In preparation for the ALMA Cycle9 deadline on the 21st of April 2022, the Call for which has been released on the 24th of March, the Italian node of the European ALMA Regional Centre organises an online community meeting to inform all potential ALMA users of the system capabilities and the news relevant to the proposal preparation on: Monday 4 April 2022; 10 – 12 CET

Meet link: https://meet.google.com/ifg-bgne-boq

Programme

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• Part I: Status of the array and of the ARC network
• Part II: New capabilities and observing modes
• Part III: ALMA simulations
• Part IV: Proposal writing and reviewing (double-anonymous)
• Part V: Use of the ALMA Science Archive

Please note that this activity is in addition to the usual “face-to-face” support that anybody can request at any time from the Italian ARC node via e-mail to help-desk@alma.inaf.it, or through the ALMA help-desk.

User support can be given in-person, or remotely via video link, email or telephone. A request for f2f support should be made via e-mail to help-desk@alma.inaf.it preferably before the 15th of April.

The Opticon Radionet Pilot (ORP) provides financial support for in-person visits. A request should be submitted by filling in the form at: http://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/alma/arc/user-support/ORP-f2f-visit-request.html

For information on all ALMA-related matters visit the ALMA Science Portal

For the Cycle9 call announcement click here