The UKIRT service observing programme
The UKIRT
Service Observing Programme (UKIRTSERV)
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The next
Service night will be in Wide Field mode, and is scheduled for September
23. This will be the first of the 08B WFCAM
Service nights. The submission date for this deadline has now passed.
The next Service deadline is the end
of October 09, HST for
WFCAM Service
time on October 28.
Please see the instrument
pages for details of any changes
in available instrument modes.
The new NorthStar
UKIRT Service Submission & Reviewing System is now active, and
submissions
via the
older system will no longer be accepted
Notes
on
submission via the new system are available online here
- As a general rule, please try to submit proposals at least 2 weeks before the desired
date, to allow sufficient time for referee assessment (see the
deadlines below).
- The scheduled dates for semester U/06B to U/08A service nights are as follows:
Instrument
Mode
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Proposal
Submission Deadline
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Service
Night
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Projects Successfully Observed
During Service Night
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Notes
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Wide
Field
(WFCAM) |
20-Nov
2006
(passed) - 06B
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4-Dec,
2006
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1703,
1706, 1707, 1708, 1711
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1673
observed on 16-Dec
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End
of 29-Jan 2007, HST
(14:00 30-Jan, UTC) - 06B
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10-Feb,
2007
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None
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Weathered
out.
Data for 1720, 1721, 1722 taken on 11-Feb.
Data for 1721, 1722 taken on
12-Feb.
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End
of 1-Mar 2007, HST
(14:00 2-Mar, UTC)
(passed) - 06B
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15-Mar,
2007
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None
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Weathered
out.
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End
of 4-Apr 2007, HST
(Semester 07A)
(passed)
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17-19 Apr, 2007
(07A Special
Call)
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(To be added)
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8-10 May, 2007
(07A Special
Call) |
(To be added)
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End of
22-Jul 2007, HST
(Semester 07B starts
with August) - 07B
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6-Aug,
2007
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1652,
1743, 1758, 1759
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End
of 5-Sep 2007, HST - 07B
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19-Sep,
2007
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1709,
1761, 1762
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End
of 25-Oct 2007, HST -
07B
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8-Nov,
2007
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None:
closed for engineering
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| End
of 25-Jan,
2008, HST - 08A |
9-Feb,
2008
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None
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Weathered
out.
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| End of 13-Mar,
2008, HST - 08A |
30-Mar,
2008
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1745, 1779, 1781, 1783
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1783 completed; 1781: 7/8 targets
observed.
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| End
of 24-Apr,
2008, HST - 08A |
8-May,
2008
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1744,
1787, 1788
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1787
now complete (if B2 observations are also acceptable), 1788 now complete
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End
of
3-Sep, 2008, HST - 08B
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23-Sep,
2008
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End of
9-Oct, 2008, HST - 08B
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28-Oct,
2008
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Cassegrain
(CGS4, UFTI, UIST)
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End
of 28-May 2007, HST - 07A
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12-Jun, 2007
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1700,
1751
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Data
for 1667 taken on 14-Jun.
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End
of 11-Jun 2007, HST - 07A
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26-Jun, 2007
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1602,
1668, 1685, 1692, 1753, 1754
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End
of 2-Jul 2007, HST - 07A
(passed)
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16-Jul,
2007
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1757,
1702, 1756, 1753, 1755
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End
of
25-Nov 2007, HST - 07B
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9-Dec,
2007
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None
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Weathered
out. Some replacement Service time flexed in Dec 13 & 14.
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End
of
25-Dec, HST - 07B
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9-Jan,
2008
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1623,
1765, 1773, 1775, 1776
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J-band
observations for 1773 need to be redone.
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| End of 12-Jun,
2008, HST - 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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End
of 14-Jul,
2008, HST - 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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End
of
24-Jul, 2008, HST - 08B
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Second
halves, 6- & 7-Aug, 2008
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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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End of
20-Nov, 2008, HST - 08B
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10-Dec,
2008
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End of
17-Dec, 2008, HST - 08B
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7-Jan,
2009
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FOR STAFF USE
ONLY:
OLD SYSTEM (OBSOLETE):
Quick Access to the Database
Link
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For use by |
Description |
| Web
Form |
Applicants |
Previously used to submit UKIRTserv proposals
- NO
LONGER IN USE
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| Referee
Access |
Referees
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Referee feedback system for old system - NO
LONGER IN USE |
| Form
Viewer |
Staff |
Displays application forms for
active service projects in old
system - NO LONGER IN USE:
DEPRECATED BY WIKI PAGE (ABOVE)
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