Approved Programs

List of Approved Programs/Abstracts

• Reserved Observations Catalog (ROC)
• All Approved Programs - List of full program titles, program IDs, and principal investigators for every approved program (abstracts linked below)
• Spitzer First Look Survey (FLS) -- general information page (with links to abstracts)
• Spitzer Legacy Program -- general information with links to web pages (and abstracts)
• Spitzer Exploration Science Program -- general information with links to web pages (and abstracts)
• Time Allocation Committees
  • Cycle-1
  • Cycle-2
  • Cycle-3
  • Cycle-4
  • Cycle-5
  • Cycle-6
• Guaranteed Time Observations (GTOs) -- general information
  • Abstracts
• General Observers -- general information
  • GO-1 Abstracts only
  • GO-2 Abstracts only
  • GO-3 Abstracts only
  • GO-4 Abstracts only
  • GO-5 Abstracts only
  • GO-6 Abstracts only
• Archival Research -- general information
  • AR-1 Abstracts only
  • AR-2 Abstracts only
  • AR-3 Abstracts only
  • AR-4 Abstracts only
  • AR-5 Abstracts only
• Theoretical Research -- general information
  • TR-2 Abstracts only
  • TR-3 Abstracts only
  • TR-4 Abstracts only
  • TR-5 Abstracts only
• Director's Discretionary Time -- general information
  • Abstracts

What Spitzer Has Observed So Far

• Letter from the Director
• Approved programs:
  • pipe-delimited file for importing into your own spreadsheet
• Coversheets by cycle:
  • Cycle 0 (Guaranteed Time + original Legacy)
  • Cycle 1
  • Cycle 2
  • Cycle 3
  • Cycle 4
  • Cycle 5
  • Cycle 6

Observing Schedules

• Actual schedules
• Overview of how scheduling works -- although email will be sent after an AOR has made it into an approved schedule (~3-4 wks before actual observation), note that we expect users to monitor this website.
• Broad overview schedule, e.g., planned dates for Calls for Proposals, etc.
• Cycle-4 and 5 Scheduling

Writing Research Papers

• IAU naming conventions
• Guidelines for Publication Acknowledgments
• How to reference a Dataset ID in your journal articles
• General Image Use Policy (includes science images)
• Guidelines for determining candidates for potential newsworthy stories
• Spitzer Publications Archive

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