p74: a first view

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P74:

a first view

ESO Faculty meeting, 6 April 2004

Call and Proposal submission

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Totals P74

806 proposals received for La Silla and Paranal

14 Large Programs (Paranal 13, La Silla 1)

2 submitted via email!

Proposal arrivals vs. Time (P74)

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Proposal arrivals vs. Time (P74)

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Country distribution (P74)

54% Fellows + students

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Optimizing the community: the VLT sky

Optimizing the community: the VLT sky

Optimizing the community: the VLT sky

Optimizing the community: the VLT sky

Total Available vs. Total Requested

“Available” in this presentation means always 182 nights!

Predicting trouble: UT1

Real life P74: UT1

For real pressure multiply by ~2 (technical time + ongoing LPs + carryovers)

Predicting trouble: UT2

Real life P74: UT2

For real pressure multiply by ~2 (technical time + ongoing LPs + carryovers)

Predicting trouble: UT3

Real life P74: UT3

For real pressure multiply by ~2 (technical time + ongoing LPs + carryovers)

Real life P74: UT3 DARK TIME

For real pressure multiply by ~2 (technical time + ongoing LPs + carryovers)

~18 times available time!!

Predicting trouble: UT4

Real life P74: UT4

For real pressure multiply by ~2 (technical time + ongoing LPs + carryovers)

Real life 3.6: P74

For real pressure multiply by ~2 (technical time + ongoing LPs + carryovers)

Real life NTT: P74

For real pressure multiply by ~2 (technical time + ongoing LPs + carryovers)

Real life 2.2: P74

For real pressure multiply by ~2 (technical time + ongoing LPs + carryovers)

Real life 2.2: P74 DARK TIME

For real pressure multiply by ~2 (technical time + ongoing LPs + carryovers)

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TaToo, the scheduler

TaToo, the scheduler

TaToo, the scheduler

TaToo, the scheduler