The Phase II proposal is prepared after the PI has been allocated time by his or her local TAC Telescope Allocation Committee . Its purpose is to communicate all vital details of the observing program to the HET night operations staff, and to set up the mode for any further necessary PI Principle Investigator -staff interaction. Because the night operations staff will be receiving many detailed proposals at around the same time while also maintaining night operations, it is very important that the PI follow the instructions carefully and submit all requested material by the trimester deadline.

Phase II deadlines for delivery to the HET are:

  • YYYY-1 (Dec-Mar of year YYYY) - Nov 18, YYYX
  • YYYY-2 (Apr--July of year YYYY) - Mar 18, YYYY
  • YYYY-3 (Aug-Nov of year YYYY) - July 18, YYYY
You will need to submit all of the following:
  • Target List
    • in TSL, our versatile Target Submission Language, or
    • in Oldstyle, consisting of an electronic file and a hardcopy,
      which these examples illustrate. A handy utility will check your old style Phase II to see if it will be accepted. We do not support this old format anymore so if you have trouble we suggest that you move to the new format TSL version.
  • Program Notes and Contact Person
  • Finding Charts

All of these documents should be submitted through hydra by logging in: here and using the Phase II tab at the top of the screen.


You can get information about the telescope, instruments and calibrations in various locations in this web site. It is important to plan for extra time for overhead or special calibrations. Below we list some of the more important links you may need.

  1. Telescope Information
  2. Instruments
  3. An Automated Target Generator
  4. Synoptic Targets
  5. Calibrations
  6. Phase II Management
  7. Observer Tips




Last updated: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:23:39 -0600 sulu



Phase II

TSL

Language Structure

Language Syntax

Examples

Keyword Table

Keyword Descriptions

TSL Control of Calibrations

Program Notes

Finding Charts

(old format: Description)

(old format: Examples)

(old format: Checker Utility)

Synoptic Targets

Phase Block

Synoptic Date Block

Phase II Management

Observer Tips