RPS provides a facility for filling the TUG Observation Request forms.
Electronic submission of forms is required. Scientific justification and
details are NOT submitted electronically. Proposals must also be submitted
in hard copy (5 copies). See the related documents for full details of the files
required, the method of use, and outputs. Short descriptions of each form and
field are below. This file is ordered by form (Cover, General, Target, Constraint,
Multi Target ). Fields in this file are listed in the same order as found on
the hardcopy forms and netscape forms.
Please do not use special characters like &, $, #, @ ... in filling blank
areas in the form.
Preferred procedure is to fill in the form first, submit and finally get the
LaTex or Postscript copy of the form you have submitted.
This help file was last modified August 21, 1996
Your personal details (name, address, telephone number, etc.) and the proposal
name and number of targets.
Your title (Dr, Ms, Mr, etc.) - up to 12 characters. This does
NOT refer to one's job description (ie: "postdoc").
Your first name. 17 characters long at a maximum. Required.
You may add another name or initials - up to 12 characters allowed.
Your last name. Up to 27 characters are allowed. Required.
Your department at your institute, up to 60 characters of it.
Your institute up to 60 characters. The signature on the 'general' page
should be that of an administrator in the institute. Required.
The first line of your institute address, ie Street, any number within it,etc.
Up to 60 characters.
Your Town / City. Up to 32 characters.
The name of the state or province of the institute. Up to 32 characters.
The users post code, ZIP code or equivalent. Up to 10 characters.
The default is 'TURKEY'. Up to 10 characters. Required. Below is the list of
accepted country abbreviations:
TURKEY RUSSIA OTHER
If your country is not on this list, please send email to
umk@astroa.physics.metu.edu.tr
Your telephone number, plus any extension. 24 characters allowed. Required.
Your Fax number, if available. 24 chars.
Your Electronic Mail Network, either INTERNET or BITNET. 10 chars.
Default is INTERNET. Required.
Your Email address. Up to 60 chars. Required. An Email receipt will
be sent to this address within 24 hours of the electronic submission
of your proposal.
Indicates the preferred distribution method for the PI's data.
Options are 4GBDAT, 2GBDAT, 5GB8MM, and 2GB8MM.
The type of objects(s) to be viewed in the Proposal. Required. Enter one of the
following categories:
Stars, Stellar Structure, Active Stars, Supernova(SN)
Interstellar Medium, Planetary Nebula, SN Remnants
Star Clusters, Galactic Structure, Galaxy
Normal Galaxies, Clusters of Galaxies, AGN
Cosmology
Other (Solar system etc.), Indicate subject
X-Ray Binaries, Cataclysmic Variables
The title of the proposal up to 120 characters. Required.
800 characters maximum. Abstracts exceeding this limit will be truncated.
Required.
For Details of any collaborators, etc. Up to 6 Co-Investigators are
allowed. All fields are optional apart from the printed form requiring
the name of an administrator at your Institute. The printed form must be
signed by both the Proposer and an administrator of her / his institute.
Indicate type of proposal. Options include:
COLLABORATIVE TURKEY/RUSSIAN TIME
TURKEY TIME ONLY
RUSSIAN TIME ONLY
NO PREFERENCE
Flag indicating if the first CoI listed is also a contact person
in cases where the PI cannot be reached. The default is N.
Telphone number of the CoI Contact. 20 chars.
Network address for the CoI Contact. 60 chars.
First Name for each Co-Investigator. 20 chars.
Last Name for each Co-investigator. 20 chars.
Institute for each Co-investigator. 20 chars.
The default is 'TURKEY'. Up to 10 characters. Below is the list of
accepted country abbreviations:
TURKEY RUSSIA OTHER
If the country is not on this list, please send email to
umk@astroa.physics.metu.edu.tr
Name of administrator who will sign the form on behalf of the Institute
of the PI. Up to 32 chars. Required.
Post or Title of the administrator. 60 chars.
Institute of the administrator. 60 chars.
The details that need to be filled in for each different target.
The number of the target. Since the number is used to indicate the observing
priority of one target relative to another, you may wish to change these
around. However, the final proposal must contain a sequence of target
numbers from 1 to the total number of primary targets. If specifying
alternate targets, see below.
The normal name for the object. Up to 20 characters. Required. Please use
commonly accepted names for objects (ie: NGC xxxx)
Epoch for target coordinates. Either 1950 or 2000. Default is 2000.
The Right Ascension of the source. If the user enters 1950 for the epoch,
then the coordinates will be precessed to J2000. The standard format is
HH MM SS - hours, minutes, seconds, separated by spaces. Optionally, it
may be entered as degrees (DDD.DDDDDD). The seconds may be entered as a real
value with tenths (ie SS.S). Required.
The declination of the source. If the user enters 1950 for the epoch,
then the coordinates will be precessed to J2000. The standard format is
#DD MM SS - degrees, arcminutes, arcseconds, separated by spaces
( # indicates an optional sign). Optionally, it may be entered as degrees
(DDD.DDDDDD), in which case it will be converted to sexagesimal during
verification. If no sign is given it will be assumed to be positive. Required.
The preferred duration in minutes for the observation. This is the
TOTAL Observation time, this is the sum of all pointings. For example,
for two observations of 40 min each, specify 80 min as the Total Observation
Time and 2 for the Number of Observations. Also if you specify three
multiple targets of 50 min each, add 150 min to the sum.
Number of observations of the target. This will be one unless
constraints are set, provide details in the REMARKS section.
Any relevant comments you wish to make regarding the Target.
Up to 200 characters.
If you want to specify multiple targets besides the one in the Observation
Requested form and also for the alternate target this part should be filled in.
Default value is N.
Sequence number of targets additional to the primary target. If alternate
target is specified then details should be filled as the second target.
If neither alternate target nor multiple target is specified, leave the rest of
the form blank.
Name of the Alternate target or Multiple target.
Total observation time for a single target. If multiple targets are
specified, sum of each should be written as the Total Observation Time on
Observation requested Form.
If target in multi target form is part of a coordinated observation, specify
its start date in (MJD).
If target in multi target form is part of a coordinated observation, specify
its end date in (MJD).
If target in multi target form is part of a phase dependent observation,
specify its start date in (MJD).
If target in multi target form is part of a phase dependent observation,
specify its observation interval starting from Ph_Epoch in (MJD).
This section contains the details for any time critical observation. The
types of constraint are:
Coordinated: In a fixed time-windo
Uninterrupted: Samples at a given interval
Phase dependent: Samples at a given phase
Indicates if the observation is linked with other simultaneous
observations, making the exact time important. The start and end
times must be given in UT (year, month, day, hour, minute). See
the AO document for the anticipated dates for the AO period.
Default is N.
The year to start in for time critical observations.
The month to start during for time critical observations.
The day to start on for time critical observations.
The hour to start at for time critical observations.
The minute to start at for time critical observations.
The year to end in for time critical observations.
The month to end in for time critical observations.
The day to end on for time critical observations.
The hour to end for time critical observations.
The minute to end for time critical observations.
Indicates whether the observation is to be made in a single session without interruption.
Default is N.
Minimum interval for the uninterrupted observations.
Maximum interval for the uninterrupted observations.
Indicates that the observation is to be spread over a number of intervals
with a fixed interval between them and a given reference date. The Epoch
is the reference date given in MJD and the Period is the interval in days.
Default is N.
For Phase Dependent observations, the reference date (MJD). The observations
will be made at an integral number of Periods from this date.
The period in days between phase dependant observations.
Used to indicate that this is a TOO triggered by other observations.