Nordic Optical Telescope

Strategy questionnaire 2010

The NOT Scientific Technical Committee (STC) requests your input to the process of defining the future strategy and priorities for the NOT in the era where operations of all modern European 2-4m telescope is expected to be coordinated and the NOT is expected to become part of an integrated 2-4m telescope facility on La Palma. We need to know the highest-priority science you want to do with these European 2-4m telescopes, specifically with the NOT and/or the other night-time telescopes on La Palma.

Please indicate how much you expect to use these telescopes over the next five years, what observing modes are most important to you, and what instrument capabilities you will need.

Note that, for our planning purposes, exact numbers for your past and projected future use of the telescopes are not needed; best estimates will do.

Based on the input we receive, a draft strategy report will be made available around July 1 for comment by the community over the summer. The final report will then be released by October 1.

For any questions, please contact Johannes Andersen or Thomas Augusteijn.

Instructions

Please answer the questions provided below. You can find explanations on each question below them. Those questions that are not highlighted are optional and do not require an answer.

When filling in the data, you may see some questions turning red: that will hint about questions that should be answered (but you left blank). When submitting, the browser will show a message in case some question still requires your attention.

Also, when submitting the questionnaire you will first get a summary of your answers with the options to either return to the form if you want to change anything, or proceed to sending your questionnaire.

Your full name
Contact email address. Separate by commas if more than one is provided
Your nationality
Approximate average number of nights allocated to you at the NOT over the past 5 years
nights/year
Preferred observing mode you (would like to) use currently
Observing mode you expect to prefer in the future
Indicate if you are interested in having the option to propose short programmes on a running basis and with a short lead time from proposal to execution
Yes No
List your preferred uses below in order of priority by highlighting each and clicking `add'

Any option can be removed by clicking on the red cross next to it
(Order implies priority)
  1. No selection
  2. No selection
  3. No selection
Give your preferred instruments below in order of priority by highlighting each and clicking `add'

Any option can be removed by clicking on the red cross next to it
(Order implies priority)
  1. No selection
  2. No selection
  3. No selection
Type of instrument, or instruments, you would like to see available at NOT
Indicate your main future field(s) of research

You can list up to three (3) in order of priority. Options are chosen by selecting an item from the pull-down menu and pushing the `add' button. The options should be chosen in order of priority (where the first option would be the highest priority, etc). Any option can be removed by clicking on the red cross next to it.
(Order implies priority)
  1. No selection
  2. No selection
  3. No selection
Let us know what kind of observations you would conduct on other telescopes than NOT.

You can list up to three (3) in order of priority. Options are chosen by selecting an item from the pull-down menu and pushing the `add' button. The options should be chosen in order of priority (where the first option would be the highest priority, etc). Any option can be removed by clicking on the red cross next to it.
(Order implies priority)
  1. No selection
  2. No selection
  3. No selection
Give a priority from 1 (highest) to 4 in each box
  • NOT
  • WHT
  • INT
  • TNG
List your projected number of nights/year for each telescope during 2011-2015
  • NOT
  • WHT
  • INT
  • TNG
Educational use of telescopes
Indicate educational uses of telescopes you would be interested in
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Please provide any comment or suggestion you have concerning the aim of this questionnaire, or the questionnaire itself
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