>).</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Important information on the current status of ATNF telescopes is provided at</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Z0S2CyojxQTEjmpECMSONP?domain=atnf.csiro.au">http://www.atnf.csiro.au/observers/apply/avail.html</a>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">A section at the top of this webpage notes some important changes for the 2020OCT semester.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">This includes a proposed rationalisation of the Parkes receiver fleet and </span><span style="color:black; font-size:12pt">decommissioning</span></p>
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<span style="color:black; font-size:12pt">of the </span><span style="color:black; font-size:12pt">20cm multi-beam receiver in the coming semester.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Information is also provided on observing in the COVID-19 era.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Note that OPAL will now, in generating the full proposal, list an abbreviated version of the proposal team </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">at the end of the proposal as part of a trial to reduce unconscious bias during the review process.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Regards,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Phil Edwards</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Program Director, Australia Telescope National Facility Science</span></p>
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