Call for Shane Proposals

September 10, 2010

To: 3.0-m Telescope Observers

From: Michael Bolte, Director

First Semester 2011 (11A) Shane Observing Requests

The News Bulletin: No more paper copies!  Beginning with with the 2011A semester, proposals for use of the 3-m Shane reflector will be submitted online in a process very similar to that used for UC Keck proposals.

Application submission for 2011A will close promptly at 5:00 P.M. on Friday, October 8, 2010.

Submitting an application is a two-step process: on-line creation of a proposal coversheet and uploading a pdf-format file with the Scientific Justification and other support materials.

Step 1: Create a proposal coversheet and be assigned a Proposal ID#. Go to the web page below, enter the information required for the form, submit the form and note the assigned proposal ID#, which is required in Step 2.

https://spg.ucolick.org/cgi-bin/time_apps/3m/index

Step 2: Prepare a file with the following sections: Scientific Justification (2-page limit), References, Figures, Targets and Exposures, Supplementary Observations Required from other Observatories, Technical Remarks, Path to Science and Status of Previously Approved 3-m Programs. Create a pdf-format of this document and upload it at the submission web page:

https://spg.ucolick.org/cgi-bin/ShaneTAC/login.cgi

Graduate Student Applications: Graduate students are eligible to apply for 3-m observing. Each proposal must be accompanied by a letter from the faculty sponsor stating the student is qualified to carry out the project. Graduate student observing projects requiring a large number of nights or nights spread over several semesters must be thesis related, and the first proposal must be accompanied by a letter of support from the student's thesis advisor.

Policies for Shane and Kast remote observing are posted here: http://www.ucolick.org/lickobs/shaneremote.html.

Other useful links:

3-m Manual http://mthamilton.ucolick.org/techdocs/telescopes/Shane/intro/

Guidelines for preparing 3-m proposals http://www.ucolick.org/lickobs/shaneguide.html

Instruments available are:

Kast Spectrograph - Dual channel optical spectrometer.
http://mthamilton.ucolick.org/techdocs/instruments/kast/

Hamilton Spectrograph - High resolution optical eschelle spectrometer.
http://mthamilton.ucolick.org/techdocs/instruments/hamspec/

Adaptive Optics - Natural and Laser guide star adaptive optics system.
Feeds the IRCAL near IR camera and spectrograph.
http://mthamilton.ucolick.org/techdocs/instruments/AO
http://mthamilton.ucolick.org/techdocs/instruments/ircal/

Gemini Infrared Camera
http://mthamilton.ucolick.org/techdocs/instruments/gemini/index.html

Prime Focus Camera
http://mthamilton.ucolick.org/techdocs/instruments/PFCam/index.html

Sincerely,

Michael Bolte, Director
Director’s Office
UCO/Lick Observatory
Interdisciplinary Sciences Building
University of California
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064