Please see http://www.ucolick.org/keckobs/keckinstructions.html for instructions on using the on-line process. The application process will end promptly at 5:00 P.M. on Friday, September 10, 2010.

NOTE: Target of Opportunity (ToO) policy has been updated. [Read ToO Policy.]

Proposals for 2011B and 2012A will be due March 11, 2011, and September 9, 2011, respectively.

Keck is continuing the login-password system to allow you to retrieve and modify your coversheets. Returning observers should use the same account information as last semester. New observers may request an account from the login page.

We expect roughly 116 nights total on Keck I and Keck II. The schedule for 2011A will be published on December 1.

Please see the Instruments Available web page for detailed notes on the current instruments: http://www2.keck.hawaii.edu/observing/instavail.html.

Special notes for this semester follow:

All data from NIRSPEC and HIRES are archived by KOA, the Keck Observatory Archive. The default proprietary period is 18 months. There is a space on the coversheet for requesting a different proprietary period.

The GEMINI and SUBARU exchanges will continue the same as last semester. Instrument information is available at: http://www.subarutelescope.org/Observing/Instruments/index.html

LGS-AO: Up to 70 nights of LGS-AO science will be supported if highly-rated proposals warrant this. Appropriate backup programs must be specified along with the LGS proposals. Backup programs may be NGS or non-AO NIRSPEC.

INTERFEROMETER: Up to eight nights will be available for interferometer science. More nights will be considered at the Director's discretion. The ASTRA-Dual Field Phase Referencing (DFPR), L-band and simultaneous K/L visibility modes are available for shared-risk proposals in this call. The number of runs and time during the semester will be determined by the science requests.

OSIRIS will stay on Keck II for all of 2011A, with a possible move to Keck I in early 2011B.

Please read this paragraph:The principal consideration in evaluating proposals will be the scientific merit of the proposed project. Projects which take maximum advantage of the unique capability of the Keck Telescopes will be given high weight. A brief description should be given of backup programs that will be carried out if conditions are not suitable for the primary program. Linked to this page are GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING UC KECK PROPOSALS that specify what should be contained in the proposal. Please read and follow these Guidelines. The page limits will be strictly enforced, and TAC members are not obligated to read beyond the stated limit.

The coversheet form is available through the Keck Observer Login webpage. Information from the coversheet is gathered in a secure database at Keck Observatory to assist in telescope scheduling, support, and assignment. Please attach your scientific justification.

Sincerely,

Michael Bolte, Director
UCO/Lick Observatory

Call for Proposals

Proposal Guidelines

Cover Sheet Form

Telescope Schedules

Time Allocation Policy

LMAP Time Policy

ToO Time Policy

Instruments