Catania Astrophysical Observatory
The "M. G. Fracastoro" Mountain Station

Telescope time allocation
The telescope time is allocated by a local committee on the base of scientific merit of the proposal. The scheduling is made on a trimester basis, i.e. January, April, July and October. Applications can be submitted any time, but the deadline for each trimester is 15 days before the beginning of the trimester: 15 December, 15 March, 15 June, 15 september. The application form is here(*) available. Observations at the APT80 are made on service, upon agreement with a staff member of the Catania Astrophysical Observatory, who will take care of observations scheduling and data retrieve.

(*) Click here to retrieve the form: slnform.zip or slnform.tar.gz


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