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Once the Phase II has been submitted to the HET night operations staff you
can check the status of your proposal online:
This program will show you the status of each target submitted, a
summary of any targets observed, and a summary of the amount of TAC allocated
time that has been used.
The contact person for each program (see Program Notes in the Phase II) will be notified about any observations
taken for that program. The data can then be collected from the ftp site
in Austin. See:
Once the Phase II is complete you may need to make changes to your initial
Phase II. We have created a list of suggestions to make this easier. Please
review these before making changes to your Phase II.
Once you have your data it is wise to quickly examine its quality and
usefulness to give feed back to the night operations staff for your
next observations. Your best contacts for data reduction of HET data
is likely to be other researchers at your institution but you may contact
the night operations staff with some questions. We have created
a short list of data reduction tips based upon suggestions and comments
from the PI. See:
As with all things not all observations go as well as planned and a PI may
receive data of inferior quality. Often the contact person will have
information about this in the e-mail they received from the night operations
staff (This is the first place to look). The second place look is
in the Program Statistics which are based
upon the RA Night Reports .
In the last column you will see weather that observation is rejected or
accepted. If the observation is rejected it will not be counted against
your program. If you discover that you have a spectrum that is of
inferior quality you may petition to have that spectrum rejected. You
should be familiar with the HET Rejection Policy
and follow the steps given within it. See:
If you have questions about your program you should look through our
FAQ .
If you don't find any help there you should feel free to contact the
night operations staff for assistance (e-mail the
Resident Astronomers).
Frequently Asked Questions and Complaints