8 September 2016

NASA's IRTF Call for Proposals for Semester 2017A

Crystal Tinch American Astronomical Society (AAS)

The due date for proposals to use NASA's 3-meter Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) on Mauna Kea during the 2017A semester (1 February 2017 to 31 July 2017) is Monday, 3 October 2016. An online form is available for proposal submission until 5:00 pm HST on the due date.

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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. 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
  3. iSHELL, a 1.1 – 5.3 micron cross-dispersed echelle spectrograph (up to R=70,000) and imager.

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 2017A call for proposals.