All of the Large Programs that have been awarded time by the JCMT board are listed along with the number of hours awarded (total and per weather band), and the instrument requested. In total 6,167 hours of telescope time have been awarded to the Large Programs to date.
Large Program Allocations – Instrument and Hours
The Programs awarded time in 2015
Programs are listed in priority order
Large Program | Instrument | Hours awarded | Code |
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A Transient Search for Variable Protostars | Sc-2 | 200 | m16al001 |
S2-COSMOS: An EAO SCUBA-2 survey of 1,000 SMGs in the COSMOS field | Sc-2 | 223 | m16al002 |
SCOPE: SCUBA-2 Continuum Observations of Pre-protostellar Evolution | Sc-2 | 300 | m16al003 |
BISTRO: B-fields In STar forming RegiOns | Pol-2 | 224 | m16al004 |
JINGLE: the JCMT dust and gas In Nearby Galaxies Legacy Exploration | Sc-2/RxA | 780 | m16al005 |
STUDIES: SCUBA-2 Ultra Deep Imaging EAO Survey | Sc2 | 330 | m16al006 |
MALATANG: Mapping the Dense Molecular Gas in the Strongest Star-forming Galaxies | HARP | 390 | m16al007 |
The Programs awarded time in 2017
The Programs awarded time in 2017 – that were ranked as A programs
- “A” ranking: programs the TAC determine to be of excellent scientific merit and therefore worthy of the best efforts by the Observatory to see it completed. As such, programs will be asked to meet the requirements of the Observatory for Large Programs, including open enrollment and project management
Large Program | Instrument | Hours awarded | Code |
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HASHTAG: HARP and SCUBA-2 High-Resolution Terahertz Andromeda Galaxy Survey (A) | Sc-2/HARP | 276.3 | m17bl005 |
BISTRO-2: an extension to the BISTRO program (A) | Pol-2 | 224 | m17bl011 |
STUDIES-SXDS: A second pointing for the SCUBA-2 Ultra Deep Imaging EAO survey (A) | Sc-2 | 319 | m17bl009 |
CHIMPS2: Resolving Star Formation in the Galactic Plane with HARP (A) | HARP | 403.9 | m17bl004 |
NESS: The Nearby Evolved Star Survey (A) | Sc-2/HARP/RxA | 515 | m17bl002 |
The Programs awarded time in 2017 – that were ranked as B programs
- “B” ranking: programs the TAC recognize to have scientific value, but ranked lower than others programs requesting similar observing periods and weather. Given typical weather conditions and instrument availability, “B” programs have lower chances of completion and are considered to be a backup. The Observatory will make best efforts to obtain observations, but observing time and program completion are not guaranteed
Large Program | Instrument | Hours awarded | Code |
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S2LXS: SCUBA-2 Large eXtragalactic Survey (B) | Sc-2 | 873 | m17bl001 |
JINGLE (phase II): the ISM of starbursts and green-valley galaxies (B) | RxA | 454 | m17bl010 |
eS2COSMOS: Extending an EAO SCUBA-2 survey to unveil the COSMOS field (B) | Sc-2 | 305.2 | m17bl006 |
NEP: Extragalactic JCMT Survey of the North Ecliptic Pole (B) | Sc-2 | 400 | m17bl007 |
The Programs awarded time in 2019
Large Program | Instrument | Hours awarded | Code |
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PITCH-BLACK | Sc-2/Pol-2 | 256 | m20al008 |
Transient (extension) | Sc-2 | 273 | m20al007 |
MALATANG (extension) | HARP | 404 | m20al022 |
BISTRO3 (extension) | Pol-2 | 224 | m20al018 |
NESS (extension) | Sc-2/HARP/`U `u | 152/179.25/416 | m20al014 |
ALOHA IRDCs | Sc-2 | 130 | m20al021 |
RAGERS | Sc-2 | 168 | m20al015 |
DOWSING | Sc-2 | 240 | m20al011 |
JINGLE (phase II) | Sc-2/`U `u | 64/381 | m20al013 |
NEP | Sc-2 | 200 | m20al005 |
SPACE | Pol-2/`U `u | 294/160 | m20al006 |
AWESOME | Sc-2 | 100 | m20al020 |
S2LXS | Sc-2 | 189 | m20al026 |
The Programs awarded time in 2021
Large Program | Instrument | Hours awarded | Code |
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MAJORS: Massive, Active, JCMT-Observed Regions of Star formation | `U `u | 976 | m22al002 |
JCMT-Venus: monitoring phosphine and other molecules in Venus’s atmosphere | `U `u | 200 | m22al006 |
CLOGS: CO Large Outer-Galaxy Survey | HARP | 416 | m22al003 |
SURFING: SURveying Filaments in Nearby Gas Clouds | `U `u | 467 | m22al005 |
Large Program Allocations – Hours awarded per weather band
The Programs awarded time in 2015
Large Program | Band 1 | Band 2 | Band 3 | Band 4 | Band 5 |
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Transient | 66.6 | 66.6 | 66.7 | ||
S2-COSMOS | 111 | 112 | |||
SCOPE | 150 | 150 | |||
BISTRO | 224 | ||||
JINGLE | 57 | 123 | 200 | 400 | |
STUDIES | 330 | ||||
MALATANG | 40 | 100 | 250 |
The Programs awarded time in 2017
The Programs awarded time in 2017 – that were ranked as A programs
Large Program | Band 1 | Band 2 | Band 3 | Band 4 | Band 5 |
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HASHTAG | 221 | 55.3 | |||
BISTRO-2 | 56 | 168 | |||
STUDIES-SXDS | 319 | ||||
CHIMPS2 | 85.5 | 218.4 | 50 | 50 | |
NESS | 10 | 25 | 18 | 205 | 157 |
The Programs awarded time in 2017 – that were ranked as B programs
Large Program | Band 1 | Band 2 | Band 3 | Band 4 | Band 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
S2LXS | 436.5 | 436.5 | |||
JINGLE (II) | 285 | 169 | |||
eS2COSMOS | 400 | ||||
NEP | 400 |
The Programs awarded time in 2019
Large Program | Band 1 | Band 2 | Band 3 | Band 4 | Band 5 |
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PITCH-BLACK | 85 | 85 | 86 | ||
Transient | 60 | 92 | 121 | ||
MALATANG | 404 | ||||
BISTRO3 | 56 | 168 | |||
NESS | 76 | 76 | 179.25 | 416 | |
ALOHA IRDCs | 65 | 65 | |||
RAGERS | 84 | 84 | |||
DOWSING | 120 | 120 | |||
JINGLE (II) | 55 | 9 | 159 | 222 | |
NEP | 200 | ||||
SPACE | 294 | 160 | |||
AWESOME | 100 | ||||
S2LXS | 189 |
The Programs awarded time in 2021
Large Program | Band 1 | Band 2 | Band 3 | Band 4 | Band 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAJORS | 976 | ||||
JCMT-Venus | 200 | ||||
CLOGS | 139 | 277 | |||
SURFING | 467 |