


The following is a checklist for you to work through in order to have your service observations made successfully.
You must have your observing templates sent to Adric Riedel, GSU SMARTS Fellow, 7 days before your turno stars, OR YOUR TIME WILL BE FORFEITED --- NO EXCEPTIONS.
Notifications and example templates will be sent to you on the following schedule:
21 days before your turno starts --- INITIAL CONTACT
14 days before your turno starts --- REMINDER 1
10 days before your turno starts --- REMINDER 2
7 days before your turno starts --- *** HARD DEADLINE ***
You must fill out a CTIO instrument form at
http://www.ctio.noao.edu/forms/supportforms/visitor_support.html
You should send this in at least TWO WEEKS before the first night of your turno. This allows us to catch any problems, such as whether or not your requested filters are scheduled for a user at another telescope.
For data acquired via service mode, the GSU 0.9m SMARTS Fellow (as of JUL 2009, Adric Riedel) will ftp the data back to a staging area at GSU. You will be given instructions on how to retrieve your data shortly after the observations are taken.
YOU WILL HAVE 30 DAYS TO RETRIEVE YOUR DATA, IF YOU WAIT LONGER THAN THAT, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN PERIL