SSC Home Page
Spitzer Science Center
Need Data? Use the Spitzer Heritage Archive (SHA)
Proposal Kit


Exploration Science Letters of Intent Due: 1 June 2012
Exploration Science, Large GO and Snapshot Proposals Due:  3 August 2012, 5pm PDT
Small Proposals Due: 26 October 2012, 5pm PDT

AOR file parser - perl script for preparing observation summary table from your AORs.
FAQ on Snapshot proposals
A quick-start proposal submission guide.
... and other documents useful for planning observations.
Note for Warm IRAC proposers
IRAC signal-to-noise ratio calculation (snirac_warm.pro)
A longer cookbook-style document on how to go from an idea to a set of fully-functional Astronomical Observation Requests (AORs) for your Spitzer proposal.
Spot is a software package used by Spitzer observers to plan observations and submit proposals, and Leopard is a software package used to query the archive. Together, this group of cats is referred to as the "Spitzer Pride."
line
line

CP 9 ES, Large GO and Snapshot Proposals are due on Friday, 3 August 2012, at 5pm (17:00h) Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)

How much time do you have left for proposal submission?


This clock requires a Java-enabled browser and comes from Conveyor Applets