台湾鹿林天文台2025A观测期已开放申请，如果您有兴趣了解该望远镜的详尽信息，可移步鹿林天文台网站(www.lulin.ncu.edu.tw)或咨询助手(lulinstaff_@_astro.ncu.edu.tw)了解更多细节。更多详细信息，可与Janet Ting-Wan Chen沟通。Email: twchen@astro.ncu.edu.tw
值得一提的是，鹿林天文台还将1米望远镜的申请分为了教育和研究两个类别，这在专业天文台站的申请中比较少见。如有相关的研究需求，可尝试提交申请。
具体通知如下：
====LOT Call-of-Proposal: 2025A Semester====
This is call-of-proposal for Lulin One-meter Telescope (LOT) for Semester 2025A (from 01 January to 30 April, 2025). The proposal is divided into two categories:
- Education -- use the latex template given in LOT_Proposal_Education.zip for this category.
- Research -- use the latex template given in LOT_Proposal_Research.zip for this category.
Deadline: *** 30 November 2024 (before midnight local Taiwan time) ***
Please sent your proposal(s), the latex file and an additional one-page of Figures and/or Tables, with a subject "LOT 2025A proposal" to me by email: twchen@astro.ncu.edu.tw
IMPORTANT MESSAGE:
(A) New Rapid ToO Triggers:
Since semester 2025A, ToO Triggers have been catalogued into Rapid ToO and Normal ToO.
The Rapid ToO Triggers at LOT has been established with the highest priority for immediate follow-up on transient phenomena such as gamma-ray bursts, fast X-ray transients, fast radio bursts, and supernovae. This mode is designed to interrupt ongoing observations, including non-disruptive programs, to ensure swift and timely data capture for these urgent events. For Rapid ToO requests, please provide a strong science justification within your ToO proposal. We will evaluate the impact of Rapid ToO after one semester.
(B) Following nights are not available. If your targets can be observed near full moon, we may still allocate these dates depending on the schedule.
- 14 Jan -- Engineering/Full Moon
- 28 Jan -- Chinese New Year's Eve
- 29 Jan -- Chinese New Year’s Day
- 30 Jan -- Second Day of Chinese New Year
- 12 Feb -- Engineering/Full Moon
- 14 Mar -- Engineering/Full Moon
- 13 Apr -- Engineering/Full Moon
(C) UVEX spectrograph is open for general use since 2024C semester. Please see the instrumental page on Lulin website for more details.
(D) LATTE is open for general use by NCU users since 2024C semester. LATTE is a 50cm telescope in TAOS-A enclosure and can be operated fully remotely. Its FoV is 44’ by 33’ and rotatable. The pixel scale is 0.45 arcsec. Filter array contains Johnson-Cousins B,V,R,I broadband filters, Ha and [OIII] 5nm narrow-band filters, and a visible light white-light super-broadband filter. The BVRI filters are of square-shaped passbands (see filter curves in http://tinyurl.com/bdebjzf3). 1-hr 5-sigma limiting magnitudes are between 22.5 and 23.2 (Vega) in B,V,R, under typical conditions. In the first few trimesters, we will offer time in the share-risk mode, for the users and LATTE to get familiar with each other. In this call for proposal, we offer a total of up to 20 nights to NCU users under dark and gray conditions. More nights can be offered around full moon, if there are observations that can tolerate the moonlight. If you wish to use LATTE for your program, please select it as your instrument in the Latex template. Please contact whwang@asiaa.sinica.edu.tw if more information about LATTE is needed.
(E) The LOT CCD imager is Sophia 2048B.
(F) Starting from the 2021A Semester, on nights when the Lulin CCD imager is equipped, some time may be allocated to a special/filler program.
If you prefer not to share nights, please mark "NO" in Section 13 (default is "YES").
Note: Filler time may not be continuous, as it is intended to fill gaps in the main observing program.
(G) Proposals using LISA or UVEX spectrograph are required to have observer(s) going to Lulin Observatory. Please also note that it is currently not possible to exchange the instruments at the same night due to the instrumental limitation.
(H) We strongly encourage observers (especially students) to be presented at the Lulin Observatory, instead of queue observing.
(I) For proposal(s) re-submitted from past semesters, please address TAC comments. Proposal(s) that do not show improvement will be rejected.
(J) The typical proprietary period of data is 5 years.
(K) The proposed number of on-site observers should not exceed 17. Please contact the Lulin staffs directly (before submitting the proposal) if you would like to propose more than 17 observers.
(L) Please indicate in the proposal if the PI of the program may bring extra people to observe on site (even if it is not confirmed yet). This is to inform the observing staffs prior to your observation to facilitate the arrangement of accommodation.
Note that late submission will NOT be accepted. For information regarding LOT and/or available instruments, please check Lulin's website (www.lulin.ncu.edu.tw) or consult with Lulin observing staff (lulinobsstaff@gm.astro.ncu.edu.tw).
ToO policy:
* Maximum of 2 hours of ToO interruption per night, including both Normal and Rapid ToO.
Normal ToO:
* Please inform and negotiate with the original PI in advance. The original PI/observer has the right to accept or decline the Normal ToO request.
* Send the Normal ToO request to the Lulin observing staff at lulinobsstaff@gm.astro.ncu.edu.tw
Rapid ToO:
* Has the highest priority on LOT and will interrupt ongoing observations, including non-disruptive programs. The original PI/observer will be notified if a Rapid ToO is triggered.
* Send the Rapid ToO request via the Lulin Slack channel.
The accepted proposals and schedule for 2025A Semester will be announced at Lulin's website (www.lulin.ncu.edu.tw) in mid-December 2024.
Acknowledgment: LOT users are required to include the following statement in their publication:
"This publication has made use of data collected at Lulin Observatory, partly supported by MoST grant 109-2112-M-008-001"
PS: Please let me know if you encounter problems on the latex templates.
On behalf of LOT TAC: Janet Ting-Wan Chen