Australian ESO Proposal Statistics
Period |
101 (Apr - Sep 2018) |
102 (Oct 2018 - Mar 2019) |
103 (Apr - Sep 2019) |
No. of Australian-led proposals |
55 |
43 |
44 |
Fraction of all ESO proposals |
6.1% |
4.7% |
4.8% |
No. of runs requested (1) |
79 |
72 |
71 |
No. of Large Programmes requested (2) |
1 |
2 |
2 |
Service Mode hours requested |
900 |
793 |
1325 |
Visitor Mode hours requested |
426 |
584 |
297 |
VLT/I hours requested |
1136 |
921 |
1296 |
VLT oversubscription (3) |
3.1 |
4.3 |
~3 |
Top 3 requested instruments |
FLAMES (23 runs, 361 hrs) MUSE (11 runs, 173 hrs) X-Shooter (11 runs, 157 hrs) |
HARPS (13 runs, 432 hrs) FLAMES (18 runs, 290 hrs) MUSE (11 runs, 192 hrs) |
MUSE (12 runs, 475 hrs) FLAMES (19 runs, 303 hrs) X-Shooter (10 runs, 187 hrs) |
SM hours allocated |
264 (20 runs) |
205 (16 runs) |
262 (13 runs) |
VM hours allocated |
147 (7 runs) |
96 (3 runs) |
70 (4 runs) |
Total VLT/I time allocated |
348.5 hrs |
303 hrs |
138 hrs |
Fraction of available VLT/I time (4) |
8.1% |
5.3% |
2.5% |
Notes to Table:
(1) A single proposal can request more than 1 run, e.g. 3 different instruments on 2 different telescopes = 3 runs.
(2) A Large Programme is one requiring a minimum of 100 hours of ESO telescope time, spread over 1 to 4 Periods.
(3) Since Australia has no set share of VLT time, the actual oversubscription is only known after the OPC has met.
(4) Fraction of all OPC-allocatable time on the 4 UTs (including VLTI time) allocated to Australian-led programmes. Since ~25% of VLT time goes to Chile, ESO staff, and PIs from non-member states, Australia's share of VLT time relative to ESO members states is a factor 4/3 greater than these numbers.
(1) A single proposal can request more than 1 run, e.g. 3 different instruments on 2 different telescopes = 3 runs.
(2) A Large Programme is one requiring a minimum of 100 hours of ESO telescope time, spread over 1 to 4 Periods.
(3) Since Australia has no set share of VLT time, the actual oversubscription is only known after the OPC has met.
(4) Fraction of all OPC-allocatable time on the 4 UTs (including VLTI time) allocated to Australian-led programmes. Since ~25% of VLT time goes to Chile, ESO staff, and PIs from non-member states, Australia's share of VLT time relative to ESO members states is a factor 4/3 greater than these numbers.
Australian allocations in Period 101
Run ID |
PI |
Institution |
Instrument |
Hours/nights |
Mode |
Murphy |
Swinburne |
UVES |
12.0 h |
SM |
|
Macquart |
Curtin |
FORS2 |
8.0 h |
SM |
|
Macquart |
Curtin |
X-Shooter |
0.5 n |
VM |
|
Mahony |
Sydney |
X-Shooter |
17.0 h |
SM |
|
Mahony |
Sydney |
X-Shooter |
17.5 h |
SM |
|
Drouart |
Curtin |
HAWK-I |
9.0 h |
SM |
|
Glazebrook |
Swinburne |
X-Shooter |
2 n |
VM |
|
D'Eugenio |
ANU |
FLAMES |
3 n |
VM |
|
D'Eugenio |
ANU |
FLAMES |
3 n |
VM |
|
Fisher |
Swinburne |
SINFONI |
12.0 h |
SM |
|
Lopez-Sanchez |
AAO |
MUSE |
16.0 h |
SM |
|
Janowiecki |
UWA |
EFOSC2 |
2 n |
VM |
|
Janowiecki |
UWA |
SOFI |
1 n |
VM |
|
van de Sande |
Sydney |
MUSE |
21.4 h |
SM |
|
Spina |
Monash |
HARPS |
3 n |
VM |
|
Tuthill |
Sydney |
VISIR |
2.0 h |
SM |
|
Tuthill |
Sydney |
VISIR |
10.0 h |
SM |
|
Ireland |
ANU |
SPHERE |
10.8 h |
SM |
|
Ireland |
ANU |
GRAVITY |
27.0 h |
SM |
|
Marino |
ANU |
FLAMES |
9.0 h |
SM |
|
Marino |
ANU |
FLAMES |
9.0 h |
SM |
|
Marino |
ANU |
FLAMES |
27.0 h |
SM |
|
Rains |
ANU |
PIONIER |
14.0 h |
SM |
|
Kamath |
Macquarie |
UVES |
2.7 h |
SM |
|
Ferrario |
ANU |
FORS2 |
26.0 h |
SM |
|
Kamath |
Macquarie |
SPHERE |
7.6 h |
SM |
|
Kamath |
Macquarie |
X-Shooter |
5.5 h |
SM |
Australian allocations in Period 102
Run ID |
PI |
Institution |
Instrument |
Hours/nights |
Mode |
Macquart |
Curtin |
FORS2 |
12.0 h |
SM |
|
Macquart |
Curtin |
X-Shooter |
1 n |
VM |
|
Wisnioski |
ANU |
KMOS |
5 n |
VM |
|
Forbes |
Swinburne |
MUSE |
6.5 h |
SM |
|
Wisnioski |
ANU |
FLAMES |
28.0 h |
SM |
|
Brough |
UNSW |
MUSE |
24.0 h |
SM |
|
van de Sande |
Sydney |
X-Shooter |
6 n |
VM |
|
Lopez-Sanchez |
AAO |
MUSE |
22.0 h |
SM |
|
Janowiecki |
UWA |
MUSE |
21.0 h |
SM |
|
Tuthill |
Sydney |
NACO |
3.0 h |
SM |
|
Kawka |
ANU |
X-Shooter |
1.0 h |
SM |
|
Martell |
UNSW |
X-Shooter |
18.0 h |
SM |
|
Rains |
ANU |
PIONIER |
6.0 h |
SM |
|
Kamath |
Macquarie |
X-Shooter |
7.0 h |
SM |
|
Bollen |
Macquarie |
GRAVITY |
1.0 h |
SM |
|
Bollen |
Macquarie |
GRAVITY |
1.0 h |
SM |
|
Bollen |
Macquarie |
GRAVITY |
2.0 h |
SM |
|
Marino |
ANU |
FLAMES |
25.0 h |
SM |
|
Kamath |
Macquarie |
UVES |
27.9 h |
SM |