10 September 2015

NASA's IRTF Calls for Proposals for Semester 2016A

Crystal Tinch American Astronomical Society (AAS)

The due date for proposals to use NASA's 3-meter Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) on Maunakea during the 2016A semester (1 February 2016 to 31 July 2016) is Thursday, 1 October 2015. An online form is available for proposal submission until 5:00 pm HAST on 1 October 2015.

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Available instruments:
  1. SpeX, a 1- to 5-micron cross-dispersed medium-resolution spectrograph (up to R = 2,500) and imager;
  2. CSHELL, a 1- to 5-micron high-resolution spectrograph (up to R = 40,000);
  3. MORIS, a 512 x 512 pixel Andor CCD camera (60" x 60" field of view) mounted at the side-facing window of the SpeX cryostat that can be used simultaneously with SpeX; and
  4. PI instruments, including a low-resolution 3- to 14-micron spectrograph and an 8- to 25-micron high-resolution spectrograph.

More information on available instruments and their performance can be found on the IRTF webpage.

Please see the Call for Proposals webpage for the full text of the 2016A call for proposals.