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The next Service night will be in Cassegrain Mode, and is scheduled for July-28. The submission deadline for this is the end of July-14, HST. For details on submissions for the subsequent Service round, please see the table below. This is the last night specifically scheduled for Service observing in Semester U/08A.

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


Link
For Use By
Description
NorthStar Submission System
Applicants
New proposal submission system.
Explanatory notes are available here.
UKIRT Flexed Data Retrieval
Successful service PIs, Staff
View or retrieve UKIRT flexed data
WFCAM Science Archive Service Programme History
Successful WFCAM
Service PIs, Staff
WSA WFCAM Service data status & retrieval pages
NorthStar Proposal Review System
Service Admin Staff,  Reviewers
Proposal Refereeing/Reviewing System
  • Dates:
    • 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

      Proposal Submission Deadline

      Service
      Night
      Projects Successfully Observed
      During Service Night

      Notes
      Wide Field
      (WFCAM)
      20-Nov 2006
      (passed) - 06B
      4-Dec, 2006
      1703, 1706, 1707, 1708, 1711
      1673 observed on 16-Dec
      End of 29-Jan 2007, HST
      (14:00 30-Jan, UTC) - 06B
      10-Feb, 2007
      None
      Weathered out.
      Data for 1720, 1721, 1722 taken on 11-Feb.
      Data for 1721, 1722 taken on 12-Feb.
      End of 1-Mar 2007, HST
      (14:00 2-Mar, UTC)
      (passed) - 06B
      15-Mar, 2007
      None
      Weathered out.
      End of 4-Apr 2007, HST
      (Semester 07A)
      (passed)
      17-19 Apr, 2007
      (07A Special Call)
      (To be added)

      8-10 May, 2007
      (07A Special Call)
      (To be added)

      End of 22-Jul 2007, HST
      (Semester 07B starts with August) - 07B
      6-Aug, 2007
      1652, 1743, 1758, 1759

      End of 5-Sep 2007, HST - 07B
      19-Sep, 2007
      1709, 1761, 1762

      End of 25-Oct 2007, HST - 07B
      8-Nov, 2007
      None: closed for engineering

      End of 25-Jan, 2008, HST - 08A 9-Feb, 2008
      None Weathered out.
      End of 13-Mar, 2008, HST - 08A 30-Mar, 2008
      1745, 1779, 1781, 1783
      1783 completed; 1781: 7/8 targets observed.
      End of 24-Apr, 2008, HST - 08A 8-May, 2008
      1744, 1787, 1788
      1787 now complete (if B2 observations are also acceptable), 1788 now complete
      End of 3-Sep, 2008, HST - 08B
      23-Sep, 2008


      End of 9-Oct, 2008, HST - 08B
      28-Oct, 2008


      Cassegrain
      (CGS4, UFTI, UIST)
      End of 28-May 2007, HST - 07A
      12-Jun, 2007
      1700, 1751
      Data for 1667 taken on 14-Jun.
      End of 11-Jun 2007, HST - 07A
      26-Jun, 2007
      1602, 1668, 1685, 1692, 1753, 1754

      End of 2-Jul 2007, HST - 07A
      (passed)
      16-Jul, 2007
      1757, 1702, 1756, 1753, 1755

      End of 25-Nov 2007, HST - 07B
      9-Dec, 2007
      None
      Weathered out. Some replacement Service time flexed in Dec 13 & 14.
      End of 25-Dec, HST - 07B
      9-Jan, 2008
      1623, 1765, 1773, 1775, 1776
      J-band observations for 1773 need to be redone.
      End of 12-Jun, 2008, HST - 08A 28-Jun, 2008
      1753, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1794
      1753, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1794 completed.
      End of 14-Jul, 2008, HST - 08A
      28-Jul, 2008


      End of 24-Jul, 2008, HST - 08B
      Second halves, 6- & 7-Aug, 2008


      End of 20-Nov, 2008, HST - 08B
      10-Dec, 2008


      End of 17-Dec, 2008, HST - 08B
      7-Jan, 2009


 




FOR STAFF USE ONLY:


Link
For Use By
Description
Wiki list of Active Proposals UKIRT Staff only
JAC staff-only wiki page listing all active Service proposals

NorthStar Review System Manager Service Admin Staff NorthStar Proposal Review System Manager
NorthStar Review System Administration Service Admin Staff NorthStar Proposal Review Administration. Manual available here (wiki page)

NorthStar User/Proposal Administration Service Admin Staff NorthStar User/Proposal Administration





OLD SYSTEM (OBSOLETE):

Quick Access to the Database

Link
For use by Description
Web Form Applicants Previously used to submit UKIRTserv proposals - NO LONGER IN USE
Referee Access Referees
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)


Contact: Mark Rawlings. Updated: Mon Jun 30 16:22:38 HST 2008

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