Issue 17-36, September 10, 2017
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- SPITZER PROPOSAL DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
- 2018A NASA IRTF CALL FOR PROPOSALS
- REQUEST FOR MISSION SUPPORTING OBSERVATIONS OF PATROCLUS–MENOETIUS MUTUAL EVENTS
- JWST PROPOSAL WORKSHOPS
- NASA SMD PLANETARY SCIENCE DIVISION SEEKS PEER REVIEWERS
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SPITZER PROPOSAL DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
Director’s Discretionary Time (DDT) Second Review Deadline – Sept 12, 2017
Spitzer continues to execute exciting science in the “Beyond” phase of the mission-
the final 2.5 years. The Cycle-13 call for proposals was the last comprehensive
proposal call for Spitzer. We have enough observations in the scheduling pool
to fill the schedule through at least October 2018. The Beyond phase of the mission
is funded for operations through the commissioning of JWST in March 2019.
To support emerging science opportunities that could not have been proposed
for in Cycle-13 we still support DDT programs. The DDT proposal handling
process works as follows:
1. DDT proposals may continue to be submitted at any time.
2. The review of time-critical proposals will continue to be done immediately.
3. Proposals that are not time critical will be reviewed on a structured schedule.
The first structured DDT review deadline was in February and the next deadline is:
Tuesday, 12 September 2017 – noon, PDT Details regarding the final structured
DDT proposal deadline, scheduled for April 10, 2018, will be announced this fall.
4. DDT proposals must be submitted using the new DDT proposal template and
follow the page limits and other instructions in the DDT proposal guidelines
available on the Proposal Kit webpage
http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/warmmission/propkit/
DDT proposals must be submitted via the DDT submission webpage at
https://catcopy.ipac.caltech.edu/ddt/proposal.php
Spitzer Science User Support
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2018A NASA IRTF CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The due date for the 2018A semester (February 1, 2018 to July 31, 2018)
is Monday, October 2, 2017. See our online submission form
http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/observing/applicationForms.php, which is
available for proposal submission from 12:00AM on September 01, 2017
until 5:00PM on October 02, 2017 HST.
Available instruments include: (1) SpeX, a 0.7 – 5.3 micron cross-dispersed
medium-resolution spectrograph (up to R=2,500) and imager; (2) MORIS,
a 512×512 pixel Andor CCD camera (60″x60″ field-of-view) mounted at the
side-facing window of the SpeX cryostat that can be used simultaneously with
SpeX; (3) iSHELL, a 1.06 – 5.3 micron cross-dispersed echelle spectrograph
(up to R=75,000) and imager. Information on available facility and visitor
instruments and performance can be found at: http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/Facility.
Exposure time calculators for SpeX and iSHELL are available on the respective
instrument webpages.
Please see http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/observing/callForProposals.php for the full text.
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REQUEST FOR MISSION SUPPORTING OBSERVATIONS OF
PATROCLUS–MENOETIUS MUTUAL EVENTS
We encourage interested observers to plan observations of mutual events of the
Trojan binary system (617) Patroclus-Menoetius in semester 2018A. Contact
times for the events and their photometric depth are the measurement objectives.
The Patroclus-Menoetius binary system undergoes a series of mutual events
approximately every six years with the next season occurring from October 2017
– June 2019. Individual events have a duration of up to 8 hours, but the initial
events will be short. Events occur with a cadence of half the binary orbital period
of 4.28 days. Multiple events will be observable over the course of the 2018
apparition. Patroclus-Menoetius is at opposition on 7 March 2018 with an
apparent magnitude of 15.9.
A detailed set of predictions is available upon request from Will Grundy ([email protected]).
Patroclus and Menoetius are targets of the Lucy Discovery mission, planned for
launch in October 2021. Observations of the mutual events will help refine the
binary mutual orbit, which is critical for planning the encounter. We encourage
any interested observers to communicate their plans to the Lucy Earth-based
Observing Working group lead, Richard Binzel ([email protected]).
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JWST PROPOSAL WORKSHOPS
Two 2.5 day workshops will be held this Fall for those interested in
proposing solar system observations with the James Webb Space Telescope
(JWST). The first (Nov. 13-15, 2017) will be at the Space Telescope
Science Institute (STScI), in Baltimore Maryland. The second (Dec.
13-15, 2017) will be held at the European Space Research Technology
Center (ESTEC), in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
Each workshop will include a mixture of presentations about
the promise of JWST for solar system science, specifics on observer
planning tools and observatory capabilities, and hands-on training
and Q&A with the planning tools. Observations of solar system targets
approved for guaranteed-time observers (GTOs) and through the Early
Release Science (ERS) program will be summarized. The workshop is
timed to support JWST cycle-1 open time proposals, which will be due
early March 2018.
Registration and (optional) abstract submission is now open for both events.
STScI workshop:
Registration: https://tinyurl.com/y94onvh3 (closes Sept. 30)
See “Registration Fee” in the left navigation panel.
ESTEC Workshop:
Registration: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/jwst-ssws-2017/home (closes Nov. 1)
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NASA SMD PLANETARY SCIENCE DIVISION SEEKS PEER REVIEWERS
The Planetary Science Division in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate is
seeking subject matter experts to serve as reviewers and has recently posted
volunteer forms for the following ROSES-2017 programs:
C.12 Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar System Observations (PICASSO)
C.14 Planetary Science and Technology Through Analog Research
Either click on the titles above or start at this permanent link
https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/volunteer-review-panels that list all of the current forms.
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