% MDMPROP.TEX -- MDM electronic proposal form.
% Revision: September 28, 2026 --- valid for the 2027A observing semester.
% DEADLINE: Friday Nov. 6, 2026
%
% General Instructions:
%
%   I. How/when to submit this form:
%
%      Email the postscript or pdf file to jph1@columbia.edu
%      by the above deadline.
%
% THE FORM STARTS HERE

% please don't modify or delete this line.
\documentstyle[mdmprop,11pt]{article}

\begin{document}

% Give a descriptive title for the proposal in the \title command.
%
%    \title{TEXT}
%
% Note that a title can be quite long; LaTeX will break the title into
% separate lines automatically.  If you wish to indicate line breaks
% yourself, do so with a `\\' command at the appropriate point in
% the title text.

\title{}

% Investigator's (PI and CoI) information blocks.
%
% The PI must be affiliated with Columbia University.
% Please give each investigator's name, email address.
% At least one investigator must be listed as definitely
% being present at the telescope.
%
%    \name{OBSERVER NAME}
%    \emailaddress{EMAIL ADDRESS}
%    \atthetelescope{Y/N}
%
% DO NOT remove the \begin{PI} and \end{PI} or the \begin{CoI} and
% \end{CoI} lines.

\begin{PI}
\name{}			% REQUIRED
\emailaddress{}		% REQUIRED
\atthetelescope{}       % REQUIRED
\end{PI}

\begin{CoI}
\name{}			% REQUIRED
\emailaddress{}		% REQUIRED
\atthetelescope{}       % REQUIRED  
\end{CoI}

\begin{CoI}
\name{}			% REQUIRED
\emailaddress{}		% REQUIRED
\atthetelescope{}       % REQUIRED
\end{CoI}

\begin{CoI}
\name{}			% REQUIRED
\emailaddress{}		% REQUIRED
\atthetelescope{}       % REQUIRED
\end{CoI}

% You can supply more CoI blocks, but only the first three will be
% printed on the form.

% Give a general abstract of the scientific justification appropriate for
% a non-specialist.  Write the abstract between the \begin{abstract} and
% \end{abstract} lines.  Limit yourself to approximately 175 words.

% DO NOT remove the \begin{abstract} and \end{abstract} lines.

\begin{abstract}
\end{abstract}

% Indicate whether you request classical scheduling, proxy queue,
% or robotic observations by putting a C, Q, or R inside the
% \mode{} curly braces.
% Classical includes in person on either telescope, as well as operating
% the 1.3m remotely.
% Queue is only on the 2.4m, and only using OSMOS.
% Robotic is only on the 1.3m, and only using MIRAGE.

\mode{}

% Indicate whether this proposal is part of your PhD thesis work by
% putting a Y or an N inside the \thesis{} curly braces.
% (This information is no longer requested).

%\thesis{}

% Indicate whether you are requesting long-term status by putting
% a Y or an N inside the \longterm{} curly braces.  If you do want
% long-term status (a "Y" answer), please tell us the number of nights,
% number of semesters, and what telescopes by filling in \longtermdetails{}.
% Please be brief; \longtermdetails is limited to one line.

\longterm{}
\longtermdetails{}

% List the details of the observing runs being requested, for
% UP TO THREE runs.  The parameters for each run are segregated
% between \begin{obsrun} and \end{obsrun} lines.  Please be sure
% that the information is isolated properly for each run.
%
%   \telescope{}	For example, \telescope{1.3m}
%   \instrument{}	For example, \instrument{OSMOS}, or CCDS, or Templeton
%   \lunardays{}	For example, \lunardays{10} maximum days from new moon 
%   \optimaldates{}	For example, \optimaldates{Sep 1 - Nov 30}
%   \acceptabledates{}	For example, \acceptabledates{Sep 1 - Dec 15}
%
%
% Instrument combinations may be specified with "+".
%
% \numnights should give the number of nights of the run
% \lunardays should specify the maximum number of nights from new moon 
% which can be utilized to accomplish your scientific goals.  It should 
% be a number from 1 (new moon) to 14 (full moon).
%
% \optimaldates should contain the range of OPTIMAL dates.
%
% \acceptabledates should give the range of ACCEPTABLE dates (i.e., you
% would not accept time outside those limits).
%
% To enter the acceptable and optimal date ranges, please use two 
% dash-separated dates with 3-letter abbreviations for the month
% (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec) 
% followed by the day.  For example:  \optimaldates{Feb 15 - Apr 23}
%
% If you need to enter two or more ranges of acceptable or optimal dates
% for a single observing run, separate the ranges by commas.  For example:
% \acceptabledates{Oct 7 - Nov 24, Jan 7 - Jan 31}
% It is not necessary to give date ranges based on lunar phase information.
% For instance, if you wish to observe an object in March through May
% within five days of new moon, you may give \lunardays{5} and 
% \optimaldates{Mar 1 - May 31} instead of multiple shorter date ranges.
% 
% DO NOT remove the \begin{obsrun} and \end{obsrun} blocks.

\begin{obsrun}
\telescope{}
\instrument{}
\numnights{}
\lunardays{}
\optimaldates{}
\acceptabledates{}
\end{obsrun}

\begin{obsrun}
\telescope{}
\instrument{}
\numnights{}
\lunardays{}
\optimaldates{}
\acceptabledates{}
\end{obsrun}

\begin{obsrun}
\telescope{}
\instrument{}
\numnights{}
\lunardays{}
\optimaldates{}
\acceptabledates{}
\end{obsrun}

% You may NOT supply more obsrun blocks.  Three is the limit.

% If there are dates that you cannot use for non-astronomical reasons,
% (i.e., other than moon phase or when your object is up)
% please give the dates by filling in the curly braces in \unusabledates{}.
% Please be brief; \unusabledates is LIMITED TO ONE LINE.

\unusabledates{}

% In the following "essay question" sections, the delimiting pieces of
% markup (\justification, \feasibility, etc.) act as LaTeX \section*{}
% commands.  If the author wanted to have numbered subsections within
% any of these, LaTeX's \subsection could be used.

% SCIENTIFIC JUSTIFICATION
%
% Give the scientific justification for the proposed observations.
% This section should consist of paragraphs of text (and may include
% EPS figures) that follow the \justification line.
% Try to include an explanation of the overall significance to astronomy.

% In order to include an EPS plot, you should use the LaTeX "figure"
% environment.  The plot file is included with the \plotone{FILENAME}
% command; two side-by-side plot files can be included by typing
% \plottwo{FILENAME1}{FILENAME2}.  Use \caption{} to specify a caption.
% The \epsscale{} command can be used to scale \plotone plots if they
% appear too large on the printed page.
%
% \begin{figure}
% \epsscale{0.85}
% \plotone{sample.eps}
% \caption{Sample figure showing important results.}
% \end{figure}
%
% If you need to rotate or make other transformations to a figure, you may
% use the \plotfiddle command:
% \plotfiddle{PSFILE}{VSIZE}{ROTANG}{HSCALE}{VSCALE}{HTRANS}{VTRANS}
% \plotfiddle{sample.eps}{2.6in}{-90.}{32.}{32.}{-250}{225}
% where HSCALE and VSCALE are percentages and HTRANS and VTRANS are 
% in PostScript units, 72 PS units = 1 inch.
%
% If you wish to use the "reference" environment, follow
% the following example:
%
%\begin{references}
%\reference Armandroff \& Massey 1991 AJ 102, 927.
%\reference Berkhuijsen \& Humphreys 1989 A\&A 214, 68.
%\reference Massey 1993 in Massive Stars: Their Lives in the Interstellar
%  Medium (Review), ed. J. P. Cassinelli and E. B. Churchwell, p. 168.
%\reference Massey, Armandroff, \& Pyke 1993, in prep.
%\end{references}

\justification

% FEASIBILITY
%
% Assess the technical and scientific feasibility of the observations.
% This section should consist of text and tables only (no figures)
% following the \feasibility line.
%
% List objects, coordinates, and magnitudes (or surface brightness,
% if appropriate), desired S/N, wavelength coverage and resolution.
% Justify the number of nights requested as well as the specific
% telescope(s), instruments, and lunar phase.  Indicate the optimal
% detector, as well as acceptable alternates.  If you've requested
% long-term status, explain why this is necessary for successful
% completion of the science.

\feasibility

% OTHER FACILITIES
%
% Why MDM? If you are using other facilities for this project,
% explain how the MDM observations fit into the scheme of things.
%
% This section should consist of text and tables only (no figures)
% following the \whymdm line.

\whymdm

% PAST USE
%
% List your allocation of telescope time at MDM during the
% past 3 years, and describe the status of the project (cite
% publications where appropriate).  Mark any allocations of time
% related to the current proposal with a \relatedwork{} command.
% Are your MDM observations achieving their goals?

\thepast

\end{document}