JWST Proposal System  Many Observers     1500 observations / year (3 hours / observation) 200-300 distinct observers / year 5-10 year mission Diverse Observation Types    Imaging Coronography Tunable Filters    Longslit.

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Transcript JWST Proposal System  Many Observers     1500 observations / year (3 hours / observation) 200-300 distinct observers / year 5-10 year mission Diverse Observation Types    Imaging Coronography Tunable Filters    Longslit.

JWST Proposal System
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Many Observers
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1500 observations / year (3 hours / observation)
200-300 distinct observers / year
5-10 year mission
Diverse Observation Types
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Imaging
Coronography
Tunable Filters
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Longslit Spectroscopy
Integral Field Spectroscopy
Multi-Object Spectroscopy
It's much cheaper to provide good tools
than to help 1000 observers one-by-one.
JWST Proposal System
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Integrated Proposal Tools
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Exposure time calculators (ETC)
Proposal editor (APT)
Target visualization (Aladin)
Overhead calculator (Orbit Planner)
Schedulability tool (field of regard, guide stars, …)
Mosaic planner
Microshutter Array (MSA) planning tool
Multi-Object Spectroscopy
Image from John MacKenty
Microshutter Array (MSA)
Microshutters
Shutter Throughput
Target Selection