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Program Preparation

The proposal process is divided into two phases.

  • In Phase I the principal investigator (PI) will deal directly with the home institution's telescope allocation committee (TAC). Each TAC may have different requirements for a successful proposal. We will provide information that will help you build your proposal with realistic expectations.

  • In Phase II the PI will be submitting their targets to the HET if the TAC has granted them time. The HET is a queue scheduled telescope and thus all observations must be submitted in a way that is readable by our local scheduling software: htopx. We will provide information so that the PI should not need to interact with the resident astronomers (RA) for this type of routine target submission, although the RAs are always ready to answer your questions. Please go through all of the provided steps to make sure that your targets are viable for the scheduler and the telescope.









Last updated: Fri, 29 Dec 2023 11:30:12 +0000 stevenj



Overview

The Telescope

Technical Overview

Object Observability

Performance

Non-sidereal observations

Instruments

LRS2

LRS2 Summary

LRS2 Details

LRS2 Fiber Layout and Position Angle

LRS2 Throughput

LRS2 Observing details

VIRUS

VIRUS - Summary

VIRUS - Setting up on targets

VIRUS - Misc details

VIRUS - Throughput and sensitivity

VIRUS - low surface brightness sensitivity

VIRUS - Dithers, IFUs, Tiling

VIRUS - Tiling observations

Habitable Zone Planet Finder (HPF)

HPF Details

HPF Setting up on targets

HPF Throughput and Exposure Meter

HPF Data Reductions

HRS-2 (in development)

HRS-2 Summary

HRS-2 Details

HRS-2 configurations

HRS-2 exposure meter

HRS-2 Position Angle and Fiber layout

HRS-2 Throughput

Old Instruments

HRS - old

LRS - old

MRS - old

Program Preparation

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