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Proposal Deadline for Semester 2021B (August 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022) is Thursday, April 1, 2021, 5PM Hawaii Standard time.
Note that we have a new instrument, the immersion grating echelle spectrograph (iSHELL), which is available for general use in semester 2017A. A manual for preparation of proposals is available here.
Available instruments are listed here. Remote observing is offered from any location with broadband Internet access for any project that utilizes IRTF facility instruments. Click here for more information.
iSHELL detects helium hydride ions
iSHELL measures Jupiter O/H abundance 2.4-9 x solar
IRTF Extended Spectral Library
Coordinated Observations of Ozone on Mars by HIPWAC and Mars Express SPICAM