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/
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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 |
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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: 1 September 2019