Dear Colleagues,

We would like to inform you that we are now accepting SALT Phase 1 proposals for the period 01 May 2018 - 31 October 2018 (2018 Semester 1).

The Phase 1 proposal deadline is Wednesday, 31 January 2018, at 18:00 SAST (corresponding to 16:00 UTC).

This proposal call is for SALTICAM, RSS, HRS, and BVIT. All details of the status of specific instrument modes are available in the Call for Proposals link below, including changes from previous semesters.

Please submit your proposal via the SALT Principal Investigator Proposal Tool (PIPT). Instructions, software, and other information about proposing for SALT can be found on the SALT website.

Call for Proposals, including link to information document: http://astronomers.salt.ac.za/proposals/

Instructions for submitting your proposal: http://astronomers.salt.ac.za/proposals/phase-i/

Download the PIPT software: http://astronomers.salt.ac.za/software/#PIPT

All questions regarding this proposal call should be addressed to: salthelp(at)salt.ac.za

Sincerely,
SALT Astronomy Operations

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to inform you that we are now accepting SALT Phase 1 proposals for the period 01 November 2017 - 30 April 2018 (2017 Semester 2).

The Phase 1 proposal deadline is Friday, 28 July 2017, at 18:00 SAST (corresponding to 16:00 UTC).

This proposal call is for SALTICAM, RSS, HRS, and BVIT. All details of the status of specific instrument modes are available from the Call for Proposals link below, including changes from previous semesters. PIs should note that SALT will likely have a stand-down period of 4 weeks during March 2018 to install the new RSS guider, amongst other improvements.

Please submit your proposal via the SALT Principal Investigator Proposal Tool (PIPT). Instructions, software, and other information about proposing for SALT can be found on the SALT website.

Call for Proposals, including link to information document: http://astronomers.salt.ac.za/proposals/

Instructions for submitting your proposal: http://astronomers.salt.ac.za/proposals/phase-i/

Download the latest PIPT software: http://astronomers.salt.ac.za/software/

All questions regarding this proposal call should be addressed to: salthelp(at)salt.ac.za

Sincerely,
SALT Astronomy Operations

Dear SALT users,

we wish to remind you of the imminent SALT proposal deadline on Wed Feb 1, 16:00 UT for Semester 2017-1. See http://astronomers.salt.ac.za/proposals/

Also, PIs of current 2016-2 proposals please note that there will be a scheduled shutdown period of SALT for March 1-28 for a tracker upgrade.

SALT Astro Ops

Dear SALT Community,

We would like to kindly remind you that, if you wish to make an oral presentation during the workshop on:

"SALT among the constellations of very large telescopes"

Kazimierz Dolny, Poland
7-9 June 2017

the deadline for your title and abstract submission is 31 January 2017
(for details visit: https://salt2017.camk.edu.pl/).

Sincerely,

SOC & LOC