Current AO Statistics
The statistics of US Guest Observer rounds are as follows:
AO# Interval Proposals Observing Time (ks) Received Accepted Requested Awarded 1 8/15/93-5/14/94 248 70 21715.3 2695.0 2 5/15/94-11/30/94 208 67 13346.2 2239.0 3 12/01/94-11/30/95 273 92 19731.5 4229.0 4 12/01/95-12/23/96 185 84 15986.4 4430.0 5 12/24/96-12/23/97 170 70 16198.0 4646.0 6 12/24/97-1/3/99 121 64 14392.0 4955.0 7 1/4/99-2/00 102 56 18387.0 6014.0
AO1 Priority A Priority B Priority C ---------- ---------- ---------- US # of targets 12 21 8 total time 405 ks 617 ks 240 ks USJ/JUS # of targets 10 11 10 total time 202 ks 360 ks 310 ks MUSJ/MJUS # of targets 21 19 4 total time 550 ks 561 ks 120 ks
AO2 Priority A Priority B Priority C ---------- ---------- ---------- US # of targets 16 15 7 total time 420 ks 515 ks 270 ks USJ/JUS # of targets 25 9 7 total time 750 ks 240 ks 219 ks MUSJ/MJUS # of targets 13 8 5 total time 280 ks 100 ks 145 ks
AO3 Priority A Priority B Priority C ---------- ---------- ---------- US # of targets 21 16 16 total time 769 ks 685 ks 565 ks USJ/JUS # of targets 12 21 10 total time 510 ks 765 ks 330 ks MUSJ/MJUS # of targets 23 11 19 total time 940 ks 450 ks 580 ks
AO4 Priority A Priority B Priority C ---------- ---------- ---------- US # of targets 23 23 12 total time 817 ks 925 ks 503 ks USJ/JUS # of targets 16 17 10 total time 830 ks 910 ks 385 ks MUSJ/MJUS # of targets 11 10 13 total time 580ks 580 ks 560 ks
AO5 Priority A Priority B Priority C ---------- ---------- ---------- US # of targets 20 22 11 total time 811 ks 980 ks 420 ks USJ/JUS # of targets 7 20 9 total time 400 ks 820 ks 480 ks MUSJ/MJUS # of targets 23 16 8 total time 925 ks 795 ks 315 ks
AO6 Priority A Priority B Priority C ---------- ---------- ---------- US # of targets 7 18 10 total time 750 ks 930 ks 585 ks USJ/JUS # of targets 8 10 8 total time 470 ks 780 ks 405 ks MUSJ/MJUS # of targets 11 10 8 total time 805 ks 635 ks 360 ks
AO7 Priority A Priority B Priority C ---------- ---------- ---------- US # of targets 10 11 10 total time 930 ks 1110 ks 665 ks USJ/JUS # of targets 4 7 3 total time 290 ks 560 ks 125 ks MUSJ/MJUS # of targets 9 13 8 total time 1073 ks 1276 ks 835 ks
The current ASCA Observing program (AO6), and long-term timelines are available.
The upcoming ASCA Observing program (AO7) is available.
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