Night CAT call for proposals 2019A

Night CAT call for proposals 2019A
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The call for proposals for semester 2019A of the night CAT has been released. Deadline on October 2, at 23:59 UT.

Observing time
Nighttime
Night CAT
Night time CAT

The night “Comisión de Asignación de Tiempos” (CAT) evaluates the observing proposals that guarantee to the Spanish community access to the majority of the night telescopes at the “Observatorios de

Submission of proposals open
Date
Installation
Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC)
GTC
Gran Telescopio CANARIAS
Telescope
Imaging
Spectrograph
Polarimeter
Nocturnal
Ø 1040.00 cm
William Herschel Telescope (WHT)
WHT
William Herschel Telescope
Telescope
Imaging
Spectrograph
Polarimeter
Nocturnal
Ø 420.00 cm
Isaac Newton Telescope (INT)
INT
Isaac Newton Telescope
Telescope
Imaging
Spectrograph
Nocturnal
Ø 250.00 cm
STELLA
STELLA
Stella Robotic Observatory
Telescope
Nocturnal
Ø 120.00 cm
Mercator
Mercator
The Mercator Telescope
Telescope
Imaging
Spectrograph
Nocturnal
Ø 120.00 cm
Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT)
NOT
Nordic Optical Telescope
Telescope
Imaging
Spectrograph
Polarimeter
Nocturnal
Ø 256.00 cm
Liverpool Telescope (LT)
LT
Liverpool Telescope
Telescope
Imaging
Spectrograph
Polarimeter
Nocturnal
Ø 200.00 cm
Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG)
TNG
Telescopio Nazionale Galileo
Telescope
Imaging
Spectrograph
Polarimeter
Nocturnal
Ø 350.00 cm
News type
General
Scope
Observatorios de Canarias
Intranet
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