10 September 2018

Call for Proposals for the NASA IRTF for 2019A Semester

Crystal Tinch American Astronomical Society (AAS)

NASA's 3-meter Infrared Telescope Facility

The due date for proposals to use NASA's 3-meter Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) on Maunakea during the 2019A semester (1 February 2019 to 31 July 2019) is Monday, 1 October 2018. An online form is available for proposal submission until 5:00 pm HST on the due date.

Available facility instruments include:

  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;
  3. iSHELL, a 1.1– to 5.3-micron cross-dispersed echelle spectrograph (up to R = 70,000) and imager; and
  4. MIRSI/MOC, a 5– to 20-micron camera and grism spectrograph as shared risk. 

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

Please see the Call for Proposals webpage for more details.