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Phase 1 - Observing Proposal

This chapter guides you through the steps needed to produce a Phase-1 proposal that can be submitted to the ALMA archive. To follow the descriptions, it is recommended that you have an open OT session in front of you at the time of reading.

Most proposals submitted to ALMA are submitted during the Call for Proposals which is usually issued once a year. In addition, it is possible to submit a Director's Discretionary Time (DDT) proposal at any time. DDT proposals look identical to normal proposals except for the colour used to highlight the title of each pane in the OT's GUI (Project Structure, Editor and Feedback). This is green for normal proposals and reddish-pink for DDT. When submitting a DDT proposal, it is important to use the version of the OT corresponding to the Cycle that is currently being observed. For example, a DDT proposal that is submitted after the Cycle-N Call for Proposals, but before the beginning of Cycle-N observing (usually in October) will need to be submitted using the OT for Cycle N-1.



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The ALMA OT Team, 2018 Sep 25