CHARA Opportunity: Open Access Time in 2010 with the CHARA Optical Interferometer Array

Steve Ridgway

NOAO and Georgia State University are announcing a one-time opportunity for observations with the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array at Mt. Wilson Observatory. Approximately 50 hours will be available during calendar year 2010. The observations will be carried out by CHARA staff. This opportunity is intended primarily for scientists who would benefit from a small amount of data and wish to gain experience with optical interferometry capabilities.

Requests should be submitted using the standard NOAO proposal form by selecting “CHARA” in the telescope and instrument lists, and with “nights requested” as a decimal assuming 10 hours per night (e.g. 1.6 nights = 16 hours). Proposals must be submitted by the standard 2010A deadline of 30 September 2009. Note that this one-time call covers all of calendar year 2010, as opposed to the six-month period of February–July 2010 for other resources in the 2010A proposal cycle.

For more information, please see https://legacy.noirlab.edu/gateway/chara/