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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=359 height=160 style='width:3.743in;height:1.6666in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01D95027.59ADCF90" alt="A
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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: </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:5.0pt;background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>3.6-m telescope (<a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/IZmbCgZ0N1iqML1y7INKXeX?domain=eso.org">3.6</a>)<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>New Technology Telescope (<a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/RupNCjZ1N7iYW74mvsRZ-k-?domain=eso.org">NTT</a>)<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Very Large Telescope (<a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/OgyDCk81N9tkxMyBphQK2VR?domain=eso.org">VLT</a>) <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Very Large Telescope Interferometer (<a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/RFEwClx1Nji1QBwEvsqOyct?domain=eso.org">VLTI</a>).<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'>The proposal deadline is <b>Thursday 21 March 2024 at noon Central European Time</b> (10pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time, 7pm Australian Western Standard Time). <i>Note this is significantly earlier than usual, to avoid the Easter break and the HST proposal deadline the following week.</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'>Complete details on how to apply can be found at the </span><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Q25iCQnMBZfX051Pyu4CAWG?domain=eso.org" title="http://www.eso.org/sci/observing/phase1/p110/proposalsopen.html."><span style='background:white'>P114 Call for Proposals web page</span></a><span style='background:white'>. All applicants should consult the </span><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/JYeMCnx1jniX8JZDYuEyBVH?domain=eso.org"><span style='background:white'>Call for Proposals document for Period 114</span></a><span style='background:white'>, and are required to update their </span><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/OQfqCoV1kpfDO7VY0IW4jLv?domain=eso.org/"><span style='background:white'>ESO User Portal</span></a><span style='background:white'> accounts to submit or be on proposals. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'>A wealth of information for Australian applicants can be found on AAL’s </span><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/4tz5Cp81lrt9Yj0oBTkomhj?domain=astronomyaustralia.org.au/"><span style='background:white'>Australian ESO Forum</span></a><span style='background:white'>. Any questions about policies or the practical aspects of proposal preparation should be addressed to the ESO Observing Programmes Office, </span><a href="mailto:opo@eso.org"><span style='background:white'>opo@eso.org</span></a><span style='background:white'>. 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 </span><a href="mailto:Stuart.Ryder@astronomyaustralia.org.au" title="mailto:Stuart.Ryder@astronomyaustralia.org.au"><span style='background:white'>Stuart.Ryder@astronomyaustralia.org.au</span></a><span style='background:white'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'>AAL intends to run another ESO proposal writing workshop in early-March 2024 – details will be distributed shortly. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='background:white'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F6062;background:white'>What's new in Period 114?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.5pt;background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'>Applicants are strongly encouraged to review the expected changes in instrumentation offered and procedures for Period 114 given in </span><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/bJT2Cq71mwf1qpyNosMN9dI?domain=eso.org"><span style='background:white'>Sec. 1.1 of the Call for Proposals</span></a><span style='background:white'>. Among the items likely to be of most interest to the Australian community are:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2'><b>New Large Programme proposals accepted in P114</b>: Large Programme proposals (those seeking >100 hrs over 1-4 Periods) are only accepted once per year during the Call for even-numbered Periods.<span style='color:windowtext'> Large Programmes can be requested to start either in the semester of the Call or in the subsequent semester (the following odd Period), but the programme can extend at most over four consecutive semesters from the semester of the Call (i.e., currently up to Period 117). ESO strives to execute Large Programmes over shorter periods of time (aiming at two semesters by default), while maintaining the ceiling of 30% of the observing time allocated to Large Programmes set by the ESO Council. Note that </span>due to the current high demand on UT4 in the 9<RA<14h range, <b>any new Large Programmes targeting this RA range with UT4 will not be accepted</b>.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=2 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2'><b>Maximising your chances of being scheduled</b>: In the interests of maximising their chances of being able to be scheduled even if highly ranked, applicants are strongly urged to consider the essential information provided in the <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/8qbECr81nytrg5RZGHxvNTG?domain=eso.org">Forecast of telescope pressure</a> by telescope and by Right Ascension. Note that for UT3, the allocation for the top 20% of turbulence plus CLR sky conditions around RA 17h is overcommitted due to an ongoing approved LP. Proposal submissions should consider the limited availability of observing time under these specific conditions.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=3 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><b>Joint VLT/I-ALMA proposals</b>: ESO <span style='color:windowtext'>ha</span>s introduc<span style='color:windowtext'>ed</span> a joint channel for scientific programmes requiring both VLT/I observations and ALMA observations. ESO may award a maximum of 50 hours of ALMA observing time on each of its arrays to Joint Proposals per year. Further details can be found on the <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/G9YrCvl1rKiEQDn83uWZ03S?domain=eso.org">Joint VLT/I-ALMA proposals page</a>.<span style='color:windowtext'> </span>ESO has confirmed that ALMA would always treat an Australian-led Joint VLT/I-ALMA proposal as “<a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Q5ySCwV1vMfvBDExWu4wi1A?domain=almascience.eso.org"><span style='color:blue'>Open Skies</span></a>”, regardless of whether they get their time allocated through <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/8vtgCxngwOfLY25v3U4LPSb?domain=almascience.eso.org"><span style='color:blue'>ALMA’s own joint proposal process</span></a>, or through a joint VLT/I allocation. If in doubt, users should contact the <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/P0OJCyojxQT7xlPoRuKSDO-?domain=help.almascience.org/"><span style='color:blue'>ALMA helpdesk</span></a><span style='color:windowtext'>.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=4 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><b>FORS2</b>: The FORS2 Absolute Photometry (FAP) is being decommissioned in early 2024, which means that users from P114 onwards can no longer rely on the zeropoints and extinction coefficients to photometrically calibrate their data. The pipeline is currently being prepared to calibrate imaging data observed with the standard BVRI filters using Gaia synthetic photometry. ObsPrep will allow users to verify the availability of Gaia stars with synthetic photometry during Phase 1. If none are available, the user is expected to request additional standard star observations if needed, as part of their allocated observing time.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=5 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='color:windowtext;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='color:black'>ERIS:</span></b><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'>All originally planned <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/uJzqCzvkyVCG50YqAFNZFjf?domain=eso.org/">ERIS</a> modes are now fully commissioned and offered.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraph><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=6 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='color:windowtext;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='color:black'>ESPRESSO: </span></b><span style='color:black'>the Laser Frequency</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:SFRM1000;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'>Comb (LFC)</span> for <span style='color:black'><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/1jh9CANpgjCZkvKOzuqixYv?domain=eso.org">ESPRESSO</a></span><span style='color:black'> </span>has been fully operational since October 2022, and the LFC calibrations for different modes have been included in the daily calibration plan. Proposal requesting it for wavelength calibration are accepted, but the users must inform USD and clearly indicate the need for the LFC for their science. The instrument status is regularly updated in the <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Zj7LCBNqjlCDYgXKOIOvTTa?domain=eso.org/">ESPRESSO news webpage</a>.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=7 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='color:windowtext;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><b>VLTI-UT</b>: After a first commissioning period of the Gravity+ AO (GPAO) in October 2024, VLTI-UT science operations will resume in November 2024 in Service Mode, and from January 2025 in Visitor Mode. In this first phase of the GPAO implementation, only the Natural Guide Star modes, with a limiting magnitude of V/R = 12.5, visible and infrared, will be offered. Please see the VLTI manual for details.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=8 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2'><b>Simultaneous usage of HARPS and NIRPS on the 3.6m:</b> <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/yLrDCD1vlpTo4RLAkuqnieH?domain=eso.org">NIRPS</a> is a near-infrared (974nm-1919nmm), high-resolution (up to R = 90,000), cross-dispersed fibre-fed spectrograph optimised for stability and designed for the detection and characterisation of exoplanets around late-type stars<span style='color:windowtext'> that started operation in P111</span>. It can be used simultaneously with HARPS to collect spectra from 380nm to 1919nm (with a gap from 689nm to 974nm) in a single acquisition. Its ultimate goal is to reach a long-term stability of ≤ 1m/s, but for the first period of operation a more conservative value of 2-3 m/s is adopted. A Laser Frequency Comb for wavelength calibrations is expected to improve further the stability from Period 114 onwards. Users requesting to use both NIRPS and HARPS should select NIRPS instrument in P1 and declare the intention of using both instruments in the Special Remarks field of the proposal. <o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=9 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='color:windowtext;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2'><b>Gravitational wave follow-up observations</b>: The OPC approved a <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/YrR3CE8wmrtlEQ8xNC2EY04?domain=archive.eso.org">Large Programme</a> to cover the period of the current science run of the gravitational wave detectors (advanced LIGO, VIRGO and KAGRA). This programme covers all potential electromagnetic follow-up observations possible with ESO facilities until the end of P114 and hence no proposals depending on gravitational wave triggers will be accepted. The proprietary time of the LP has been reduced to two months to enable early access to the community for any data collected of gravitational wave sources.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'>We remind applicants of the following important messages:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4'><b>Distributed Peer Review: </b>With effect from P110,<b> </b>ESO introduced a Distributed Peer Review (DPR) process for proposals requesting a total time (including overheads) of <b>less than 16 hours</b>, with the exception of proposals including at least one ToO run; proposals for Calibration Programmes; <span style='color:windowtext'>Joint proposals; </span>and DDT proposals. All other proposals submitted for P11<span style='color:windowtext'>3</span> will be reviewed in the usual way by the OPC and its sub-panels. PIs of proposals qualifying for DPR accept that their proposals are reviewed by ten peers who have also submitted proposals in P11<span style='color:windowtext'>3</span>, and consent to reviewing ten proposals submitted by their peers as laid out in the <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/YQXHCGv0oyCBvVN4Qfynt1b?domain=eso.org">DPR rules and guidelines.</a> The PI may elect to delegate the reviewer's role to one of the co-Is listed in the proposal.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=2 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4'><b>Visitor Mode:</b> Requests for Visitor Mode observations may be submitted (and are encouraged for new users in particular) for P11<span style='color:windowtext'>3</span>, although any scheduled runs may need to be executed in <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/wQ2tCJyBrGfBN7WwDfBUg5i?domain=eso.org">Designated Visitor Mode</a> instead<span style='color:windowtext'> for operational reasons.</span> <span style='color:windowtext'>D</span>irect Qantas services between Sydney and Santiago<span style='color:windowtext'> operate 3 times per week, as well as daily services on LATAM via Auckland, and direct LATAM services between Melbourne and Santiago 3 times per week</span>.<span style='color:windowtext'> ESO will pay for the costs of one visiting observer per run, and may also cover the costs of an accompanying student.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=3 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4'><b>Scientific keywords:</b> Starting in P110, a new set of scientific keywords replace<span style='color:windowtext'>d</span> the traditional 4 OPC categories. 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