Integral AO Tools Software User Manual
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1. S N achievable in a given observing time or conversely the integration time needed to achieve a desired S N OTE can currently be used only for INTEGRAL s main instruments SPI and IBIS Not for JEM X and OMC interested users should refer to the JEM X and OMC Observer s manual for details All INTEGRAL proposers shall use OTE in determining the duration of their proposed observations Output of the OTE only will be used by ISOC during the technical feasibility assessment and during the proposal evaluation by TAC OTE is accessed via the ISOC web site http integral esac esa int under INTEGRAL Observation Tools 3 1 Using OTE 3 1 1 Input e Select an instrument SPI or IBIS e Select continuum or line For a continuum calculation the user must set the lower and upper energies The allowed range is 15 keV 10 MeV OTE assumes a power law spectrum and the photon spectral index must be specified If you wish to perform calculations for continuum please make sure to read section 3 2 For line input the central energy and line width FWHM If the line is unresolved a line width of 0 1 keV 1s sufficient e Specify the S N or the exposure time e Specify the source flux This is the integrated broad band flux in units of photons cm s in either the selected energy range for the continuum or integrated over the full width at zero intensity FWZI for a line Beware The continuum sensitivity curves in the SPI2. database you will need to fill in RA and Dec e RA and Dec J2000 In either of the formats shown on the web page 5 1 2 Output The output of TVP is a summary of the input parameters and the total time INTEGRAL has observed the target together with the details of the exposure map used POS and date
3. band It then performs individual calculations on these sub bands of the S N or observation duration and finally combines these results into a global figure for the entire input energy band Doc No INT OAG 10 0330 De Issue 1 0 INTEGRAL Integral AO Tools Date 7 March 2011 Software User Manual Page 18 of 21 3 3 Hints and warnings 1 Units Please be careful with units e Input and ouput time are in kiloseconds e All fluxes both for lines and continua should be given in units of photons cm s 11 Prospective IBIS users should also note the following e The continuum range of interest can straddle the energy ranges of ISGRI and PICsIT and be only partially inside the energy range of one or both If only one calculation is done for the entire range of interest both detector arrays might report a poorer response than 1s truly available If one does go beyond the energy range of a detector array a warning is given e In such a case we recommend calculating the broad band flux for the energy range of interest covered by ISGRI and by PICsIT separately and combining the results later 111 The contributions of Compton photons to the S N or observing time are not considered Doc No INT OAG 10 0330 De Issue 1 0 INTEGRAL Integral AO Tools Date 7 March 2011 Software User Manual Page 19 of 21 4 Target Visibility Predictor TVP The Target Visibility Predictor TVP is a web based tool running at the INTEG
4. principal investigator 2 1 2 2 Proposal Details Panel This panel serves to enter the title and abstract of the proposal its scientific category and to attach the scientific justification Selecting if XMM Newton time is requested is also done here Scientific Justification At the bottom of the Proposal Details Panel the button labelled New Attachment see Figure 2 is used to attach the proposal s scientific justification in PDF format Proposal Category Multi year proposal lt selecdt gt v nie Current Attachment Sci Justification Attachment iirc XMM Newton requested time Request XMM Newton time Figure 2 The Proposal Details Panel bottom part Having selected the attachment the name of the file will be shown in the Current Attachment box of the Proposal Details Panel Saving the proposal does not save the attachment but the full path to access it Hence there is no need to re attach the file every time the proposal is loaded except if you have changed the location of the file Clearly before submitting if you make changes to the scientific justification after the file has been attached to the proposal you must override the previous attachment by attaching the new version There is no need to ever remove an attachment only the last attachment is used Selecting Panel Reset will clear all fields and also remove the attachment Requesting XMM Newton time At the bottom of t
5. required then the pattern details must be provided in the scientific justification There are three types of observations Normal Fixed Time and TOO and a flag to identify the observation as coordinated For all observations other than Normal you must click on the Show justification button and enter the details of the observation These should include a short justification for Fixed Time or TOO observations or an explanation of how the observation is to be coordinated with other observatories and will help in the evaluation of the proposal as well as with the planning of the observation On the other hand it 1s not possible to mix TOO observations with Normal or Fixed Time ones into the same proposal In the Source section of the panel the name of the source entered in the Name field is checked against the Simbad NED and VIZIER astronomical databases when pressing the Check Proposal button in the Main Panel If the source name is not found 1 e because it is unknown a warning will appear in the Check Panel The coordinates of the source specified in RA and DEC J2000 are used as the centre of the dither pattern unless it is a custom dither In addition to the two menu items that appear on all PGT panels namely Panel and Help the Observation Details Panel has another one labelled Observation see Figure 4 Under this menu item you can perform a number of actions add a new observation the display will show the new observation de
6. INTEGRAL Science Operations Centre Announcement of Opportunity for Observing Proposals AO 9 Integral AO Tools Software User Manual INT OAG 11 0346 De Issue 1 0 7 March 2011 Prepared by S de Castro M Bindels Doc No INT OAG 11 0346 De Issue 1 0 Integral AO Tools Date 7 March 2011 Software User Manual Page ii INTEGRAL Document Status Sheet Integral AO Tools Software User Manual Based on inputs from P Balm and G B langer ISOC ESAC Doc No INT OAG 11 0346 De INTEGRAL Issue 1 0 Integral AO Tools Date 7 March 2011 Software User Manual Page iji Table of Contents O ee E E EE A E EO ee A eee 5 2 Proposal Generati n Tool POT esscr tcetorrei irnir isien e iT E ESEE NCEE E EEA 6 A E E E E E A O E EE A E E E A A si Hoemneadenctnaes 6 eM WAG Maa Pa ea A E A E E A A 6 2 1 2 The Admin Proposal Observation and Data Rights Details Panels 0 7 Le Pe adn a E e E E E E EA wee 12 DD AM a as a ccs e pa eemas ce ees oeeeeeaoees 12 D2 2 AOAC coche craschonnenineaseaciacaseatscud EA E EAEE EEE E E A ER 12 2A POE a E E E T E E E A EA 12 20 SUOMI A proposal to ISOC arises sais en TEETE EITE ETES 13 2 3 1 Submitting for the first time 2 0 0 0 ccc ceeeeeessssssssssssssssssssssessssessesssssssessesesseseeeeeeeegs 13 23 Resubmtine a proposal esseri so senccntommarssestencasemstansoseecentamnaecuosmaessemarcsenens 14 2 3 3 Obtaining a copy of a submitted proposal from ISOC eee
7. RAL Science Operations Centre at ESAC and made available to potential observers TVP is used to determine when a source is visible to INTEGRAL This is especially useful in determining whether INTEGRAL observations can be coordinated with other observatories and if phase dependent observations of binary systems for example can be performed TVP is accessed via the ISOC web site http integral esac esa int under INTEGRAL Observation Tools 4 1 Viewing constraints INTEGRAL celestial viewing constraints are defined by power and thermal constraints Sun as well as star tracker blinding constraints Sun Earth and Moon The viewing constraints used in this tool are such that the pointing direction of the spacecraft must be greater than 50 degrees away from the Sun and the anti Sun and within 15 deg of the Earth s limb or within 10 degrees of the Moon s limb Since the Earth and Lunar orbits can be predicted very accurately it is also possible to predict when any part of the celestial sphere is visible to INTEGRAL 4 2 How visibility is calculated Sky visibility is calculated by dividing the sky into approximately rectangular cells of 10 x 10 degrees referred to as skybins The visibility of each corner of a skybin is determined for every revolution in the mission whenever INTEGRAL is above the Van Allen belts If all four corners are simultaneously visible that area of sky is deemed visible The calculation is therefore slightl
8. and IBIS Observer s manuals are presented using different units monochromatic flux density 1 e photons cm s keV Enter the source position optional in either degrees or sexagesimal notation J2000 OTE accesses the 2 ISGRI catalogue and warns the user if there are any nearby bright Doc No INT OAG 10 0330 De INTEGRAL Issue 1 0 Integral AO Tools Date 7 March 2011 Software User Manual Page 17 of 21 sources a bright source in the partially coded field of view can severely deteriorate image quality Select the desired dither pattern This will take into account the off axis response of the instruments as INTEGRAL dithers a very important effect for SPI but not for IBIS staring or HEX are not recommended We generally recommend the 5x5 dither pattern see the IBIS and SPI Observer s Manuals e Click the Query button 3 1 2 Output OTE returns e The original input values e Any nearby bright source information coordinates from the 3 ISGRI catalogue e Warnings if part of the selected energy band for the source calculation is outside the energy range of the selected instrument e Calculated exposure time or S N for the entire input energy range for continuum calculations or for the FWZI line calculations e For continuum calculations the calculated exposure time or S N for the individual sub bands used in the back end calculations see section 3 2 These may be useful for exampl
9. e for determining the energy above which the source fades into the background 3 2 Continuum calculations a note on energy ranges While a broad energy range is allowed in the OTE input the OTE back end calculations themselves do not allow the use of a broad energy band e g 20 keV to 10 MeV The underlying algorithm in OTE calculates the average performance across a user defined continuum energy band given the flux of the source in that band However the sensitivity of the instruments can vary enormously over their energy ranges In addition the gamma ray instruments can have very rapid changes in sensitivity in a comparatively small range of energies especially around 511 keV Also many most gamma ray sources exhibit steep spectra so that they are very much fainter at higher energies Even for hard sources including the highest energies will result in very low S N due to the relatively high background at MeV energies compared to the source flux For these reasons in previous AOs OTE was restricted to energy bands which are narrower than the entire instrumental bandpass Of course the prospective observer may be in a situation where the continuum range of interest is rather wide To allow this the front end GUI of OTE allows the user to specify a wider band OTE splits the input energy range into narrower sub bands and assuming a power law spectrum with the flux and spectral index as user inputs calculates the flux within each sub
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11. etails Panel upper part INT OAG 10 0330 De 1 0 INTEGRAL Integral AO Tools 7 March 2011 Software User Manual 10 of 21 vii j 4 OUR OO GRL ARAA ISOC PGT Observation Details Panel Panel Observation Help add INTEGRAL delete Science Operations Centre duplicate Numb check Total Time Copy n Observation A delete n Bur import source list Observation type Dither Pattern lt select gt v 5 x 5 Sequential v Figure 4 The Observation Menu Import Source List i gt d Add Delete E File Import ae Generate Observations x Close Source name RA J2000 hr min sec DEC J2000 deg arcmin arcsec 00 00 00 00 00 00 Figure 5 Import source list 2 1 2 4 Data Rights Details Panel This panel serves to claim data rights on specified observations see Figure 6 They can be automatically generated from the observations list or they can be manually inserted using the fields in the panel If no data rights are specified the data will be considered as public and a warning will be shown when checking the proposal As the Observation Details Panel the Data Rights Details Panel has also a menu option named Data rights see Figure 7 in addition to the Panel and Help menu items It allows performing a number of actions add new data rights the display will show the new data rights delete duplicate or check the currently displayed da
12. gure 7 The Data Rights menu Doc No INT OAG 10 0330 De Issue 1 0 INTEGRAL Integral AO Tools Date 7 March 2011 Software User Manual Page 12 of 21 2 2 Saving loading and printing 2 2 1 Saving To save a proposal at any time select File Save in the menu of the Main Panel see Figure 1 The save functionality results in a well formed XML file the format that was introduced with pgt s previous edition 2 2 2 Loading To load a saved proposal select File Open in the menu of the Main Panel The load functionality will ask for an xml file If you do not have the xml version of your old proposal you can ask for it by sending an email to the ISOC Helpdesk mailto inthelp sciops esa int stating that you would like a copy of your proposal in xml format referring to it with the corresponding Proposal ID If you modify the xml file it might not be a valid PGT xml file any more and you would not be able to load your proposal 2 2 3 Printing To print a proposal or parts of it first choose the printing options by selecting File Print Options in the menu of the Main Panel This will open the Print Options dialog box see Figure 8 Print Options eiiim Paper Size Ad gt US letter Available Fonts Luxi Mono Luxi Sans Luxi Serif Monospaced SansSerif Serif Utopia v Font Sample The quick brown fox jumps oVer the lazy dog OK Cancel Figure 8 The Print Opt
13. he panel see figure 2 there is a checkbox labelled Request XMM Newton time Selecting this option will enable the field XMM Newton requested time where the XMM Newton requested time must be entered see chapter 3 1 5 from Mission Overview document for more details Doc No INT OAG 10 0330 De Issue 1 0 INTEGRAL Integral AO Tools Date 7 March 2011 Software User Manual Page 8 of 21 Multi year proposal At the bottom right of the panel see figure 2 there is a checkbox labelled Multi year proposal Selecting this option will consider the proposal as a multi year proposal and will enable the field AO 10 duration at the Observation Details Panel where the AO 10 requested time must be entered see section 1 5 of the Overview Policies and Procedures document for more details 2 1 2 3 Observation Details Panel This panel serves to enter the technical details of each observation included in the proposal see Figure 3 Each observation in a proposal is numbered sequentially as shown in the Number field on the left of the tool bar at the top of the Observation Details Panel Here you can see the number of the currently displayed observation and the total number of observations in the proposal In the Observation section of the panel the Duration for AO 9 must be entered and also for AO 10 if it 1s a multi year proposal The Dither pattern and Observation type must be selected from the drop down menus If a custom dither is
14. hort term observation scheduling system would never attempt to use such a bin We suggest 1800 seconds as a reasonable value which currently is the minimum exposure time 4 3 2 Output The output of TVP is a summary of the input parameters and a time ordered list of when the source skybin is visible Each line in the list contains start and end times UTC and duration of visibility seconds Gaps of eight hours between successive visibility periods are usually due to Van Allen belt transit Shorter gaps are due to Earth or Moon constraints and longer gaps to Sun anti Sun constraints Doc No INT OAG 10 0330 De INTEGRAL Issue 1 0 Integral AO Tools Date 7 March 2011 Software User Manual Page 21 of 21 5 Exposure Map Tool EMT The Exposure Map Tool EMT is a web based tool running at the INTEGRAL Science Operations Centre at ESAC and made available to potential observers EMT is used to get the exposure time at a given point in the sky The exposure time is the time INTEGRAL has observed this point according to an exposure map IBIS or SPI observation maps EMT is accessed via the ISOC web site http integral esac esa int under INTEGRAL Observation Tools 5 1 Using EMT 5 1 1 Input e Exposure map Select the desired exposure map from the list e Source Name Optional Entering the source name and pressing Get Simbad Coordinates will fill in RA and Dec coordinates If the name is not found in the Simbad
15. ions dialogue Two paper sizes are supported A4 and US letter Click on the appropriate button at the top of the dialogue to choose the paper size The list of fonts from which you can select will appear below After having selected the paper size and font set them by clicking OK or Cancel to disregard the selection and close the dialogue Doc No INT OAG 10 0330 De Issue 1 0 INTEGRAL Integral AO Tools Date 7 March 2011 Software User Manual Page 13 of 21 To print the entire proposal select File Print Proposal in the menu of the Main Panel A Print dialogue will appear and allow you to select a destination printer or file and start the print job The exact appearance of this dialogue will depend on the platform you are using The administrative details and the proposal details can be printed individually by selecting Panel Print in the menu bar of the corresponding panel Observation details can be printed by selecting Panel Print All Observations to print all the observations or by selecting Panel Print Current Observation to print an individual observation To print a summary of all the observations in the proposal one observation per line select Panel Print Summary 2 3 Submitting a proposal to ISOC The PGT allows you to send your proposal electronically to the ISOC To do this your computer must be connected to the Internet 2 3 1 Submitting for the first time Clicking the S
16. irm multi year continuation This opens a new window to enter the AO 8 proposal id and the verification code which have been provided to the PI separately The previously accepted proposal will be loaded into PGT on clicking the button Ok Details of the accepted observations cannot be changed in the confirmation except for the brief scientific justification of the confirmation see Section 1 5 1 of the document Overview Policies and Procedures To submit the confirmation proposal use the button Submit proposal to ISOC as usual In case you want to re submit the confirmation proposal with an updated scientific justification use the same menu option and procedure as for the first confirmation Doc No INT OAG 10 0330 De Issue 1 0 INTEGRAL Integral AO Tools Date 7 March 2011 Software User Manual Page 16 of 21 3 Observing Time Estimator OTE The Observing Time Estimator OTE is a web based tool running at the INTEGRAL Science Operations Centre at ESAC and made available to potential observers Below is a description of OTE version 5 Improvements over the previous version includes a considerable increase in speed and slight changes in presentation The underlying instrument response data is kept up to date for each AO The purpose of OTE is to give users a reliable guide as to the feasibility of their proposed observation For example given specific source characteristics spectrum flux OTE computes the signal to noise ratio
17. lete duplicate or check the currently displayed observation and go to a particular observation copy n makes n copies of the current observation and delete n deletes the range of observations specified Finally import source list allows importing a list of sources from a text file which format uses tab character between the source name and the coordinates RA J2000 hr min sec DEC J2000 deg arcmin arcsec or by entering these fields directly into the table Using the button Generate Observations will create as many identical observations as sources in the list see Figure 5 INT OAG 10 0330 De INTEGRAL a Integral AO Tools 7 March 2011 Software User Manual 9 of 21 ISOG PGT Observation Details Panel Observation Help INTEGRAL Science Operations Centre r Number fl of 1 Duration r A010 ks 500 Observation type Coordinated show justitication Show justification Source Position Energy band Ra 2000 Dec 2000 00 00 00 0 Photon far sey oe nav E a keV P pherons cm2s photons cm2 s Width Height IC deg pa deg Line Extent type ad instruments IBIS SPI Standard Mode l Photon By Photon Mode l H Prime Prime Figure 3 The Observation D
18. or OTE and the Target Visibility Predictor TVP The latest version of these tools together with the associated documentation is available from the ISOC web page http integral esac esa int If you discover a problem with any of the tools please read the Frequently Asked Questions FAQ at http integral esac esa int FAQ If you do not find the answer to your question please contact the INTEGRAL Helpdesk mailto inthelp sciops esa int Doc No INT OAG 10 0330 De Issue 1 0 INTEGRAL Integral AO Tools Date 7 March 2011 Software User Manual Page 6 of 21 2 Proposal Generation Tool PGT PGT can be downloaded from http integral esac esa int 1isoc operations html pgtao9 Installation instructions and answers to FAQ are also provided there Once PGT has been successfully installed it is launched by running an executable script called pet on UNIX like platforms clicking on the icon of the Application folder on Mac systems or by double clicking on the desktop icon on Windows systems 2 1 Entering data 2 1 1 The Main Panel When the PGT is launched the Main Panel is displayed Figure 1 This panel serves as the parent to the Admin Details Panel the Proposal Details Panel the Observation Details Panel and the Data Rights Panel all of which can be accessed by clicking the appropriate button found in the top half of the Main Panel File Help esa r Admin Details Panel Proposal Details Panel pzs i
19. osal will replace the previous one If it is not found the receipt confirmation email message will inform you of that fact make sure the Proposal ID is correct In either of these cases simply submit the proposal as a new one without specifying an ID You will then be given a new ID that is compatible with your selection PGT cannot prevent a proposer from submitting the same proposal multiple times as new proposals A new Proposal ID will be generated for each new submission Therefore be cautious when resubmitting a modified version of the same proposal 2 3 3 Obtaining a copy of a submitted proposal from ISOC After submitting a proposal it should be saved see section 0 for future reference and to allow for the possibility of resubmitting the proposal at a later date You can also request a copy of your proposal by sending an email to the ISOC Helpdesk mailto inthelp sciops esa int stating that you would like a copy of your proposal referring to Doc No INT OAG 10 0330 De INTEGRAL Issue 1 0 Integral AO Tools Date 7 March 2011 Software User Manual Page 15 of 21 it with the corresponding Proposal ID It will be emailed to you at the address specified in the Admin Details Panel of PGT If another email address should be used specify this in the message 2 4 Confirmation of multi year proposals To confirm accepted observations of an approved AO 8 multi year proposal a new menu option is available File Conf
20. ta rights and go to a particular one copy n makes n copies of the current data rights and delete n deletes the range of data rights specified import source list allows importing a list of sources from a text file which format uses tab character between the source name and the coordinates RA J2000 hr min sec DEC J2000 deg arcmin arcsec or by entering these fields directly into the table Using the button Generate Data Rights will create as many identical data rights as sources in the list Finally generate data rights from observations will automatically create Doc No INT OAG 10 0330 De Issue 1 0 INTEGRAL Integral AO Tools Date 7 March 2011 Software User Manual Page 11 of 21 as many data rights as observations are included in the proposal deleting the current data rights that might have been created until that moment amp ISOC PGT Data rights Panel e fa x Panel Data rights Help she es a Bs Soentiona Seine Number oor Energy band Min Max Photon index fo Kev lo kev lo E i Ra J2000 Dec J2000 Flux joEo 0 _ photons cm2 s Figure 6 The Data Rights Details Panel upper part iol xi Panel Data rights Help P add INTEGRAL O N delete ience Operations Centre duplicate Numbe check Previous Next Last ToO go to copyn Source Name deleten Position import source list E Generate data rights from observations Fi
21. ubmit Proposal to ISOC button in the lower part of the Main Panel see Figure 1 starts the submission process PGT will first check your proposal If it fails any checks the submission process will be aborted and you will need to correct the errors shown in the Failed Checks Panel If it passes the checks there might be also some warnings shown in the Failed Checks Panel but they will not prevent from submitting the proposal Then a panel is displayed showing a summary of the proposal see Figure 9 Click Submit to send the proposal Cancel to abort the submission v PALGAGA Summary Panel LALILITISII A 5 Summary of observations Total Observation Duration 2000000 Total Number of Observations 2 Observation 1 Observation Duration 1000000 Target Name Early observation RA Dec 2000 23h 59m 57 02s 00d lm 4 45 F Observation Type TOO Dither Pattern 9x5 Observation 2 Observation Duration 1000000 Target Name Late observation RA Dec 2000 23h 59m 57 02s 00d 1m 4 395 Observation Type OBS_TYPE_TOO r Dither Pattern DITHER_5x5 Submit Cancel Figure 9 The Summary Panel Doc No INT OAG 10 0330 De Issue 1 0 INTEGRAL Integral AO Tools Date 7 March 2011 Software User Manual Page 14 of 21 By clicking Submit PGT will attempt to establish a connection with a computer at ISOC that has been set up to receive proposals Once it is established the proposal will be sent If the proposal
22. was sent successfully the following dialogue will be displayed Figure 10 ca 2 St i it sSCSCSCSubmit Proposal Cd Proposal submitted successfully Please allow some time 20 min for the confirmation e mail to be sent If you do not receive e mail confirmation within 24 hours please contact the ISOC Helpdesk at inthelp sciops esaint ox Figure 10 Successful Submission dialogue 16 Upon receipt of a proposal the computer at the ISOC performs further checks and sends a receipt confirmation e mail message This e mail can take some time around 20 min If the proposal passes the checks a Proposal ID will be assigned to it and included in the message If it does not this will be stated in the email 2 3 2 Resubmitting a proposal If you realise you have made a mistake or simply want to make changes to a proposal you have already submitted you can resubmit a proposal using the Proposal ID Make the changes you wish to make to the proposal and enter the Proposal ID in the box provided at the bottom of the Main Panel see Figure 1 The Resubmit Proposal to ISOC button will be enabled and the Submit Proposal to ISOC button will be disabled When you click the Resubmit Proposal to ISOC button PGT will repeat the proposal submission process described above The computer at ISOC will use the Proposal ID entered to find the previous version of the proposal in the ISOC database If it 1s found the resubmitted prop
23. y conservative The results are stored in a Data Base of Observable Bins DBOB which contains the open and close times for every skybin during the mission and the resulting available duration This open interval never crosses revolution boundaries since science operations are not performed in the Van Allen belts around perigee 4 3 Using TVP 4 3 1 Input e Source Name Optional Entering the source name and pressing Get Simbad Coordinates will fill in RA and Dec coordinates If the name is not found in the Simbad database you will need to fill in RA and Dec e RA and Dec J2000 In either of the formats shown on the web page e Dither pattern For hexagonal or 5x5 dither patterns the TVP checks whether all points in the dither pattern are visible not just the centre e Startand End date For the period of interest Defaults are start and end dates of the current AO cycle Boundaries are start of the mission and end of the current AO cycle Doc No INT OAG 10 0330 De INTEGRAL Issue 1 0 Integral AO Tools Date 7 March 2011 Software User Manual Page 20 of 21 although it is strongly recommended to cover only the period of interest Input should be in the format shown on the web page e Minimum Duration In seconds TVP will only return visibility of bins open for longer than this value In the DBOB bins can be open for as short as one second if the bin is at the edge of the Earth or Moon constraint However the s
24. yi 4 hese buttons to open other panels in PG Observation Details Panel Data rights Panel Check Proposal Use this button to check your proposal Submission Submit Proposal to ISOC Proposal ID Using this section you can submit your proposal Figure I The Main Panel of PGT Below these four buttons there 1s a Check Proposal button that initiates a series of checks on the proposal and lists anything that 1s wrong or incomplete This check can be performed at any time The lower half of the Main Panel controls proposal submission or resubmission Clicking the Submit Proposal to ISOC button will send an electronic version of the proposal to the ISOC and you will be given an assigned number for any possible further submission of the same proposal to ISOC Doc No INT OAG 10 0330 De Issue 1 0 INTEGRAL Integral AO Tools Date 7 March 2011 Software User Manual Page 7 of 21 2 1 2 The Admin Proposal Observation and Data Rights Details Panels PGT provides four details panels that encompass all the information about the proposal These include administrative details proposal details observation details and data rights details on that observations and are accessed by clicking the corresponding button in the Main Panel All fields in any panel that have a light yellow background are mandatory and cannot be left blank 2 1 2 1 Admin Details Panel This panel serves to enter contact information for the
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