SMARTS 2008B Projects

We are ready to start processing all of the service observing requests for the 2008B semester. Here are some reminders of procedure:

1.0m and 0.9m on-site observers:

Please fill out BOTH a travel form http://www.ctio.noao.edu/travel/itinerary.php AND an instrument setup form http://www.ctio.noao.edu/forms/supportforms/visitor_support.html. These should be completed well in advance of your run.

IMPORTANT NOTE: All 1.0m users are expected to carry out 0.5 hr of service observing per night, in addition to anything noted in the schedule. Service time will NOT be charged to user runs, which have been lengthened appropriately.

1.3m observers:

Please fill out a phase II form http://www.astro.yale.edu/smarts/ANDICAM.

Project IDs for new programs in 2008B will soon be in place. For help with the forms or general data acquisition questions, please contact the queue manager, Michelle Buxton. For information concerning data distribution and processing, please contact Suzanne Tourtellotte.

IMPORTANT NOTE: There is updated information about procedures, standard observations, and calibrations available here.

1.0m service observers:

On-site observers should consult the "Prospero Observer's Guide for the CTIO 1.0-m Telescope" for help in observing at the 1.0m.

IMPORTANT NOTE: There is updated information about procedures, standard observations, and calibrations available here.

0.9m service observing:

If you are NOT going to CTIO to observe, but are having service observing done, please contact Todd Henry.

1.5m service observing:

If you have programs being carried out in service mode at the 1.5m, please contact Fred Walter for RCSpec projects and Mike Shara for CPAPIR projects.

The 1.5m RCSpec service observing schedule can be found here.