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XMM-Newton Announcement of Opportunity (AO-24)
Letter of Invitation by the ESA Director of Science
Dear Colleague,
I am pleased to invite you to respond to the 24th Announcement of Opportunity to submit proposals for observations to be performed with the XMM-Newton observatory.
This Announcement solicits proposals to be carried out between May 2025 and April 2026. Proposers from institutes located worldwide are welcome to participate. All proposals will be subject to peer review by the XMM-Newton Observing Time Allocation Committee.
The detailed schedule of milestones of the announcement, the required software tools and the documentation are available from
http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/ao24
I would appreciate if you would distribute this invitation to interested colleagues. I wish you every success in using the XMM-Newton observatory.
Yours sincerely,
Prof. Carole Mundell
Director of Science
Key milestones for this announcement
Announcement of Opportunity | 20 August 2024 |
Due date for Proposals | 11 October 2024 (12:00 UT) |
Final OTAC approved program | late December 2024 |
Timeline for Phase II proposal submission
After the cycle of proposal submission and selection, the observation details for successful proposals must be entered into the observatory system. This is done during "Phase II" proposal submission.
Find below for your information the anticipated timeline for that eventual Phase II:
Start of Phase II proposal submission | 8 January 2025 |
Closure of Phase II proposal submission | 31 January 2025 |
Further details on the XMM-Newton SOC web portal.
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