NSF NOIRLab Scientific Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

Observers using NOIRLab facilities and observers using community-access time granted by NOIRLab at other facilities are expected to produce publications describing their research activity at these facilities. This web page sets out how to acknowledge the use of specific telescopes, surveys, and data archives at NOIRLab.

Please note that we use the NOIRLab Prop. ID for an observing run to track and document publications that cite usage of our data and data products. Please include this Prop. ID in the acknowledgments section of your publication, as detailed in the examples below.

2. Assistance

If you have questions, please contact library@noirlab.edu.

3. Publications Lists

Information on NOIRLab publications tracking, including links to our ADS public libraries for our facilities and our publications metrics dashboard, can be found on NOIRLab Publications webpage. 

Notification: Please notify the NOIRLab Tucson Headquarters Librarian of any publication based on MSO archival research, use of MSO telescopes, use of community-access time granted by NOIRLab on non-NOIRLab telescopes, and use of Community Science and Data Center data products and services (Astro Data Archive, ANTARES, NOIRLab Source Catalog, Astro Data Lab). Please notify the NOIRLab Gemini Librarian at NOIRLab of any publication based on Gemini archival research and use of the Gemini telescopes.

Media Contacts: Please notify the NOIRLab Communication, Education, and Engagement group (comms@noirlab.edu) if you think your scientific results or supporting imagery have the potential to be interesting to the news media. Our staff can help you prepare a press release package and work with your press office.

4. Helpful Links

NOIRLab Approved Survey Programs

Telescope Schedules

Telescopes and Instruments

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[+] 5. Researchers/Observers and NOIRLab Staff

6. Mid-Scale Observatories (MSO): KPNO and CTIO

[+] 6.1. NSF Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO)

[+] 6.2. NSF Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO)

[+] 6.3 Community-Access Time Granted by NOIRLab on Non-NOIRLab Telescopes

[+] 6.4 Astronomical Event Observatory Network (AEON)

7. Community Science and Data Center (CSDC)

[+] 7.1 Astro Data Archive

[+] 7.2. Astro Data Lab

[+] 7.3. ANTARES Event Broker

[+] 7.4 NOIRLab IRAF (Image Reduction and Analysis Facility)

8. Gemini Observatory

[+] 8.1 Papers Based on Data from the Gemini Observatory

[+] 8.2. General Acknowledgment

[+] 8.3 Gemini Observatory Archive and Data Reduction (DRAGONS and Gemini IRAF)

[+] 8.4 Papers Based on Data from Gemini-Subaru Exchange Time

[+] 8.5 Papers About Gemini

[+] 8.6 Papers Authored or Co-Authored by Gemini Staff

[+] 8.7. Papers Based on Data from GRACES

[+] 8.8. Papers Based on Data from `Alopeke and/or Zorro

[+] 8.9 Papers Based on Data from IGRINS

[+] 8.10 Maunakea Acknowledgement

[+] 9. Vera C. Rubin Observatory Operations

Updated on September 30, 2024, 7:40 am