ROSAT Status Report #119:
March 1, 1995
Call for ROSAT AO6 Observing Proposals
The U.S. ROSAT project is now accepting observing proposals for the AO6 observing cycle. Observations in this cycle will be scheduled over a one- year period, starting in October, 1995. The due date for observing proposals is May 15, 1995.
As was the case for AO5, only proposals for HRI observations will be considered. Also, given the unique opportunity presented by ROSAT to perform wide field, deep, high angular resolution observations, we are once again encouraging submission of proposals for large programs.
A limited amount of funding will be available for supporting observing programs accepted for AO6. Funding requests will be handled separately from observing proposals, and will be solicited only from observers whose proposals have been accepted.
A printed announcement, containing all information necessary for proposal submission, will be mailed within the week to all receiving this announcement electronically. The paper announcement describes the details of the proposal submission process, and provides technical information regarding the performance of the HRI. It also describes access to the RPS software, for (mandatory) electronic submission of proposal forms, as well as other useful software and documents. This document is accessible in postscript form in the ROSAT GOF ftp area on heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov, and in screen readable form in the ROSAT GOF area on the world-wide web.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact the GOF support team at rosat@rosserv.gsfc.nasa.gov, or me directly at petre@lheavx.gsfc.nasa.gov.
We look forward to seeing many interesting observing ideas, and to an exciting AO6 program.
Sincerely,
Rob Petre U.S. ROSAT Project Scientist
Key facts:
AO Issue Date: March 1, 1995 Proposal Due Date: May 15, 1995 Number of proposal copies: 15 Proposal Page Limit 4 pages; < 3 pages text < 2 pages figures (+ mandatory forms) Mailing Address: ROSAT "AO6" Program c/o Dr. R. Petre Code 666 Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA For document retrieval: ftp heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov login: anonymous directory rosat/nra_info/ao6 World-wide web access: http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/rosat/rosgof.html
FINDING AO6 DOCUMENTS IN THE ROSAT ANONYMOUS FTP AREA
There have been a few changes to the ROSAT Anonymous FTP area at GSFC, in support of AO6. The following is an easy-reference listing of where to find the most commonly needed documents. All are accessible through anonymous FTP to:
heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov
AO6 ANNOUNCEMENT and information on RPS6
directory: rosat/nra_info/ao6 files: ao6.ps -- AO6 announcement, in PostScript format rps6.app -- 1 page description of how to submit proposals for AO6 (proposal submission is different from previous AO's).
USEFUL REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
directory: rosat/doc For a description of these documents, see the AO6 announcement (ao6.ps), listed above. document sub-directory ------------ ----------------- ROSAT Users' Handbook: rosat/doc/users_handbook HRI Report (Appendix E): rosat/doc/hri/hri_report ROSAT Mission Description (Appendix F): rosat/doc/appendix_f (available 03/20/95) ROSAT Data Analysis using xselect and ftools: rosat/doc/xselect_guide PROS User's Guide ftp to "sao-ftp.harvard.edu"
(These documents are also accessible from the ROSAT GOF world wide web page http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/rosat/rosgof.html).
ABSTRACTS from previously accepted proposals
directory: rosat/abstracts files: abs_ao1.Z -- all abstracts for successful AO1 proposals abs_ao2.Z -- all abstracts for successful AO2 proposals ... -- etc., through AO5
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