Useful Resources & Tools
Note: you must be a registered NRAO user to access some of these resources. Please go to NRAO Interactive Services. If you are already a registered user, you are encouraged to update your profile.
Proposal Submission Tool
The Proposal Submission Tool and associated documentation is accessed through NRAO Interactive Services.
Proposal Finder Tool
The Proposal Finder Tool (PFT) may be used to search cover sheets of proposals approved for time on NRAO telescopes. The PFT returns the proposal's authors, title, abstract, and, if available, approved hours.
Very Large Array (VLA)
- Guide to Proposing for the VLA
- Guide to Observing with the VLA
- VLA Configuration Plans and Science Time Available
- VLA Exposure Calculator
Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)
- VLBA Observational Status Summary
- High Sensitivity Array
- VLBA/HSA Sensitivity (via EVN Sensitivity Calculator) Note that the EVN sensitivity calculator does not currently allow a computation for 4096 Mbps (Shared Risk for the VLBA only for semester 2019B). Use the calculator for 2048 Mbps and divide the sensitivity calculated by sqrt(2).
- Observing
NRAO Helpdesk
For help on any aspect of proposing or observing not found in our documentation, please file a ticket with the NRAO helpdesk.
