Over 1700 proposals received in the ALMA Cycle 5 call
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Over 1700 proposals received in the ALMA Cycle 5 call

24 April, 2017 / Read time: 1 minute

ALMA has reached a new record. Astronomers from almost all over the world worked against the clock to present their observation proposals on time for the new cycle that begins in October this year and ends in September 2018.

By the final deadline at 15:00 UT of April 20, 1,712 proposals had been received. Now begins the filtering process, removing duplicated applications or those with errors, and we will soon know the final number. The science ranking process will be done in Antwerp, Belgium, between June 18-23.

The proposals selected will have access to 56 ALMA antennas to search the Universe - 46 12-meter antennas and 10 7-meter antennas - in addition to bands 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. They will also have access to a maximum angular resolution of 0,018 arcseconds using 16 km of baseline.

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ALMA is a partnership of ESO (representing its member states), NSF (USA) and NINS (Japan), together with NRC (Canada), NSC and ASIAA (Taiwan), and KASI (Republic of South Korea), in cooperation with the Republic of Chile. The Joint ALMA Observatory is operated by ESO, AUI/NRAO and NAOJ.

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