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<p><span style="font-family:Roboto">Dear ASA members,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Roboto">Apologies if you receive this multiple times.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#212121">Proposals for observing time are now invited for the 2025APR semester for the:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">ASKAP radio telescope;</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA);</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Murriyang, the CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Tidbinbilla 70-m and 34-m antennas; and</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Long Baseline Array (VLBI).</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#1D2021">The deadline for all proposals is </span><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">07:00 UT (17:00 Sydney local time) on Tuesday, 17 June 2025</span></strong><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#1D2021">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#212121"> 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/nTZ_CGv0oyCAwj0wXIKfRfBErxL?domain=opal.atnf.csiro.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">http://opal.atnf.csiro.au/</span></a><span style="color:#212121">). </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#212121"> Significant changes for the 2025OCT semester are detailed </span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/sRQsCJyBrGfKx01xMIGhKfyBPfa?domain=atnf.csiro.au" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">here</span><span style="color:#212121"> and</span></a><span style="color:#212121"> include:</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Since February 2025, the Cryogenically Cooled Phased Array Feed (CryoPAF) has been installed in the focus cabin of Murriyang, CSIRO’s 64-m Parkes radio telescope. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1D2021;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto">BIGCAT commissioning is underway during 2025APR meaning that BIGCAT will be offered in shared-risk mode during the 2025OCT semester. Since
the ATCA schedule for 2025APR has not yet been released, teams that wish to carry over their proposals in 2025OCT can request pre-graded status. Please follow instructions under “Impact of instrument upgrades”. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">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 under “Proposal Guidance” below.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1D2021;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto">We strongly encourage proposers to use this <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/1mlyCK1DvKT4L3BLpC3imf5W0UN?domain=overleaf.com" target="_blank">LaTeX
template for ATNF scientific justifications</a> (with appropriate BibTeX setup to support anonymisation). This template is also now available in the Overleaf template gallery.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">ATNF long-term proposals are only accepted once per year at the December deadline. As such, long-term proposals will NOT be accepted this semester.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#212121">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/sRQsCJyBrGfKx01xMIGhKfyBPfa?domain=atnf.csiro.au" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">https://www.atnf.csiro.au/observers/apply/avail.html</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#212121">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/SXWBCL7EwMfQLEmL8ums0fyGPoQ?domain=atnf.csiro.au" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">http://www.atnf.csiro.au/observers/apply/applications.html</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#212121">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="color:purple">george.hobbs@csiro.au</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#212121">For problems with proposal submissions, contact </span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><a href="mailto:atnf-opal@csiro.au" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">atnf-opal@csiro.au</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">George Hobbs</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">ATNF Head of Science</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#00A9CE">George Hobbs </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">(he/him)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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