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T H E
M E S S E N G E R
No. 52 -
June 1988
K E YP R O G R A M M E S O N L A S IL L A : F ir s t R o u n d
H .V A N D E R L A A N ,D ire c to r G e n e ra l, E S O
R E S P O N S E T O T H E P R E L IM IN A R Y E N Q U IR Y
Inm id - M a y1 9 8 8 , th e u n u s u a l s h a p eo f th eN IT b u ild in g s ta n d so u t a g a in s t th e o b s e r v a to r y
s k y lin e . ( G o o d n e w s a b o u t th eN ITo n p a g e1 0 a n d 5 1 .)
M y re q u e s tin
th e
M essengerN o.5 1
fo r
re a c tio n s
h a s
m et
a n
a mp ie
re \ue000
s p o n s e .
N u m e ro u s
le tte rs , p h o n e

c a lls a n d v is itin g a s tr o n o m e r s d r o p p in g b yin m y o ffic e s u p p le m e n te d s o m e s ix ty p re \ue000 lim in a r y

p r o p o s a ls
o n
th e
fo rm s
d e \ue000
s ig n e d fo r th a t p u rp o s e .Inth is a rtic le
I
w is h to re p o rt b rie fly a b o u t th e c o m p o \ue000
s itio n a n d e x te n t o f th is re s p o n s e .
A p p r e h e n s io n s a n d P o s s ib le
M is u n d e r s ta n d in g s
A sa n n o u n c e d e a rlie r, th e d e a d lin e fo r
th e
firs t
ro u n d
o f
E S O 's
K ey
P ro \ue000
g ra m m e sis1 5 O c to b e r 1 9 8 8 . B e c a u s e
th e
tim e s p a n
b e tw e e n
th e
m om ent
E S O 's u s e rs firs t s a w
m y M arch
a rtic le
a n d
3 0
A p ril
1 9 8 8
w as
ra th e r
s h o rt,
som e
p e o p le
c o u ld
n o t re s p o n d
to the
p r e lim in a r y e n q u ir y a ta llo r n o ta s w e il
a s
th e y
w o u ld
h a v e
p re fe rre d .

Let me e m p h a s iz e th a t th isinn o w a y p r e ju d ic e s th e ir o p p o r tu n ity

fo r
p a r tic ip a tio n .

T h e c h ie f g o a l o f th e p r e lim in a r y e n q u ir y w a s to e s ta b lis h w h e th e r th e reisa deep and b ro a d

in te re s t
in
th e
c o n c e p t
I
h a v e
p ro p o s e d ,
a n d
i f
s o ,
w hat
th e
m a in
th e m e s a n d tre n d s o f th a t in te re s t a re .
T h e s ix ty o r s o p r in c ip a l in v e s tig a to r s
a n d
som e
tw o
h u n d re d
a n d
f if t y

c o \ue000 in v e s tig a to rs w h o d id re s p o n d a n d s u b \ue000 m itte d

a p re lim in a ry
p r o p o s a l a c h ie v e d
m o re
th a n
h e lp in g
m e
re a c h
th e
g o a l
ju s t s ta te d . T h e ir w o r k g o e s a lo n g w a y
to w a rd s
p re p a rin g
th e
a c tu a l p ro p o s a l
fo r th e
d e a d lin e
a p p ro p ria te
fo r th e m .
(A sw ill b e c o m e c le a r b e lo w , th a t c o u ld
be one ortw oy e a rs la te r th a n th e n e x t
d e a d lin e .) M o re o v e r, w e c a n
n o w
id e n \ue000
t if y
a ffin ity
a n d /o r
o v e r la p
b e tw e e n
m any
s e p a ra te
in itia tiv e s ; b y
in fo rm in g
P I's
o f
s u c h
com m on
e le m e n ts ,
n e w
c o m b in a tio n s m a y re s u lt.
T h a t b rin g s
m e to

a n o th e r w o rry e x \ue000 p re s s e d b y s o m e : "W ill w e b e fo rc e d to w o rk

in
la rg e
c o n s o rtia
w ith
m e rg e d
p ro g ra m m e s ? "
T h e
answ er
is
n o .
A ll
E S O
w ill
d o
is
in fo rm
in v e s tig a to rs
o f
m u tu a l
in te re s ts
a n d
o v e r la p p in g
p ro \ue000
p o s a ls , e v id e n t fr o m
th e re s p o n s e to th e
p re lim in a ry e n q u iry . W h e th e r th e y
w is h
to c o lla b o r a te
ise n tire ly th e

p ro p o s e rs ' d e c is io n . O b v io u s ly , te le s c o p e tim e w ill b e g ra n te dina m a n n e r th a tis e ffe c tiv e a n d e c o n o m ic a l, s e rv in g th e s ta te d p u r \ue000 p o s e s o f th eK eyP ro g ra m m e s c o n c e p t.

Inc a s e s o f c le a r o v e rla p , th e
b e s t p ro -
T A \u00df lE
1 :D is tr ib u tio no f n u m b e ro f p r o p o s a ls (fig u re s g iv e n w ith in b ra c k e ts ) a n do f r e q u ir e d
n ig h ts- d is tin g u is h e db y3 .6m p lu s N T T o n th e o n e h a n d , a n d th e s m a lle r in s tr u m e n ts o n th e
o th e r-

o v e r th e n in e c a te g o r ie s d is tin g u is h e db yth eO P C . A n o v e r v ie wo f th e d is tr ib u tio no f th e n ig h ts o v e r th e s ix te le s c o p e si s a ls o p r o v id e d . N o t in c lu d e din th is ta b le a re th e 1 3 0 n ig h ts re q u e s te da tth e

1 -m
te le s c o p e w h ic h w a s n o t in v o lv e din th e in q u iry .

g ra m m e w ill g e ta ll, th e o th e rs n o th in g .It isth a t ris k w h ic h fo rm s , a m o n g o th e rs , a nin c e n tiv e fo r c o lla b o r a tio n s .

F in a lly th e fe a r, h e a rd h e re a n d th e re , th a t K e y P ro g ra m m e s w ill le a d to m o n o \ue000 p o lie so ns o m e s u b je c ts o r a re a s . T h isis

a n
u n d e rs ta n d a b le
c o n c e rn
w h ic h
I
s h a re .
E S O 's
a r c h iv in g
p o lic y ,
d e \ue000
s c r ib e d
e ls e w h e r e
in
th is

is s u e , w ill g o s o m e w a y to re d u c e th is ris k . T h e O P C w ill u n d o u b te d ly h e lp to m in im iz e d e tr i\ue000 m e n ta l e ffe c ts o n th is s c o re .

S
e le s c o p e
3.6 m
3.5 m
N D
2.2 m
1.5 m
G a te g o ry
(1 0 )
(4 )--->
K 1
5 9 0
1 1 0
1 .5m D
1.4 m
G AT
T A \u00df lE
2 :N u m b e ro f n ig h ts to b e a llo c a te d to K e y P ro g ra m m e s
N o te :O n ly
th e
5 4
p r o p o s a ls
in
w hic h
b o th
th e
le le s c o p e s
a n d
th e
n u m b e r o f n ig llts re q u ire d
w e re
in d ic a te d h a v e b e e n la k e n in to c o n s id e r a tio n fe r c o n s tr u c tin g th is la b le .
T e le s c o p e
3 .6 m
3.5 m
2.2 m
1.5 m
1.5 m
1.4 m
G AT
N D
E S O
D an.
G ES
P e rio d
4 3
4 0
1 5
2 0
2 5
1 5
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3 0
-
K 9
c o n c e rn s
H S T
fo llo w -u p
a n d
a
m a jo r s p e c k le p ro g ra m m e .
7 5
3 1 5
4 0
5 0
4 5
(3 )
(2 )
(1)
4 7 5
4 6 0
1 1 0
2 4 0
6 6 0
th eN D
inP e rio d4 3 a n d th e c o n tin u e d
c o m m is s io n in g
o f
in s tru m e n ta tio n
in
P e rio d
4 4 ,
th e
tim e
a v a ila b le
fo r
K ey
P ro g ra m m e s
inth e firs t ro u n d
isc o rre \ue000

s p o n d in g ly lim ite d . T h e a llo c a tio n s p a c e th a t h a s b e e n s e t fo r th e s e tw o s e m e s \ue000 te rsisg iv e nin T a b le2 .

T h is to ta l o f 1 2 5 n ig h tso n th e t w o b ig
te le s c o p e s
is
a
ra th e r
m odest
s ta rt,
le a v in g
ro o m
fo r
n e w
p r o p o s a ls
n e x t
y e a r.
F o r
th e
s e c o n d
ro u n d ,
d e a d lin e
O c to b e r
1 5 ,
1 9 8 9 ,
P e rio d s
4 5
a n d
4 6
4 8 0
(8 )->
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(
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)
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7 8 5
1 5
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(1 )--->
(3 )
2 0 0
(2 )
1 2 0
(5 )
4 6 5
1 2 0
1 7 0
1 8 0
1 0 7 5
K 5
K 7
K 2
K 8
K 3
K 6
K 4
K 9
T O T A L
C a ll fo r P r o p o s a ls
T h e h a r v e s t o f s ix ty in itia tiv e s , n u m e r \ue000
o u s
in d iv id u a l r e a c tio n s
a s
w e ila s
th e
e n d o rs e m e n t b y
th e
U s e rs

C o m m itte e a n d th e S c ie n tific T e c h n ic a l C o m m itte e o fE S O

to g e th e r fo rm
a v e ry e n c o u ra g \ue000
in g
b a s e
fo r
a
g o o d
s ta rt.
H o w e v e r,
g iv e n
th e
ra th e r
m o d e s t a v a ila b ility
o f
K e y P r o g r a m m e In itia tiv e s
A p p r o x im a te ly
s ix ty
te n ta tiv e

p ro p o \ue000 s a is r e a c h e d u sinre s p o n s e to th e p re \ue000 lim in a r y e n q u ir y .InT a b le 1a n o v e r v ie w

is
p r o v id e d
o f
th e
d is tr ib u tio n
o f
th e
3 ,4 0 0
n ig h ts re q u ire d

o v e r th e s ix te le \ue000 s c o p e s in v o lv e d . A ls o s h o w nisth e v a ri\ue000 a tio nin te a m

s iz e s a n d th e in te r n a tio n a l\ue000
ity o f th e s e p la n s(F ig .1 ).
I fin d
th e
re s p o n s e
v e ry s a tis fa c to ry .
E v id e n tly ,
th e re
e x is ts
a
g o o d
deal of
c o lla b o r a tio n
a lre a d y a m o n g
a s tro n o m \ue000
e rs
in
m em ber
s ta te s .
W ith in
e a c h
c a te g o ry
th e re
m ay
b e
o v e r la p
a n d
s tro n g
a ffin ity a m o n g
p r o p o s a ls .In

th e n e x t m o n th o r s o th e s e w ill b e a n a ly s e d a n d

P I's
w ill
b e
in fo rm e d
of such
c ir\ue000
c u m s ta n c e s .
T h e
in v o lv e m e n t
o f
E S O
s ta ff a t H e a d q u a rte rs a n d o n
L aS illa
is
w id e s p re a d , a d e s id e ra tu m
Ie x p re s s e d
inth e M a rc h a rtic le .
A few
w o rd s a b o u t th e d iffe re n t p ro \ue000
p o s a l
g ro u p s ,
w ith o u t,
a t
th is
s ta g e ,
s p e c ify in g
th e ir
c o n te n ts
(s e e
O PC
C la s s ific a tio n ;
"K "
s ig n ifie s
K ey
P ro \ue000
g ra m m e ):
-
K 1 h a s 1 4 p r o p o s a ls , s e v e n o f w h ic h
in v o lv e
d e e p
re d s h ift
s u rv e y s
o f
g a la x ie s ,a llu s in g th e 3 .6 -m
a n d
th e
N D .S om e
re c o n fig u ra tio n
o f te a m s
seem s
lo g ic a l
a n d
d is c u s s io n s
am ong
P l's
w ill
b e
s u g g e s te d
fro m
E S O .
-
K 2
c o n c e rn s
b o th
q u a s a r

s u rv e y s a n d g r a v ita tio n a lle n s e s tu d ie sa sm a\ue000 jo r

a c tiv itie s ,
s k e tc h e d
in
1 5
p ro \ue000
p o s a ls .
-
K 3
is c o n c e r n e d
w ith the
M a g e lla n ic
C lo u d s , in c lu d in gS N
1 9 8 7A , a n d th e
h a lf d o z e n p r o p o s a ls a im

a t a s ig n ifi\ue000 c a n t u s e o f th e s m a lle r te le s c o p e sa s w e il.

-
K 4,
in te r s te lla r
m a tte r,
is

h e te ro g e \ue000 n e o u s , b u t th e s ix p r o p o s a ls th u s fa r r e q u e s t p r im a r ily b ig te le s c o p e tim e .

-
K 5,
o n
s ta r
c lu s te rs
a n d
g a la c tic
s tru c tu re ,h a stw o p ro p o s a ls a n d
-
K 6
fo r X -ra y
s o u rc e s
has two
in itia \ue000
tiv e s
fo r s a te llite
p ro g ra m m e
fo llo w \ue000
u p : R O S A T a n d S IG M A .
-
K 7
is
fo r s ta rs
a n d
c o n ta in s
tw e lv e
p r o p o s a ls
fo r
th is
m a jo r
a re a ,
w ith
s m a ll te le s c o p e s h e a v ily c o n tr ib u tin g .
-
K 8
is
a
s o le
com et
p ro g ra m m e
in \ue000
v o lv in g fiv e te le s c o p e s .
2
(A p ril1 ,1 9 9 0 -M a rc h 3 1 ,1 9 9 1 ) , w e e x \ue000
p e c t th e
n u m b e r o f n ig h ts
d e v o te d
t o
K eyP ro g ra m m e so n th e 3 .6 m
a n d th e
N D

t oin c r e a s e t oa le v e l o f a b o u t 2 0 0 n ig h ts . T h e a m o u n t o f tim eo nth e s m a l\ue000 le r te le s c o p e s

w ill b e
m o re
e la s tic , d e \ue000
p e n d in g
o n
p ro p o s a l
p re s s u re .
W ith
E F O S C
11
o n
th e
2 .2 -m
a s h ift o f s o m e
3 .6 -m
w o rk
t o
th is
in te rm e d ia te
s iz e
te le s c o p e m a y b e e x p e c te d .
E S O
c o m m u n ity
a s tro n o m e rs ,
w h e th e rth e y
re s p o n d e d
t o
th e
p re \ue000
lim in a r ye n q u iryo rn o t, a re in v ite dt o
s u b m itp r o p o s a ls
t o
th e
V is itin g
A s\ue000
tro n o m e rsS e c tio na tE S O
H e a d q u a r\ue000
te rsb e fo reO c to b e r15, 1988.C o p ie s
o fa
fo rm
d e s ig n e d
fo rth is
p u rp o s e
w ills o o n
b e
a v a ila b lefro m
th isS e c \ue000
tio no n re q u e s t.
W ith
th e
g re a t re s e rv o ir o f p la n s a n d
th e
m odest
b e g in n in g
ju s t
o u tlin e d ,
m any
p o te n tia l p ro p o s e rs
m ay
w is h
t o
p o s tp o n e
th e ir in itia tiv e
b y
o n e
o rtw o
y e a rs :
K ey
P ro g ra m m e s
a re
lo n g
te rm .. .
P r o p o s a ls
n o t
s u c c e s s fu l
in
a n y ro u n d m a y b e re s u b m itte din id e n ti\ue000
c a lo r
m o d ifie d
fo rm
fo r
la te r
ro u n d s .
P ro p o s a ls fo r th e firs t ro u n d w ill b es en t
t o
re fe re e s
o u ts id e
E S O 's
O P C .
T h e ir

re p o rts , g r a d in g s p lu s e x p lic it c o m m e n \ue000 ta rie s s u p p o r tin g th e g ra d e , w ill b e s u b \ue000 m itte d

to the
O PC
fo r p re p a rin g
its re\ue000
c o m m e n d a tio n st om e.
A fte r th e firs t ro u n d th e w h o le p ro c e s s
w ill
b e
e v a lu a te d
a n d ,
i f
n e c e s s a ry ,
a d a p te d .
T h ro u g h
th e
M essengerth e
c o m m u n ity w ill b e in fo rm e d o f p ro g re s s .
S u c c e s s fu l
p ro g ra m m e
p r o p o s a ls
w ill
O PCC la s s ific a tio n
1 -
G A L A X IE S
2 -
Q U A S A R S , S E Y F E R T S , R A D IO
G A L A X IE S
3 -
M A G E L L A N IC C L O U D S
4-IN T E R S T E L L A RM A T IE R
5 -
C L U S T E R S A N D G A L A C T IC S T R U C -
T U R E
6 -
X -R A Y S O U R C E S
7 -
S T A R S
8 -
SOLAR SYSTEM
9 -
M IS C E L L A N E O U S
b e
s u m m a r iz e d
b y
th e
P l's
in
fu tu re
is s u e s o f th eM e s s e n g e r.
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IN V O L V E O
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P R O P O S A L
F ig u r e 1 :H is to g r a m s s h o w in g th e d is tr ib u tio no f th e p r o p o s a ls ,(a ) a s afu n c tio no f th e n u m b e ro fin v e s tig a to rs in v o lv e d ;(b ) a s afu n c tio no f th e
num bero fin s titu tio n a l n a tio n a litie sp e r p r o p o s a l w h e nE S O a n dE S A in s titu te s a re in c lu d e d ,(c ) w h e nE S O a n dE S A in s titu te s a re e x c lu d e d .T h e
p r o g r a m m e r e la te d to H S T fo llo w - u p , w h ic h in v o lv e s3 2 in v e s tig a to rs fro m
1 9in s titu te s ,is n o t in c lu d e d .
E S O A r c h iv in g P o lic y
T h e
fo llo w in g
s ta te m e n t
is
a
s e t
o f
p r e m is s e s a n d

p rin c ip le s fo r a d a ta -a r\ue000 c h iv in g p o lic y w h ic hE S Ow ill im p le m e n t g r a d u a llyinth e n e x t s e v e ra l y e a rs . It h a s b e e n

d is c u s s e d
in
th e
U s e rs

C om \ue000 m itte e ,inth e S c ie n tific - T e c h n ic a l C o m \ue000 m itte e

a n d
in
th e
O b s e r v in g
P ro \ue000
g ra m m e s
C o m m itte e .
A ll
th re e
com \ue000
m itte e s a p p r o v e o f th is p o lic y in te n t.
In tro d u c tio n
It
is
im p o rta n t
t o
a r c h iv e
d a ta
o b \ue000
ta in e d
a t
E S O 's
L a
S illa
O b s e rv a to ry .
T h eth re e
m a in
re a s o n s fo r m a in ta in in g
a na r c h iv e a re :
(a )t o
k e e p
a h is to ric a l re c o rd
of ob\ue000
je c ts . T h is
e n a b le s
th e
in v e s tig a \ue000
tio n
o f lo n g -te rm
c h a n g e s
in
o b -
je c ts w h ic h o th e r w is e c o u ld n o t b e
p e rfo rm e d ;
(b )t o
re -u s e
th e
d a ta
fo r o th e r p ro \ue000
g ra m m e s
o r p u rp o s e s . B y
a v o id \ue000

in g d u p lic a tio n o f o b s e r v a tio n s th e e ffe c tiv e u s eo fte le s c o p e tim e c a n b e in c r e a s e d ;

(c )t o
e n a b le
a r c h iv a l
re s e a rc h
s u c h
a s
s u rv e y s
o f
d iffe re n t
ty p e s
o f
o b je c ts .
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a r c h iv e
w ith
w e il d e fin e d
c a lib r a tio n s
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o p e n th e p o s s ib ility to s tu d y la rg e
n u m b e rs
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p u rp o s e s .
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in d is p e n s a b le re q u ire m e n t fo r th e
a r c h iv e
is
v e ry
h ig h
q u a lity o f th e
d a ta
b o thinte rm s o f g o o d d o c u m e n ta tio n o f
th e
in d iv id u a l o b s e r v a tio n s a n d
r e lia b le
c a lib r a tio n
d a ta .
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w hen
th is
is
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w ill the
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m a in
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-
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a s tro n o m e rs
t o
lo c a te
d a ta
a n d
ju d g e
th e ir u s e fu ln e s s
for a
g iv e n
p ro g ra m m e .
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