Applying for Observing Time with the Effelsberg 100-meter Radio Telescope

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"Call for Proposals" (this page will be removed in the near future)!

The 100-m radio telescope of the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie and the data reduction facilities are available to all qualified scientists. The present policy allows the allocation of up to 40% of available observing time to visitors. The directors of the institute make observing time available to applicants based on the recommendations of the Program Committee for Effelsberg (PKE), which judges the scientific merit of the observing proposals.
Observing proposals can be submitted to three deadlines a year, normally on February 1st, June 1st, October 1st.

Call for Proposals

Proposal Forms

Applicants should use the new NorthStar proposal tool for preparation and submission of their observing requests. North Star is reachable at http://proposal.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de . From 2010 on only proposals submitted via NorthStar will be accepted.

The Program Committee for Effelsberg
- A short description how the proposal review committee works

Observing Capabilities

Receivers for the 100-m Telescope

Backends for the 100-m Telescope

VLBI at Effelsberg
- Special rules apply for VLBI proposals to the Effelsberg telescope

Contact Local Astronomers
- It is helpful to contact one of these people if it is the first time you apply for observing time at Effelsberg.

Allocation of Observing Time

Financial Support - Transnational Access Programme

Priority projects:

A+ projects

Publications resulting from Effelsberg Observations
For any publications based on observations with the Effelsberg 100-m telescope please use the following acknowledgement:
*Based on observations with the 100-m telescope of the MPIfR (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie) at Effelsberg.

How to get to Effelsberg
- Here you find a short description and a map

Accommodation etc.