Subaru Telescope Proposals
Call for Proposals
Proposal Types
- Normal Program: up to 5 nights, including ToO observations
- Intensive Program: more than 5 nights, and/or for several semesters
- Service Program: up to 4 hours
- Filler Program: HSC poor condition program, up to 50 hours
- Time Exchange Program using Gemini instruments
- Time Exchange Program using Keck instruments
- Subaru Strategic Program: occasional call for a new instrument (Japanese, English)
Semester Schedule
| A semester | B semester | |
|---|---|---|
| Opening of Call for Proposals | early/mid August | early/mid February |
| Normal/Intensive Program Deadline | early/mid September | early/mid March |
| Service/Filler Program Deadline | early/mid October | early/mid April |
| Refereeing | October | April |
| Time Allocation Committee (TAC) Meeting | late October/early November | late April/early May |
| Scheduling | November | May |
| Notification of the Selection Result | early December | early June |
| Start of the Semester | February 1 | August 1 |
Instruments & Conatact Address
Facility Instruments
- Faint Object Camera And Spectrograph (FOCAS): Dr. Kentaro Aoki
- High Dispersion Spectrograph (HDS): Dr. Akito Tajitsu
- Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC): Dr. Tsuyoshi Terai
- InfraRed Camera and Spectrograph (IRCS)+AO188:
Dr. Yuhei Takagi
Visiting Instruments
- CHARIS: Dr. Jeremy Kasdin
- IRD: Dr. Takayuki Kotani and Dr. Motohide Tamura
- REACH (IRD+SCExAO): Drs. Kotani, Tamura, and Guyon ,
- SCExAO: Dr. Olivier Guyon
- SWIMS: Dr. Kentaro Motohara
- VAMPIRES: Dr. Barnaby Norris
[note]Proposals to use visiting instruments must include the instrument PI as a Co-investigator.
Telescope & Schedule
-
Telescope Performance: Dr. Hiroyuki Iwashita
- Science Operation & Telescope Schedule: Dr. Tae-Soo Pyo
Proposal Preparation Tools
Information for observers
Publishing results
Past Semester Information
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updated on August 5, 2020