<\/a><\/p>\n Contents<\/p> The current status and availability of the JCMT instrument suite is here.<\/a><\/p>\n Continuum Receivers<\/b> –<\/p>\n Heterodyne Receivers<\/b> – General\u00a0overview<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Heterodyne Backend<\/b><\/p>\n Several modes of heterodyne observing<\/span><\/a> and several switching schemes are supported.<\/p>\n See also the Instrumentation summary from the January Workshops<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Integration time calculators or formulae are available, for<\/p>\n They should be used to calculate the integration time needed to reach a given RMS per channel or beam or output-map pixel as a function of receiver, frequency, observing mode, elevation and sky opacity.<\/p>\n The JCMT Observing Tool (JCMTOT<\/a><\/span>) gives equivalent results for all instruments.<\/p>\n If a proposal demands more unusual or more frequent calibrations then this needs to be clearly stated in the proposal and the time for these calibrations requested explicitly. If you have queries about what our default calibrations might be or what extra overheads are generated by your calibration requirements please get in touch with us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n Northstar<\/span> is now available for submissions. All users are advised to register, check and\/or update their accounts<\/b><\/a>. As mentioned in our Help page<\/a><\/span>, you may, at first, have to accept the server certificate to gain access to Northstar. Except for the University of Hawaii, all proposals should be submitted<\/p>\n HERE<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n If you already have a Northstar account you can login now! – new users should first register. Applicants should avoid using font sizes that are excessively small<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It is important that all applicants (PI & CoIs) and their national affiliations<\/strong> are listed on the proposal, so that an assessment can be made of how much observing time is being used by each partner organization. We suggest that you edit your Northstar profile to include, eg \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 REMARK : Affiliation = China (or Japan or Taiwan or South Korea or UK or Canada) The overall philosophy of observing at JCMT is to match observing programmes to the weather. A summary was given at the January Workshops<\/b><\/a><\/span> and new guidelines will appear here soon.<\/p>\n From time to time, subscribers to the ‘jcmt_users’ email list will receive notices on the status of the JCMT, call for proposals, etc. To subscribe, please send email to jcmt_users+subscribe@eaobservatory.org<\/span> (no particular Subject or content is required).<\/p>\n If you’ve read all this and still have questions about the scheduling, the submission deadlines, the procedures, etc – please contact the helpdesk<\/a> – or me<\/a>.<\/p>\n Iain Coulson Semester 15B Submission Deadline: For telescope time in Semester 15B (1st August 2015\u00a0 – 31st January 2016) the closing date for receipt of proposals is Friday 15 May 2015 15:00 Hawaiian Standard Time Applicants from the University of Hawaii may have a different deadline. NEWS for 15B This is the\u2026 Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":192,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2428"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6429,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2428\/revisions\/6429"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaobservatory.org\/jcmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Submission Deadline:<\/h3>\n
For telescope time in<\/h4>\n
Semester 15B (1st August 2015\u00a0 – 31st January 2016)<\/h4>\n
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Calculating Integration Times<\/span><\/h3>\n
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The JCMT Users e-mail exploder:<\/span><\/h3>\n
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\nJCMT Scheduler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"