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| From our experience during the last few winters, we find that the chances of success of a program are higher if it is scheduled in a pool than in the traditional way of dedicated observing blocks. This is due to the flexibility of pooled observations with respect to demand on weather quality and equipment availability, and to the fact that all programs will be observed by a small group of experienced and devoted 30m observers from other institutions under the assistance of IRAM staff and/or support from the MPIfR Bonn. |
From our experience during the last few winters, we find that the chances of success of a program are higher if it is scheduled in a pool than in the traditional way of dedicated observing blocks. This is due to the flexibility of pooled observations with respect to demand on weather quality and equipment availability. |
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| If you have been granted observing time at the 30m Telescope and feel you need more information about the pooled sessions, please contact Axel (aweiss@iram.es) or Clemens Thum (thum@iram.fr). If you are interested to participate actively as an observer, i.e. actually go to the 30m to help observing, please communicate your interest to Axel. It is expected that all A-rated bolometer programs longer than 20 hours, excluding target-of-opportunity projects, send at least one experienced observer. Astronomers with little or no experience may participate are welcome as additional observers. In any case, the typical stay at the telescope should be one week. Any questions related to technical aspects of the bolometers should be addressed to Frank Bertoldi (bertoldi@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de) at the MPIfR or to Axel. Please also visit the Mambo page at the MPIfR. The first part of the summer Pool (S05) will be scheduled from May 17th till 24th 2005. We expect to offer four more pool weeks in Oct. 2005. |
If you have been granted observing time at the 30m Telescope and feel you need more information about the pooled sessions, please contact Albrechts Sievers (sievers AT iram.es) or or Clemens Thum (thum AT iram.fr). If you are interested to participate actively as an observer, i.e. actually go to the 30m to help observing, please communicate your interest. It is expected that all A-rated bolometer programs longer than 20 hours, excluding target-of-opportunity projects, send at least one experienced observer. Astronomers with little or no experience may participate and are welcome as additional observers. In any case, the typical stay at the telescope should be one week. |
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| Axel, Clemens, Frank | Albrecht, Clemens, Carsten |
Welcome to the IRAM Pooled Observing Page. Our aim is to improve your data quality....
Dear 30m User,
due to the demanding weather requirements of many bolometer and heterodyne projects, IRAM offers the Pooled Observing mode at the 30m Telescope, allowing to optimize observations in a flexible way.
For each observing period the 30m scheduler, based on program recommendations, selects those proposal which profit most from participating in the pool or are otherwise well suited to be included. The programs concerned are then contacted by the scheduler. We propose to pool the accepted projects together and schedule them in a few observing sessions of typically about 2 weeks length. Those projects will then be observed by observers from participating projects under the coordination and help of IRAM staff.
We offer two distinct pools for observations at 1.2mm wavelength:
a [http://www.iram.es/IRAMES/mainWiki/PoolObserving bolometer pool] for MAMBO observations, and
a [http://herapool.iram.es/HERA HERA pool] for observations with the dual-polarisation 3x3 heterodyne array receiver.
From our experience during the last few winters, we find that the chances of success of a program are higher if it is scheduled in a pool than in the traditional way of dedicated observing blocks. This is due to the flexibility of pooled observations with respect to demand on weather quality and equipment availability. It is therefore advantageous for any project to participate in these pooled observing sessions. Participation is of additional interest for B-rated proposals which may otherwise not be scheduled, and to all projects where the astronomers are not experienced enough to carry out the observations without external help.
If you have been granted observing time at the 30m Telescope and feel you need more information about the pooled sessions, please contact Albrechts Sievers (sievers AT iram.es) or or Clemens Thum (thum AT iram.fr). If you are interested to participate actively as an observer, i.e. actually go to the 30m to help observing, please communicate your interest. It is expected that all A-rated bolometer programs longer than 20 hours, excluding target-of-opportunity projects, send at least one experienced observer. Astronomers with little or no experience may participate and are welcome as additional observers. In any case, the typical stay at the telescope should be one week.
see you at the telescope....
Albrecht, Clemens, Carsten