news 19-June-2013 16:45:44

XMM-Newton Announcement of Opportunity (AO8)

26 August 2008

Proposals are solicited for observations with XMM-Newton in response to the Eighth Announcement of Opportunity, AO-8, issued today. This AO covers the period May 2009 to April 2010 and is open to all proposers.

The deadline for receipt of proposals has passed.

Full details of this announcement of opportunity, including all the relevant documentation, are given on the dedicated pages at the website of the XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre:

http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_science/AO8/

Key milestones for AO8

Announcement of Opportunity 26 August 2008
Due date for Proposals(*) 10 October 2008 (12:00 UT)
Final OTAC approved program late December 2008

For successful proposals

Start of Phase II proposal submission 12 January 2009
Closure of Phase II proposal submission 6 February 2009
Start of AO-8 observations May 2009
(*) Please note that proposals must be prepared and submitted in electronic form using the XMM-Newton Remote Proposal Submission software. Access to this is via the XMM-Newton SOC AO8 web pages.


Last Update: 27 August 2009

For further information please contact: SciTech.editorial@esa.int

Related Links

  • Full details for XMM-Newton AO8 (http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_science/AO8/)