CHEOPS offers the GO observers space-based ultra-high precision photometry for the observation of exoplanet transits, eclipses, occultations, phase-curves, and more. Science cases may range to exomoons, ring structures, stellar activity, trans-Neptunian objects, and beyond. The timely overlap of several space- and ground-based missions can provide opportunities for synergies with NASA/ESA/CSA JWST, NASA/ESA HST, NASA TESS, ESO ground-based facilities, and more.
The CHEOPS AO-5 Call provides several modernized tools to further enhance the community access and GO experience:
- Brand-new Visibility Checker available via Python scripts and Jupyter notebooks for Phase 1
- Now optional Scheduling Feasibility Checker (SFC) for Phase 1 (now also more lightweight & faster, and only needed for Phase 2)
- Streamlined Proposal Submission and a new Proposal Handling Tool for Phase 1 (PHT-1)
- More targets: only 50 GTO reserved targets, with all the rest generally being open to the entire Community
- More time: up to 30% science observing time dedicated to the GO Programme
- Modern approach: double-anonymous peer-review of proposals
Deadline for submission of Phase 1 observing proposals
Is 25 April 2024 at 12:00 (noon) CEST
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