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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#212121">Dear ATNF user,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">[Apologies if you receive this more than once]<br>
</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">Proposals for observing time are now invited for the 2025APR semester for the:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">ASKAP radio telescope;</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA);</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">Murriyang, the CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope
</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">Tidbinbilla 70-m and 34-m antennas; and</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">Long Baseline Array (VLBI).</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">The deadline for all proposals is 06:00 UT (17:00 Sydney local time) on Monday, 16 December 2024.</span></strong><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto"> All proposals must be submitted using the online proposal application system, OPAL (</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/6GpUCmO5gluR62YvViGfRHR1QrP?domain=opal.atnf.csiro.au/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">http://opal.atnf.csiro.au/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">).</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto"> Significant changes for the 2025APR semester are detailed </span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/1mldCnx1jni6x5Ln4IJhWHJrN56?domain=atnf.csiro.au" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto"> and
include:</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">ATNF long-term proposals are invited for the 2025APR semester.
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#3F4350">These are programmes that are expected to span multiple (>3) semesters and can combine observations from more than one of the ATNF facilities.</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">The Cryogenically Cooled Phased Array Feed (CryoPAF) on Murriyang, the 64-m Parkes radio telescope, will be reinstalled in Q1 2025 and available for shared-risk observations. </span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">We expect to replace CABB with the BIGCAT upgrade by April 2025. Observers should expect that only BIGCAT will be available during the 2025APR semester, although it may still
be in the commissioning stage in April.</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">ATNF proposals are fully anonymised. Proposals that reveal applicant identities will be penalised by a reduction of scores or outright rejection for blatant breaches of anonymity
(e.g. self-citations where the first author is listed by name). Please check the
<a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/N0GBCoV1kpfK84GkAtViOHpBwGs?domain=atnf.csiro.au" target="_blank">
Proposal Guidelines</a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto"> </span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">for more info.</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">We strongly encourage proposers to use this </span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/vIqcCp81lrtxyDL5gfGsEHGI4JF?domain=overleaf.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">LaTeX
template for ATNF scientific justifications</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto"> (with appropriate BibTeX setup to support anonymisation).</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">Details of these changes and other important information on the current status of ATNF telescopes are provided at </span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/1mldCnx1jni6x5Ln4IJhWHJrN56?domain=atnf.csiro.au" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">https://www.atnf.csiro.au/observers/apply/avail.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">For information on how to apply for ATNF telescope time see </span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/e7bJCq71mwf7RWr9gHNtxHErSb0?domain=atnf.csiro.au" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">http://www.atnf.csiro.au/observers/apply/applications.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">For enquiries related to the proposal process or telescope availability, contact:
</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><a href="mailto:george.hobbs@csiro.au" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">george.hobbs@csiro.au</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">
</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">For problems with proposal submissions, contact </span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><a href="mailto:atnf-opal@csiro.au" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">atnf-opal@csiro.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">A refreshed version of the main ATNF website (</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/rZBjCvl1rKiy4XgvJUyCgHQ7x0B?domain=atnf.csiro.au" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.atnf.csiro.au</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">)
is scheduled for Wednesday December 4th. This will not affect OPAL or the Observatory webpages. Key pages will keep the same URL, but the look and feel of the website will change. If you are unable to find something on our new webpage after the launch then
please let us know using <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/t4VcCwV1vMfRPpQo5iQFzHJ-mCu?domain=atnf.csiro.au" target="_blank">
wwwatnf@atnf.csiro.au.</a></span><span style="font-family:Roboto"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto"> George Hobbs</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto">ATNF Head of Science</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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