Call for observing Programmes at the NRT


Call for proposals at the Nancay Radio Telescope for semester 2017A.

 Deadline : 7 November 2016 

Due to receiver and mechanical problems, the bulk of the 2016B observations could 
not be scheduled. Given these circumstances, already accepted 2016B programmes 
will have a 'fast' track: their proposers are just expected to update their 
previous proposal, but are not required to give any progress report.

Repairs are expected to be completed by mid-October, and normal observing 
conditions will return then. Hence, new proposals are invited and will be 
examined by the Programme Committee (PC) as usual, and ranked interleaved with 
the existing proposals.


The Nancay Radio Telescope (NRT, France) is a high sensitivity 
(1.4 K/Jy at 21cm) meridian telescope(*) with full polarization capability 
in the frequency range 1.2- 3.4 GHz. The declination limit is > -39 deg.
It is operated by the Observatoire de Paris, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 
and also funded by the Region Centre. 
The NRT is open to the international community.

The Key Project status is intended for applications which demand large 
amounts of telescope time (> 1000h for 2 years) or for long term 
monitorings. This status is given for two years, and up to 70% of the 
available observing time will be devoted to KP.

Key Projects and normal proposals will be evaluated by the Programme Committee (PC),
with the help of external referees. All the proposals must be written in english.

Main criteria used for evaluation and rating:
- how the proposal fit in the international context, 
- the scientific interest,
- the technical and time justifications, 
- a publication plan, if any,
- the strength and the quality of the team (papers published in the field).

Observations and data processing can be made remotely. It is of course 
possible to come to Nancay to observe and process the data.

 The Meudon, Orleans and Nancay scientific and technical staff provide
support for the preparation of the proposals, of the observations, and for
the data processing if requested.

  • http://nrt.obspm.fr

  • Forms and explanations

  • Proposals are to be sent to: Patrick.Thivrier at obs-nancay.fr Contacts: Ismael Cognard icognard at cnrs-orleans.fr (NRT scientific head, pulsars) Pierre Colom pierre.colom at obspm.fr (planetary, galactic science) Jean-Michel Martin jean-michel.martin at obspm.fr (galaxies) (*) tracking duration is 1 hour, and varies approximately as 1/cos(DEC). Pierre Colom, Chairman of the PC.

    Last modification: October 8th, 2016 P. Colom