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<strong><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A3E64">2023A Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) Call Proposals</span></strong><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A3E64;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Call for Proposals for the AAT has changed. Please read these instructions carefully. Email any questions to <a href="mailto:AATscheduler@mso.anu.edu.au"><span style="color:#9E1C27">AATscheduler@mso.anu.edu.au</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">CALL FOR SHARED TIME </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">OPENS</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">22 September 2022 at 09:00</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">and CLOSES</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">17 October 2022 at 17:00</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC + 11 hrs)</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">Eligibility<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Only researchers affiliated with ANU, UNSW, Swinburne, Sydney University, Macquarie University, University of Queensland, University of Melbourne, University of Southern Queensland, Monash
University, University of Tasmania, and University of Western Sydney can apply for Shared Time on the AAT during semester 2023A. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Proposals will be considered for Shared Time if the number of shared-time nights requested by the proposal does not exceed the sum of the "night contribution numbers" for each institution
listed on that proposal. For semester 2023A, the night contribution numbers are<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">Night Availability</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">There are up to 19 dark nights, 12 grey nights, and 22 bright nights available for shared-time proposals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">Instrument Availability</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Available AAT instruments include: 2dF+AAOmega, 2dF+HERMES, Hector, KOALA and Veloce. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">It is anticipated that Hector will be provisionally accepted at the end of 2022 and will be offered on a shared-risk basis until it reaches full acceptance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Veloce will undergo a major upgrade with the installation of the Veloce Azzurro and Verde arms in 2023A. It will be offered in shared-risk mode in June and July 2023, contingent on successful
commissioning. It is unavailable from February through to May. See the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/MDWWCD1vlpTBxGXnwfWugJg?domain=aat.anu.edu.au"><span style="color:#9E1C27">Veloce pages</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for
details on the new arms and performance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">AAOmega will be unavailable from mid-March to mid-April. The LN2 cans of the cameras are being replaced.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Additional instrumentation status information and updates are available on the <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/xJsMCE8wmrtWqXBgOSwmjpg?domain=aat.anu.edu.au"><span style="color:#9E1C27">AAT instrumentation
website</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">COVID-19 pandemic update</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The observatory follows the advice of <a href="https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19" target="_blank"><span style="color:#9E1C27">NSW Government Health</span></a>. Further
details are available from <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/3y6CCGv0oyCJ8Xw0ECpXlZ_?domain=aat.anu.edu.au"><span style="color:#9E1C27">the AAT web pages.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A3E64">New shared-time access model</span></strong><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A3E64;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All shared time applicants are encouraged to check the <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/I3hLCJyBrGf8nMx1lIL8PEc?domain=aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com" target="_blank" title="https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fastronomyaustralia.org.au%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F08%2F2022-08-08-AAT-Time-Allocation-Policies-New-Agreement-2022_v1.pdf&data=05%7C01%7CMurray.Riding%40anu.edu.au%7C567c7f13f956450f"><span style="color:#9E1C27">ATAC
Policies and Procedures</span></a>, latest <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/QXTWCK1DvKTq1pLBPSpOknl?domain=aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com" title="https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faat.anu.edu.au%2Fscience%2Finstruments%2Fcurrent%2Fstatus&data=05%7C01%7CMurray.Riding%40anu.edu.au%7C567c7f13f956450fcf3b08da9bbbb401%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7C637993527"><span style="color:#9E1C27">Instrumentation
Status</span></a> for the AAT and recent <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/7tqpCL7EwMfP38LmVHgXOqn?domain=aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com" title="https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faat.anu.edu.au%2Fscience%2Fobserving%2Fpolicies&data=05%7C01%7CMurray.Riding%40anu.edu.au%7C567c7f13f956450fcf3b08da9bbbb401%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7C637993527726900995%"><span style="color:#9E1C27">Policy
Announcements</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Note that the eligibility for shared time applications has changed. The eligibility of any proposal for shared time is evaluated and based on the number of nights contributed to the shared
pool by the individual partner institutions involved in that proposal. The detailed evaluation procedure is described in section 2.6 of the <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/ssq7CMwGxOt5JmjRDHG4qp5?domain=aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com" target="_blank" title="https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fastronomyaustralia.org.au%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F08%2F2022-08-08-AAT-Time-Allocation-Policies-New-Agreement-2022_v1.pdf&data=05%7C01%7CMurray.Riding%40anu.edu.au%7C567c7f13f956450f"><span style="color:#9E1C27">ATAC
Policies and Procedures</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Proposals for shared time are reviewed by the Australian Time Allocation Committee (ATAC), and ranked by scientific merit. Time will be allocated on this basis (subject to practical constraints)
until the available time is fully allocated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Note that successful applicants are expected to cover their own travel and accommodation costs to the observatory. Some funding for student travel and accommodation is available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For further clarification on any issue, please contact the <a href="mailto:aat@astronomyaustralia.org.au" title="mailto:aat%20-@-%20astronomyaustralia.org.au"><span style="color:#9E1C27">ATAC
Technical Secretary</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">Lens proposal submission system</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Shared time proposals must be submitted with the AAT's online application system <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/451bCNLJyQUN6yoEJIVhATV?domain=aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com" target="_blank" title="https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flens.datacentral.org.au%2F&data=05%7C01%7CMurray.Riding%40anu.edu.au%7C567c7f13f956450fcf3b08da9bbbb401%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7C637993527726900995%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb"><span style="color:#9E1C27">Lens</span></a>.
This system is a user account based system, which allows for improved security and better tracking of past and current proposals. There is a <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/HOstCOMKzVTAOQ30ltWtE-T?domain=aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com" target="_blank" title="https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flens.datacentral.org.au%2Ffaq&data=05%7C01%7CMurray.Riding%40anu.edu.au%7C567c7f13f956450fcf3b08da9bbbb401%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7C637993527726900995%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbG"><span style="color:#9E1C27">FAQ</span></a> available
for Lens online, or available via the FAQ tab in Lens itself. Lens system has recently been transitioned into Data Central. Any issues or bugs encountered by proposers should be reported to <a href="mailto:simon.otoole@mq.edu.au" title="mailto:simon.otoole@mq.edu.au"><span style="color:#9E1C27">Simon
O'Toole</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All new users must register with the system. Note that users cannot be added to proposals if they are not registered in Lens. Please make sure that all investigators on a proposal have
registered well before the deadline!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For any queries or comments, please contact the <a href="mailto:aat@astronomyaustralia.org.au" title="mailto:aat%20-@-%20astronomyaustralia.org.au"><span style="color:#9E1C27">ATAC Technical
Secretary</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">Weather factor</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Based upon historical weather trends, about 33% of time is lost to bad weather. Proposers are therefore required to multiply their time requirement by a factor of 1.5 to allow for time
lost to weather.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">Anonymous proposal review</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The AAT Consortium places a high value on equity and integrity, and it implemented the anonymous proposal review process for Shared Time proposals. In this process, the identities of
the proposing team are concealed from reviewers. The goal is to enable reviewers to focus on the science, not the scientist. Several studies have shown that a reviewer's attitude toward a submission may be affected, even unconsciously, by the identity of the
lead author or principal investigator (see the <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/-8U6CP7LAXf46VQo9UWjwoS?domain=stsci.edu"><span style="color:#9E1C27">Anonymous-Double Blind Review Annotated
Bibliography</span></a>). Proposers are required to anonymise their proposals following the guidelines below. Sufficient care should be used, especially if resubmitting a proposal from a previous cycle or other submission. Lead investigators should avoid directly
disclosing their identity in the science or technical justification sections. Names and affiliations will not be included in the proposals generated for the ATAC reviews.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">Anonymity Guidelines for Proposers<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">These guidelines will help conceal the identities of the proposers and ensure a fairer proposal evaluation process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Do not include author names or affiliations anywhere in the proposal text. This includes but is not limited to, page headers, footers, diagrams, figures, or watermarks. This does not include references
to past work, which should be included whenever relevant (see below).<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;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Referencing is an essential part of demonstrating knowledge of the field and progress. When citing references within the proposal, use third person neutral wording. This especially applies to self-referencing.
For example, replace phrases like as we have shown in our previous work (Doe et al. 2010) with as Doe et al. (2010) showed... Do not refer to previous projects using AAT or other observatories in an identifying fashion. For instance, rather than write we observed
another cluster, similar to the one we are proposing under AAT program #XXXXX, instead write AAT program #XXXXX has observed this target in the past...<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;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We encourage references to published work, including work citable by a DOI. It may be occasionally important to cite exclusive access datasets or non-public software that may reveal (or strongly
imply) the investigators on the proposal. We suggest proposers use language like "obtained in private communication" or "from private consultation" when referring to such potentially revealing work.<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;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Do not include acknowledgements, or the source of any grant funding.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Examples of re-worked text can be found on the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/ezosCQnMBZf6RZ73gSv427R?domain=outerspace.stsci.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#9E1C27">Space
Telescope Science Institute (STScI)</span></a> website.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> A strict compliance with these guidelines is required. Feedback on these changes are welcome and should be sent to the <a href="mailto:aat@astronomyaustralia.org.au"><span style="color:#9E1C27">ATAC
Technical Secretary</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">Proposal submission details<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Prepare your main proposal offline, including an abstract, target list, science case, and technical justification. The science case and technical justification together should be in PDF
format, no more than three pages total, with two pages for the science case and one page for technical justification. Those three pages should include all references and figures, use 11pt font (or larger), and have at least 10mm margins.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Numerical referencing should be used (e.g. as shown by [1], instead of as shown by Smith et al. (2017)). Colour figures are accepted. Other document formats will not be accepted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">Proposal content</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Full technical details, outlining how you derived your time estimates, observing constraints, and any special requests should be included in the scientific case (preferably under a separate
section heading).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Important</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">: Proposers should demonstrate that their team has the skills and experience
with the required observing modes to effectively conduct the proposed observations. </span><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please include this information in the separate section of the Lens form Team Expertise.
Note the ATAC will conduct their pre-grading without access to this section</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. Once the ranked list is set, the ATAC will be given access to the "Team Expertise" information
associated with each proposal recommended for implementation. At this point, proposals may only be flagged for downgrade (resulting in a non-selection of the proposal), if a team is clearly unqualified to undertake the work proposed. Note that ATAC may also
request a de-identified information on any Reserved and Paid Time proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Proposals should be written so that the content and significance is understandable by astronomers with different backgrounds. Proposals should also be written using the Anonymity Guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">After including overheads (detector readout, calibrations and telescope slewing), observers are required to multiply their time request by 1.5 to account for bad weather.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A list of the principal targets (field centres for 2dF programs) should be prepared as a separate PDF document. The target list should contain target name, RA (h m s), Dec (d m s), target
brightness, and priority. There is a 2-page limit for this target list PDF file. Other document formats will not be accepted. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If feasible, please provide a list of backup targets that can be observed in the weather conditions that are worse than required for the principal targets. Any backup project must use
the same instrument as the main project. More information on backup considerations can be found in <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/eLwVCROND2urOZNRotv0LRd?domain=aat.anu.edu.au"><span style="color:#9E1C27">Guidelines for AAT Observers.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Due to the reduction in expert assistance at the telescope, proposers are required to describe the relevant experience and expertise of the team with the instrument(s) being applied for.
Observers are encouraged to liaise with the Observatory staff sufficiently in advance of their run to gain such training as is needed for their run.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">Submitting your proposal</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">When your proposal details are ready, submit your application to ATAC through <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Vh1xCVARKgClZQM5mfgp9Ko?domain=lens.datacentral.org.au"><span style="color:#9E1C27">Lens</span></a>, the AAT's online proposal
submission system. As noted above, this is a user-account-based system and all investigators on a proposal must be registered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">Remote Observing</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Remote observing is possible from the AAT remote observing stations. An experienced AAT observer can also observe from home using an appropriate setup. Observers who are not experienced
with their requested instrument may need to find additional help or prior training, which may require eavesdropping on other observations that use the same instrument.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Remote observing stations are listed at the <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/uayoCWLVXkUj4o0PZIy8NOc?domain=aat.anu.edu.au"><span style="color:#9E1C27">remote observing webpage</span></a>. The
Observatory is open to establishing new remote observing stations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">Acknowledgements</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The AAT Consortium requests all publications based upon data obtained through the AAT include the following acknowledgement:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Based [in part] on data obtained at Siding Spring Observatory [via program XXX]. We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which the AAT stands, the Gamilaraay people,
and pay our respects to elders past and present.</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">Contacting the ATAC Secretariat</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Postal Address:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">PO Box 2100 <br>
Hawthorn VIC 3122<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Street Address:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">AAO - Macquarie University<br>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">E-mail: <a href="mailto:aat@astronomyaustralia.org.au"><span style="color:#9E1C27">aat@astronomyaustralia.org.au</span></a><br>
Web: <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/pglACXLW2mUn9rmqjhWpetv?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#9E1C27">https://astronomyaustralia.org.au/blog/portfolio/aat/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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