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DDT proposals

It is possible to submit proposals for Director's Discretionary Time (DDT). Unlike normal proposals these can be submitted at any time, but the user must ensure that the OT version used corresponds to the cycle that is currently being observed. For example, during the Call for Proposals for Cycle N, Cycle N-1 is currently being observed and thus the Cycle N-1 OT must be used to submit a DDT proposal.

DDT proposals look different to normal proposals in that the colour bars at the top of each panel in the OT GUI have a different colour (red by default). The OT also tries to include at various places (the GUI's titlebar, various submission dialogues, etc.) that a DDT proposal is currently being viewed/worked on.

It is now possible to open a normal proposal as a DDT proposal (and vice versa) via the options contained in the File menu.



The ALMA OT Team, 2018 Sep 25