Istituto Nazionale di
AstroFisica
ISTITUTO DI RADIOASTRONOMIA
Call for Proposals - First Half 2012
With this extraordinary call the Istituto di Radioastronomia offers
observing time with its telescopes at Medicina and Noto for the rest of the
current semester to May 31, 2012.
Both antennas can be employed as single dishes for spectroscopic and continuum observations.
The antenna at Noto has undergone major maintenance work and is now under test which is expected to be completed by the end of March. For the remaining two months of the on-going semester proposals for Noto can be submitted.
At Medicina, a new K-band double-horn receiver will be commissioned and should become operative in the period between mid April and mid May. Only proposals requiring the 22-GHz receiver can be accepted.
Further details on the submission procedure and characteristics of the instruments currently available can be found at http://www.ira.inaf.it/Observing/Observing_time_extra.html
The proposals will be peer-reviewed and should be submitted before midnight of March 1, 2012.
Both antennas can be employed as single dishes for spectroscopic and continuum observations.
The antenna at Noto has undergone major maintenance work and is now under test which is expected to be completed by the end of March. For the remaining two months of the on-going semester proposals for Noto can be submitted.
At Medicina, a new K-band double-horn receiver will be commissioned and should become operative in the period between mid April and mid May. Only proposals requiring the 22-GHz receiver can be accepted.
Further details on the submission procedure and characteristics of the instruments currently available can be found at http://www.ira.inaf.it/Observing/Observing_time_extra.html
The proposals will be peer-reviewed and should be submitted before midnight of March 1, 2012.
Due to the critical funding situation we are unable to guarantee full
technical support beyond standard working hours.
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For any publications based on observations with the IRA telescopes
please use the following acknowledgement:
"Based on observations with the Medicina (Noto) telescope operated by
INAF - Istituto di Radioastronomia"
and please send a copy of any paper using the IRA telescopes data to
Jan Brand - e-mail: brand (at) ira.inaf.it
