Call for Proposals for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility

NASA Infrared Telescope Facility Observing Proposals
Deadline April 1, 2016

The due date for the 2016B semester (August 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017) is Friday, April 1, 2016. See our online submission form, which is available for proposal submission from 12:00AM on March 01, 2016 until 5:00PM on April 01, 2016 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) CSHELL, a 1-5 micron high-resolution spectrograph (up to R=40,000), available until Sept. 30, 2016; (3) 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; and (4) iSHELL, a 1.1 – 5.3 micron cross-dispersed echelle spectrograph (up to R=70,000) and imager, is expected to be available starting Oct. 1, 2016 under shared risk. Information on available facility and visitor instruments and performance can be found at: http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/Facility.

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