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RTT150 Joint Scientific Committee
A Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) shall be set up in order to merge and
approve the observing program, coordinate time sharing, define joint scientific
objectives, implement scientific projects, coordinate long term technical
planning and other related matters.
JSC shall consist of:
A representative of IKI RAN
A representative of EAO/KSU
A representative of TUG
The director of TUG
ALLOCATION OF OBSERVING TIME AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION
TUG, IKI RAN and EAO are each responsible for the selection of proposals
on their share of observing time. Such proposals are subject to internal
selection procedures on either side. A joint observation time between TUBITAK
and either IKI RAN or EAO will be shared as 40% to TUBITAK and 60% to
the Russian party. If both IKI RAN and EAO are involved, then the time
shares will be 40% to TUG, 15% to IKI RAN and 45% to EAO. Each party is
free to engage in international collaborations within that party's time
share. For joint international collaborations, time will be given to
each party in proportion to their overall time shares. Every six months,
the lists of proposals selected by each party will be merged by the JSC
into an observatory program. Optimal dark nights will also be shared according
to this proportion. Redistribution of the observation time between six
month schedules is possible by the approval of JSC. Periods of time allocated
but not taken up or used during a calendar year may not be transferred
to subsequent years.
All persons using the telescope or any instrument shall observe the
rules for their operation laid down by the appropriate party.
All problems during observations and regarding the daily operations
at TUG will be communicated to the responsible TUG officers.
TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
Observation proposals for targets of opportunity (TOO) can be selected by
all parties. If realised, these will be charged against the time share
of the particular party (or parties, for joint TOO proposals, with time
charges in the same proportions as overall observing times). When alerted
the telescope will point at the target of opportunity. The displaced scheduled
observer will receive compensating observing time, to be arranged by the
TUG director if possible in the short run, and by the JSC for compensation
in later six-month observing programs. TUG administration can decide to
point the telescope at sudden alerts for sources that are not preplanned
TOO. For these, the time compensation of the scheduled observer follows
the same rules laid out for TOO.
DEFINITONS
TUBITAK : Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey
IKI RAN : Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of
Sciences
EAO : Engelhardt Astronomical Observatory
KSU : Kazan State University
TUG : TUBITAK National Observatory
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