HARTEBEESTHOEK RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY PROPOSAL FOR SINGLE-DISH OBSERVING TIME USING THE 26-m TELESCOPE Please download, edit, and e-mail the completed proposal as a plain-text document to: Time Allocation Committee 1. Date of proposal: 2. Name of Observer(s) and Home Institute(s): 3. Project Title: 4. Brief Description of Objectives: 5. Is this (a) A new project: (b) Continuation of an existing project: (c) Extension of an existing project: (d) Hons, MSc or PhD project: If (b) or (c) give brief status of previous and current observations, data analysis and interpretation 6. Equipment - state any special requirements, e.g. polarization: Receiver information: http://www.hartrao.ac.za/factsfile.html Spectroscopy information: http://www.hartrao.ac.za/spectra/ 7. Environmental conditions required (a) clear sky, or (b) cloudy but no rain, or (c) independent of the weather (d) night-time only? 8. Is software available to carry out this project? See "current design documents" at http://www.hartrao.ac.za/nccsdoc/ If not, what needs to be developed? 9. Estimate the total amount of observing time needed: e.g. number of sources * time per source 10. Time coverage needed (complete as applicable) Sidereal time range: Universal time range: 11. Preferred start and completion dates for observations: Start date: Completion date: 12. Additional technical comments relevant to this proposal: 13. Detailed motivation: (a) Give a concise justification for the proposal, with relevant references (b) List of sources to be observed (where applicable)