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SUMMARY:Cycle 14 Call for Proposals
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260728T013000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260824T045900Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20261026T165945Z
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DESCRIPTION:Cycle 14 Call for Proposals (1 Nov 2026 - 15 May 2027)\n\nPr
 oposal Deadline: 11:59 Hours (Bangkok Time\, before noon)\, 24 August 202
 6\n\n \n\nProposals are invited to request time on the 2.4m Thai National
  Telescope (TNT) and on the 1m telescope at the Thai National Observator
 y (TNO) (TNO-1m). \n\n- Cycle 14:  for the 2.4m TNT (public) and the 
 TNO-1m (public) \n\nKey Dates: \n\nCfP opens: 27 July 2026\n\nDeadline:
  24 August 2026 11:59 AM Bangkok Time\n\nObservation Period: \n\n1 Nove
 mber 2025 - 15 May 2026 (TNT 2.4-m & TNO 1-m)\n\nThe proposal must be subm
 itted in ENGLISH ONLY.\n\nEligible proposers\n\nThe call for the 2.4m TNT 
 and TNO-1m is open to all Thai and Internationally affiliated astronomers
 . \n\nProposals with at least ONE Thai-affiliated CoI (or PI) are stron
 gly encouraged. Non-Thai PI proposals can be submitted in the usual way.
  However\, if a Thai-affiliated and a non-Thai-affiliated proposal are ran
 ked equally\, preference will be given to the Thai-affiliated proposal.\n\
 nFurthermore\, in deciding on proposal rankings\, the Time Allocation Comm
 ittee (TAC) will take into account the publication record and the impact o
 f the proposers with previous NARIT telescope time allocations. \n\nThe 
 proposals will be reviewed by a panel of professional astronomers and will
  be ranked on the basis of their scientific scores by TAC nominated by th
 e NARIT Director. The technical feasibility of the proposals will be revi
 ewed by the NARIT Division of Observatory Operations (DOO). \n\nWhat's ne
 w in this Cycle?\n\nPlease consult the new weather and technical loss frac
 tion plot in the Weather section on the menu to the left. \n\n- Short & 
 Long Term Designation\n\nWe are preparing a data archive to make all obser
 vations publicly available after some proprietary period. The investigator
  can designate their observing program as short or long term. For a short
  term project\, the embargo time will be 2 years start from June 1 after
  the end of the cycle. For a long term project\, the applicant will have
  to state the period of the project but could not exceed 5 years. The emba
 rgo time will be the entirety of the project period plus two years after t
 he June 1st of the year the project ends.\n\nThere will also be an option
  to for you to allow all calibration data from your program to be immediat
 ely public. Lastly\, you will be able to suggest up to three reviewers in 
 the proposal. \n\n- Instrument-specific updates\n\n- Low-Resolution Spect
 rograph (LRS) is offered for scientific uses on a “shared-risk” basis
 . For more information regarding the instrumentation\, please refer to LR
 S specification. The exposure time estimator for LRS can be found here: h
 ttps://monet-calc.streamlit.app/. contact: Krittapas Chanchaiworawit\,  
 krittapas@narit.or.th)\n\n- For observation/details of ULTRASPEC at TNT\,
  contact: Puji Irawati (puji.irawati@narit.or.th)\n\n- MRES: New 1k CCD a
 nd fiber were installed during Cycle 12\, allowing for a larger wavelength
  coverage in the blue\, and no wavelength coverage gaps between orders blu
 e of 858 nm. For more information on MRES\, including the exposure time es
 timation and data reduction pipeline\, please refer to MRES Instrument Des
 cription Document. \n\n For observation/details of MRES\, contact: Davi
 d Mkrtichian (davidmkrt@gmail.com)\n\n- ARC 4K: For observation/details of
  this instrument\, contact: proposal@narit.or.th\n\n- A commercial spectr
 ograph (eShel) is now available for TNO-1m. Please contact somsawat@narit
 .or.th if you are interested in using this instrument. In addition\, in t
 he “Instrumentation” section of your proposal\, please select “Visit
 or Instrument” and specify “eShel”.\n\n- Multiple instruments\n\nApp
 licants of TNO Cycle 14 can request multiple instruments in their propos
 al. The desired instrument(s) can be selected in the instrument section of
  the online submission form.\n\nNote that the applicants have to provide d
 etailed information on the need of using multiple instruments for their pr
 oposals.\n\n \n\nImportant Notes\n\n- The TAC will be putting a strong e
 mphasis on the past publication record  of PIs and projects previously al
 located time on the TNT during the past cycles. The proposer of an applic
 ation under these conditions must take good care in filling out sections
  C) and G) in the "Description of the proposed project" of the online form
 .\n\n- Observation requirements in section B) must be provided as complete
  as possible. Proposals that fail to provide the observation requirements
  may be rejected.\n\n- There will be no DOO staff to assist with the obs
 ervation of the TNO-1m.\n\n- Observers are expected to contact NARIT staff
  to prepare for their visit at least one month in advance of their run. T
 hey are expected to cover their expenses for travel to the TNT Doi Inthano
 n site as well as for local accommodation and subsistence. A set of Instru
 ctions for Visiting Astronomers are available to facilitate the logistics
  of the visit. Visitors are strictly required to fill out an End of Run re
 port and submit it to the NARIT staff within one week after the end of o
 bservations.\n\n- PIs are required to read the instructions very carefull
 y before making the applications. PIs must ensure that the applications 
 are filled out truthfully and as accurately as possible. PIs are responsib
 le for the content in the proposal\, any misuse of NARIT facilities\, da
 ta\, or false information may result in being disqualified from the applic
 ation process or any scheduled time slot.\n\n- Target of Opportunity (ToO)
  applications can be made outside of normal active CfP periods and can be
  submitted at any time. ToO triggers can also be requested in advance duri
 ng the regular CfP periods. In this case\, the proposal should state clear
 ly how many ToO triggers it is requesting and how much time per trigger (m
 aximum is one hour). Refer to the ToO policy here. \n\n- Titles and Abstr
 acts of all the proposals we received during this and later cycles will be
  published on the NARIT website.\n\n- Metadata of the data taken during th
 is and later cycles\, except the ULTRASPEC GTOs\, will be made available 
 on NARIT public scientific data archive. However\, the actual data themse
 lves will be kept proprietary for a period of ONE year after the end of t
 he cycle in which the data were taken. After this\, the data may be query
 able by the public or any user of the NARIT scientific data archive. If f
 or any reason\, e.g. nature of the scientific campaign\, etc.\, PI may re
 quest an extension of the proprietary period which the TAC will consider o
 n a case by case basis.\n\n \n\nAcknowledgment Rules \n\nAny publication
  resulting from observations and data obtained by the TNT or TRTs MUST i
 nclude the following sentence:\n\nFor the TNT and the TNO-1m:\n\n“Based 
 on observations made with [instrument] at the Thai National Observatory un
 der program ID [ID]\, which is operated by the National Astronomical Resea
 rch Institute of Thailand (Public Organization).”\n\n\nFor the TRTs: \n
 \n“Based on observations made with the Thai Robotic Telescopes under pro
 gram ID [ID]\, which is operated by the National Astronomical Research Ins
 titute of Thailand (Public Organization).”\n\n \n\nhttps://indico.narit
 .or.th/event/241/
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