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Overview of the Observing Tool

As explained in Chapter  3 , an observing projectstarts with the creation of a Phase 1 observing proposal that is submitted to the observatoryvia the ALMA Archive. If the proposal is approved by the ALMA ProposalReview Committee , it thenbecomes a Phase 2 observing programme . The information previously provided in the proposal'sScience Goals is then used by the OT to prepare the Scheduling Blocksthat will actually be used at the telescope to collect the scientificdata.

This chapter provides a brief overview of the OT and the features withwhich you should have some familiarity before beginning to prepareyour Phase 1 proposal or Phase 2 observing programme. Detailedinformation on how to create and to submit an observing project andthe corresponding Phase 1 proposal and Phase 2 programme using the OTis described in detail in the following Chapters  6 , 7 and 8 .

Once you have successfully started the ALMA OT application, the OTmain GUI will be displayed in your screen. The appearance of the mainOT GUI is similar to that shown in Figure  4.1 .

Figure 4.1: The Observing Tool main GUI.
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The ALMA OT Team, 2011 May 20