bHROS Phase I (Proposal) and Phase II (OT) Checklists

Checklist for bHROS Phase I proposals:

The following checklist should be consulted when writing your bHROS Phase I proposal:

• Instrument Configuration:
• Is the proper fiber mode selected?
• Is the appropriate filter selected, if necessary?
• Guide stars
• Have you made certain than an OIWFS guide star is selected?
• Calibrations
• Are the baseline calibrations sufficient? If not, what additional calibration data are required for your program?
• Has sufficient observing time been requested for additional calibrations?
• Observing time:
• Have you confirmed the exposure time and S/N using the information available on the sensitivity page?
• Did you account for your requested observing conditions in your exposure time estimates?
• Are overheads included in the time requested in your proposal?
• Have overheads been included for additional calibrations?
• Observing conditions requested (for queue-scheduled observations):
• Is the expected image quality sufficient for your program? What is the minimum image quality necessary for the science?
• What level of cloud cover is acceptable? Is photometric weather required?
• Is dark time required?
• Note the product of the probabilities of each of the conditions listed above. You might wish to reconsider the minimum requirements of your program.

Last update August 30, 2006; Steven Margheim