[ASA] Call for Blanco proposals in Semester 2018B

[International Telescopes Support Office]

      2018B Call for Blanco proposals


Proposals for Australian time on the CTIO Blanco 4m telescope for 
Semester 2018B (1 Aug 2018 - 31 January 2019) are due by

*5:00pm AEST, Thursday 29 March 2018.*


A separate call for Magellan proposals in Semester 2018B (with a 6 April 
2018 deadline) will be issued shortly. A reminder that proposals for 
Australian community access to the Subaru Telescope in Semester 2018B 
(https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/GrIZCYWL1vigMKWlF0TSqm?domain=aao.gov.au) are due *next Thursday* (1pm 
AEST 8 March 2018). *AAL will be providing funds sufficient to cover 
observer travel funding to Australian Subaru users in 2018B.*


*What's new for Semester 2018B?*

  * In Semester 2018B there will be 5 nights available to the Australian
    community to apply for. The Dark Energy Survey (DES) has been
    granted a total of 52 equivalent nights during 2018B to complete
    their survey. As in previous B-semesters during the DES, these
    nights will be concentrated in October and November, plus 2nd half
    nights in September and 1st half nights in December. In addition,
    the DECals Survey has been granted 35 equivalent nights in
    September-November. Together *these two surveys use all of the dark
    and grey time during October, November, and the first week of
    December*. This leaves 47 nights available for allocation by the
    NOAO and Australian TACs, concentrated at the beginning and end of
    the semester.
  * The DECam imager and the COSMOS instrument are available for
    Australian proposals. COSMOS is available in an imaging, longslit
    and multi-object spectroscopy modes. The Astronomy Research with the
    Cornell InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (ARCoIRIS) instrument is being
    relocated to SOAR in 2018.


        How to apply


Blanco proposals must be submitted using the AAO's Lens 
<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/mijgCZYM2VFxl1qgijUbxc?domain=aao.gov.au> proposal submission system. For full 
details on instrument availability and application procedures, please see:

https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/BOLQC1WZXriO3rAGFpVhR_?domain=aao.gov.au


        Need help?


For general enquiries about Australian access to the Blanco telescope, 
please contact the International Telescopes Support Office 
(itso at aao.gov.au) at the AAO.


Stuart Ryder
Head of International Telescopes Support
itso at aao.gov.au
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