The deadline for proposal submission for Period 106 (1 October 2020 - 31 March 2021) was 23 April, 2020, after an extension of four weeks due to the COVID-19 crisis. 1070 valid proposals were submitted, including 47 Large Programmes, which is the largest number of Large Programme proposals ever submitted in a single period. On the VLT the most requested ESO instrument was MUSE with a request of 486 nights, followed by X-shooter with 364 nights. HARPS on the ESO 3.6-metre telescope was the most demanded instrument at La Silla, with 396 nights.
ESO Period 106 Submission Statistics
Published: 01 May 2020
In Paranal, the telescope with the highest oversubscription is Antu (UT1), with a total request of 650 nights, followed by Yepun (UT4; 611 nights). Following the steady trend observed during the last semesters, the request for Service Mode still exceeds 80%.
The percentages of submitted proposals across science categories were:
- Cosmology and Intergalactic Medium 16.8%
- Galaxies 24.8%
- ISM, Star Formation & Planetary Systems 31.1%
- Stellar Evolution 27.3%.
Proposals will be reviewed by the Observing Programmes Committee, which given the current circumstances, will meet online only. Proposers are expected to be informed of the outcome of the review process in the beginning of August.