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	Cycle 14 Call for Proposals
		The important additional criterion for the award of NOAO time is that both the HST and the ground-based data are required to meet the science goals of the project.
		NOAO observing time will be implemented during the two semesters from August 2005 through July 2006.
		NOAO will perform feasibility checks, and NOAO reserves the right to reject any approved observation determined to be infeasible, impossible to schedule, and/or dangerous to the telescopes or instruments.
	www.stsci.edu:8082 /hst/proposing/docs/proposing/documents/cp/3_Proposal_Categories9.html?printable=1 (467 words)

	Nat' Academies Press, Working Papers: Astronomy and Astrophysics Panel Reports (1991)
		The NOAO should endeavor to increase the time it can make available on 4-m class telescopes by seeking more partnership arrangements like the several efficient cost-sharing arrangements with university consortia that it has recently undertaken.
		NSF-astronomy and NOAO should establish provisions for trading or purchasing telescope time from private and university groups operating 8-m and 10-m class telescopes and smaller special-purpose telescopes in order to ensure that the full range of observing facilities is available to the whole community.
		NOAO cannot be the site for all of the necessary technological innovation, but it can play a vital role as a clearinghouse for such technology.
	www.nap.edu /books/0309043832/html/290.html (886 words)

	About The National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)
		NOAO's purpose is to provide the best ground-based astronomical telescopes to the nation's astronomers, to promote public understanding and support of science, and to advance all aspects of US ground based astronomical research.
		NOAO is funded by the National Science Foundation and operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. NOAO has its headquarters in Tucson, AZ.
		The United States Gemini Program (USGP) at NOAO is the gateway for the U.S. astronomical community to the International Gemini Project: twin 8.1 meter telescopes in Hawaii and Chile that provide unprecendented coverage (northern and southern skies) and details of our universe.
	staging.noao.edu /outreach/aboutnoao.html (386 words)

	NOAO copyright: conditions of use
		The materials created, authored and/or prepared by NOAO are copyrighted in content, presentation, and intellectual or creative origin.
		These electronically available materials are considered intellectual property and are intended for use for educational, academic, and research purposes and are not intended for commercial use.
		NOAO will work with vendors on a case by case basis to establish appropriate permissions for use, which in some cases may involve a royalty agreement.
	www.seds.org /messier/more/c-noao.html (489 words)

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		The highest priority for the award of NOAO time will be given to programs that plan to publicly release the optical data in a timely manner (before the required 1 year release) and that create databases likely to have broad application.
		Demonstration of the technical feasibility of the proposed NOAO observations is the responsibility of the proposer.
		NOAO will perform feasibility checks on the proposed observations and reserves the right to reject any observation determined to be unfeasible for any reason.
	research.hq.nasa.gov /code_s/nra/current/NRA-02-OSS-02/AppC.doc (8180 words)

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		This shared-risk observing phase is a shakedown period during which NOAO will begin scientific operations using observers' programs to complete the commissioning of the telescope, instrumentation, and operations plan.
		Nevertheless, NOAO will work to assure that any data that is obtained and released during this period is of high scientific quality.
		NOAO expects to be allocated between 9 and 12 nights per month by the WIYN Consortium.
	www.astro.wisc.edu /wiyn/wiynsched/wiyn_info.txt (2280 words)

	NOAO Instrumentation Projects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The SOAR telescope is a 4.2-meter aperture telescope funded by a partnership between the US National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO), the Country of Brazil, Michigan State University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
		A joint venture between Dr. Samuel C. Barden at the National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO) and Willis S. Colburn and James A. Arns at Kaiser Optical Systems, Inc. (KOSI) is funded by the National Science Foundation to explore the application of VPH gratings in astronomy.
		NOAO is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc. under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.
	staging.noao.edu /new_proj.html (240 words)

	The NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey
		The Gemini Telescopes, which will be operational by the end of this millennium, will provide astronomers with an efficient array of instrumentation to investigate both the local and the distant Universe.
		Since these large aperture telescopes will provide access to the faint stellar and galaxian populations, several NOAO staff members and collaborators are undertaking a deep optical and near-infrared wide-field imaging survey that will sample the sky in two 9 square degree patches.
		NOAO provides an excellent set of ground-based facilities for the execution of a public project of this scope.
	www.iac.es /galeria/balcells/noaodeep.html (808 words)

	Cycle 13 Call for Proposals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		NOAO observing time will be implemented during the two semesters from August 2004 through July 2005.
		Evaluation of the technical feasibility of the proposed ground-based observations is the responsibility of the observer, who should review the NOAO documentation or consult NOAO directly (see Section 9.4.2 for details).
		Any NOAO observations that prove infeasible or impossible could jeopardize the overall science program and may cause revocation of the corresponding HST observations.
	www.stsci.edu:8083 /hst/proposing/documents/cp_cy13/3_Proposal_Categories9.html?printable=1 (434 words)

	NOAO Surveys & Data Products: Coming Attractions...
		NOAO is rapidly evolving to incorporate this new vision by building upon its strengths to embrace new roles in providing not only telescope time, but data products to the astronomical community.
		Data from other NOAO survey projects will be incorporated as those projects make them available.
		Longer-term plans involve developing pipelines for data from all NOAO telescopes and contributing to data management plans for the LSST, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, which will produce terabytes of imaging data each night for exploration of time-variable phenomena and moving objects as well as deep imaging applications.
	www.conicyt.cl /gemini/smith (216 words)

	SSC:FLS: Extragalactic: NOAO R band MOSAIC
		The National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) provided four nights of Director's Discretionary time for an R-band survey with the MOSAIC camera on the Kitt Peak 4m telescope.
		The National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc. under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.
		The National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) is the national center for ground-based nighttime astronomy in the United States and is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc. under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.
	ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu /fls/extragal/noaor.html (293 words)

	NOAO Press Release 05-08: Survey of 4,000 Galaxies Finds “Downsizing” on a Cosmic Scale
		The image was obtained by the NOAO Fundamental Plane Survey team as part of follow-up observations in support of their spectroscopic data from Kitt Peak National Observatory and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.
		By contrast, the smaller, fainter galaxies studied by the NOAO Fundamental Plane Survey are significantly younger—their stars were formed as little as four billion years ago, according to new results from the survey team to be published in the September 10, 2005, Astrophysical Journal.
		Based in Tucson, AZ, NOAO is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) Inc., under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.
	www.spacetoday.net /getarticle.php3?id=68246 (927 words)

	Life On Other Planets
		Not only is the search for how we and our planet started expected to be a key area of 21st century science, but these studies are important to high technologies in optics and life sciences that are valuable to our state's economy and the lives of all our citizens," Woolf said last night.
		The UA Steward Observatory is a major partner in world-class optical/infrared and radio telescopes, including the 11.8-meter Large Binocular Telescope on Arizona's Mount Graham, the 6.5-meter MMT on Arizona's Mount Hopkins, the twin Magellan 6.5-meter telescopes in Chile, the 10-meter Submillimeter Telescope on Mount Graham, and the Kitt Peak 12-meter Telescope.
		NOAO observatories in Tucson and Chile are also key in the new Tucson-based astrobiology effort.
	kp12m.as.arizona.edu /new_articles/life_on_planets_2003.htm (1003 words)

	(meteorobs) Astronomers On Kitt Peak Join In Observing Deep Space 1 Enco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		University of Arizona astronomers using the university's 90-inch Bok telescope collaborated with National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) astronomers using the NOAO 84-inch telescope.
		The UA and NOAO teams are part of a NASA-funded network of observers in Arizona, Hawaii, California and elsewhere helping gather a detailed picture of the comet.
		Samarasinha was not scheduled to observe the comet with the NOAO Kitt Peak telescope at this time.
	www.meteorobs.org /maillist/msg22880.html (712 words)

	Telescopes and Instruments for 2006A
		Please see the September 2002 issue of the NOAO Newsletter and the recent SPIE paper by C. Claver, et al.
		Specifications are found in NOAO Newsletter 39, p.34 (Sep 1994).
		Gemini assistance is available by sending email to an NOAO Gemini Science Center Instrument Support Scientist, to ngsc@noao.edu, or through the Gemini Help Desk at http://helpdesk.gemini.edu/.
	www.noao.edu /noaoprop/help/facilities.html (2283 words)

	NOAO Newsletter - June 1992 - Number 30
		The Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG) is a community-based project to conduct a detailed study of solar internal structure and dynamics using helioseismology.
		In the meantime, the GONG "staging area" adjacent to NOAO's main parking lot is the scene of considerable activity as carpenters and electricians work to convert the six shipping containers into GONG field stations.
		A fast and efficient crew made up from the NOAO Central Facilities Operations group and other temporary help plans to finish all of the improvements early this fall.
	gong.nso.edu /info/newsletters/1992/06_92.html (767 words)

	Office of Public Affairs at Yale - News Release
		Under the new agreement, the refurbished telescope is expected to reopen in March 1998, said Charles Bailyn, Yale astronomy professor and the consortium's Project Scientist.
		In return, each of the universities will be allocated 30 percent of the viewing time, and NOAO will get the remaining 10 percent to share with the general astronomical community.
		Yale and NOAO will install a new computer control system and new focus mechanisms, and will provide better air flow through the telescope and dome in order to improve image quality.
	www.yale.edu /opa/newsr/97-09-23-01.all.html (975 words)

	NOAO Staff and Research
		Scientists at NOAO undertake many research programs, ranging from solar physics to the structure of the universe on the largest scales.
		A few of these projects are described on the NOAO Science Programs page, which includes additional links to provide more information.
		Ten programs were recommended for approval by the NOAO Survey Panel of the Telescope Allocation Panel and approved by the NOAO Director during the 1999 and 2000 Survey Proposal rounds.
	staging.noao.edu /staff_research.html (154 words)

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		World-class observing capabilities that are available or nearing readiness on the Gemini telescopes include mid-infrared imaging and spectroscopy, adaptive-optics-enhanced infrared imaging and spectroscopy, integral-field spectroscopy in both the infrared and optical, and multi-slit spectroscopy in both the infrared and optical.
		The successful candidates will reside in the active research environments of either NOAO's Tucson headquarters, which is located on the University of Arizona campus, or NOAO South, which is located in the AURA campus in La Serena, Chile.
		NOAO fosters a diverse research environment, including attention to the needs of dual-career couples within the field of Astronomy.
	www.astro.virginia.edu /~rps7v/Jobs/Sandy_NOAO.txt (541 words)

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		NOAO Gemini Science Center (NGSC) Postdoctoral Fellow The National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) invites applications for the NOAO Gemini Science Center (NGSC) Postdoctoral Fellow.
		We invite applications from observational astronomers interested in developing their careers in a dynamic research environment with staff working on a wide range of topics including observational cosmology, stellar populations, star formation and evolution, development of adaptive optics, and optical and infrared instrumentation.
		NOAO staff members receive excellent benefits; a position at NOAO-South also features an overseas allowance, an educational stipend for dependent children, international health care benefits, and annual travel to the point of hire for staff and family.
	www.astro.caltech.edu /~iii/gemini.html (398 words)

	IRAF help : noao.imred.iids coincor (Feb87)
		The available modes are for a general photomultiplier with discriminator coincidence correction, and the NOAO IIDS.
		The default mode is for the NOAO IIDS.
		The IIDS correction includes a power law correction for a nonlinear effect in the IIDS image tube chain which is not included by the mountain reduction software at the telescope.
	www.astro.uni-bonn.de /~webstw/cm/lfa_html/iraf/noao.imred.iids.coincor.html (488 words)

	NDWFS Data Access
		NOAO is operated by AURA, Inc., under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation."
		Data products for the third data release (DR3) of the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey will be available starting October 22, 2004.
		NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey -- Last modified: October 21 2004 21:21:15.
	archive.noao.edu /ndwfs (474 words)

	NOAO/IRAF's Save the Bits, A Pragmatic Data Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The NOAO Save the Bits archive described is nightly (and daily) automatically archiving the raw data from a half dozen Kitt Peak telescopes via the ICE (IRAF Control Environment) data acquisition software.
		NOAO's Save the Bits archiving initiative is a natural companion to other observatory initiatives to retune and improve telescope optics, to address dome seeing concerns, and to upgrade telescope control and data acquisition software and hardware.
		NOAO's Central Computer Services has used Unix print spooler techniques with great success for several years to queue jobs for two generations of photographic hardcopy units.
	cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca /ADASS/adass_proc/adass3/papers/seamanr/seamanr.html (1886 words)

	ADASS 2002 Conference Proceedings
		The NOAO Science Archive (NSA) is a major step toward building a comprehensive scientific archive of the optical and infrared data holdings of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory.
		NSA are drawn from the NOAO Survey program as well as from other coherent imaging or spectral, optical/IR reduced datasets that may be identified as candidates from NOAO or community facilities.
		The NSA team is working in coordination with other groups at NOAO who are focusing on data handling and data pipeline systems in the context of supporting NOAO instrumentation as well as the emerging National Virtual Observatory infrastructure.
	adass.org /adass/proceedings/adass02/P1-12 (1213 words)

	Yale Bulletin & Calendar - News Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		It has been operated by NOAO since 1973 and has been used by Yale in recent years mostly for teaching graduate students.
		Under the new agreement, the refurbished telescope is expected to reopen in March 1998, says Charles Bailyn, astronomy professor and the consortium's project scientist.
		Yale and NOAO will install a new computer control system and new focus mechanisms, as well as a system to provide better air flow through the telescope and dome in order to improve image quality.
	www.yale.edu /opa/ybc/v26.n6.news.05.html (525 words)

	NOAO Save the bits archive
		The central data center for both CTIO and WIYN is at NOAO headquarters in Tucson.
		An IAU-22 poster gave an overview of Nighttime Data Archiving at NOAO, including a flowchart of the steps involved in archiving the images.
		NOAO currently runs the archive under SunOS 4.1.3, and will support Solaris operations in the future using the System V printer daemon.
	iraf.noao.edu /projects/stb (520 words)

	NOAO Image Data Structure Definitions
		At NOAO FITS image files are used by the Save-The-Bits system, is the recommended user tape format, and is a new IRAF supported disk format.
		The current NOAO classes are KP2901 and ARCON.
		For use at NOAO the selection options will be the position in the file or an easily typed extension name.
	www.cfht.hawaii.edu /~veillet/imagedef.html (7786 words)

	National Optical Astronomy Observatories
		The mission of NOAO is to provide leadership in the establishment and operation of premier ground based astronomical research facilities, to promote public understanding and support of science, and to advance all aspects of US ground based astronomical research.
		NOAO's Public and Educational Outreach Program includes opportunities to tour our observatories, nighttime observing programs on Kitt Peak, instructional materials for K-12, Ask Mr.
		SCOPE also includes the United States Gemini Program (USGP), which was established in 1993 to support national interests in the Gemini Project, an international partnership between the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Argentina, Brazil and Chile to build two 8-meter telescopes, one on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, and the other on Cerro Pachon, Chile.
	www.noao.edu /noao/intro.html (393 words)

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