JWST preparations

Important Dates

Friday, April 6, 2018, 8pm Eastern Time - Cycle 1 GO Proposal Deadline
June 18-22, 25-29 2018 - Cycle-1 TAC meeting
July 2018 - Cycle-1 Results announce
Thursday, August 30, 2018, 8pm Eastern Time - Cycle 1 Budget Deadline
March - June, 2019 - Launch(L)
L to L+6 months - Commissioning
L+6 months - Approximate Start of Cycle 1

Cycle 1 observations will start after a 6 month commissioning period. The start date will depend on when JWST launches within the March 31 - June 29 2019 launch window. Cycle 1 will have a duration of one year. Time-constrained observations can be submitted for the period October 1 2019 to December 31 2020.

For any information on the cycle-1 proposal, it is strongly recommended to go through the articles in the JDox in the following link.

・Call for Proposal for Cycle-1 (JDOX)

General Informations

JWST pocket guide (as of 01.2018)

jwst-pocket-guide_01-2018.pdf

All the INFO on Extragalactic ERS + GTO programs (webpage by Dr. Hakim Atek)

Check latest news from Twitter @JWSTObserver

From Workshops

Workshop in Madrid have slides + Youtube videos for those want to learn.

More updates on topics are given in the Pasadena Workshop (including updated timelines, Cycle-1 proposal, ERS, etc...), without videos.

・Materials from JWST workshop @ 04-06. 10. 2017, Madrid

・JWST Proposal Planning Workshop @ 11-14. 12. 2017, Pasadena

Important Links

JDOX ---- James Webb Space Telescope User Documentation

ETC ---- JWST Exposure Time Calculator: For usage, recommended to see the talks in JWST workshops

APT ---- Astronomer's Proposal Tool for Hubble and JWST

GVTV --- Installation, Usage of General Target Visibility Tool for JWST (JDox)

CVT ---- Installation, Usage of Coronagraphic Visibility Tool for NIRCam and MIRI (JDox)

JWST Background Tool ---- Computes the background of a given field as a function of time

Webb PSF ---- Stand alone software to simulate the JWST PSF

Community Lectures --- JWST Community Lecture Series (with examples)