Change in Phase 2 period (now between the deadlines for
Normal/Intensive and Service proposals)
Change in deadline for Filler proposals (now
aligned with Normal/Intensive proposals)
7.2.2 – July ’24: Version 7.2.2 [MO, TF]
removed polyfill.io reference
7.2.1 – December ’23: Version 7.2.1 for S24A [TF]
the PDF edition of the PI Document has now been incorporated
into the HTML version.
free short (30-s) exposures have now been eliminated
(the ob tab no longer contains calib_tgtcfg and calib_inscfg
columns)
a new e-mail address for the Queue Working Group has been
created and is .
7.2.0 – August ’23: Version 7.2.0 for S24A [TF]
the upper limit of time that can be requested for Normal & Filler
programs is now 35 instead of 50 hours [now taking bad weather factor
of 30 per cent into account; \(50\times(1-0.3)=35\)]. For Intensive
proposals, it is up to 140 hours in a semester (reduced from 200) and
280 hours total (from 400; spread across up to 6 semesters).
no carry-overs for Grade A proposals
7.1.0 – July ’21: Version 7.1.0 for S22A [SO]
added T. Fujiyoshi as a member of the queue working group.
changed the description of carry-over of intensive programs.
changed the description of moon phase.
7.0.0 – February ’21: Version 7.0.0 for S21B [SO]
add a description of new NB filters shorter than 400nm.
removed H. Suh and C. E. Rusu from the queue working group.
6.4.0 – November ’20: Version 6.4.0 for S21A [SO]
revised the description of Phase2 to include overheads.
added a description for the customized standard star calibrations.
6.3.0 – July ’20: Version 6.3.0 for S20B [CER]
changed the minimum unit of requested time, and the definition of
number of hours in a night.
changed the requested time to include overheads.
added the HSC overhead and required time calculator.
airmass constraint no longer used as a QA metric.
changed the maximum number of hours that can be requested for filler programs.
6.2.3 – November ’19: Version 6.2.3 for S20A Phase 2 [CER]
checked for consistency; no new changes compared to S19B.
6.2.2 – July ’19: Version 6.2.2 for S19B Phase 2 [CER, MO]
various checks for consistency with the website. – checked for typos and grammar.
6.2.1 – May ’19: Version 6.2.1 for S19B Phase 2 [CER, MO]
change seeing/transparency selection.
6.2.0 – February ’19: Version 6.2.0 for S19B Phase 1 [CER]
added a description for the number of short exposures per OB.
added a description on the treatment of broad-band data for narrow-band proposals.
added a description on the inacceptance of narrow-band filters shorter than 400nm.
6.1.0 – November ’18: Version 6.1.0 for S19A Phase 2 [CER]
added S. Okamoto as a member of the queue working group.
added a description about pre-filled target list in Phase 2 sheets.
added allowed character set for Code columns in Phase 2 sheets.
added descriptions on the new Phase 2 policy for Grade C and F programs.
6.0.0 – August ’18: Version 6.0.0 for S19A
added more description on monitoring proposals. [MO]
5.3.0 – June ’18: Version 5.3.0 for S18B
added transition from Excel spreadsheets to Google spreadsheets for Phase 2. [CER]
5.2.0 – February ’18: Version 5.2.0 for S18B
added description of monitoring proposals. [CER]
5.1.0 – November ’17: Version 5.1.0 for S18A Phase 2
Add H. Suh and C. E. Rusu as members of the queue working group. [MO]
Remove M. Imanishi, K. Hełminiak, and S. Yeh from the queue working group. [MO]
5.0.0 – July ’17: Version 5.0.0 for S18A CfP.
Add T. Terai as a queue working group member. [MO]
4.1.0 – May ’17: Version 4.1.0 for Phase 2 of S17B.
4.0.1 – February ’17: Version 4.0.1 minor modification during Phase 1 of S17B.
Clarify the statement about Sukima time observation. [MO]
4.0.0 – February ’17: Version 4.0.0 prepared for the S17B CfP.
Newly added: Intensive program. [MO]
Updates: Filler programs for educational and public outreach purposes. [MO]
3.0.1 – August ’16: Version 3.0.1 prepared for the S17A CfP.
Newly added: MO to the QWG members, HSC pipeline, time-critical observations and constraints, checker warning explanation
Updates: future implementation plan, some links, data delivery policies, filter names [KH]
2.1.0 – March ’16: modifications of 2.0.1
Updates: data delivery scheme, Moon distance constraints, exposures in dithering.
Removed: obsolete links, minor inconsistencies. [KH]
2.0.1 – February ’16: Version 2.0.1 prepared for the S16B CfP. [KH]
1.2.1 – November ’15: corrected version for Phase 2
Updates: “OB check” and “OB submission” merged into one sub-section, data delivery procedure and policies.
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