What's new in Cycle 12?
The most important changes to the Observing Tool (OT) since the last release are the following.
- New capabilities:
- Full-polarization single-field interferometry in Band 1 on the 7-m Array (Stand-alone ACA) with the same polarization capability and accuracy as in Band 3 - 7.
- Band-to-Band (B2B) is allowed in Large Programs starting from Cycle 12. The OT will allow the submission of a Large Program if any science target requires B2B observing.
- The shadowing tables used by the OT have been updated. For multi-configuration Science Goals, shadowing is applied also to secondary configurations (TM2, 7M) and their time estimates are corrected according to their corresponding shadowing factors.
The ALMA OT Team, 2025 Mar 07