JWST Proposal Planning Workshop at AAS Summer Meeting

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), set to launch in 2018, will revolutionize our understanding of the universe with its unprecedented sensitivity and angular resolution at Infrared wavelengths. There are a variety of proposing tools that have been developed to assist the user community to prepare their observing requests and proposals in sufficient detail.

This workshop will provide an overview of the JWST proposal and planning tools for the various observing modes available using the JWST instruments. There will be demos and hands-on sessions to explore the tools for different observing modes. The workshop will help the community to familiarize with all the tools required for JWST proposal submission. The specific tools covered will include JWST Astronomer's Proposal Tool and JWST Exposure Time Calculator. There will be opportunity to perform a few exercises using these tools to plan observations for selected science cases or observing modes. At the end of the workshop there will be some time devoted to final questions and feedback. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Register for the workshop at the same time that you register for the AAS meeting.