The UKIRT service observing programme
The UKIRT
Service Observing Programme (UKIRTSERV)
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Next Deadline for Submission of
Proposals: 1st December 2009
Next
Service Night: 12th December 2009
Instruments
Available: WFCAM*
*Please note: for the foreseeable future, only WFCAM will be
available. Further details are given here.
UKIRT's
instruments are described in the main instrument
pages (please note that when
WFCAM is on the telescope, the cassegrain instruments are not
available, and vice versa).
- An
introduction to the
UKIRT Service programme is available here
- Notes
on how to use the Northstar submission system are available here
- If
you require more than 3 hours of telescope time the UKIRT service
observing programme is not for you. Please consult the guidelines
for submitting a full PATT proposal.
- Please Acknowledge
the UKIRT Service Observing
programme in all publications that include service data.
WFCAM DATA: All WFCAM Service
PIs MUST register their own projects with the WFCAM
Science Archive (WSA). Note that WFCAM data are (usually) only
available through the WSA. Full registration information is available here
(WSA refer to service programmes as "non-survey"). You can register as
soon as your programme has been accepted by the service observing
programme.
For further information, or if you are
encountering problems with the system, please contact
ukirtserv@jach.hawaii.edu.
APPLYING
ACCESSING SERVICE DATA
Link
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For
Use By
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Description
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UKIRT Flexed Data
Retrieval
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Successful
Cassegrain
Service PIs
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Check
status of Cassegrain programme and
retrieve raw data via the Project homepage
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WFCAM Science
Archive
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Successful
WFCAM
Service PIs
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Check
availability of data (on the status page)
and retrieve reduced data from the archive
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DATES, DEADLINES and DATA
Instrument
Mode
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Proposal
Submission
Deadline*
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Service
Night
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Projects
Observed
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Notes
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WFCAM
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| 3
Sep, 2008 (08B) |
23
Sep,
2008 |
1763,
1764, 1781,
1799 |
1781,
1799 now complete |
| 9
Oct, 2008 (08B) |
28
Oct,
2008 |
None
on designated service night |
Weathered
out. |
| 20
Jan, 2009 (09A) |
3
Feb,
2009 |
None
on designated service night
(but 1764, 1801, 1802 on Feb 18/19,
1780, 1787 on March 14) |
Weathered
out.
(1764 and 1802 completed on Feb 18th,
1780, 1787 on March 14) |
| 9
Mar, 2009 (09A) |
23
Mar, 2009 |
1801 |
1801
completed (rest of night
lost to weather) |
| 2
Apr, 2009 (09A) |
16
Apr, 2009 |
None |
Weathered
out |
| 29
Apr, 2009 (09A) |
13-14
May, 2009
(half-nights)
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None
(but 1820 on June 2)
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No
projects accessible
on service night
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| 3
Jun, 2009 (09A) |
16
Jun, 2009 |
1831
(also 1836 on July 8)
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1831,
1836
complete
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| 7
Jul, 2009 (09A) |
21
Jul, 2009 |
1650
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1650
now complete
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| 4
Aug, 2009 (09B1) |
18/19
Aug, 2009
(half-nights) |
None
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No
projects available/bad weather
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1
Dec, 2009 (09B2)
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12
Dec, 2009
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CASSEGRAIN
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12 Jun,
2008 (08A) |
28 Jun,
2008
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1753,
1789, 1790, 1791, 1794
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1753,
1789, 1790, 1791, 1794 completed.
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14
July,
2008 (08A)
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28
Jul,
2008
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1755,
1797, 1798
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1755:
annual monitoring done; 1798 completed.
Second half of night weathered out.
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24 July, 2008 (08B)
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6-7
Aug, 2008
(half-nights)
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None
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Ill
observer.
1795 completed night of Aug 4th.
1797 completed night of Aug 10th.
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20 Nov, 2008 (08B)
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10
Dec,
2008
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None
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Weathered
out. |
17
Dec, 2008 (08B)
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7
Jan, 2009
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1794,
1798, 1805, 1809, 1811, 1814
(also 1624, 1669, 1806, 1807, 1810
and 1811 on 5,20,23,25,26 Jan)
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UIST
not available on 7th.
1624, 1669, 1794, 1798, 1805, 1806, 1807,
1809, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1814 completed
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* Please note: submission for a given
deadline is possible for a period of 2 weeks, up until the end of the
day of the deadline (midnight, Hawaii time).
If you miss a deadline (or are too early), proposals can be
stored in the Northstar system for submission at a later date.
FOR
STAFF/REVIEWER USE
ONLY:
The UKIRT Service Observing programme
is now being managed by Chris Davis.
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