February 25, 2008 To: Observers on the Lick Observatory Small Telescopes From: Michael Bolte, Director Re: Second Quarter 2008 Small Telescope Observing Requests Please send requests for observing time on the small telescopes (40-inch Nickel, 36-inch refractor, CAT, and Crossley) for Second Quarter 2008 beginning May 1, 2008, and running through July 31, 2008, so that they arrive in the Director's office no later than Friday, March 21, 2008. Continue to use the on-line proposal forms here. Please send two copies of each proposal that you submit. No email or fax submissions will be accepted. The Nickel 1-meter (40-inch) telescope and Direct Imaging Camera (CCD-C2) have recently been equipped for remote operation and will be available for such use this quarter. Only observers with experience observing locally with the Nickel telescope and Direct Camera are eligible to observe remotely. Before remote observing, an additional checkout must be completed on site, using the local host zola to simulate remote operation, as well as a checkout on the first night of actual remote observing, to be conducted via video-conferencing. Remote observing must be done from an approved site, currently one of the Keck mainland remote observing facilities or the UCB Lick remote site. Keck observing has priority over Lick at the Keck sites; therefore, it is necessary to coordinate the use of these rooms with the local scheduler. Proposals for remote observing must specify the facility from which the observer will be working and include a list of up to four filters and the order in which they are to be installed. In all other ways, the remote proposal process is the same as for local observing. If you plan to submit a remote observing proposal, please consult the webpages for Remote Observing Policy and for Remote Operation of the Nickel 1-m Telescope and Direct Imaging Camera before preparing your proposal. Please make a realistic estimate of the number of nights you will need for your program. Include enough information in your requests so that we fully understand the scientific aims of your proposed program and, specifically, what observations you plan to make. The CAT can only be scheduled during those times in which the coudé spectrograph is not being used with the 3-meter telescope. Graduate students' requests for observing time on the small telescopes must be approved, in writing, by their faculty advisors. |
